002 - Take your protein pills and put your helmet on ; video

[geonomy]

Who: Clay Terran and all of YOU!
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: SS Vanquish, bridge
When: 6/29, afternoon

[When the video comes on, Clay's looking at it with a big, excited grin on his face that seems to only increase in wattage once he realizes it's on. He sits back on his heels then, arms wrapped around his knees, though they probably won't stay like that for long.]

I haven't been here very long, but I've still met so many people with such cool powers! [And, indeed, he begins to gesture and lean forward as he describes each power.] Super strength, fighting with magic cards, reality bending, and flight! I never even knew those kinds of things were possible outside of comic books and tv shows!

[He rocks back again, arms winding around his knees once more as he seems to calm just a bit.]

So tell me about your powers. What are they like? Is it natural to you, or do you... I don't know, have to call on something in order to make it happen? And for you people who don't have powers, like me, what kind do you wish you had? [And the thought of it just makes him move once more, arms out and gesturing.] If I could have powers, I'd have flight, the ability to breathe anywhere I wanted, and super durability. Or maybe - maybe adaptability? That way I could go into space any time I wanted without getting into a heavy suit!

[... Aaand calm again.] So, yeah. Powers? I really want to know. It's of astronomical importance.

Comments

[experiencepoints]

[oh my god what a nerd]

Doesn't seem like that big of a deal to me, then... What's the point of having all of those if no one's there to see them?

[geonomy]

[you have no idea]

Moons aren't just about looking cool in the sky. Sometimes they're just, you know, there. They're natural satellites that got caught in a planet's gravitational force, and so they're kept in its orbit forever. But sometimes they're detrimental to a planet! Like ours - I mean, the Earth's moon? If we didn't have that, we wouldn't have our stabilizing force anymore. If the Earth tilted just one degree more to any side, then the seasons we have would be drastically, even catastrophically different. The planet would spin much faster too, so the days would be a lot shorter, and the winds would be so much stronger than they are now. If any life existed after that, they'd be completely different from what we have now!

[experiencepoints]

So, sixty-two moons probably fucks up a planet enough that nothing could ever live there? Definitely seems like a bad thing.

[even if you're talking about a gas giant where nothing could live anyway

shhhh]

[geonomy]

We haven't really been able to do as much research on how Saturn's moons affect the planet, but if it's as much as the moon does to Earth? Then yeah, that's probably the case, even though pretty much nothing could live there anyway due to all the gases it has. [No, he will not shhhh about that fact.]

... Also, Saturn's core is about 21,000 degrees Fahrenheit, and has winds in its upper atmosphere at about 1,100 mph. So living there would be pretty tough anyway.

[experiencepoints]

So, I'm sticking with my 'what's the point' on that. Not even a story to them or anything?

[geonomy]

[And he just lights up as he gives a little point at the screen, because - ]

And that's why we research things like this! To find the story behind them, or to see if there even is a story!

[He flops on his back after that, letting out a huge sigh as he does so.]

Haaaaa. I love space.

[experiencepoints]

[She laughs a little.]

You're pretty funny.