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Hiro Hamada ([personal profile] everydayhero) wrote in [community profile] driftfleet2015-03-08 02:41 pm

#002 [Video]

Who: Hiro Hamada and YOU
Broadcast: Fleetwide video
Action: SS Bishop!
When: 3/8, in the afternoon



[What's that sound? The sound of an alarm going off. What's that video feed? Well, right now the camera is set on a bobblehead that is rattling like crazy. Its base has been elongated, and from under said base flashes (slowly) a red light. Then it turns blue after two buzzer sounds from the alarm. Then yellow. Then orange. Then green. Then purple. Back to red. It continues to cycle as Hiro turns the camera to face him, and he's bobbing his head with the beat of the buzzer while standing at a control panel of different metal than the ship that has been welded onto the wall by the door to the main deck. Every time he presses a button on said panel, the light changes color. Then he hits a small green button above a large red button on the side, and the whole thing stops.

[Yes, the entire Bishop was just subjected to that without warning.]


Pretty cool, huh?

[Hiro looks like a cat who just caught his very first bird.]

It's all hooked up to our control panels, but I can't program it to do everything I need it to until we have a pilot and a communications officer. Right now, we have fire, gas, and the latter half of the collision alarms. I still need to program one for docking and to hook up another to the radar so we can know when we're headed dangerously close to something that could damage the ship. Right now, we've only got one that tells us we've been hit.

[SHRUG.]

But since, for some reason, everything under the control panel looks like gibberish to me... [he takes a moment to look into the camera like he's on the office] ... we get to wait until we have someone more "competent" [airquotes!] than I am.


[VOICE EDITED IN LATER]

P.S., if there are any communications officers who wanna hop ship over to the Bishop for keeps, let me know. It'll work out best if you're one of two on your current ship.
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[personal profile] birdsbirdsbirds 2015-03-09 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
Ah--my name's Robin, I'm captain over on the SS Bloodsport. Hange was telling me that you've got one of the better brains around here.

[not those exact words... but hey, first impressions!]

And something about a grow-light project. Is that still relevant?
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[personal profile] birdsbirdsbirds 2015-03-09 02:06 pm (UTC)(link)
No, quite the contrary. I actually met a guy made out of plants the other day. He's concerned about being this far from a sun on a regular basis, so I wanted to hook him up with something to tide him over between worlds.
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[personal profile] birdsbirdsbirds 2015-03-09 10:15 pm (UTC)(link)
His name's Asteffiel. He just got moved onto the Tourist, I think.

[a pause, and...]

...And he was absolutely walking around, it was bizarre. I think he was growing his own plant-clothes. I wondered if he needs to be watered regularly, but it seemed impolite to ask at the time...
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[personal profile] birdsbirdsbirds 2015-03-10 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
You should deliver the lamps yourself, so you can get a look. I'll let him know.

He seemed pretty laid back, so... Maybe he wouldn't mind? Maybe he gets questions about being a plant person all the time.
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[personal profile] birdsbirdsbirds 2015-03-10 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
No problem, Hiro. And hey--nice to meet you.

[you're all right, kid. :')]
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[personal profile] birdsbirdsbirds 2015-03-11 04:22 pm (UTC)(link)
I will. You're an engineer too, right? I'll probably keep in touch.

[maybe for that project Mattias was talking about... either way, Hiro's in his book of contacts now.]