002. telling the tale.

[imahologram]

Who: Leia Organa
Broadcast: Video; text
Action:
When: February 1

[Video]

Good afternoon.

[This feels so much more formal than her first, pretty much accidental broadcast. Leia's sitting at a table she found in a quiet corner of a Starlight restaurant, hands folded on the surface before her.]

I'm interested in any information you might have on past escapes from the Fleet, whether successful or not, or on people who have been sent away by the Atroma. If we pool our resources, my hope is that we'll have a better chance of finding ways to send home those Fleet members whose priorities lie elsewhere.

I've attached my own experiences below, in the interest of adding to our current knowledge base. Any intelligence you can offer, however small, has the potential to be of use.

Thank you.

[Text]

[It's the executive summary of a report, because of course it fucking is.]

Timeline: First three days docked at the FS Starlight
Location: FS Starlight, SS Lornlo
Contact: Leia Organa, Windrose

Mission goal: Begin journey home using local transport

Highlights:
‣ Made contact with beings (both human and alien) of various ships
‣ Demands from many for payment up front for
‣ Traded work for passage on the SS Lornlo
‣ Completed menial tasks aboard ship for Captain Graatix
‣ Duration of trip: several hours
‣ Transported back to the Fleet immediately upon leaving Fleet area of influence

Notes:
‣ Evidence in favor of the augment's primary role in tying beings to the Fleet
‣ Ship quality outside of the Fleet appears to be as good or better as within
‣ Multiple alien races present on the FS Starlight,
‣ No additional details on location gainned

Next steps:
‣ Investigation of potential for disabling augment
‣ Purchase of ship parts (local equivalent to hyperdrive?) to patch into existing Fleet systems
‣ Further questioning of locals for information regarding area
‣ Discuss experiences with Fleet members for further insight

[ooc: Interaction around/during said escape attempt can also happen here if you're interested.]

Comments

video;

[firstrebel]

Well, there goes my plan to rent a ship and hightail it out of here.

Thanks for the info. Really - knowing that saves me some time. I wish I had much more to add, but all I can say so far is that an acquaintance and I tried to approach the Marsiva a couple of weeks back and it... didn't work. There's no conventional way to board her.

video;

[imahologram]

Any time, Hera. I wish it were better news--we both have places to be.

[Leia's smile is pretty humorless.]

And that's something. I wonder what we'd find there if we were able to get back in--now that we have a better idea of where we are and what's going on.

video;

[firstrebel]

That's all right. I'm used to playing long games. And information is power - we just need patience, cooperation and we'll get this figured out.

video;

[imahologram]

It's not like we have anything better to do.

[That's the spirit, Hera.]

It's a pity we don't have a way to communicate under their watch. Even the Empire couldn't keep an eye on us at every minute of the day.

video;

[firstrebel]

Yeah, finding blind spots is on my list.

[ She has a few other ideas, but she's smart enough not to say them over a network that's being observed by the Atroma. ]

video;

[imahologram]

Likewise. [There has to be some space where they aren't being watched, surely.]

How have you been doing? Keeping busy? [Doing any exciting rebel stuff?]

video;

[firstrebel]

I always keep busy. My partner and I have been picking up some odd jobs on the station. No sense in going broke while we have skills and it's a good way to learn things.

video;

[imahologram]

There's a lot here to learn, as long as you aren't hoping to learn how to leave.

How is Kanan doing?

video;

[firstrebel]

That's true enough. But it wouldn't be the first time I had to figure that out without much help.

He's all right. There's been a lot of - new information to take in, honestly. But, he's adaptable. We all are.

[imahologram]

I don't doubt that. [They've both done their share of making it up as they go along--sometimes together, as it happens.]

I'm glad you're both managing. It's starting to look like it'll take all of us to figure out how to get home.

[firstrebel]

That's nothing new, either, really. Collective effort is more my speed, anyway.