MISSION SGT-1 · FLIGHT CONTROL
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A retro mission control room, rows of consoles glowing green and amber under a big board

SERGEANT.COM

STABLE ORBIT SINCE 1998 · CREW: ONE FAMILY · CARGO: ONE SURNAME

FLIGHT: Patch motto decoded from the Latin. NON EST VENALE: it is not for sale. It never was. Resume normal operations.

This console monitors sergeant.com, a family surname inserted into stable orbit in 1998. Twenty-eight years of station-keeping. Zero course changes. The vehicle carries no weapons, no rank, and no interest in your term sheet.

The domain is not for sale. It was not for sale at insertion, it is not for sale now, and the trajectory does not include your exit. Stop asking. Offers transmitted at this vehicle burn up on entry; the debris is logged below.

For the record: there are real veterans back in the family tree, and flight salutes them. The current registrant is not one of them. He has never served anywhere; he just answers to Sergeant at the pharmacy. It is simply the name, which the crew has spelled aloud to every operator since launch. E after the G. Confirm on every loop.

COUNTDOWN STATUS PAD 39-SGT

T-00:03:47
HOLD
Holding since 1998. This is a planned, crewed, permanent hold. There is no launch window for a transfer of ownership, and range safety has stopped looking for one. The clock stays where it is.

TELEMETRY DOWNLINK LIVE

ORBIT
STABLE
station-keeping nominal
YEARS ON STATION
28.4
since insertion, 1998
OFFERS DEFLECTED
347
all burned up on entry
TEMPTATION
0.00
sensor healthy
SIGNAL
99.3%
S-band, squelch armed
RANK ABOARD
NONE
surname only, spelled with an E

GO / NO-GO POLL ITEM: TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP

FIDO
STANDBY
GUIDO
STANDBY
GRANDMA
STANDBY

AIR-TO-GROUND LOOP CH 1 · CAPCOM

CHANNEL F · FAMILY LOOP OPEN

Actually surnamed Sergeant? Hail this loop and we can talk about a callsign aboard the vehicle. Transmit your name and flight will open a channel. For the record, roughly five such hails have reached this console in twenty-eight years on station, so expect a prompt reply.

Anyone else transmitting a purchase offer on this loop will be patched directly into the deflection log. It is a long log. It enjoys company.

TRANSMIT REQUEST