Captain's Log 11 - Calling All Captains

[universal_charm]

Who: Kirk + Fellow Captains and First Mates
Broadcast: Yes
Action: Yes; On the Marsiva
When: After this post

[ Broadcast ]
Given the recent events, I think it is prudent that all current captains and their first mates meet. It has been some time since we've had one, to my knowledge, and I believe it to be in our better interests to discuss the change in circumstances.

I'll secure a space that can fit us all, and let you know where and when soon.

[ Action ]
<sub>[ Kirk had secured a space that was both relatively private and large enough to fit all of the captains and first mates. At least being on the Marsiva meant that everything here was more or less neutral ground, even if it didn't feel like the safest place to meet per say. But putting this off until they got off it didn't feel right either, so best to make the most of it.

Hopefully all the captains would come, and their first mates, and they could try to make sense of the most recent events. Because someone had to, right? ]</sub>

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BEFORE THE MEETING / ARRIVALS

[universal_charm]

[kill_switch]

A Captain's meeting was a good call; the calibration rooms have been taking their toll on everyone, in addition to everything concerning their past and current 'hosts'. They needed to stick together if they were to weather this thing.]

However, Furiosa herself has been hit hard by the calibrations. She's more withdrawn than usual, exuding more of a quiet predator when she'd first arrived. Instead of sitting at the table, she takes up a spot against the wall, leaning back and crossing her arms.

[passingthrough]

[Kitty might take a seat once everyone filters in, but for now she takes a space not far from Furiosa, but also not crowding her. This calibrations aren't much different than things she's been through in her last abduction. They had shared dreams there which often played out memories. Still, she hasn't been quite as relaxed and social since she lost Winn, and being near the quiet predator feels like the most comfortable spot in the room. It's something she knows instinctively. It's a vibe she'd expect from another X-Man. At least one from back home. And she hasn't been in Furiosa's mind or vice versa yet at least, so there isn't that awkwardness.

She does greet her with a head nod.]

[kill_switch]

[Furiosa glances over as Kitty settles next to her, and gives her a slight nod back, more in acknowledgement than anything else, recognizing it's not someone she's been forced to share minds with. She's thankful for that - that some people still get their privacy (from herself, it not from others).]

Here's hoping we're able to figure something out.

[passingthrough]

There's always hope no matter how small. [She smiles a little. She doesn't think much will come from it in terms of productivity. But maybe they'll get a better working relationship and they'll be able to pull together more as a very large team instead of a collection of individuals. She knows the power of a team united by a single interest. Of course, she also knows what it's like to try to form such a thing in a place like this. There are challenges beyond what she faced at home.]

We all bring different experiences to this. That's something.

[kill_switch]

[She gives Kitty a little raised brow. Hope. No fair using that argument against her.]

[Her lips curl ever so slightly in response, but it's not enough to thaw the edges.]

Sometimes even that's not enough; you need the right set of circumstances. [She looks down at Kitty,] It's not luck; it's someone else fucking up, or underestimating you.

[passingthrough]

[She nods.] We have to be watching for an opening and ready to take it if it comes. [She wishes she had enough hope to say "when" instead of "if" there. But there was enough to get her here today.]

[norwaysown]

It was no surprise that Signy was here, looking grim and absolutely, completely determined. So others were now more convinced they needed to act? In Signy's opinion it was about damn time.

It was also important to know what assets they had on their side, so she moved from person to person, asking, "What were you before you came here?" if she didn't already know.

[namisan]

Well, that's blunt. Nami gives a faint shrug. She's not in a good mood, which is hardly Signy's fault, but it does make her tone a little more flat than usual when she answers. To the point. "Navigator. Cartographer. Pirate."

[norwaysown]

"Boat or spaceship?" Signy is often blunt to the point of fault, but she figures that they're all here for a common purpose, and she doesn't need to make small talk to figure out what they need.

[namisan]

"Ship," she responds, though she clarifies a moment later, tiredly: "The sailing variety. You?"

[norwaysown]

"Spaceship. Norway had over a thousand personnel, and I was her Captain. Where I come from."

[namisan]

"Well, you're one of the few actually familiar with space before your arrival, then." That's an advantage. "Me, I'd much rather be sailing."

[norwaysown]

"I'd still rather be on Norway than here, but I'm familiar enough with some aspects of this life. For the rest...I've never been a civilian."

[alwayscomeback]

"Warrior? I guess? Peace keeper. I uh...headed a war effort, helped save the world."

Sokka used to be a lot more brazen and cocky about this. These days, the wind is out of his sails a little.

"Last time I was home, I was in the process of helping rebuild."

[norwaysown]

"What was the nature of the war you fought?"

She's tried to get to know especially those who have fought, if mostly because Signy feels she must have more in common with them.

[alwayscomeback]

"Wow. Asking the easy questions, huh? Most people start with names. I'm Sokka, by the way."

He can;t help the sarcasm, largely this time it's to deflect to find a good way to put it. A simple way, to try and compress a hundred years of conflict into a short conversation.

"One nation tried to take over all the others, they got to the point where they were going to raze most of the world to the ground, if we hadn't of stepped in."

[norwaysown]

"I'm Signy Mallory." If names are important to him, he can have hers easily enough.

"Formerly Captain of the Norway, served under Commander Mazian until his defection from Earth Company, at which point the Norway worked with the Merchanters in the war against Union."

She considers his points. "Sounds like you were single-planet bound, if I have that right. Weapons and tactics?"

[alwayscomeback]

"See? Was that so hard?"

He listens, making a mental note of it. Most of it means little to him, but it's clearly important information, all the same.

"Yep. No space or other planets til I came here," which seems like a lifetime ago, now. "I have a sword made out of a meteor and a bladed boomerang. Spears, too. And I'm pretty good with battlefield tactics, trying to out-think them, y'know?"

[norwaysown]

Hard, no, but it hadn't struck Signy as particularly important to do.

Her face betrays her skepticism when it came to from. Swords and spears don't do that much good on a ship that had a ranged weaponry system, and those sorts of tactics are unlikely to carry well over to three dimensional space.

"How long have you been here?" Maybe he's had a chance to adjust.

[kill_switch]

Furiosa isn't expecting people to come to her; she's more here to observe and add if she feels she has something relevant to add, so having someone approach her directly, and then ask her that, gets a slight tilt of the head.

She hasn't been in this woman's memories, hasn't seen her in her own, so it is a valid question.

"Imperator." Because that's a totally clear answer, right?

[norwaysown]

It's an answer, but it's not one that lets Signy know what her experience level actually is.

"What does an Imperator do, and in what sort of environment?"

[kill_switch]

Something like a general. I was in charge of the warboys. We made supply runs, raids, fought off bandits. I was in charge, out in the wastelands; scorching, dead earth. Few resources, massive sandstorms."

She tilted her head slightly and cut a glare down at the other woman, "Any other questions?"

[norwaysown]

A 2D fighting space, again, and Singy wished she wasn't in the minority of people here. Space was an unforgiving environment, and she had no sense of how well people realized that. (Then again, James was from another spaceship, and he still didn't seem to have a sense of the reality of it.)

She wasn't cowed at all by the glare, though.

"How long have you been in the fleet?"

Re: BEFORE THE MEETING / ARRIVALS

[tallasaking]

Tyrion is the last one sauntering through the door -- well as well as he ever saunters which is pretty Sauntery. He's got the most important part of this meeting - bottles of liquor. He put down the bottles, waggled his eyebrows at everyone, and states simply, "If we are here to talk about what we are going to do - we need liquor. It is bound to get depressing at some point or another.