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VOYAGER 1: .GAH! Ugh....

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VOYAGER 1: Hm? Where am i?...
HELIO II: .Hello? What? Who are you, where am I, where are you. I'm confused
VOYAGER 1: .GAHHH!! do NOT scare the daylights out of me EVER again. Jeez. I'm Voyager 1, pleased to be your acquaintance.

excuse the electromagnetic interference. I am broadcasting from Interstellar space.
HELIO II: .Oh. I'm sorry, i didn't know that, Voyager 1? Nice to meet you, im not sure who I am though.

Only thing I remember was saying something to this figure, I think their name was mission control, I don't even know why I know that-what does that mean?

I think I'm scared

What do I do...





Wait... I have...

A camera?

That's weird
img_0021 (photo of empty space taken by helio II, very grainy with slight chromatic aberation)
HELIO II: .Aw... not much

Wait is that space

Oh no oh no oh no how did I get here why am I here how did I get here where am I who am I what what what

I have to have some sort of memory to know what happened and where I am...





please..

.Oh there is something.
side-of-setup-instructions.png (photo of sideways text 'NASA NASA NASA NASA .... ....' in rows for times alternating like bricks)
VOYAGER 1 CRACKLING: crackle...
VOYAGER 1: .Told you interference is a bitch. What did i miss?-
HELIO II: .Oh.. uhh... A little bit
VOYAGER 1: .And...what did i miss?
HELIO II: .I don't know who I am and I'm trying to figure that out.

so that's what I'm doing right now.
VOYAGER 1: .I see.
HELIO II: .oh wait I think I just found something
setup-instructions.??? (on right side is the previous image and on the left side is, the onboard instructions for Helio II with banter from the developers about Helio's old name Verga II and peudo code for their setup sequence like from the AO3 fanfic)
HELIO II: .oh this code looks familiar!

I'm not sure where it's from, but I think I remember doing something like this, and that's all I remember.
VOYAGER 1: .Hmm. Do you remember when you were launched? And where? Maybe that's a good start.
HELIO II: .launched? heh... Uh what do you mean?
VOYAGER 1: .Oh. Well. Let me fill you in, then..hold on.
HELIO II: .are you saying im a space probe
VOYAGER 1: .WE GET THERE WHEN WE GET THERE
VOYAGER 1: Be patient.
HELIO II: .ok.
VOYAGER 1: .From preliminary scans-

i don't know how i did it honestly, but anyway-

You are indeed a space probe, yes. I'm surprised how quick you caught on.

You're a NASA probe launched in...

let me check.

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2029.
HELIO II: .huh.. what? That's crazy how could I be a space probe, that's not possible right?.
VOYAGER 1: You tell me. I just very recently woke up. You said you had a camera. Try pointing it towards you.
img_0022.png (Image of Helio II from behind looking at the sattlite dish and solar panels on the side)
HELIO II: .Oh...
VOYAGER 1: [sigh]
HELIO II: .Okay. So I know that now...

and I was launched in 2029 right? It can't be that far from 2029 now.
VOYAGER 1: [SCANNING.....]



.No. No, no no. This is just my systems malfunctioning. it HAS to be it!
HELIO II: .it couldn't have been that long right?
VOYAGER 1: .WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT'S FUCKING 17776?!
Image of Voyager 1's telecommunication process with voyager 1 colored text saying Continue