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The Mission Archive

The full archive of the SS Pathfinder.

In-universe documents from the deep-space mission. Crew dossiers, technical schematics, vignettes, and the ship's operations bulletins. Released gradually, in the order the world reveals them.

Channel One · Operator clearance Last sync 2098.03.19 · 19:00 UTC 19 documents on file
Mission BriefSSPF-001 SS Pathfinder · Mission Brief The founding document of the terraform survey of Proxima Centauri b. The destination, the route, and why humanity's first true deep-space ship goes there first. 2096.03.0414 pages Crew DossierSSPF-014 Crew Roster · Pathfinder, Departing 84,522 names aboard — the crew, some two hundred cadets among them, and the four hundred berths of the sponsor manifest. 2098.01.2196 pages SchematicSSPF-022 Main Drive · Cross-Section A full annotated cutaway of the three primary engines — each one the size of a small city, all three needed for the crossing. 2096.05.116 pages SchematicSSPF-031 Pathfinder · Deck Plans The ring hull, deck by deck: hydroponics, the running track, the observation decks, quarters. The ship as it actually is, not as it was drawn. 2097.07.0211 pages Comms ScheduleSSPF-046 Earth Transmission Window · Schedule There is no faster-than-light communication. Every message home is a recording, queued for a window, carried at the speed of light. This document is why the replies take so long. 2098.02.1822 pages ManifestSSPF-058 Hydroponics Manifest · Outbound Every seed, cutting, and culture loaded for the voyage. What 84,522 people intend to eat, and to look at, between stars. 2098.01.305 pages MedicalSSPF-071 Crew Health · Pre-Departure Review The medical clearance of all 84,522 aboard, including cryosleep fitness for the long legs. Plain-voice and clinical. Signed Castellan, M., Chief Medical Officer. 2098.02.0218 pages Standing OrderSSPF-084 Order 084 · On the Vlog The official ruling permitting cadets to record and broadcast personal transmissions. Two pages of regulation prose that end, against all odds, with the word "encouraged." 2098.03.022 pages