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Who: The Vision
Broadcast: Fleetwide, open
Action: The abandoned bug ship
When: 6/27 late in the day

[The video opens up to show what sure is a red-skinned guy in a skin-tight blue suit with a bright yellow jewel on his forehead. Someone isn't going for subtlety with his look. When he speaks, it's with a cultured voice and a light British accent.]

Good evening. For those of you I have not yet met, my name is the Vision and yes, this is my normal appearance. I am an engineer aboard the SS Windrose. Like many of you I have been exploring the derelict ship and I believe it is possible to cleanse it of the fungal infection using a process known as vacuum sterilization. Essentially this means moving the air to one half the ship and opening airlocks on the other half, allowing anything not securely bolted to be swept into space - including infectious spores. We would then close the doors, filter the air, move it to the disinfected side and repeat the process. Once it is clean, we may investigate further without fear of infection to ourselves and determine if the ship is capable of being used by us, either for our own purposes or to return to its original owners.

[His expression softens to one of sorrow.] However, in order to be fully confident this cleansing would be effective, it would be necessary to release the infected bodies of the fallen life-forms into space as well. They were once fully sapient individuals, before the infection took hold, and such an action should not be undertaken lightly. Is this a course of action the Fleet would support? If there are any of you who are conversant in such things, would you consider holding a funeral or memorial ceremony for those who have been our enemies?

I welcome your input. Thank you for listening.

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The results I've seen from the medical tests would indicate it does not, but we can of course verify beforehand.

[He tilts his head to one side.] Though the chances of encountering anything by chance in space are, if I may use the term, astronomically low.

Edited (spelling) 2015-06-27 19:10 (UTC)

[a bit dryly] So are the chances of being kidnapped to another dimension to participate in a space reality show, yet here we all are.

[LEAVE NOTHING TO CHANCE VISION]

I would like to verify it, just in case. And...I'd be in full support of making sure the victims of the fungus get treated with proper respect. It's a tragedy what happened to them, and they need to be put to rest properly.

[He nods with a rueful expression.] I suppose that is true. If there are any lab facilities available, we can put it to the test right away.

[And there's that concerned expression again. It's one he wears a lot.] Regardless of what is decided to do about the ship, at the very least we can take a copy of the logs to the next inhabited station and attempt to pass them on. If we do not travel too far, I'm quite sure someone in this sector will know of their society.

[a slight nod] Thank you.

That's a good idea, their people have a right to know. We should also probably pass along any information we can about the fungus, so they can take precautions from this happening again.

It is no trouble, except that my ship does not have a lab. Otherwise I would have done so already.

I realize the treatments we have developed have come too late in the life-cycle of the fungus to be effective, but they may work well on a new infection. Or perhaps a vaccine could be developed that would prevent infection in the first place.

You can use the Blue Fish's, if you'd like. I'm one of the lab assistants there.

[Not that he's done much assisting this month because how the heck do bugs work???]

Yes, exactly. The more we can send to help them, the better...even if we are too late to save the ones on the ship.

Thank you. It should be a fairly simple process.

[There are plenty of samples, after all.]

From my understanding of the timeline of events, it was already too late by the time our ships arrived. It is tragic--yet if we can use the experience to help others, their call for aid need not be in vain.

Mm.

[He gives a simple nod to that. It was tragic, certainly- but it wasn't something he was unaccustomed to- that's what it meant to be an Exorcist. As long as he can make sure these souls get proper rest...well, that'll have to do]

...Do you truly wish to keep the ship? I'm not sure that's a good idea.

[He raises an eyebrow.]

Resources in space are extremely limited. Do you have a reason we should not keep it?

Even if we couldn't help them- we kill them then take their ship?

It seems like graverobbing to me.

[Ah, now he sees the nature of the concern. His inquiry is curious rather than judgmental.]

It was not intended as a tomb, but as a vessel to be used. You would see it as disrespectful to their memory to repurpose the ship?

When we're the ones who killed them, even if we had no choice- yes. Yes that seems disrespectful.

[Clearly someone is not an RPG character]

[The Vision nods.] Thank you for the input. What if we were to take it with us to the next inhabited station to see if it could be returned to their society?

[It just seems wasteful to leave a perfectly good ship out here in space.]

What if they don't know anything about the society? And who's to say they'd even return it? It makes more sense for us to keep it until we can make sure it's given back.

Until then, we could use it.

Edited 2015-06-28 02:52 (UTC)

That is my thought as well, though if the majority disagrees I will concede.

I won't, not when it's the right thing to do. [So stubborn.]

Besides, how would we feel if one of the ships in our fleet was treated like that? What if it contained what was left of our friends? We'd want it back.

{He's starting to like her attitude.] But the "right" thing to do is debatable, when there are so many from different backgrounds. I believe as long as whatever action we decide upon is conducted with respect, we will reach a good consensus.

I don't know how anyone could be okay with just taking this ship like nothing happened. These creatures were alive and very smart it sounded like. [Her voice is stubborn if not somewhat quieter than usual.]

If anything like that happened to me or anyone I care about, I know I wouldn't want my things being taken and used without even trying to get them back to people who knew me.

I find that very reasonable. Another option would be to record the coordinates, set up a beacon, and leave it in place, but I confess I like the idea of taking it with us if only to return it.

[There's the sound of Allen's annoyed from Toph's feed- but curiously he's just outside the video screen. Like oh, someone had snatched the communicator out of his hands]

Toph!

[SO RUDE; he makes an annoyed huff before rejoining the conversation]

A beacon might just lure raiders who would plunder the ship.

As for taking it with us...We'd have to make sure people from the fleet would be willing to give it back if we do find their people and they do want it back. That might be difficult if it takes a long time.

[What with people not wanting to give up stuff they've had for a long time and everything. ]

Edited 2015-06-28 03:17 (UTC)

[That's interesting to watch from the other end. The Vision suppresses a small smile.]

If it is understood from the beginning that to do so would be a condition of any use we might make of it, that may help.

[It's pretty much this.]

It's a pretty good compromise if you ask me! Just taking it for our own use won't sit well with a lot of people, and leaving it here's a waste no matter what. For all we know, they might not even want it back, so we'd get it anyway.

[She moves the communicator to the side a little so Allen can join in reasonably.] I'd like to see someone come up with a better plan.

Edited 2015-06-28 03:21 (UTC)

[PRETTY MUCH. Except he scoots closer so he's in Vision's...vision.]

[Which he makes a slight face, but...]

It...does seem like a reasonable compromise. [HE GUESSES]

[There we go. He nods to both of them once they're in the viewscreen.]

I would certainly be open to other plans, if they're presented and as long as they are respectful. To borrow with the intent to return is more noble than simply taking it, I agree.

[Not that she can see it.]

We can worry about how much we use if we figure out a way that works for the fleet. Before that, we should decide on what we're doing with the bugs. [Silence for a moment.]

How we're dealing with ceremonies or whatever's decided.

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