captains log | 009 | voice

[goldshirt]

Tranquility, this is Jim Kirk.

Anyone injured or still suffering side effects from the fear gas should check in with medical. Scans are showing the gas is out of the ship's circulation now, but we can never be too careful. For anyone wondering, we do have a suspect in custody, but he's currently recovering from a high dosage of the toxin.

[he pauses, a clear indication that he's changing topics.]

We all knew we were being watched. Despite this recent information, nothing's really changed. Nevertheless I encourage everyone to stay alert and try not to travel alone. This thing is trying to make us nervous, lets try not to give it what it wants.



( Enterprise Crew, Re-l, Chase, John, Sherlock, Natasha, Kasumi, Dean || eta "Nick", Jack Harkness, Ianto, Magneto, Raven, Megamind, Roxanne, Tali, Hotspur, Isaac, Tony Stark, Aberdeen || flags to WARD and RESNIK )

[the filter is a simple one and used solely to make this post private from any civilian prying eyes. Jim knows it will be hacked, and he isn't about to toot his own horn publicly when people are panicking. he's flagged people both versed in this scientific bullshit and outside, because Jim knows as well as any that sometimes it takes an outside view to see outside the box.

just in case anyone hasn't spotted it yet, he fires off a LINK to the hidden documents, along with the translation, making it plain English instead of happy morse code.]

This isn't the first time this thing has mentioned me.

I'm not opening speculation about what the list means, we've got enough of that going on, but whatever this is has purposely left out the clues we need to figure it out. I think Chase has summed it up the best possible way: we're being laughed at.

I tried running another trace but the only thing I keep coming up with is static. Whatever this thing is, it's either part of the ship or has been here for a damn long time. It's coding is almost identical to the network's build.

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[the_vishual]

Smiles. Just smiles and laughter and laughter and laughter....

[goldshirt]

[you always make it sound so creepy]

At least it's consistent.

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[darkholme]

So where does that leave us? We wait?

[ raven's bad at waiting sob ]

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[goldshirt]

This whole thing is a waiting game.

NOT HERE | only yes she is

[archimedeia]

[ flagged for a reason? she'll take the invitation. consider your filter hacked; she's watching. ]

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[leaps]

Almost?

[ because if there's a difference, however slight, then they can isolate it, can't they? ]

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[goldshirt]

It's like- it's more complicated. I can work with and hack the network. This thing won't let me in.

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[widowing]

What's the difference between it and the network's build?

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[goldshirt]

It's like the network's code on steroids. It's massive and seriously complex, but the basics remain.

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[consulting]

Do you want me to drum up a psychological profile?

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[goldshirt]

Couldn't hurt.

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[mutelunatic]

look for cameras.

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[goldshirt]

The ship is covered in cameras. It comes with the package.

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[tumbleweeds]

We all didn't know jack shit because some of us are new. When I'm only just hearing about a room full of skeletons and food, there's a fucking problem.

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[goldshirt]

I know, it's a problem we face every jump. We've been trying to work on a more efficient way to get the information out to new arrivals.

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[gofortheoptics]

I picked a hell of a time to come back to this place.

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[goldshirt]

Should I even say welcome back?

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[awakenings]

You've done a lot to contribute to this ship. It's no surprise. You're a...key player in this game they're playing.

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[goldshirt]

[he exhales hard.]

I think I'd feel a lot better if I knew the rules of the game.

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[galacticheroine]

So I'm guessing from the general reaction, this is the first time the cryptic happy face has shown up. No idea as to who it could be?

[voice]

[goldshirt]

It's not the first time it's shown up, but it is the first time it's made real contact with us or conversed with us.

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[lieutenants]

I'm still going to focus my attention on fixing the ship's internal communications system in the meantime, but I just realized... Do you think this thing is what caused the malfunction in the first place? Maybe fixing that will be the key to hacking into its encryptions just as easily as it, apparently, hacks into ours.

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[goldshirt]

I would not be surprised in the slightest. It's told us don't believe everything they tell you and now, try not to die. Of all of us on board, this thing seems like it knows the most about what's going on.

I just can't figure out why, if it's sabotage, it would do it in the first place.

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[handelaar]

Medbay is understaffed

Who can fix that

[AKA who can he complain to, just point him that way. Griping about bureaucratic shortcomings is a national sport he can't pass up on, no matter how shitty he feels.]

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[goldshirt]

Volunteers, unless we miraculously pull in more doctors, but I wouldn't bank on that.

[sorry netherlands he wishes it was that easy :c]

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[teashop]

And how do we know we're not already giving it what it wants?

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[goldshirt]

I did say try.

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[cheerioless]

[ how about mental anguish? because getting over seeing your dead daughter, and then being attacked by her? yeah, not to easy to get over. quinn can still barely sleep, actually no she's not sleeping at all. ]

Wouldn't walking around in groups do exactly that? Show whoever that we're nervous?

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[goldshirt]

[well we had a shrink but then he was crazy :c]

Maybe.

Or it could show that we're cautious, alert, and organized.

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[puppydogeyes]

Who was it?
How did he do it?
What are you going to do with him?

[She isn't totally ignoring the red smile situation, but it hasn't actually done anything yet. Better to deal with what can actually be dealt with.]

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[firstofficer]

Designation --- » 003 » 038, passenger Doctor Jonathan Crane is believed to have utilized a neurotoxin with organic origins from his native continuum. The gas was released within the ventilation units of the Oxygen Gardens and proceeded to contaminate the ship at large.

At present, he remains in medical bay, suffering identical effects of exposure.

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[coarse]

Hi. You don't know me, but someone told me you might be able to help. My name is Bass.

I'd like to ask you about missing passengers.

[He doesn't say 'prisoners', not this time.]

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[goldshirt]

Bass.

I'll do what I can to answer your questions. What's going on?

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[coffeeking]

Good luck trying to get Jack to check in with medical.

Almost identical to the network's build? That lends itself to some theories, but nothing solid. I think it's very safe to say this thing is malicious, though.

How much do we really know about this ship? Ward and Resnik keep quiet, but they seem genuinely in the dark about this. If this thing is using the network's build or is even part of the network, we're going to have to learn a lot more about how the network functions, how the ship is put together, and maybe there are some clues in the ship's history if it's been here a while. There has to be something we can dredge up. And frankly, we should have done more of this by now anyway... but we've been distracted, haven't we? I wonder if that's calculated.

Case in point, and forgive my eavesdropping, but she brought up a problem we've known about for a while. I was trying to put together a better welcoming system months ago, but got understandably sidetracked. If we know more about the network, we could set it up to ping everyone with a welcoming guide as soon as they turn on their communicators, and we can re-do the message on the P.A. system to be a bit more informative.

Thoughts? Sorry about the text, it's easier to get all my thoughts down on paper, so to speak.

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[goldshirt]

Don't worry about it, I understand. [he flashes a grin before sobering.]

It's a good idea, obviously individually sending out the information isn't working, and we're in desperate need of an update on our FAQ. Getting the information and the map to people immediately arriving might help with some of the confusion.

[though probably not much with the fear]

Maybe we should have a sleep over in the library and see if we can't dig something out of the archives. We definitely need to know more about this place, and we have been seriously distracted.

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[megamind]

It's a villain taunt. Classic maneuver. But hey, nobody cares what the guy who has done evil since his prison breakout at four months thinks about villainy.

[Someone took an emotional turn for the worse here.]

I'm going to show you some of what I found in the communication hubs on our fieldtrip. But the more I work and watch you work, I -- [he pauses, fusses, and then changes his mind about what he was going to say] I guess we'll just see where that leads.

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[goldshirt]

[huh, that's something he didn't know about you, but Jim can't point fingers when he's been in and out of the slammer a few times himself.]

I believe you.

[it's genuine, both in his face and his voice, but his brow creases a little]

Lets just take it one day at a time.

What did you find?

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[blondeandperky]

How do we know the people we're traveling with aren't involved in this sort of thing?

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[firstofficer]

Does your query imply involvement of fellow passengers, or of the remainder of the Tranquility's original crew?

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[swagneto]

[ One of these days, the distinct disadvantage Erik is at due to the technology improvements now since the sixties is going to bite him. ]

How much of the ship have you broken into? [ Because Erik is about to go hunting. ]

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[goldshirt]

At least one person has been everywhere but the crew's quarters. [he isn't going to elaborate on who since Ward and Resnik had been invited to give their two cents in this conversation and therefore an see it. somehow he isn't surprised that neither have spoken up.] We haven't been able to access any of the deeper areas of the ship that are on lockdown.

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[theguidinghand]

[It takes him a while to speak up, if only because the memory of the Fear Gas is so sharp in his mind. He lost his temper, and yet Kirk still breathes. Not a mistake a Blade should make.]

[Still, it's hardly practical to avoid this. And a puzzle is exactly the sort of stick-and-carrot needed to motivate a reluctant Wraith, if only for him to create an even more dangerous counter-puzzle.]

I would find it far more plausible that there is a natural intelligence behind these latest antics than an artificial one. Even if this one had been trained to be exceptionally cryptic, it would still need to be trained.

More importantly, it should be noted that we are strangers here, and that any sort of computer coding would seem impossibly difficult to one not versed in it. You would balk if I asked you to write code in Wraith, and yet even the most technophobic of my Blades knows how to write a simple bypass. Simply because we cannot easily navigate this system does not mean that the native humans cannot either.

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[goldshirt]

[he frowns, because it's a good point. and also, maybe, because he's surprised Nick said anything at all.]

So the idea of it being a person or if the ship is actually alive is still up for discussion, then.

[fabulous.]

I don't see why they'd enlist our help if they could do a bypass themselves, though. There must be something we're missing.

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[redhotsummers]

You don't seem like an idiot.

[Translation for Alex speak: You seem like a guy who knows what he's talking about.]

So whoever's running this game probably has the ability to read the network at will, right?

Past any filters or encryption we can put in?

[It may seem like a simple question, or even leading. But Alex has some questions, but he isn't really ready to start blathering about it all on an unsecure network, where a mysterious 'unknown' might be reading it.

Why? Because he went through that with Genero. He isn't dealing with that again.

It's the reason the Resistance went completely off line to stay safe.]

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[goldshirt]

[Jim has a moment of confusion.

this kid, he's spoken to him before, seen his face and knows this voice; hell he saw him at fight club. but the numbers don't match. his brow furrows, but he doesn't linger on it for the time being.]

It's a possibility, yes.

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[therangerking]

[ You've heard his voice before, Kirk. :3 ]

You once said that I could ask whatever questions I wish. I now know that what I asked before was far insufficient.

[ Beat. ]

There were previous threats. What are they?

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[firstofficer]

Primarily, previous threats facing the members of the Tranquility have originated from other passengers. One required the life force of others for survival. One altered forms as the result of a preexisting condition from their primary continuum and attacked others. One attempted a mutiny. One conjured malicious beings from their reality onto the vessel- possessing and injuring multiple individuals.

The introduction of this neurotoxin, a fear inducing gas, is only the most recent.

[statsraaden]

Hello. I'll be sure to go to medbay; I've received the same advice before.

I'm sure the ship is sentient.

[goldshirt]

You aren't the only one who thinks that right now.

But if that's the case, it's going to make it a hell of a lot harder to fight.