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[beardstrokes]

Who: Obi-Wan Kenobi and You
Broadcast: Video
Action: Hospitality Deck - Marsiva
When: January 2nd

[ Obi-Wan is no stranger to waking up to unknown locations, but this seemed odd . . . even for him. He gropes for his lightsaber . . . which is gone, obviously. He huffs, before straightening himself and brushing his hair back. Communications . . . communications . . . ah, there it is.

A video feed. Somewhat archaic, but it'll do. He doubts anyone from the Republic will be nearby, but perhaps the locals will offer some aid. Obi-Wan clears his throat before speaking. It's time for his other skill set to come in use. ]

Greetings. My name is General Kenobi. To whom do I have the pleasure of addressing? And I don't suppose there is someone willing to answer my questions? Because I have a great deal many of them.

Comments

[averagestar]

I doubt the Nunnilis incident was orchestrated by them, at least. The attacking ships... I can't say either way.

A lot of people are convinced they're working for Atroma. It's a fact that their ships are at the very least, designed to the same specifications as the ships the Marsiva produces. That would seem to imply them to have either been created by the Marsiva, or a similar mothership. I doubt the Marsiva is the only one in existence, after all.

Either way, the ships that attacked us seem to be considerably more advanced than ours. They could have completely destroyed us the last time we fought, but instead they dragged everyone into a nebula that disrupted all systems on the ship, including our implants.

[And one of my crewmates is a robot, so.]

[beardstrokes]

So there might be several other ships like these out there.

[ That's a depressing thought. ]

[averagestar]

It's hard to believe there's just one, yes. The only one that we know of is ours, of course: The attacking ships didn't exactly respond to hails.

[beardstrokes]

So we were left in the dark.

I can believe there's a bigger conspiracy at work here.

[averagestar]

There's probably something going on behind the scenes, yes. It's hard to tell what exactly it is with the information we can get a hold of, though.

At the very least, there's definitely something off about the "victory prize".

[beardstrokes]

The victor prize? What is that?

[averagestar]

I mentioned it before, but it's "to go home". I believe they also indicated that it will be "exactly as you left it"... But also that only one person gets to go home.

So what happens when there's more than one person from the same world, then? If only one person can go home, then won't it be a different place if everyone else stays behind? Then it definitely can't be "exactly as you left it", can it?

[beardstrokes]

Then we'll find another way. I happen to be quite decent at that, if I do say so myself.

[averagestar]

That's true, I'm just... curious about why they would word it in such specific ways.

It feels like it's worded like that for a reason, but I can't quite understand what the meaning behind the contradiction is.

It could just be that it's a lie, and that's that, but... How do I put it? I don't think they would go about making such a direct and obvious lie, so I think there's some sort of meaning behind it.

[beardstrokes]

Perhaps a hint of sorts.

[ It would line up with everything he's heard. Give them a fighting chance, but not too much of a chance. ]