The generation ship has programs designed to maintain a healthy population. It is perhaps the biggest long term problem of the generation ship. Maintaining biodiversity is a delicate balance. Suppressing health disorders is one of the key stones of the program. Everyone’s health is closely monitored. It might sound unfair but anyone who shows [...]

Space travel changed what it meant to be human, in more ways than one. In the 21st century if a definition of the word human included the word Earth it only did so to tell you what planet one could be found on. Space travel for normal humans wasn’t a problem, however setting up colonies [...]

Rose was a rose. She worked in the gamma arboretum and everyone loved her. The gamma arboretum was home of the old growth experiments. Rose was the senior worker in the gamma arboretum and was the third most senior in the whole arboretum system. Unlike command or maintenance, the arboretum wasn’t fully staffed 24 hours [...]

She woke up to the sound of the computer.
Good morning officer McShane. Ship time is now Six Hundred Hours. You are scheduled to over see primary bridge renovations today, January 13th 9980.
To which Officer Gail McShane responded the same way she had for the last 7 years “I know what year it is!”
Gail got ready [...]

This is the title story in a series of short stories I have been wanting to write for a while. I am writing it on the fly so it might be a lot rough around the edges, a real bonus for those of you who love it rough around the edges.
A generation ship is a [...]