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Who: Uzuki Shimamura
Broadcast: Fleetwide voice
Action: Inside the Golden.
When: July 23rd

Okay everyone... I have a question for you. I'm sure some people have had the personal augment upgrades, right? What has your experience with them been? Like... how do they feel Do you think they were worth the price? Have you had any problems with them, or anything? Do you keep them a secret from your crewmates? That kind of thing. I'd like to know as much as I can about that kind of thing, if possible. As things are, I don't really feel too confident in how they work, so I thouhgt I should ask around, first.

If you want it to keep a secret, I can do what I can to keep the messages private. I am a communications officer after all.

[And right before she ends the broadcast, she suddenly has an afterthought.]

Ahh... communications officers? It would be appreciated if you respected everyone's privacy and try not to decrypt anything in response here. This is kind of a personal thing, after all.

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Wow, we can do that?! I had no idea. [This is because he reads nothing. ]

That'd be pretty neat! I don't see why anypony would have to keep them a secret, though.

Well, it's kind of a personal thing, so I can see why people wouldn't mention it. In that case it's less a matter of it being secret and more a matter of not telling anyone, which isn't quite the same thing, I admit.

Still, there are a lot of interesting options in the personal augment upgrades. Since there hasn't really been any chance for me to spend credits I keep getting, I was thinking of trying one since they're pretty cheap compared to the ship upgrades. A few of them seem like they would help a person do better at their jobs here, too, so if I get the right one, it might be a big help to everyone on the Golden.

Edited 2015-07-24 22:21 (UTC)

I guess not, the other is a secret by omission.

That's a really nifty way of looking at it. I think I'll have a look at these upgrades myself. Maybe I can find something that can help the Bishop out a little.

[They kinda need all the help they can get. ]

You'll probably be able to! Though it's true that what upgrades would be good kind of depends on your job. Since I'll mostly be doing negotiations and organizing, Charm and Lull are probably the most useful ones to me. But someone with the lab support will be able to do a lot with things like water, life, and fire! With those, they would probably have an easier time making medicine, especially if they can be upgraded again later. There's a lot of ways you can use some of them when you start thinking about it.

Still, it's kind of something to be worried about, right? I mean, we already have the augments inside of us, but... They're going to be messing with something in our heads, after all. I thought I might be able to talk to people who've had experiences with it to find out what it's like first.

Well, I'm a pilot, so I don't think they'd help my out all that much. But having something like magic? It's something an earth pony never even gets to dream about.

Trust me, I've had my fair share of weird otherworldly powers being able to mess with our heads. Compared to Paradisa, Atroma are like big, space-y kittens.

Hm, I think maybe some future versions of Sight might be good for pilots. Improved peripheral vision might be helpful, since then you can keep track of everything easier while you're piloting. ...Though of course, that's not something they have right now.

What's Paradisa, then?

Ooooh that's very true! I didn't think of that.

It was a giant magical castle that sucked on the residents' souls and did crazy stuff once a month.

Ah, so something like that exists, too...

Eh? Something like that exists? Eh? Ehh?!

Crazy right? But it totally exists. It's probably still there, taking people from their home worlds and making their lives miserable.

Such a hoot. [Such sarcasm. ]

[I'm sorry, I could accept talking ponies kind of naturally since we're in space and who even knows what kind of things space can bring us, but... Still trying to wrap my head around this...]

Eh? That kind of thing... And there's nothing anyone could do about it?

[Cheese is not used to being the least weird thing in a conversation with a human. It's super refreshing. ]

Nope, the castle held every single card and we just kind of...rode it's whims. Someponies tried to leave, but they always ended up being dragged back by some magical force. Mentally. I mean.

That's what they said, anyway. I never got to travel myself. [So bitter about that, forever bitter about that. ]

That... sounds like a terrible place to be. I wish there was something that could be done about it...

[It's probably too much to hope that we'll stumble across something that lets us do something about that...]

From what I heard, people found a way out? It was after I left there, though, so I'm not sure how it all happened.

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