#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.

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[faithfulwisdom]

[Faintly amused] I will offer my congratulations, then. May I ask your name?

[everydayhero]

Hiro Hamada, Engineer Extraordinaire.

[faithfulwisdom]

[That gets an outright laugh.] Well met, then, Master Hamada. I am Lord Finrod Felagund.

[everydayhero]

[he's getting into the habit of telling everyone that when he introduces himself]

Iiiii'm gonna guess the world you came from wasn't very high-tech, Finrod.

[faithfulwisdom]

Is it that obvious?

[everydayhero]

Not the most modern name I've ever heard.

[faithfulwisdom]

[Cue mock surprise] And to think that it is among the most recent of my names.

[everydayhero]

[ok he can't help but laugh at that]

Hey, you already agreed. So what was your world like?

[faithfulwisdom]

That is a difficult question to answer. It is an entire world, after all. We have nothing like this, certainly. The only ships we have are the sort with sails.

[everydayhero]

You know, I've never been on anything bigger than a sailboat. Definitely nothing we'd call a "ship" back home. Do you know how to said one of those big ones?

[faithfulwisdom]

I do. Not as well as some, but I am not hopelessly without skill. My mother's people are known for their ships and when my siblings and I were young, she would often take us to her childhood home. We often went sailing on those trips and we learned to manage the ships ourselves as we grew older.

[everydayhero]

That's... actually really cool.

[LOOK I'M GETTING SUCH AN INTERESTING COMM GUY.]

I hope all the robotics on the ship won't stress you out. I'm kind of up at all hours building things.

[faithfulwisdom]

Not at all. I am somewhat fascinated, in truth. Perhaps you could show me some of your creations.

[everydayhero]

Absolutely.

... Other than the alarm system. Sorry if that's a little off-putting. It'll only be that loud if there's an emergency.

[faithfulwisdom]

... Now would perhaps be a convenient time to mention that elves have exceptionally good hearing. I will hope we do not have many emergencies- for several reasons.