#002 [Video]

[everydayhero]

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.

Comments

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[detectivewonder]

Bedtime is 430 or 5.

herp

[everydayhero]

What time is "come help Hiro rewire half the ship" time?

[detectivewonder]

... Any time you want?

[everydayhero]

Good, because I think we can make a pretty huge dent in my list. Right now, I already asked Nagito to help out with this project, but I could definitely use a hand on the whole "fixing the hot water" thing. Plus, if we're both involved with developing the solution, we'll both know how to fix it and install it.

[detectivewonder]

Easy there. You had me at "rewire."

[everydayhero]

[pause. laughing.]

This is why you're the one I wanted to call.

[detectivewonder]

Just let me know when, and I'll be there.

[everydayhero]

Got it. I'll call when I'm ready to move projects.

[ino]

[ snickering ... ]

Well, looks like you've got yourself much more reliable help.

[everydayhero]

What can I say? Tim's a reliable guy.

[And he's totally my partner in crime, okay.]

[ino]

Pretty reliable in the "up all night doing god knows what" department, anyways.

[ I promise she's teasing, Tim ... ]

[everydayhero]

That's my kinda reliable.

[he's got your back, buddy.]

But! He's still not a permanent pilot.

[ino]

It seems like more and more people are coming in these days. If I can't get him to transfer over there, I'm willing to bet you'll get one of your very own sooner rather than later.

[everydayhero]

I hope so. Could use a medic, too, now that ours is gone.

[ino]

Not quite a permanent solution either, but I am a battlefield medic, if you have an emergency.

[everydayhero]

... Is there anything you can't do?

[ino]

[ She laughs ]

Most of what you do, I'd imagine.

[everydayhero]

Yeah, but you can learn that pretty quick.

[hiro no that's just you]

[ino]

Hiro, it took me months to learn how to use a music player. Technology is not really my thing.

[everydayhero]

Ah, those things are complicated.

[HANDWAVE]

I bet you could learn.

[ino]

[ Looks amused ]

More complicated than a robot?

[everydayhero]

When you're building it, you're in control of how it lays out. When you buy a music player, you're buying someone else's convoluted design.

[shrug!]

Besides, I've seen some pretty impressive robotics nerds forget how to use a microwave.

[ino]

Something tells me you think it's so easy because you're very smart.

[ Laughs at the microwave comment. She's seen, like, everybody she knows blow up the Paradisa microwave at some point, so ... she guesses she can't argue that one. ]

If you want to try and teach me, I'll do my best. But the technology where I come from is nowhere near any of this stuff.

[everydayhero]

[Yeah, let that ego get bigger. His head's gonna pop soon.]

We can do something simple. I'll try to think about a project.

[ino]

[ She's just used to the genius thing. After all, Shikamaru is one too ... ]

Just let me know.