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Who: Khadgar
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: In the Iskaulit library later?
When: Now

So, it's been a few days so I figured maybe all the communications officers from the ships- maybe we should get together and talk? We should definitely think of how to make this more efficient. Set some ground rules or something? Mostly just to lower the risk to us and them. I know a lot of you have been here much longer than I have so maybe some of you so obviously I don't have a lot of influence with any of you, so no one is forcing anyone.

I'll be in the library on the Iskaulit, probably for most of the day.

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Rules are boring.

[Which is what Crowley will absolutely open on as he heads over to slouch in a chair. Was there a chair before? Did it just APPEAR? It's hard to tell, but he's absolutely slouched in one now. ]

I assume you're talking about our new quote-unquote 'friends'.

[Oh. Well hello there.

Khadgar just gapes for a moment and he definitely does wonder about the chair. He feels certain there hadn't been one there before.]

Ah- yes, that's exactly who I mean. And rules are important, especially in situations like this. For their safety as well as ours.

[ Charles runs a hand over his bald head as he makes his way to the library. Being first mate on the Heron means responsibility and he's fine with that, but he would have also appreciated a few more details. ]

What did you have in mind?

[Crowley gives something of a derisive snort. ]

Our safety, yes. I'm still not completely convinced that they're on our side. I've played this game before, and people like that tend to be in it for themselves.

At this point, I think our safety is tied with theirs since we've been in contact with them. Directly or indirectly. And even if they are, they did save us when Atroma wasn't offering any type of assistance.

[More information, he's glad to give, but Khadgar is making a habit of being careful with how much he shares over the network, what could be overheard. He realizes the risk still exists but at least this way, it might be slightly diminished.]

My basic idea is to limit any communication to once a month, maybe a bulk message. And never from the same ship two months in a row.

That might be tricky, especially considering the amount of communications go out. And it's certainly not feasible during the times we're off planet.

I mean, any communications going to the Interceptor fleet, of course. I wouldn't dream of restricting other forms of communication. Purely to prevent Atroma from cracking their encryption.

[Khadgar grabs his notes, many already scribbled across the page. ~~the little nerd.~~]

I mean, it's a very basic idea and obviously open to suggestions.

[ Ah. That would make more sense. Charles peers over the notes. ]

We could use archaic codes. We used to have one on Earth called Morse code.

Morse code?

[Hang on- oh, his augment comes in handy for that!] We have nothing like that on Azeroth, there are ciphers but I'm not sure how well those would work and I was taught things like that. Yeah, that could work though.

It just seems like we should have plans and rules in place to make this work as efficiently as possible.

Instead of relying on one kind of code, it might be best to blend or use aspects of different codes to create a new one.

[ He frowns lightly to himself, because it's a task easier said than done. Charles has the basic abilities required for communications, but he doubts he can stretch those as far as the actual creation of a new coding language. ]

I don't think anyone on my ship is likely to try.

[ Maybe Isabela. Or Livewire. His two new wild cards. ]

That's a fantastic idea. [He grins, flipping to a clean page and grabbing his quill.]

There's one other communications officer on the Twin Roses, I can see if he'll help. And I'm sure we can recruit a few other people if we ask around.

[ Charles nods. ]

I'm sure we'll have no shortage of help, but compiling something that works and escapes the Atroma's notice would be tricky.

[ They could do it on the mental plane, but Charles is loathe to offer up that possibility. ]

Nothing worth doing is ever without risks. Maybe they'll notice but we have to try something.

[And Khadgar wouldn't be sure how to deal with that since it's not something one encounters on Azeroth really.]

I'm not saying to avoid risks. I'm saying we need to make the risk count by avoiding as many pitfalls as we can.

Sorry. [At least he'll admit his misunderstanding.] Maybe written messages, transported between each ship until we design our own code? I can teleport between each one.

That might work.

How do you teleport? And we'd have to see which ships would be all right with that.

[ Unexpected guests have been a problem after all. ]

Magic. All mages have the ability, so long as I've seen where I'm going, I can teleport right over in a few moments.

[He'd demonstrate but he doesn't want to risk missing anyone else that might come to brainstorm the Interceptor fleet communications.]

[ Ah, magic, of course. ]

I'm surprised the Atroma allowed that.

I can't get back to the Marsiva, but it seems like none of my magic was really affected. Not that I've been able to tell yet, anyway.

Interesting. I would have assumed that powers like teleportation would have limitations.

[ Now he wonders if Kurt can transport himself onto different ships. Charles has never asked. ]

I mean, it seems like it is. I've never not been able to teleport somewhere, regardless of distance.

[Okay he probably couldn't teleport to Draenor for example but that's not the point.]

No, but it's surprising that the Atroma would allow that kind of free access. My powers are limited on the ships after all.

Your powers?

[Color him interested.]

I guess they don't see much threat in magic? Or at least mine, teleporting isn't much different than using the shuttles really. Just faster.

That's a fair point.

I'm a powerful telepath. I can read minds.

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