De-classified : The Kerman Shuttle Development project

[Rhyunix]

Under the homeland security act, this information has been kept well out of public viewing for 10 years. Nobody outside the Kerman Space program knew about this project. We bring you this information as the format we found it in- A series of logs of the progress of the Shuttle system narrated by Wernher Von Kerman and his assistant Dr Ediz (err-dis) Kerman

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Day 6

WERNHER: I've been told that, as this is a military and highly classified project I should be working on logging results (which I do already) as vell as documenting any failures, anomalies or other results

Engine testing began today- based on a High-Profile Missile engine the test went well. Minimal oscillation and lots of thrust. All going to plan

Day 11

WERNHER: Ediz says the guards have increased security and are coming to his office frequently now but don't bother him so isn't worried about his safety. In here CLASSIFIEDunderground, I feel safe from everything but the people keeping me in here. I was brought into this due to my knowledge be- someones coming

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WERNHER: Increase development by CLASSIFIED or face unknown consequences?! Its just like... no, I won't be reminded of that, not for a while. That man, he CLASSIFIED. We have started constructing a prototype, hope to get it working tomorrow

Day 12

EDIZ: With a fully functioning prototype on the pad, Wernher and I were shuffled by force unnecessarily in the bunker. He took the system controls and waited. For 1 minute we waited. Then the system fired off. I went to observe the prototype soar through the air.

WERNHER: It was going so well... 2000 m, the camera stops. Of course, I thought of it merely as a mechanical failure, but then came the explosion and I knew what had happened. Well so much for that prototype - communication breakdown was their petty cover story, that is if anyone was to ever find out *sigh* we'll have to work on it tomorrow

Day 16

EDIZ: Another test, another failure. The engine configuration made staging fail, drastically. It was kinda successful after all, we can prove that it just can't be done with the current parts that we have now I have to go and try to tell Major ******** CLASSIFIED , that no matter how much pushing and shoving he tries, its just not going to happen. Although, telling him this may mean I'm never able to see CLASSIFIED beach ever again.

Day 22? 24- whatever

WERNHER: We get not damn budget for ourselves, not a single coin nor Kredit! I have to lend a couple of coins off of Sargent CLASSIFIED for a fraking vending machine- ugh, I vill just stop now, save the anger for work. More work. Its pristine, but I'm starting to want out.

Day 49

WERNHER: Nearing the end of the month, the project has just been a waste of time, security has been CLASSIFIED in numbers, they're more concerned for themselves than us No better than working for- well, at least this isn't under rule of an meticulous madman. Two days before the last test Ediz says, if it fails now, we're all done for he'll find a way of getting home. Soon

Day 53

EDIZ: Its over. It's all over- it was dead before but now they actually believe us I want to go home but they won't let me CLASSIFIED says I will be able to leave in four days when the trucks arrive and this is cleared away to the shelves in CLASSIFIED. Of course, this isn't supposed to exist but I know that it does, I've heard it mentioned several times. Mainly correlated to information about the Ivans. "It doesn't exist Wernher, just rumours" CLASSIFIED briefly told me

Day 56

WERNHER: The ride home passed through a small Military Personnel Village. More trucks everywhere- the column I was in had all the movable stuff from the project onboard, everything else was "Disposed of" We're reaching a fence now... Ediz has gone through first- he's handed over his log. Well, they'll find nothing in there but writing. No doubt it will have lines all the way through it

End of Official Log

Edited February 19, 2014 by Rhyunix