Captains Thlog #6

November 1 2015:

We have gotten the prototype of WP2 up and running. It is not yet quite finished but we seem to have a handle on the situation. The engineers are having some trouble devising a thesis that means anything but drivel. I am sure that they will eventually figure it out, but without the thesis, it is hard to construct the pieces in a cooperative way. Right now they are barely being held together by nibidium oxide, but that won’t work once we enter the portal.

November 2 2015:

Alright, we have a thesis. We have the idea the WP2 is trying to prove; however, it is a little bit wacky. The head engineers decided to try to do something a little bit unorthodoxly, and although it works, all of the pieces in the essay don’t quite fit into the thesis all that well. We will see how it turns out. Although I do have to agree with them that it is at least interesting, I don’t know how well it work once we enter the portal.

November 3 2015:

We have found a second source for WP2. It is an interesting article that will work effectively work for the prompt. However, although the second source fits the prompt well, it does not fit in with the thesis as well as the other source. We are trying to debug this problem but it is proving challenging. I am starting to further question the idea of making the thesis a separate being from the prompt. It makes the essay more interesting but less well constructed. It is above my pay grade to question these decisions, but I think that I have a right to know what the hell is going on in my own ship.

November 4 2015:

This is the day. This is the day the WP2 enters the portals. Days of hard work have gone into this essay and they have all culminated to this moment. One word to describe my emotions right now: nervous. WP2 is an essay. WP2 is an essay whose contents are pleasurable to the eye. However, I am very nervous that WP2 will backfire when it goes into the portal. We do not know what is on the other side. To make something that has the potential to backfire easily when going into an unpredictable environment seems irresponsible. Those fat cats up top don’t care about us. They just care about their own ego. They want to win this battle rather than prevent a war. I cannot agree with this. We should have played it safee instead of going for the kill. Now it’s to late; today’s the day that the battle begins. Let us hope to God that we come out the other side alright.

November 5 2015:

We are in the portal. It’s horrible. Before the first paragraph even got through the portal it was already ripped apart. The flux matrix calculator that was supposed contain the thesis and be the brain of the essay broke down instantly. It caused WP2 to backfire and start attacking our men. To date. WP2 causes heavy casualties within our ranks. The ambiguity of the topic working together with the specificity of the questions decimated our vanguard and destroyed our right flank. I knew the risk when I undertook this mission but I had no idea the amount of destruction that would follow. We should have played it safe. This is the consequence of our hubris. This is our sin, now we must accept our judgment. We can only hope that He is merciful.