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Who: Nightingale and you
Broadcast: Video, fleetwide
Action: On the Bishop
When: Now

[The video feed starts, showing Nightingale sitting at a table, shuffling a few papers around awkwardly until she's sure the video is on.]

Something I've noticed for a while now is that there's a lot of new people showing up near-constantly, and they all seem to have the same questions. And since they're stuck on the Marsiva for a week, they don't really have people to give them that information, past asking the network, which doesn't always work so well. Especially while people are on a planet, or busy trying to repair their ships, or things like that. And even if everyone is around to give answers, answering the same thing over and over again gets really tiring after a while.

So, I've been working on a sort of an introduction guide, for the new people. [She indicates the papers on the table.] The problem is, I haven't been here that long myself, comparatively to some. I don't know a lot, and there's a lot that people need to know. Apparently that fleet of ships that messed us up a little while ago actually attacked us once before? And I think that's something pretty important to know, in case they come back again, so we can be more prepared for fighting them off. Or anything else important that's happened.

I'm looking for people who have been here for a while and are willing to help with that project, providing information to help write this guide. So... Please let me know if you can help.

[There's a small pause, then she adds:]

Also, has anyone seen Riley Matthews lately? She also goes by Lark. I haven't been able to get a hold of her in a while, and I'm starting to get worried.

[And with that, she turns off the feed.]

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Who have you talked to? I've talked to a couple already, and they... don't want to be the information sources. Which I can understand.

Don't want to be in the sources as in don't want to talk, or don't want their name brought up? [She scowls. Everyone's stuck in the same boat, it doesn't make sense to keep mouths shut.]

The people on my crew seem to have been here a while. And I spoke to some idiot planetside the other day. I bet he'd just talk and talk if you let him.

I... didn't ask. Seemed like he had good reason, so...

Which one? There's a few like that.

[Probably the first if they didn't share any info at all.]

Some guy in a red coat and blond hair. Kind of stuck up like a broom.

Oh, Vash. You can distract him with a cute animal and he'll leave you alone.

[Snrk.]

Good to know.

But he's been here a while, right? You can ask him for information and then throw kittens at him when you're done.

I'm... not sure. It's kind of hard to talk to him.

Because he's an idiot?

Nah, I'm used to that. I knew him back at the last place I was at, before coming here, but it looks like the one here isn't the one I knew.

...ah. [Yeah, that'd make things weird.]

I could try talking to him if you want. Unless you have someone else by now. [She's seen other people chime in, so...]

If you wouldn't mind, that would be helpful. The more sources we can get, the better.

I'll see what I can do.

Thanks for the help.