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[norwaysown]

Who: Signy Mallory and Open
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: SS Wonderduck
When: Just after shuffle

[ Signy has paid the confetti and pudding no mind at all, and if the transportation was jarring, she’s still relieved to be somewhere else, with people around. With a view she can take in and maybe start to do something with. Her posture is pure military commander, and if she’s wearing rather and repaired clothes, there’s a Captain’s patch on her jacket. She looks mid thirties, other than her eyes and the silver-gray of her hair. She should really do something about that, since Norway isn’t part of Earth Company any longer. Then again, she’s not part of Norway at the moment.]

This is Signy Mallory. Formerly Captain of the Norway in the Merchanter’s Alliance. If there’s anyone here from Union or Mazian’s fleet, I’m sure we can find a way to get along.

[ It hurts to say ‘former’ more than she expected. Damn her pride, and, too, her worry for her crew. Di can handle it, of course, but until she believes why she’s been taken, there could easily be some greater threat that her abduction is a part of. ]

I have to say, from what I’ve seen of this fleet so far…I’m still waiting to be impressed.

I’m given to understand that the Atroma are controlling us. What resistance attempts have been made to date?

What other active threats are there?

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[servantnotserving]

[Lumiére has tried to cushion people form his general...self as best he can over the networks. Voice instead of video, things like that. He absolutely can't do that when newcomers land on the bridge, though, because if he doesn't move, he's just going to come off as more creepy in the long run than if he does now.

And so, the very-out-of-place candelabra standing on the communications station gives her a flourishing little bow. ]

A pleasure to meet you, mademoiselle, and welcome to the Wonderduck. [His grin widens. ] And what is it that would impress you? Inquiring minds need to know.

[norwaysown]

[ This is most definitely weird. ]

What are you? Let's start there.

[ Robot? Probably not a bizarre alien species, although that's theoretically possible. ]

[servantnotserving]

Your new dashing and debonair crewmate, of course.

[S.m.i.l.e.]

My name, though, is Lumiére.

[norwaysown]

What position?

[ If he's competent, Signy will deal with the fact that he's a talking candlestick. Probably. ]

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[survivalistcookbook]

[The welcoming fanfare's fairly audible from the kitchen, where Eugene has been working on a batch of bread and, conveniently enough, just put the loaves up for their first proofing. He shrugs off his apron, gives his hands a quick rinse, and is still drying them off with a towel when he swings by the deck to greet the newcomer, coveralls flour-speckled and unruly hair held back with a bandana.]

Hey, welcome aboard. [A quick wave, then he's on his way over to grab a pudding, curved metal foot of his prosthetic clumping conspicuously against the flooring. He'd feel more ashamed about going right for the snacks, but hey, kneading bread is hungry work.]

[norwaysown]

I didn't have much of a choice.

[ Signy studies him, but it's impossible to get much of an assessment in this place, where she doesn't know of any of the standards.

Still, he wouldn't meet the Norway's as is. ]

Have you been in this place long?

[survivalistcookbook]

I've been in the fleet on and off for . . . huh. Almost two years. The Wonderduck's been the last eight months of that.

[He tosses his towel over his shoulder and offers his hand.]

Eugene Woods, ship's cook.

[norwaysown]

I'm the pilot, I suppose.

[ She'll take the hand and shake it. Her grip is firm and the handshake is brisk. ]

What ship were you on before?

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[robitussin]

resistance efforts would be a lot easier if we had any idea how or where to find our captors

so there's that

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[norwaysown]

I understand then that they have evaded such contact.

What efforts have been made to establish it?

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[robitussin]

see the thing about that is that we don't have any way to know how to start, really

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[norwaysown]

Can we shoot at the Marsiva?

[ If it hasn’t been tried it seems like a good start. ]

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[all7seas]

You're captain in a merchant fleet, are you?

[This greatly pings Jack's interests.]

What'dyou generally transport, if I may be so bold?

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[norwaysown]

Norway's a military carrier.

I provide defense and protection for those transporting goods and the stations which wish to remain neutral.

[ She's the only military ship in the Alliance, so poor luck to him perhaps. She can see why he'd think that, though. ]

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[all7seas]

Ah, I see. How many guns is your vessel, typically? When you go after the pirates, I mean? What's your weaponry?

[This one might be scary. Norrington-ish or worse, Becket-ish...but what can happen here in the Fleet? It's safe here.]

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[norwaysown]

Four rider ships, separate from the weapon system on Norway herself. For the most part, though, it's not pirates that I've concerned myself with.

The Merchanter's Alliance fights to preserve the neutrality of the stations and ships that make it up.

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[forsometimenow]

[Jennifer heard the fanfare when her new crewmate arrived, but it's a bit before she goes to look for Signy to say hello, and when she does, she looks a bit tired. However, she greets the new arrival with a smile.]

Hey, welcome to the Wonderduck. I'm Dr. Keller, Captain of this ship. Uhm, I can answer any questions you might have.

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[norwaysown]

Captain Keller.

[ A respectful nod.

Signy's recent experiences with being under someone's command is Conrad Mazian, and she knows she can expect this to be different. Still, she tries to think of how she would want a new crewmember on her ship to act. And she tries to think of the uncertainties she has. ]

If you have documentation of ship rules, I can review them on my own time.

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[forsometimenow]

Rules? [She's a little surprised by that, but she recovers quickly.] Well, uh, I don't have anything written down. We don't... really do formal rules and policies here.

[passingthrough]

Kitty Pryde, current captain of the Twin Roses. [It does slightly amuse her to technically be a captain now. She's been used to people showing up here and in the prison before this calling themselves captain of this and that.]

I think the Atroma are the only real threat, but they work in different ways.

[norwaysown]

Well met, Captain.

[ One isn't any less captain just because their ship isn't as good as the Norway, Signy knows. No ship is as good. ]

What do you mean by 'different ways'?

[passingthrough]

Kitty works.

They don't come at us directly. They have their augments and the directions they lead us in. I'm sure they are thinking through every stop and how it can get them what they want. And I don't believe any of the glitches are actually accidents. [Okay, maybe occasionally. What ever runs perfectly? But her default is suspicion when it comes to their captors.

When an unknown fleet of slavers attacks us, I suspect it's all part of the plan.

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[bi_otic]

I'm starting to think Atroma has a thing for recruiting ship captains.

[Ehem...pardon the introduction and the awkward throat clear and smile that follows]

But to answer one of your questions, I've talked to a few people here and there that are interested in getting out of here, but there's no formal resistance yet. I've been trying to focus on gathering intel for the last several months, and I'm not the only one. It's all we really can do, for now.

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[norwaysown]

If they're in it for the entertainment of conflicting methods and opinions, I can kind of follow their thinking, if not agree with it.

I don't know that I agree that it's all we can do. This fleet seems to entirely lack any real formal structure. Even if it's opt in, there have to be others than myself who would prefer that, even if it includes putting oneself under another's command.

[ Better than having no command at all. ]

[bi_otic]

[Kaidan glances to the side at nothing in particular, thinking]

Yeah...I don't know. It's not that easy. Yeah, there's at least a few of us who are used to that structure, but we're all from different chains of command. Different organizations with different goals. And like I said, a lot of former captains. People who are used to being the one in charge. It'll take more than just throwing your hat in the ring for people to follow you. They need to be given a reason.

[As if to soften the harshness of those words, though, he rolls his shoulder in a slight shrug]

But, that said, I wouldn't be opposed to a more cohesive effort.