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Who: Jon Snow and you!
Broadcast: fleetwide
Action: Three Twins.
When: June 1st

[When the feed opens, the first thing seen is an empty bed. It's been slept in somewhat recently, you can see the mess the owner's left it in, but the owner himself is nowhere in sight--at least until someone picks the communicator up.

Congrats, folks, it's a new month and one of the first things you get to see is Jon Snow's deeply annoyed frown, framed by a shot of the--ceiling?]

And here I thought this fleet couldn't surprise me anymore. [From his exasperated tone, it's probably immediately obvious just what he thinks about this little surprise.] I hadn't been told anything like this would happen. Does it usually?

[And he turns the camera down towards his feet, which, currently, are floating a few feet off the ground. He pulls the camera back up towards his face, which is wearing an expression of utter annoyance.]

And when can I get back down?

[The feed ends right there, but curious souls can find Jon floating grumpily or trying to ineffectually steer himself along the corridors of the Three Twins! Looks like he's just gotten his first taste of an augment malfunction, and it's just made him immune to the ship's gravity drive.

What a lucky bastard.]

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Each ship is equipped with space suits for extravehicular activity. Magnetic boots are standard issue for those suits. it should be entirely possible to either wear the boots separately, or to wear the suit inside the ship.

I remember seeing those around--mayhaps once I get out of my quarters I can find one and take the boots.

[A pause, then:] This nebula--[and the sound of the word on Jon's tongue is a little bit off, like he's just trying it out]--what are the chances we might pass through one again?

Failing that, wearing the entire suit should work as well. Good luck.

[He tilts his head thoughtfully.]

As of yet there's only been the one as long as anyone's been here, and it caused enough difficulty that Atroma is likely to route us with a wide berth around anything similar. Still, it's a possibility, if unlikely. It is always better to prepare for such an eventuality.

Thank you, I've a feeling I'm going to need it.

[...he's probably not going to wear the entire suit, let's be real here. It clashes too much with his #aesthetic.]

Were there any other problems when the fleet went through it, any dangers that we'll have to know of if we lose power again? Or was it just the gravity that was affected?

[Funny how they don't make EVA suits in black medieval grunge.]

Many other systems were affected, in fact. The lights were out and we could do little more than drift; the weapons and shields were unusable. Fortunately for all, life support remained on, though a good deal of that is passive in the ships regardless. I'd highly recommend each ship have a portable light source independent of the ship's power for such an occurrence.

[The glowing fish from the beach planet had actually come in handy - and it's one reason he's expanded his horticulture since then. If the life support did go down, they'd at least have oxygen for a while.]

[Lights are not too much of a problem--he'll have to see if there's a light source anywhere that he can carry the next time they stop somewhere. Weapons and shields, though, that's--a bit more of a problem. So far in his stay they haven't been attacked yet, but Jon can't get rid of the lingering thought that it might happen.]

Any ideas? I can think of--battery-powered lamps [how does he know that? damn it, augment] but they run the risk of running out before we pass through. And I don't think anyone wants to risk setting something important on fire.

[A pause, then:] How long did it take before the fleet passed through the nebula?

I use glowing fish from the beach planet, actually. Though you might be surprised how long a good battery can last.

It was a matter of hours, perhaps a day at most.

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