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[falconing]

Who: Han Solo [falconing] and YOU.
Broadcast: Network-wide!
Action: The Huntress.
When: Now!

[ han solo, on board the huntress, has had a tumultuous week. nothing in comparison to his friends (though, really, if his long-lost family showed up here, han probably wouldn't be able to recognize them, let alone marginally care), but tiring all the same. he's been collecting information from passerby and explored arslae quite a bit. now, he's ready to talk on the network.

of sorts, anyway.

han is sitting at his pilot station in the huntress, and there are some missing panels and things being rearranged and han setting up his chair just the way he likes it. there's no chewbacca here (annoyingly, and, if han admits it, depressingly), so han is doing the work on his own. with some interruptions.

after a moment or two of thinking, han decides to speak.

(if he were smart, he would've figured out what he wanted to say beforehand, but that shit isn't for corellian smugglers.) ]

So I guess I've been assigned to the Huntress, and I've met most of you on board so far... but greetings, salutations, whatever. I'm Han Solo, your new pilot. I'd apologize for the mess, but you'll thank me later.

[ probably. if he doesn't blow up the ship first. ]

I've got a few questions about this Fleet -- one, how many people around here have actually set foot off planet before coming here? Two, any of you know how to fly a ship before getting here? Second part -- who here is a pilot? And three, if any of you have seen a Wookiee by the name of Chewbacca -- he's tall, furry, growls a lot, might've threatened to kill you once or twice -- steer him in my direction. He's harmless. Mostly.

[ han seems to be ready to leave it there, but he glances toward his station before resettling his focus on the camera with a grin, eyes bright. to those who know han solo, esteemed general of the rebellion and captain of the millennium falcon, you can almost be guaranteed what is about to come out of his mouth is no good. ]

So who wants to test out how fast these buckets of bolts can go?

[ confirmed. ]

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[actsmagnificent]

I'm listening.

[ This guy sounds like a major pain. But Haruka has been in bed for a week. She's ticked off at Atroma and knows she has to blow some smoke just in case she didn't get sick by accident.

That or he's speaking her language. But that would just be irresponsible. ]

[video]

[falconing]

[ there is one quick way to make friends, han has discovered, and that is to openly air that you are a partially terrible person upfront so people are never disappointed.

he sees the same principal works here, and han offers haruka a grin. ]

Are you a pilot?

[ ready to lose sailor uranus ]

[tothefly]

The Han Solo? The one who broke the Kessel Run record?

[Really, her straight face is admirable.]

[falconing]

Funny you say that, 'cause all I've heard since I got here is 'are you the Han Solo who broke the Kessel Run record.'

[ his tone is dry (and he's not exactly exaggerating), but he at least has the good grace to look amused. ]

To make the race a little fairer, I don't have the Falcon. You'd all stand a chance.

[ probably. ]

[video]

[huaaaaagh]

[Okay, this sounds like it could be spectacular.]

Looking to organize a race?

[video]

[falconing]

So long as people don't mind losing, I'm ready for a race.

[ lightly ]

I'm not having people complain at the end. Just for fun and games.

[ and glory ]

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[ino]

[ He does look like trouble, but that's exactly what most of Ino's friends look like too, so -- here's a pretty blonde on the video. She'll hold up a hand to count off the answers to his questions as he goes. ]

Technically yes, I'd been on another planet, but it was a situation like this one where I didn't exactly choose to be there. Otherwise, space travel hasn't been invented where I come from.

[ There's one finger down. ]

Never flown a ship, driven a car, anything like that.

[ And another. ]

Not a pilot, but if you wanted to hang out with one, I wouldn't recommend mine, 'cause he's super annoying.

[ She loves Vash, really. One more finger down, aaand finally ... ]

And I don't think I've seen anyone like that, but what's a "Wookiee" exactly, besides "tall and furry"?

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[falconing]

[ han files all of that information away for later -- how many people are relying on these augments to know what the hell to do is pretty scary to him -- but he grins a little at the news of the annoying pilot. good to know. ]

Wookiees are a species, like humans or togrutas. They're tall, furry. Grunt a lot. Kinda hard to understand unless you learn the language. Annoyingly loyal. Condescending fuzzballs.

[ sigh. ]

Chewie is my co-pilot, on my ship at home. A few people from my timeline showed up here around the same time as I did, but I haven't found him yet. I was just curious.

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[pain_train]

Hi Han! Um. So I'd never been off my planet til I ended up here. Where I'm from everyone lives in a domed city named Proles, cause if you go outside you get your eyeballs eaten by dysthrophes or you catch the dystrophe and then you start eating other people's eyeballs and it's kind of bad.

I wasn't a pilot but I was mobile infantry so I'm really good at hover cycles and that's made me pretty good with the little shuttles we have. They're really fun! We should race in them some time.

I haven't seen your friend, but I'll look for him!

[Video]

[falconing]

[ ah, snowball lady.

that sounds... pretty gruesome, but not unlike other planets he's dropped in on. some worlds are pretty fucked up, man. but the infantry catches his attention -- hover cycles! -- and he looks interested. ]

Thanks, for looking -- hover cycles, huh?

[ pause ]

You should talk to Luke.

[ han is certain luke is better at rocketing around in those tiny things than he is. he prefers his ship, and not dying. ]

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[ragazzina]

Oh! I've been on the Huntress before — that's where I was assigned before I moved! It's a really nice ship and the accommodations are some of the best that I've seen and...and...

[And. And. Oh my god Han what are you doing please don't just —]

No, no, no, don't disconnect that wire, you'll electrocute yourself!

[— Engineer augment compulsions die hard, evidently. Even when they come in the highly unorthodox package of petite blonde Italian girls.]

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[falconing]

Calm down, I'm not gonna electrocute myself.

[ though han at least pays mind to what she says, and moves his hand, eyeing her critically ]

If you liked it so much, why'd you move?

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[preformthisneigh]

[Waving a hoof!! ]

OH ME ME!

I couldn't fly a spaceship before, we don't even have spaceships where I come from. But then I cam here and BING! I suddenly knew how to fly a complex spacecraft. I didn't have to take a test or anything!

Alllso I was technically on another planet between here and home? Or was it another dimension?

...No, planet, I'm gonna go with planet.

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[falconing]

[ . . . ]

You can fly with those things?

[ and han raises his hand, wiggling his fingers.

he'll get to the rest of that crazy ass statement later. ]

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[resnipstance]

Wait. You're friends with a Wookiee named Chewbacca? I know a Wookiee named Chewbacca! I wonder if it's a common name...

Anyway. You know my answers to questions one and two. But if it's a race you want, you're on. [With a little grin:] Think you can out-pilot an ex-Jedi?

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[falconing]

[ . . . the slowest arching of eyebrows. ]

We'll get to you losing to the best pilot in the galaxy later -- you've met Chewie?

[ wookiees live an awful long time, so it wouldn't be... a large stretch of the imagination. and chewie was around during the clone wars, for however little he talks about it to han. ]

When'd that happen?

[dancingmd]

I haven't seen or heard of your friend, but as to your other questions: I live and work on a starship - an exploratory and diplomatic vessel to be exact -at home. And while I'm not a pilot per se, I do know how to fly.

[She gives him a curious smile.]

Why exactly do you ask? Surely it's not only in order to find racing partners.

[falconing]

[ -- finally, a woman of his own heart. except not, because she is no leia organa, no offense, bev. ]

There's a hell of a lot of people on this Fleet that've never been in space before.

[ it's a short way to say 'what in the actual fuck were these people thinking?' ]

Just curious to see if anybody else was still getting their space legs, or had to when they got here. -- what's the name of your ship?

[mikangirl]

I'm a pilot.

Atroma-assigned, though. I can't help but think you normal space pilots might have a huge advantage on the whole racing thing.

[Not that this would stop her.]

[falconing]

Hey, you never know unless you try.

[ with a well-meaning grin. han solo is definitely going to win this race. ]

Besides, isn't it supposed to be just for fun?

[kingofbadlifechoices]

[Robb is still at the other side of the ship, rummaging through weapons and using his quite limited knowledge to make any sense of them. When his black box starts to speak he gets up, recognizing the voice of the man. A bit of a loud man, claiming lots of knowledge about the ship. In a way he reminds him a little of Theon Greyjoy. The friend he once had.]

I have never stood upon a planet.

[He gazes into the box.]

I have not seen your beast either, ser. I do not think these lords want us to have our companions with us.

[falconing]

[ han is way cooler than theon robb okay

way

cooler ]

He's not a beast, he's got a name.

[ wookiees are well recognized in his part of the galaxy, but obviously not here. ]

But I'll agree with you there -- having everybody useful around would put things at their disadvantage, wouldn't it?

[ though han is lucky enough to have luke and leia here, he misses chewbacca. and lando. and the rest of their ridiculous crew. ]

[thezerothlaw]

I have been to several worlds before this one. I was first activated on Earth, though my creators were Auroran and most of my construction was performed there. I have also been to Solaria and Baleyworld.

[And a few others, but those are the chief ones.]

Still, I must say that the Fleet is... rather different than the galaxy I am familiar with.

[falconing]

[ none of those sound familiar, but han listens anyway. his brow furrows slightly. ]

Join the club. I've never been to this neck of the galaxy, and the charts make no sense.

[ pause ]

Did you say activated?

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[save_the_souls]

[Ah, this guy. He'll make no indication he's talked to him as he answers]

I've been off planet before, but I'm no pilot.

As for your friend Chewbacca, I'm afraid I haven't heard of anyone like that in the fleet. He's likely still back in your wo...er, universe.

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[falconing]

Yeah, I know.

[ still, han can hope. maybe chewbacca got lost. the dumbass. ]

What's your job in the Fleet if you're not a pilot?

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[fishwife]

[Undyne's too lazy to go speak to him in person, so she's beaming him from the kitchen.]

Human! Are you suggesting that we race with this ship?

[She slams her fists down on the table. Thankfully it doesn't break in half.]

That sounds like a GREAT idea!! Let's do it! RIGHT NOW! I want to see how fast it goes!

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[falconing]

[ han has introduced himself like seven times but you know what he'll just deal with 'human', it's probably an actually legitimate designation on her planet. ]

Don't snap that table, sister, we've only got one.

[ mildly. ]

And I'm suggesting we win with this ship.

[ slight correction ok ok ]