The Memorial Wall
The names are cut into the bulkhead aft of the bridge, one stroke at a time, as each one was lost. The manifest below is the ship's record as it keeps them — the roll of the dead from the Endurance's passage through the far pocket, from the maiden voyage out of Houston-orbital in early 2240 to the road home, crossing back in 2245.
ISV ENDURANCE · CASUALTY MANIFEST · THE FAR POCKET
MAIDEN VOYAGE 2240 · THE ROAD HOME 2245
COMPLEMENT · A RUNNING COUNT
| Departed Houston-orbital, maiden voyage | ~240 |
| After the sabotage and the fling | ~169 |
| After the platform and the break | 165 |
| Home-side, the road home crossed back | 158 |
VANCE
CAPTAIN · COMMANDING OFFICER
Killed at the console in the first hour of the maiden voyage. His name is cut deepest.
THE SABOTAGE · THE FLING
PELL · crew
Lost when frames 40–46 vented in the fling.
YARROW · crew
Lost when frames 40–46 vented.
THE PLATFORM · THE ASCENDANT LANE
PRATT · crew
Killed in the boarding of the Ascendant lane platform.
SENGUPTA · crew
Killed in the aft-lock firefight at the platform.
THE BREAK · FRAME-31
OKEKE · crew
Lost with the recovery party at the frame-31 breach.
BELLAMY · crew
Lost with the recovery party at the frame-31 breach.
DUNBAR · crew
Vented on a coolant run during a fold.
THE CONN · HOLDING THE LINE FOR THE ORUN
SLOANE
CAPTAIN · SECOND OFFICER WHO TOOK THE CHAIR
Killed at the conn by a rail penetrator, holding the line so the Orun could pass. The pivot of the voyage.
FARROW · crew
Killed at the conn, same engagement as Sloane.
IQBAL · crew
Killed at the conn, same engagement.
THE ROAD HOME
THE KEEPER
ORUN WARLEADER
The only name on the wall that is not human. Honoured for sealing the way behind them so the rest could go home. The crew kept this name for a being whose true name they could not voice.
AND ELEVEN MORE OF THE ROAD HOME
names held in the log
AND THOSE WE COULD NOT BRING.
KEPT BY ORDER OF: CAPTAIN JULIAN MERCER · ISV ENDURANCE
MAIDEN VOYAGE DEPARTED EARLY 2240 · THE ROAD HOME CROSSED BACK 2245
CUT INTO THE BULKHEAD AFT OF THE BRIDGE · ONE STROKE AT A TIME