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Who: Jaina
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: There's a new engineer joining the Bishop.
When: She might manage to wait five minutes after the latest shuffling.

The layout of these controls don't make any kind of sense. Not by any scheme I've seen on a ship, anyway.

[Yep, there is a teenager with her device propped on a nearby console, leaning elbows on another while she peers at it, intent. As she goes, she nearly taps buttons and levers, behaving enough not to actually muck with anything.]

It's not like snubfighter controls. Believe me, I know. But if this were anything like a Corellian YT-series I'd expect this to handle pitch, and...that should be yaw. Are the thrusters strictly forward? Maybe there's a z-axis control.

[These are all incorrect, and she seems to understand that. She chews her bottom lip, distracted with thought, before she finally turns her head to look directly into the camera again.]

How universal are the designs on these ships? I'm on Bishop, and there's a few things I can peg as customizations, but not too much. I've got a feeling I should try to learn as much as I can. Especially if I'm going to have to open a few of these panels up after a while to make sure it keeps working correctly.

[Admittedly, part of that feeling is the simple fact that regardless of the circumstances surrounding her presence in this fleet, she is stoked about learning the intricacies of a new style of ship.]

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[falconing]

[ -- so a good... 15 years. his brow furrows slightly. jaina honestly doesn't recognize that he's fifteen years younger? or maybe -- ]

... that's a word for it.

[ finally, and he settles back into his chair with a frown. he doesn't know, really, how best to handle this, and even though he's figured it out by now -- ]

What's your name?

[Private]

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[At this point Jaina's used to her parents being these amazing figures who can't be touched by anything; also, people aged ridiculously well in the old EU. Besides, put him on a little screen and a few wrinkles and grey hairs might not be so obvious.]

Jaina Solo.

So how'd you get here, Dad? We can grab the Falcon, right?

[Private]

[falconing]

[ he is so not qualified to do this, this is so not his division ]

... no.

[ han will tackle the other part in a minute, best to just answer the kid's questions now ]

She's not here. We're not even in the same galaxy, and the star systems don't line up the way they should. There's no sign of any familiar ships, or the rebellion -- but I'd guess that's old news, for you.

[ this is beyond bizarre ]

[Private]

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I don't mind hearing more of the stories. Just...later.

[Jaina can prioritize. Honest.]

Guess we're really going to be here for a while.

[Private]

[falconing]

It's less stories, and more 'we're not on the same page.'

[ may as well be blunt about it, right ]

But we haven't figured out a way to get out of here yet, and it's not looking like that's happening anytime soon.

[Private]

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The time you stomped on Jabba's tail in a spaceport could have happened five days ago. It's still a story from anyone's perspective, Dad.

[She loves her dad, but it seems like the story about Greedo in the cantina seems to change every time it gets told.]

So how long have you been here?