driftfleet | First Breath of June

[With the excitement of balls and it my or may not have been obvious that the ship's rather quiet security officer has been unconscious in his room for the month. However, as the ship leaves the asteroid belt behind, Kaidan finally stirs. At first, he isn't sure how long he's been sleeping until he checks his communicator and sees date, plain as the nose on his face.]

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It looks like I took an unscheduled long nap. Definitely not normal for me.

[He glances away from the camera for a moment, and there's a hint of frown before he looks back]

So...what'd I miss?

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[Kaidan settles back into a routine soon - working out in the cargo hold, maintaining the gear in the armory, or spending time in the cockpit staring out at the stars. After all that sleep, though, he's feeling strangely restless. In addition to his usual tasks, he checks in on the rest of the crew from time to time, hovering respectfully just outside the door of their room or workspace.]

Hey. Is there...anything I can help with?

Good morning, fair sir.

[A long pause, before he sighed.] Quite ... a bit. Where would you like me to start?

[She'll be taking that battle-damadged shuttle over to the Starstruck periodically to have Max help work on it with her ~~it's not a date~~, but when she's hanging about her own ship she's on her regular rounds; a daily sweep, tending the small collection of plants in her quarters, on the bridge making sure the systems are in check.]

[Overwall, she seems to be in a fairly decent mood. You might even see her smiling to herself.]

[Yuan's sitting on his bed, fiddling with some kind of device with a screen - not his communicator, so it must be something he picked up on-world somewhere. He looks up at Kaidan's approach.]

Actually, there might be. [He holds up the device.] ...At home, I didn't really know much about codes and encryption. The augment gives me knowledge I didn't have, but I'd prefer not to rely on what isn't mine. I got this on one of the asteroids after- rather, shortly before we left. I think I've got most of the basic functions down, but I'd like to be able to encrypt the files on it in a different way than how the Fleet's network handles things. Think you might have any insight?

[Yuan's spending less and less time aboard ship, it seems, but when he's here, you can find him either at his duty station or in his room. Sometimes he's toying around with a new bit of technology he seems to have picked up - handheld, with a touch screen, but smaller than their communicators.

You might also run into him in the ship's hold, getting increasingly frustrated with the pinball machine there as the display flashes 'TILT' for the umpteenth time.]

[That response is mildly worrisome, and he runs a hand over the back of his neck]

How about the highlights, and we'll work up to the detailed debrief from there.

[Turning on the encryption lock.]

Well ... we went to a ball on a criminal's planet, stole some information about the Atroma, thought we got away scott free but they opened up the Marivisa's roof and a giant gun - Giant Gun appeared and destroyed the ship of people who were here to help us.

[There is a short but somewhat shocked silence that follows this, and the slightest hitch of an eyebrow]

Alright. You weren't kidding about there being a lot.

[Where to even start, though]

So the Marsiva is armed after all. That's new information, at least as far as I know. How giant are we talking? Relative to the size of the Marsiva itself, if that helps.

[He moves over to get a closer look at the device.]

I can take a look, if you like, but I have to be honest...I'm not sure I can help much. I've tried to hack into some of the systems I've found, but it's like trying to learn Braille with a hand tied behind your back.

Do you mind...[All that said, though, better not to say never until he tries, and he holds out a hand in an inquisitive fashion for Yuan to hand it to him if he likes]

[Tyrion gave a shrug that stated, 'What can you do? This place is chaos.']

They like to keep us on our toes.

[A nod.]

Yes and ... I would say it was easily three quarters the length of the ship. It let off some kind of blast - I couldn't see what it was as there is no color in space.

[Barry is still new and still figuring out his way around, now that he's done moping about being left behind by his friends from home. Not that they had a choice in the matter, he's just feeling sorry for himself, but THE POINT STILL STANDS.

He spends most of his time getting familiar with his lab, because science is something he already knows well, and his augment only really seems to enhance that. He is glad to have something productive to do on board, but it doesn't really take long for him to take issue with being cooped up, so eventually he will start to wander, taking the time to introduce himself to the rest of the crew and hopefully not interrupt anything important with:]

Hi, I'm Barry. Allen. I'm the new lab guy.

[Kaidan's day to day tasks are not at all important enough to consider the interruption from Barry a bother. Getting to know the crew seems more important to him, in the long scheme of things. His task at the moment is cleaning the weapons in the armory, but he puts down the gun and rag the second he hears the voice.]

Good to have you aboard. [For multiple reasons, but they'll get to that eventually. With a small smile, Kaidan offers a hand]

Do you prefer Barry, or Allen?

Not unless there are different rules in the this universe. Which, uh...could be entirely possible. And beside the point. Maybe.

[He makes a circling gesture in the air, though, realizing he's getting off topic]

Anyway...tell me about this information. How'd you know where to find it, and what did you find out?

I am not entirely certain if it is out of the realm of possibility. In fact I am not entirely certain what the realm of possibility is right at this moment.

[Tyrion stated, with a whimsical little smirk.]

We found it through our allies - you remember them? The people who have continued to reach out to us. They gave us information and people to inflitrate a party of a known Atroma collaborator. We found ... well. I have filled my journal with notes, you are welcome to read them.

By all means. [He hands it over - it's a simple PDA type device with no network access whatsoever, good for taking notes, storing and reading files downloaded through a physical connection, and not much else.]

It doesn't matter if it isn't much - I just thought it might be good to start learning to handle these things without implanted knowledge. [At least, that's the reasoning he's going to give while on the ship.]

[Kaidan immediately starts investigating, paging through the options and menus with he practiced ease of those well-versed in technology of any kind]

Worried about Atroma reading your diary? [He says this with the most lightly joking tone ever because he knows exactly why Yuan would want to do such a thing. But, you know, Atroma is watching. Even now. Best play it casual]

[He nods, understanding why Tyrion isn't bothering to elaborate, even over a so--called secure channel] I'd like that, thanks. [The camera shifts as he stands]

So what about our friends? How bad was the damage?

You are quite welcome, Kaidan.

[He is so happy you're back. Seriously. The more of them the merrier.]

...We don't know. [It is just that simple.] Vash and I went out to investigate but we are not sure if they got away or were blown to small pieces.

[He smirks, and replies just as lightly.] Well, the walls do have eyes, apparently. I'm probably more concerned about if I leave it behind somewhere on the Iskaulit. Like Màlum.

[He's a pretty good liar, when he has to be. This is a game he knows how to play - one that's almost comfortable, after spending a year only keeping secrets that no one was actually looking for.]

I see how that could be a problem. [Not really. He hasn't met Crowley, after all, and he usually goes to the other bar]

People can be nosy. [He frowns slightly, though the expression is directed at the device]

It's pretty basic, but you could easily fit a good encryption program on here. I have to admit, I'm used to having fingertip access to that of program. When you're hacking a door console in a firefight, there's only so much time you have to waste, you know. What I'm saying is, I'm not an expert, but I could cobble something together if I needed to. Except...[He shakes his head, frustrated]...I can't get more than a step into the core functions without running into a wall that just looks like gibberish to me. Maybe if I had time...well, maybe I do...but that won't help you.

Did you find wreckage?

[He's not willing to shrug it off that easily, however]

Nothing large enough that I would feel comfortable calling it wreckage but -- I am not familiar with such weaponry.

[A long sigh.]

Vash has hope they escaped.

Hmm. [He frowns at the device as well.] I'm not especially short on time for the moment, but I don't want to impose unduly either. If you can show me where you're running into trouble, at least I'll have some idea of where to start.

I wish I'd have been around to see it. Maybe I could have been able to make a guess.

[He gives the camera a somewhat rueful frown]

But even the most powerful forward cannon I've heard of leaves some kind of trace. I don't want to be too hopeful but...I might be with your friend on this one. If they were destroyed, there would be debris. A lot of debris.

Well, we keep going long enough ... and you will be able to see it in action again.

[He rubbed his beard thoughtfully.]

I would trust those who travel in space over myself in this -- as I have no idea what this space debris would even look like.

[He smiles]

Depends on what it was before it was debris. But really...you need a good scanning array to know for sure. A computer or VI could probably pick up even the smallest trace elements and give you a basic picture. Though, I never thought I'd say this, but I miss working with an AI when it comes to that kind of thing.

[There's a faint shadow of a smile on the corner of his lips] Well, I've got about as much time as you. If we can both help each out, then it won't really be an imposition. You teach me what you know about how computer coding works here, and I'll show you what I have for encryption techniques, and then we'll build the bridge between.

[He raises his left forearm and the translucent orange hologram of his omni-tool springs to life around it]

However long that takes...

[He frowned briefly, before he tipped his head to the side.]

... could we build one of those? I mean, we have one. But it's broken.

Barry's perfect.

[He reaches forward to shake Kaidan's hand.]

For some reason, the last name thing never really caught up, other than at work, but I work with cops, so.

[Last names are kind of their default.]

[That gets Barry a small rasp of a laugh as he shakes his hand]

I know a little of what that's like. What do you do for the police?

[Kaidan tilts his eyebrow a little]

Well, I couldn't help you out with that. You need a good AI tech for that kind of thing, and it's no small job. But if we had one in the fleet...

[Tyrion clicked his tongue against the top of his teeth.]

Now that is something I will have to figure out on my own.

I'm a CSI. Basically I process evidence and help the detectives solve their cases.

Right. So...you'd be more of a scientist than a doctor, then?

Oh yeah. I'm way too squeamish around those kinds of injuries for the doctor thing.

[Caitlin Snow gets so much credit for keeping him alive and being more badass than all of them.]

Ah. [Time to keep looking :(] Well, I'm sure your skills will come in handy either way.

Here's hoping. I prefer to pull my own weight when I can.

Don't worry about it too much. I won't lie and say things haven't gotten dangerous around here a few times, but it's mostly contained to the some of the places we end up visiting. When you're on this ship, at least, I'll do everything I can to keep you safe.

[He nods in agreement.]

I appreciate that. But I'm also pretty good at taking care of myself too.

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