driftfleet | [video]

Who: Ravi Chakrabarti and YOU
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: HS Marsiva
When: Pre-shuffle!

[When Ravi wakes up in a completely unfamiliar bunk, his first thought is that he's been whisked back to the zombie camp with the unmentionable name and is about to have a bevy of overenthusiastic, purple gorilla nurses descend upon him. But as the minutes tick by uneventfully, he decides to brave the unknown to explore his surroundings and - despite the perplexities of his current situation - is visibly delighted by everything he sees. When he finally gets the hang of the communicator, his hands are actually shaking from the excitement of it all, making his image a little blurry onscreen.]

Apparently I'm in space! Which is actually pretty bloody brilliant! It's a definite upgrade from my previous zombie camp escapade, let me tell you, but I have so many questions!

[He looks like he's about to start rambling for hours on end, but manages to visibly reel himself in first. It's probably best to start with the basics.]

I'm Dr. Ravi Chakrabarti and I suppose this makes me a new member of this fleet, if there is a fleet. Which I'm pretty sure there is since I'm just about one hundred percent certain I could see other ships from the viewing area.

[A huge grin breaks out over his face as he mentally processes this again.]

I'm part of a fleet and I'm broadcasting in space! I mean, look, I'm obviously not thrilled about being displaced from home again, but if it has to happen, at least I'm on an actual, honest-to-God spaceship! And if anyone can provide some information on why exactly I'm in space, I'd be much obliged. Don't get me wrong, I could only have ever dreamed about all this robotic medical equipment in the last place, but at least the gorilla nursing staff was a bit more communicative.

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I'll keep that in mind

[ ... ] It's Bucky.

Is that a nickname?

[Oh wait, that is totally a nickname isn't it. Ha. Hahaha, Ravi sure is hitting the jackpot with the comic book characters today.]

Anyway, it's good to meet you, Bucky. I appreciate your tolerating my apparently unfettered enthusiasm for space travel.

Yeah, it's a nickname. You can call me James if you prefer?

You're not the worst guy to come through here.

[ A+ complimenting. Gold star. ]

Nah, if that's what you go by, then it's what I'll call you!

[He laughs a little at that. Ravi is nothing if not good-humoured in most situations.]

Yeah? Who's my direct competition for that title?

It's probably a toss-up. Most of the people here are okay.

So I keep hearing! Glad we don't have any straight-up terrorists running around, anyway. That'd be a bit difficult to deal with in space, I'd imagine.

We have a few people that fit the mark, but they won't get far. They're very 'new galactic order' with no access to their world-destroying weapons.

Small mercies, for now.

"New Galactic Order"? Is that their actual name or just their general goal?

I'm pretty sure that's just their general goal.

In my experience, things tend not to go well for those kinds of factions.

... of course that experience is pretty much exclusively in movies, tv shows, video games, and books, so it probably doesn't count for much.

So long as there's still someone to fight it, things don't go well for the bad guys.

Please tell me there's some kind of coalition of good guys here.

We have most of a group called the Avengers?

[ How stupid is that name, ammirite? ]

[Ravi is basically screaming in delight on the inside right now.]

That is brilliant!

Even without them, most of the people here rise to the occasion if something happens that threatens the Fleet.

I'm pretty good for antidotes, but any kind of physical altercations are a bit touch and go.

That's a good thing, we've got plenty of people willing to punch. The ratio of doctors to fighters is pretty skewed toward the latter.

I'm a little rusty, and my resident has recently criticized my suture technique, but I am more than happy to offer my services as needed!

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