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

[imahologram]

[Her brows shoot up. She's never heard of such a thing before--it's not exactly a Jedi ability.]

Maybe we should do some experimenting with that sometime. I'm not sure how it might affect the augment.

[passingthrough]

Are you volunteering because it sounds like it goes to a very bad place if it doesn't work. [Which she would know since she is the one who informed her of that.]

[imahologram]

Maybe. [There's not a lot of certainty behind that, though.] I'm going to look back through the network archives and see what I can find before we make any plans.

[passingthrough]

I'd like to know more about it first too. People probably know more than they think they know about this place and it's a matter of connecting the dots.

Sadly, they don't all record it like you.

[imahologram]

I'll let you know what I find out.

They probably don't come from places where they need to. But if we're going to do anything about this situation, we need the facts in front of us.

[passingthrough]

Agreed.

This is standard operating procedure for you back home?

[imahologram]

[Leia nods.]

When I'm not trapped in a holo-drama, most of my work is tactical or diplomatic. [It's occasionally diplomacy with a blaster, but...] What did you do at home?

[passingthrough]

Holo-drama?

[She should really find a good, safe stock answer for this, but blunt honesty is more her thing.] Freedom fighter, vigilante, assassin, gene traitor. You can pretty much take your pick. Kind of depends on the point of view. So, generally combat.

[Head tilt.] Also a teacher and a trainer.

[imahologram]

They've told you about that part, haven't they? How we're being recorded? [Leia doesn't bother keeping her contempt from her tone.]

It sounds like we're in the same business--aside from teaching and training. What war were you fighting?

[passingthrough]

Right. I heard reality TV. [Not holo-drama, but she gets that they must be basically the same now. And the contempt is warranted as far as she's concerned.]

We're trying to stop a genocide.

[imahologram]

That's another name for it, as far as I can tell.

[No contempt for Kitty's goals, though. Leia's interest is piqued.] How's it going?

[passingthrough]

More people die every day. Guess that'd be true even without it going on, but not at his rate. We were close to...something before I was pulled out. [A very drastic plan.]