Fifth Gate [Text]

[forsometimenow]

Who: Jennifer Keller and you
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: N/A
When: August 20th

Since it seems like the Iskaulit is going to be staying with us for a while, I'm kicking around the idea of converting a room or two into a medical clinic of sorts. Since not every ship has a medbay, it'd be useful for people on those ships to have another option, or for people who want a bit more privacy if they need a checkup or to get an injury looked at.

I know our medics are stretched pretty thin, though. Would this idea be feasible? I'm not sure, but I though it was worth bringing up anyway.

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[forsometimenow]

Like how we suspected they were behind that time those ships attacked us? I wouldn't doubt it at all. They needed to do something to ramp up the drama.

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[dancingmd]

If it's true, they're even more despicable than I thought. This isn't how "reality shows" work in your world is it?

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[forsometimenow]

Not especially. I mean, the contestants are sometimes put through hardship, but mostly the shows are manipulated via editing and coaching people to act a certain way. They're playing a part almost as much as a professional actor would. And reality shows tend to have people standing by at all times so the contestants are never in any real danger.

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[dancingmd]

I see. I must admit that I still don't I understand the appeal, but that sounds a lot more reasonable than what Atroma's doing.

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[forsometimenow]

I don't, either, honestly- but people love them, so, here we are. I wonder if Atroma was inspired by Earth's reality shows and didn't understand that behind the scenes there wasn't much "reality" going on?

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[dancingmd]

I never considered that. Wouldn't be the first time aliens have misconstrued human culture though.

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[forsometimenow]

Yeah, exactly. I mean, there are plenty of humans who don't understand that what they see on TV is more or less a carefully-scripted program, so I can see aliens totally missing the point.

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[dancingmd]

It's certainly an interesting theory. Still, if this was simply a misunderstanding, surely a year in they would have realized their mistake.

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[forsometimenow]

Yeah... there is that. Surely there have to have been people who have come before me who came from Earth and knew how reality shows work that they could have learned from.

So, I guess I'll go back to the theory that they're just assholes.

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[dancingmd]

[Jennifer can't see it of course, but Beverly is definitely having a laugh at that comment.]

That seems the most likely, yes.

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[forsometimenow]

I do always try to see the best in people, but sometimes there's no other explanation than the simplest one.