driftfleet | Settling Dust And All...

Who: Nami and you!
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Iskaulit
When: Now

Space Bar is back open for business. Brand new seedy-looking furniture and everything.

[Wryly. Well, you take what you can get in a rest stop like this, and it's not like their furnishings were classy to begin with. She might have had to empty out her double casino winnings for the most part, but what the hell. It's in the name of business and there will always be more casinos, right?

Anyway. She's making this announcement from the Space Bar, but she has a lot more to say.]

So...this is the third attack on the Fleet that people know of. Two by this mystery Fleet and one by a bunch of jackass raiders. It pretty well stands to reason that it's gonna happen again some time in the future-- hopefully a lot later rather than sooner, but. There were a lot of near misses.

[Aria still hasn't woken up. For one.]

So a couple things:

One, I'd really appreciate getting whatever information we can together about both groups, and I would assume I'm not the only one. People actually managed to speak to that first Fleet this time, didn't they? I know my Comms officer got through, at least. So what gives that they rescued us this time instead of screwing us over? We need to work out what the hell is going on there.

Two, the raiders were pretty cut and dried, and I don't think they had Atroma ties-- at least, their ships aren't compatible with our augments. I think they were exactly who they said they were. But even if they don't come back... we weren't prepared for an attack. And we should be, because I guess space piracy is totally a thing, and next time we might not have a handy bunch of ships lurking nearby to help us out. Our crews need to be well balanced so that no ship is left without crucial defences. We need to have some kind of contingency plan in effect fleetwide, even if it's only an outline. I don't have the experience for that kind of thing, but I know there's people among us who do.

So... if you've got any information, no matter how trivial you think it might be, could you share it? Experiences, weird stuff that happened, anything. And ideas for how to deal with this if it happens again would be great, too. I'm gonna be writing up a policy for my own ship. I'd love to hear what other captains did with theirs. And definitely, seriously, please give thought to moving to another ship that's lacking your augment if you're already a little redundant on your own.

I guess that's it...? [I'm not used to speechifying!

...well, she can hope someone with more experience will take over from here.]

((ooc: given this is a call to share thoughts on this, feel free to threadjack taggers))

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Vash was, too, I think. [And he's chimed in, so--] I'll ask him.

Fans...? What do you mean?

Fans of us. More like stalkers. I didn't necessarily mean literally like our audience. Though if they are, that would be some very active viewership.

Very. [Dryly.]

I think the options are either they used to be like us, or they're another Fleet sent in by the Atroma to make things interesting or keep us safe, or maybe even they used to work directly for the Atroma.

...it makes me wonder all over again about those devices we found that jammed communications. What's the bet someone from this other Fleet is responsible?

[She nods at Nami's last theory before going back to the first.] What makes you think it's possible they used to be like us?

Some of the comments people say they've made. And... Sam made an Earth-based reference, and the pilot he was speaking to got the joke.

Hmm. They could still be like us. Different show. Real World Road Rules Challenge.

...is it bad I've actually been on the Fleet long enough that that makes sense to me.

Probably. But at least it makes the conversation easier?

True. [Grin.]

So our options are another reality show, previous contestants that have broken ties, previous Atroma employees that have broken ties, or... I don't know. A group of people that take offence to the idea of captive celebrities.

Or just people hired to boost our ratings.

...also an option, yeah. Ugh. [Too many conspiracy theories.]

Kind of makes you want to curl up, watch network Princess Bride with snacks, and not think about it, right?

You know, I haven't seen that yet. [Though she's seen it in the media files often enough.] We don't have movies where I'm from. Maybe I'll give it a shot.

Wait, no movies at all ever? What about TV?

[She's had this conversation before, so she can put it more succinctly.]

We've got broadcasting devices for speeches and things like that, and some events are televised worldwide, but it's not the same. Nobody ever puts on a theatre show in front of a den den mushi.

[Somehow that's stranger. She thought, okay, from the past or a world that developed different sorts of technology, but having the capabilities and then exploiting them different while perfectly reasonable boggles the mind a bit more.] What is a den den mushi?

Transponder snail. It's a creature that picks up signals and transmits them. Just like our comms.

[One Piece is weird.]

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I'm sleeping, right? Having a weird dream? [Do you know how much weird shit she's heard and seen and this is the thing she wants to nope out of for being too weird. Slow clap. Well done, Nami.]

[Snicker.]

If that makes you feel better, sure. Is it really that weird?

[IDK MAN SHE GREW UP WITH THIS STUFF NORMAL TECH IS WEIRD]

That you're using Flintstones technology? Yes. [She almost says it's weirder than ponies who can bake, but it's not really weirder than that and saying it is just going to make her sad.]

I'd have to know what Flintstones is before that makes any sense.

Oh, if only I could describe it. Do you use snails for most of your technology?

No. The den den are special. It's like-- they're naturally... telepathic of a sort, I guess you'd say here? They can pick up each other's thoughts and repeat them back, and someone at some point adapted this into a communication system.

We're pirates. We don't have what most people would class as technology in any big way. But what we do have, most people generally find odd.

What else have you got?

Hmm. The most obvious thing I can think of is the dials from the sky islands. They look like seashells, but they're manufactured. Or at least I think they are. They can do a variety of things-- record a voice, propel a small ship, emit heat, record an impact and deliver it back--

I've got one here, actually. It's part of my waver.

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