#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

[hopefullyyours]

[Komaeda is just as tall and skinny as when they first met on the starting deck. His arm, too, is just as bandaged and hidden from view. His hair, if anything, has gotten fluffier, though.]

Not at all! I'm happy to be of any kind of help somebody like me can be. Is every ship laid out the same? [He peers around curiously. It feels different... sort of. Must be psychological.]

[everydayhero]

They've all got their quirks, but...

[He brings him over to the control panel and the pilot's chair.]

Here. What I need to know is which wires I'm gonna need to mess with for the radar. The programming should all be good to go, but I need to get into this mess, and for some reason, it's not... really clicking like it should, how this thing works.

[hopefullyyours]

Huh. I wonder if that has to do with the augments. [Komaeda taps at his with a nail, shudders faintly, and then leans over to look.] When you say "into," do you literally mean inside?

... I mean, I really think it's the augments, because I'm not particularly known for my spaceship piloting skills where I come from. If they can add something like that, why not dampen it too? [Komaeda says this offhandedly, looking over the control panel keenly.]

[everydayhero]

Oh, I'm sure it is. I should be able to get this, but I can't really make heads or tails of it on my own.

[a pause]

And yeah. I need to get inside. I need to know which wires hook up to the radar.

[hopefullyyours]

[Komaeda casts Hiro a soft, admiring look but says nothing more on the topic before stepping up to investigate the panel of controls.] Do you have a screwdriver? The kind with the, uh- [He peers closely at the screws,] seven- tipped star with a hollow point? It's one of the middle sizes, I guess. Also, a piece of paper and pen?