I don’t know if I’m writing this as a warning or an invitation. Maybe by the time you read this, I’ll be two versions of myself: one running away, and one already waiting for you at the Base.
DTF, in our field, doesn’t mean what it means dirtside. It stands for . And -23.08 is the worst kind of number. MyGF - Bailey Base - Bailey Base is DTF -23.08....
Yesterday, my girlfriend—let’s call her Lina, because the GF in MyGF also stands for something I’m not ready to say—hacked our nav system. She rerouted us toward Bailey Base. I caught her in the server room, her hands trembling over the console, eyes flickering like old screens. I don’t know if I’m writing this as
The strangest part? MyGF updated just now. A new coordinate blinked under the redacted lines: It stands for
Bailey Base is a joke. A rumor. It’s what we whisper about when the long-haul comms go static. Officially, it’s a decommissioned research outpost on the edge of the Sagittarius Arm. Unofficially? It’s where the rules stop working .