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Who: Sora
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Bishop
When: After the Shuffle

Hello everyone. I'm Sora. [He pauses for a moment, as he has to shove aside the urge to introduce Goofy and Donald too. They aren't here with him. He's in this by himself for now. At least there are good people here too.]

I just arrived. I was assigned to the Bishop's security team. Which, uh, I don't think they need a ton of help in that area... [I mean, have you seen the person in charge of Bishop's security?]

But I still want to make sure I do my best to help my crew! The, uh, chip in my head [He talks about it like he still isn't sure what it is or what it does or if he should be worried about it] gives me the basics I need, but any pointers you have to share would be awesome.

Any tips to survive out here in general too. Let me hear them!

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On the gummi ship? Yeah! It's just me, Donald, and Goofy. We travel to other worlds and try to stop the Heartless. We also took on this group of Nobodies called Organization XII.

I used to think they were all bad guys, but lately, I've learned some things that made me think plenty of them were being manipulated.

Some of them were still bad, though. Real bad.

A gummi ship? What's that?

_{[ A class of ship from this kid's world? Interesting. Sounded cute.
]}

I can't say I've heard of Nobodies or Organization XIII though. But it sounds like it was rough going. I wish I could tell you it will be smoother here.

That's my ship.

Well, if it were too quiet it might end up dull right? Don't worry if things get too intense I'll protect you.

Well, yes, I gathered - what I meant was what kind of ship? I've never heard of a gummi ship before.

_{[ He blinks and then he chuckled. ]}

Heh, thanks. I'll be counting on you, though I can take care of myself pretty good.

Hm. I know it's made out of gummi blocks? I never really asked why they're called that though.

_{[ All right. That's concerning, but this kid seemed okay so far, so...
you know what, don't question. It will probably turn out like those lions
again... ]}

So are these ships anything like the gummi ship you were on? The Bishop is a bit different from the Tourist, but they share some basics, and we have the shared common space ship of the Iskaulit.

They don't look the same exactly, but it's the same concept. The cockpits are mostly laid out the same, except on the gummi ship it's on the top of the ship with a dome window over it, and on the Bishop it's on the front. They look totally different, but that's because the gummi ship has big white seats and more lights.

There's more space in this ship too. The gummi ship doesn't really have a lot of living space. This one has rooms for everyone and everything.

Heh, yeah, well, we can be drifting for weeks at a time between planets. I think everyone would go a little crazy if we had to stay strapped into seats that entire time.

Not to mention how restless your legs would get. Wouldn't you want to just get up and jump around?

_{[ He laughed broader this time. ]}

Yeah, I would. I like my chair on my ship back home, but I do like to get up and walk around the bridge from time to time.

You have a ship back home too?? You have to tell me about it!

_{[ Another chuckle, because this kid just keeps drawing them out of him
for some reason. ]}

Ah, sure, if you like. She's pretty big - holds my crew of 400 comfortably with room for supplies and the extras needed to keep her going and the crew healthy. Constitution class, with twin warp engines and a nuclear core, and the newest and best information and data arrays in the Fleet.

[He didn't understand half of that, except that it sounded big.]

With that many people, it's basically a small village, isn't it?

That’s a good way to look at it, yeah. I’m basically the mayor since I’m captain, and we all work together to keep the ship in shape and accomplish our mission. It’s kind of the same here if quite a bit less formal.

What is your mission?

To go where no man has gone before.

_{[ He says it quite seriously, holding a serious face before he breaks
and laughs. ]}

In other terms, my crew and I explore uncharted space, looking for new planets, new life. New discoveries.

Really?? That sounds so cool.

[Then he chuckles gently] Except I can already hear Donald worrying about meddling. New discoveries means people who have no idea that there are other worlds out there, right? Do you guys have to worry about meddling too?

Well, your friend is right. We do have to worry about it. But we have rules in place to say when we can and cannot make contact.

There are plenty of times we can’t, and when we find those, we quietly observe, report back, and place that planet under protection, until the people there are ready to interact with us and the rest of the Federation.

_{[ He flashed a teasing smile at Sora. ]}

Are you a meddler, Sora?

Me? Uhh....

I wear costumes to blend in and I only get really involved when the Heartless are messing stuff up.

I think that counts as meddling.

Maybe yeah. [He smiles a bit sheepishly.]

But, the people I help become my friends and I wouldn't trade them for anything.

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