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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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I spoke to a woman in a small, quick ship painted red and white. She couldn't give me her name, said that just having a name would be enough for them to danger her and her crew.

I'm assuming by they she meant our lovely hosts.

The aiding ship I spoke to had been part of the fleet before, it seems.

[It's rather shocking, but also potentially inspiring to those who'd want to break free of the Atroma's iron grasp. Especially those who might not want to return home... Whoever the dickens that may be.]

They didn't want to tell me anything that would jeopardize their escape from the fleet.

Their primary message was -- to not give up hope.

Why would Atroma pose a threat? Do they attack those who try to leave?

I can't say for sure if they would or not seeing as no one has successfully been able to leave the fleet. Try to stay on a planet and you're suddenly teleported back when the fleet leaves. Who knows, maybe that's a new feature for this cycle's round of contestants.

It's that apparently the viewing audience can see everything we do so they're the first ones I can think of that would: always be listening.

But, it wouldn't surprise me if they would. After all, we're all brought here for a show where the prize is to go home. Not exactly a nice gesture to surprisingly spring on some of the people here.

[He won't voice his worry about the people who leave the fleet. Hoping that they are "winners" but he just can't be sure about that.]

[He says that word with such emotion - perhaps disdain? He obviously doesn't approve of what is going on here, which neither does Okita, but he's quietly playing the game for now.

The fact that anyone could be listening anywhere is concerning. It reinforces his belief that he has to keep his real identity a secret for a little while longer. But the fact that only winners get to go home is...disturbing.]

Do you think they were the losers? The ones left behind on those ships?

It's possible. After all, most games not everyone gets to win. There has to be losers.

But we were under fire so unfortunately I didn't get a chance to ask that.

They were the ones who attacked us before, yes? [He wasn't here for that, but according to this post, they were.]

Why attack and then help? Did they say anything about that?

Not really, she did seem to kind of acknowledge that, but those two attacks before they never seemed to be trying to take us completely out of commission.

In fact they once forced us into a nebula that made it hard for any communication to get through. It could be their attack was an attempt to make contact and it was their only way, but I can't say for sure.

[Fascinating... So because the "viewers" were always listening and Atroma monitored their communications, driving the Fleet into dangerous territory would be their only option.

The problem being, if they do want to make contact again, they'll be putting themselves at risk now.]

Unlikely, but it's a possibility. [He tries to shoot the stranger a look to say "You're probably right, but we shouldn't talk about that here."]

If they wanted to communicate, they would have done so without trying to attack us.

[Do you see that bright red coat? Subtlety is not this man's forte, clearly.]

Yeah, you have a point there. The smart move would have been talking to us first anyway. I've never been one for figuring mysteries out so someone else would probably have a better theory.

[Or at least he likes people to think it isn't his forte.]

Edited (Sorry, didn't like my wording) 2017-01-22 01:54 (UTC)

...you know, combined with what Jarvis has to say, that's a telling point.

[Look. He wears sky blue on occasion and white in the middle of dusty, dirty Kyoto. If he can do it, so can you!!!]

I've never been one for mysteries either. At least, ones that weren't in a play or a book.

[He wonders how they can really talk about this without Atroma seeing or hearing them. Was there something that could prevent whatever was watching them from looking in? The "nebulas" maybe?]

My name is Soujirou. I don't believe we've met.

My name is Vash. It's good to meet you Soujirou. I hope you have been having fun with the fleet. You know, when we're not being attacked. [Then he laughs like being attacked isn't a big deal.]

Yeah, there were more ships than the one I talked with. I wonder if they all felt the same or if they each have different views.

Would it be strange to say the change of pace was a little refreshing?

[He returns the laugh, albeit a little more sheepishly.[

While it isn't fun being attacked, it is different from floating about doing nothing much.

Wait, did they say that outright? That they used to be part of the Fleet?

They're a fleet that travels together. I'm gonna assume the overarching view is the same, though there might be a small percentage of differing opinions. Still-- that's kind of why I want to get all the information in one place so we can form a bigger picture.

[Hopefully more people will weigh in soon.]

That kind of Fleetwide unity is going to be difficult to achieve. An admiral is out of the question, but maybe a council of the ranking officers on the ships?

This was the third? I'd only ever heard of one before. The one before the calibrations. What was the other?

[As for her other points she agrees. It's always made her uneasy when the Windrose was missing any key spots or when they have redundancies. Not that she can imagine any of them leaving either.]

Aren't you worrying too much?

Our 'benevolent' hosts have an invested interest in us not taking the ferry to corpseville all at once.

Yes, them and their crew. This woman had unfortunately been hesitant to say much. They were afraid the Atroma would bring them back under influence in some way.

Well, I don't blame them, that's for sure.

...that puts an interesting spin on their last attack of the Fleet. [Mindful that Jarvis is far newer than she is, she qualifies:] They drove us all into a nebula, which caused a lot of shorts in equipment and augments.

Maybe it wasn't so much an attack as they were attempting to render the augments inoperable.

It's my job to worry too much. [Look, so she's a very negative pirate! Comes with sailing with a ship full of idiots back home.]

And sure, maybe. Unless they decide that dramatically dying in some blaze of glory would net them a lot better ratings. Personally, even if I could trust their supposed motives it's better for us to be self-sufficient.

[Ferry to corpseville, though. That's colourful. She likes it.]

Same Fleet, but I don't know the details. It's listed in the introduction document and I was told about it when I got here, but anyone who actually witnessed it hasn't been very forthcoming on the details.

...though it may be that there's hardly anyone left from that time.

[Still, she can think of at least two that were.]

[Tell her about it. She had this argument earlier on, several times over-- it's near impossible.

A council, on the other hand...]

I think that's a good idea. We've already had one captain's meeting to compare notes. Having that occur on a regular basis will at least make sure we're all on the same page.

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