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And how well does that work for your planet?

[He's always curious about more primitive planets though he usually didn't have time to learn much about them before they were brought under First Order rule with all that entailed.]

It has its ups and downs. Not everyone is going to agree.

[ There's so much more to it, but now isn't the time for an economics lesson. ]

There might be a book in the library on the Iskaulit about it.

That's true, not even the Empire was without conflicts among the systems.

What is the name of your planet and star system?

The Solar System. It's in the Milky Way Galaxy. The planet is Earth. I'm not sure how much they'll even have, but they seem to have books from different places everyone comes from.

Interesting, I'll have to look for it then when I'm next there.

Is the library composed of materials brought by those here in the fleet?

I'm not really sure. It was already there when I got here a year ago. But you can borrow books and return them at will.

Actual books with papers? [He's never been in a library like that before, it will be a new experience for him at least.]

I've only seen a few actual books on paper before, it's not common.

Most of the books here are on paper. There are some files available on the network, though.

Do you know what kind of files? [He doubted he would find any records from his galaxy that he hadn't already seen and he wasn't sure what else he would find from other worlds but he would still investigate it. He had more free time on his hands than he was comfortable with.]

There's a link on your communicator. There are audio and text files from different worlds. I think there's a game, too.

[He slipped out the communicator, he had only glanced at it really since he considered it, well, primitive and the network wasn't secure.]

A game? I suppose I'm not surprised though, given how little we are able to do. [He looked amused, raising his eyebrows. He would never admit that even he may have a couple of hologames on his own datapad. Sometimes he needed something to do while ignoring Ren.]

The game isn't that bad. A good way to waste an hour. It gets easier, finding things to do.

[ Sure, he's been here for over a year, but others have been here even longer. Easy enough to try and settle in for lord knows how fucking long. ]

Is that how you pass the time then? I've never had idle time before arriving here. [He checked out a few of the files, opening the game briefly before turning the communicator off.]

I suppose there is little to do on the ship, even for the captain.

I try to catch up on things I've missed. Picked up some hobbies.

Easy enough to do between taking care of things.

So it seems- a ship with a crew of 8 is simple enough.

[He misses his star destroyer so much. Finalizer had been his home for the last 5 years.]

Between planets, there's not much to do. The fleet being attacked was a rare and brief occurrence.

[ He misses being busy as much as the next guy, but in the interim, actually being able to enjoy the free time is nice. ]

The fleet was attacked? Why whom? Or what? [Now this was interested.]

September of last year. Just after I arrived. A fleet opposed to this one. It's apparently happened once before, as well, though I wasn't present for it.

Just a random fleet? No information on what race these aliens belonged to? What did the ships look like?

I don't suppose you would know anything about the weaponry the other fleet had, that would help to see what I could do for this ship so it's better prepared. [But honestly his personal shuttle was more advanced than this ship it seemed.]

None. The ships were similar to our own in design and number, but little else is known about them.

[ All of that information is probably still buried in the archives, accessible via communicator, but if Hux hasn't gone looking, it's new information. ]

No dead, light injuries, minimal ship damages. Their weapons were no different than what is available to us.

Interesting. [He made a note to look for more information on that later, now that he knows the archives exist.]

I wonder what their motivations were.

As far as we can tell, steering us into the nebula we're in now.

[ Their motivations are probably the Atroma's. Whatever those fuckers have planned. ]

[Hux isn't going to ask what's in the nebula, he has learned that Atroma aren't really in the habit of explaining things already.]

Well, I suppose this will be interesting then. [He remarked as he slipped the datapad in the pocket of his coat]

We can't tell what will happen until it comes.

[ It's much the same for any situation that the Atroma throws them into. They have to cross the bridge when they come to it. There's very little warning with everything. ]

Mhmm. [Hux poured the last of the coffee in the pot into his cup, it wasn't as good as the caf he was used to even in the middle of nowhere in space but it was decent still.]

I should get back to work then, while it's quiet.

[Something he was certain he would never get entirely used.]