driftfleet | 03 ( voice )

Who: Lydia Martin
Broadcast: Fleetwide
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When: After the masquerade

So some people have looked at trying to disable the augments, which hasn't ended well, but what about what they do? I know that they give us - or enhance - a skill for our jobs here, and that they can give you additional skills or 'powers'.

( If you bought them or- however it happened. She hasn't found out that much about that yet. It's a whole work in progress )

But what about the skills we have, and our ship jobs. I was put into medical, and I had some medical knowledge before coming here - though the augment gave me everything else. Has anyone been given a job that they had never worked in before? Or something that they would never do? Or are we being perfectly selected?

( Because, even with the augments, putting someone in a job they had zero knowledge of before could cause something to happen. Unless they don't want to 'influence their ratings' that way )

And, related, has anyone ever changed their job?

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I asked a few people about that once. It really varies.

What about for you?

Mine stayed the same. I've always been a pilot.

Did you pilot in space before?

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I think I fall into the "already predisposed" thing, even if I haven't really been a security guard in my real life.

What were you before?

Uh...

A... hunter?

Then your augment's definitely given you some new skills.

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I was brought as a communications officer. Not something we have where I am from. And I also did change jobs, just this past month. I... did not ask for the change, but it was given to me regardless.

Do you know why it was changed?

Not at all. I'm still rather stumped about it. Perhaps because we already had a communications officer on the ship?

You'd think that having more than one would be useful. What are you now?

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Seems to vary, far as I can tell. Though I'm sure the people running the show don't just pick an augment randomly.

[He's not sure he'd have pegged some of the people he's met as 'fitting' for the augments they received right off the bat. But for entertainment value?]

Can't say my augment was any different from what I was doing back home. Just bumped me up to speed with the technology.

I don't think we'd really know if they did do it randomly.

What do you do?

Suppose it would be hard to say. I just have a hard time believing it to be random. We're here to entertain. But they don't have any problems letting you switch out your augment for another.

[And there has to be a reason why they chose who they did. Not that he has an answer to that.

To her second question though:]

Pilot. Was one back home. This isn't too different, just bigger in scale.

I wonder what they get if we switch, or how they do it.

I kind of wondered what would happen if I tried to remove my augment. You know, healing at all, but it still doesn't look like it would go very well. I'm not sure about powers, though. I know a lot of people have stuff from other places that they can do.

[ Mr. Helpful, at your service. ] They put me on security. Not really sure if that counts or not.

You'd probably die. That's what I've heard happens.

( They didn't have healing but- she didn't want him to test it either )

Well, you did do some protecting before, but I'd say it was a little different.

I mean, the other guy definitely could heal but who knows. I'd probably die though. You're right.

[ It's better that Leia posted about her findings. Was that who it was? He can't quite remember. ]

Yeah. I don't know that teenage werewolf in local supernatural fights is the same was security guard. I have access to guns and stuff.

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[A smooth response, as Tyrion continues to work in the background, the noise sounded like metal scrapping together.]

I come from a world where we are far, far below this level of technology that you have here ... we do not have flushing toliets, for one, but I was given the position as an engineer, and all that entails. I've done additional training with improving by reading, and practice, of course.

Then, unless you built anything from other materials before, it’s all new. Did the information from your augment clear up space and communicating or did you learn that yourself?

Precisely. And the augment taught me all the basics - I've covered the gaps as well I can with extensive reading on the subjects.

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No wonder you were so ready with the busted-nose-advice.

Someone has to keep an eye on you.

( Especially without Scott )

Did it bruise?

I'm perfectly capable of keeping an eye on myself, you know.

[ he huffs. ]

... no. It swelled a little, but no bruising. See? I'm fine.

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