This journal is the one place on the site that is not fiction. The dispatches are the story; this is the workbench. It is where I can talk plainly about the decisions, wrong turns and discoveries involved in building Explorer 233.
That separation matters. A fictional universe should feel immersive, but visitors should also have a clear place to hear from the person making it. The journal is that place.
If you want the story, start with the dispatches. If you want to know how it is actually being made, stay here.