driftfleet | #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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[ Steffa comes plowing in with her hands pressed over her ears. ]

What's happening? Is something broken? Are we crashing?

[ What? She's not used to spaceships! ]

Edited 2015-03-08 20:09 (UTC)

[It's a good thing Kaneis isn't on the Bishop since seriously- alarms when you have super hearing hurt like hell. Needless to say after the first wave of pain, he slammed the volume button as low as it could go without missing Hiro's message until he's sure the alarms are great] Ow....

So it's alarms that tell us if something goes on?

That's great- can it be done without the freaky noise

Hm? That's weird, everything on the control panel looks just fine to me. I guess it's because I have the pilot augment? How interesting! I didn't realize the effects were so... physical. [Also dkfjksjdf he's kind of trying to contain himself but dude you're so smaaaart HE WANTS TO GUSH ABOUT HOPE.]

I could make you a map if you want?

[Hiro looks up, blinking for a second.]

...--oh.

[YEAH, "OH."]

No, I was just... [gestures at panel] I was just testing the alarm system I installed.

[nervous laughter] I kind of forgot anybody else was on the ship.

[ She lets out a small huff of air and presses a hand to her chest ]

Maker's breath, that scared me! Maybe warn a girl next time?

Hey, it's not on your ship. And how else is it supposed to wake people up in an emergency?

[hand over his heart] Scout's honor. [i was never a boy scout]

Sorry about that. I got into The Zone.

[ Scout's honor? The Zone? Man, why do people talk so weird?

She gets the gist of it, though. ]

That's all I ask.

[ She peers at the device ]

What are you making, anyway?

No, but if it works wouldn't other ships want a system like that aboard too?

[He makes a slight disgruntled sound. Since you know, Hiro's got a point he can't really argue against but man that was painful]

It's an alarm system.

[let him just tap a few things on the little touch screen above the buttons]

See...

[button press, look, red light on without sound or rattling!]

When the light's red, it means we collided with something and the ship is damaged.

[button press, now it's green!] This means there's a poisonous gas leak, just in case we get a new lab tech and something goes wrong, or something starts leaking.

[another button press, and it's yellow!] This means there's a fire. There are detectors around the ship for the last two, and the control panel is synced up to every part of the ship's systems I can access. They'll go off on their own when there's an emergency, and then well all know.

[a pause]

And if our ship gets hit and something starts leaking and sets on fire, it'll flash between the colors. Just to be clear on that one.

That's fascinating!

[ She pokes at it a little, not trying to set it off but just seeing what it does. ]

And quite useful, if something happens, even if it's very loud.

Yeah, apparently I'm not cool enough to learn everything I should be able to, but hey, this is a reality show, not college.

[i miss college]

Just come on over, you can help me hook it up.

You want earplugs when I hook your ship up?

[hey look i'm a little shit, but it's a serious offer]

Fascinating!

[ here, is a tiny woman. she looks like she's been working on an engine, kicking her feet, clad in her crafting gear. her hair is drawn up into two pigtails, and she's laying inside of something metal--hiro can probably see that it's part of the inner workings of the ship.

on her stomach with her chin propped up by her fists, she kicks her legs back and forth, practically the picture of a teenager on the phone. ]

I hadn't thought of an alarm system, but it would be paramount for security... ... but why the dolls?

Hey, if it can't wake you out of a dead sleep, it's not a good alarm system.

[watching her for a second here.]

... Oh, right, here. [pointing to the side!] This big red button sets off the purple alarm. It's a manual one for any emergency that needs the ship's attention. Right now, it can't do everything I want it to, since I need it to be able to send out a distress signal to other ships, but it'll at least call attention to the Bishop's crew. So for now, its a catch-all for things that won't automatically set it off, like a fight breaking out or a robot gone rogue or something like that.

The green button above that one shuts the alarm off.

[That gets an appreciative whistle. ]

Aside from the fact I think my ears are bleeding now, that is pretty cool.

[you are his kind of tiny lady, allu]

Well, my old captain, Henry, told me I couldn't get rid of them. He said an old friend left them, so I decided, hey, why not make them a permanent part of the ship?

Right? And hey, watch this.

[He's gonna rapid-fire tap away at the screen above the line of buttons, inputting some settings.]

Okay, watch this?

[He taps one of the buttons and it is NOW A RAVE TIME IN HERE. The buzzing isn't happening, but you better bet there are rainbow lights flashing all over in patterns.]

Isn't this awesome?

[Even if Hiro is a little shit, the offer is something he actually appreciates. Enough that he seems to lighten up on his annoyed expression.]

...Sure. Heavy duty ones if you can find them.

[He gives a slight nod of thanks]

So what sort of things were you planning that you need a pilot and communications person?

[she sure is going to show up on the bridge, wincing and pressing in at one of her eardrums...]

This is the part where you tell me that was just a test, right?

I think it could be half as loud and I'd be up. I don't sleep very heavily.

[ Or very well, many nights, but shhh. ]

I'm a little jealous. I don't think there's much of anything useful I can do in a place like this, even if it weren't all so new. Most of what I did before was just... killing monsters and reading books.

--killing monsters?

[you have his attention]

Really? What kind of monsters? [tell me more look who's jealous now]

[ She laughs softly at his sudden attention ]

Um... really nasty ones that wanted to destroy the world?

I had a lot of help, though.

[LOOK WHO LOOKS EMBARRASSED BECAUSE HE'S AN IDIOT..]

Just a test, captain.

[does calling you captain get me forgiveness points??? i'm cute don't hate me]

Sorry.

[A sweet mother of seizures. ]

...I don't get it.

[WHAT'S A RAVE?!!! ]

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