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Who: Flug, Red Fish and you!
Broadcast: Yes
Action: Red Fish
When: NOW after Flug gets back on his feet

"Greetings Red Fish, this is your captain speaking!"

[And fresh from the medical ward, if the IV drip Flug is sporting is anything to go by. His goggles glint with mischievous glee as he steps away from his desk to reveal a seemingly inoccuous dial adjacent to the hallway doorframe.]

"Presenting Red Fish's prototype teleportation and travel station! Through these terminals I have installed, long trips of carrying heavy cargo, escaping potential threats and lengthy evacuation procedures are a thing of the past! With the turn of this dial, many doorways are now interchangeable! Just remember the terminals will only recognize you and a specific amount of mass your space occupies. Should you need you to add a guest or adjust these parameters simply report to me."

[Or just adjust them yourself through the terminal at the bridge; it's easy enough to identify through the copious amount of sticky note instructions Flug plasters over everything. But hey, he likes to feel important.]

"Observe!"

[And suddenly Flug strides into the kitchen... along with the potted plant from his room which also came along for no discernable reason. ]

"...Occasionally some bugs may occur"

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[As useful as the teleporters were, having a side project helped provide good cover up for the other collaborative effort the fleet got up to. Ensuring all lights and cameras are off Flug boots up a different device...]

Initiating beta test protocol.. two.. three.. please respond. I trust everything is still operating efficiently?

OOC: Teleporters on Red Fish! You didn't ask for them, you might not even want them; regardless you now have them! As expected of something cobbled together from a junkyard, they are prone to malfunctions; maybe sometimes you'll wind up in a different room than the one you intended or perhaps your tiny stereo likes to turn on and off randomly when the signals get crossed. It's yours to play with as you please! With that, I am officially back from hiatus. Fluggyboy collapsed after working too hard If you would like to assume you have helped him (in building or forcing his ass to get medical care, feel free!) I'm excited to see new faces :> as always feel free to PM or hmu on plurk!

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Excellent. Roger that Blameless. SS Red Fish reporting; all systems operational. Due to a lack of communications officer I intend to limit transmissions to optimize security. However, I'd recommend those who do have them do a performance check, perhaps monthly?
Have we yet established a procedure for informing new arrivals?

A monthly check is actually a good idea. We never know when the security can be compromised over night.
We have not. Since we've been discussing the project openly, I see no issue with just telling them when they arrive. Atroma knows about the network, they're always watching. It's the contents we're keeping private.

Interceptors have already been notified.

Yes.
In the past I have had transmissions hacked with the aggressors hiding their own messages among my coding. They used it to send information to eachother and coordinate future movements. I'd be wary of anything hidden in the programming code. These checks should catch such abnormalities much faster.

I don't like how easily Atroma could end up with access by sending a spy posing as a new arrival.

[A pause.]

But informing someone verbally after their trust is gained is the only real solution I have also.
Should we set about procuring extra units? Common devices at rest stops may be good for modifying.

I think that if Atroma got answer to our network, they would shit it down instead of using it. They don't like us having our own things - they destroyed the AI and data we stole from a planet once. But you have point. I trust captains to keep an eye on anything suspicious in their crews.

Extra units? I've leaving it up to each person. Whoever wants part of this can bring their communicator of choice and we can still it there. As long as it isn't an Atroma machine, it works.

That's a fair choice.

[Having them come up with the material certainly makes it less work on his end.]

I can't forsee any climates giving us much problem with the signal, except for perhaps some of the magnetic fields generated by asteroid belts. The multitude of different machines in use will probably ensure at least one may still be working if the others are susceptible to something, as far as durability is concerned.

Ironic that our lack of supplies might actually act as a fail-safe in this instance.

I'm sure when the time comes our engineers will know how to counter magnetic fields. I'd say to take precautionary measures but considering every planet we've visited has work in different ways, it'd probably be a waste of time.

Ironic but something to keep in mind. Maybe something from the old ages is what will keep us safe.

Old ages?

[Not a term he hears thrown around loosely.]

At any rate trusting our own ingenuity over anything Atroma feeds us is certainly the safer option.
Though speaking of which.
Have you had any success deducing the point of the ribbon cargo we were given? With the help of a lab augment user and another, we've managed to see some peculiar reactions with electrical currents and flame in our testing but not much else. Certainly nothing that warranted such a high reward price. There has to be more to it.

I meant anything pre-digital. Or anything pre-technology, really. I was trying to use a generic term.

[Because every person in the fleet comes from a different standard of what technology is and what they consider innovation.]

I know the ribbon is hiding some code, but that's about it. I haven't been working on them, though, you may want to check with other scientists on this topic.

Hm a code you say? Perhaps I will. That is a new avenue to consider.

Thank you for your cooperation SS Blameless. I hope things continue to run as expediently as they have been. SS Red Fish signing off.

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