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[redactions]

Who: Jim Barnes
Broadcast: Fleetwide.
Action: nope.
When: Feb 2.

Two questions:

1. Has anyone managed to fix the "modifications" made to our ships a few months ago?

2. Has anyone else found their personal items being sold on this station?

Comments

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[goodjob]

Someone pawned your shit?

[Someone's gonna get roughed up.]

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[redactions]

I wasn't exactly expecting them to have it.

audio foreverrrr.

[goodjob]

Yeah, that's how stealing works. [Hurr.] When'd you notice it was missing?

same deal here

[redactions]

[ if you beat someone up please let him watch. ]

It wasn't. I didn't arrive here with it, that's the thing.

[goodjob]

[Paying customers only.]

...That seems kinda smalltime for Atroma. You sure it's the same one?

[redactions]

[ wait, no friendship privileges??? ]

Exact same. I'd know 'em anywhere.

[ Given. You know. Steve's painting that's hung in his living room. ]

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[unbearablynaive]

The Windrose is still more tight than it was, but a crew capacity upgrade helped so we not longer worry about hitting our heads on the ceilings. It's likely we'll need another one to completely reverse the effects, though I do hope we keep the windows.

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[redactions]

Acknowledged.

We haven't reversed the change in thermostat, but the corridors are only a little wider after upgrade. I'm wondering if it's even possible to restore them to the state they were before.

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[mucked]

That would be a hard no regarding my personal items. But it sounds as though you might have had a windfall of sorts. Hm?

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[unbearablynaive]

I hope it isn't terribly uncomfortable. Did your ship become warmer or cooler? Perhaps some fans or space heaters could be located.

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[redactions]

Cold.

Not enough to cause anything serious, just make us uncomfortable.

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[redactions]

Accurate description.

They're paintings, by a mutual friend of ours. A few specific ones.

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[vagabond_code]

What did you find? Home stuff?

[Sure, maybe that was sort of implied, but the implications were too significant to leave it to chance.]

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[redactions]

Very important [ a pause, which is sadly lost in the text medium ] home stuff.

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[vagabond_code]

Buy it before someone else does.

[Whatever it is. If you haven't already.]

Is it technically stealing if it's yours in the first place?

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[redactions]

I thought about it, but they allowed some bargaining. It's safe with me now.

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[brokencopy]

Well, I did try to fix the temperature.

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[redactions]

I know you did. Something we're doing isn't working.

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[brokencopy]

It just doesn't make sense. This implant tells me everything I've done should have worked.

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[redactions]

No, it doesn't make any sense. Nothing has ever been irreparable before.

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[brokencopy]

What's the point of giving us a problem that can't be solved?

[Oh. Wait. He actually knows the answer to this one.]

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[redactions]

Rhetorical question?

[ he sometimes doesn't know, with B. ]

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[unbearablynaive]

[Heaters shouldn't be too difficult, really. Hmm.]

And you'd prefer not to wear heavy clothing from the last planet, no doubt. I'll see if I can acquire anything of use on the station, though parts seem to be in short supply.

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[tobeajedi]

You found your belongings? What were they?

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[redactions]

Paintings. Ones that can't be replicated.