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...So, I've got a question to ask everyone here. I guess after the last big event I've been kind of dwelling on it. There was a lot of pannic and confusion, and not everyone got out alright-

I want to teach a class. Not space basics, or engineering basics, though those go hand-in-hand.

I want to teach survival skills. Skills we're going to need if we're going to keep dealing with these horrors and terrors and who knows what the hell else. I can teach people how to jury rig survival equipment - it doesn't matter the age, kids and adults are both welcome, if there's enough interest. But I just-

I don't want anyone to have to handle things like I did the first time around.

So what do you all think? Is it worth gathering a group together - maybe in the Engineering deck, and teaching you how to survive in a space crisis?

Clarke out.

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[ Sounding a bit amused: ] Never thought I'd feel like a trend setter.

[ Then she pauses, tone growing more serious. ]

You should record the session for the future.

It's always those who'd rather not repeat what prompted the trend in the first place, I think. [He's also pretty amused.]

I'm definitely going to record it. Might see if Kirk can throw it up with the other info.

[ A slight laugh. ] So the ones with sense and experience?

I'm sure he'd be willing to. Would it just be one session, for now?

Essentially.

And yeah, one session. jury rigging basics - maybe how to cobble together an oxygen tank, common sense tactics. How to use the environment as a weapon.

[ Ripley must love you, Isaac. ]

Well, I don't know about the rest of the ship, but I'd go.

[They've met.]

That's a good level of attendance, then. Anything you're curious to know about that I can try and cram into this? I tend to be full of bad ideas, myself.

Everything? Even if it's going over what I already know.

[ You never know what could be useful, and it's never a bad idea to refresh your memory. ]

I think we can do that.

[He's doing this partially to also keep his own skills sharpen]

Edited 2012-09-01 23:34 (UTC)

Are you planning on doing this before or after the jump?

I may record it before the jump, and then pass it on to Kirk.

Because you never know.

I meant getting the group together.

Maybe after jump for the actual full lesson. Give things time to settle. We've got.. what, a few days until the Drives go online, right? No sense hosting a class when we all might have to scramble a minute later due to the drives.

That sounds like a good idea. It may reassure some of the newcomers as well. [ Or it may completely panic them. Either way. ]

I'm in.

[She remembers.]

[He didn't think many people forgot.]

Is there anything in particular you would like to learn? I'll cover what I can.

I know how to hide a razor in my mouth.

[Just a touch confidant--she does know one thing, even if all it amounts to is heavy scarring in her mouth.]

I need to know how to kill people. Kill them quick.

...That I can do, but I'm not going to condone using these against the rest of the ship. I would hope you're aware.

[HE'LL TRUST YOU BUT DON'T YOU DARE LET HIM DOWN]

[THE HORRIBLE TRUTH IS...she actually won't, she cares too much.]

I am. Don't worry. I just--I got people I have to look after, you know? And they shouldn't have to kill anybody. It's not fair.

...A good reason.

[HE CAN APPRECIATE YOUR MOTIVATIONS.]

Yeah, we'll cover jury rigging quick, efficient weaponry.

Rad. And I can help with like--quick tech stuff. I'm good at that.

Hahah. Sounds like you've already got some good basics down.

Now we just need to get you to use them the way you want.

I think you'll be a great teacher.

Heh. You've got a lot of faith.

[Heine hates crowds but he figures, why the hell not. It's not like he knows the first thing about living in space and he'd feel better about what to expect a bit. This place has thrown him off his center way more than he'd like and even gaining a little of it back would be nice.]

Sounds like you got experience with this kind of thing.

You could definitely say that.

[He gives a hint of amusement behind that.]

Was it something similar like this?

Yeah. A ship called the Ishimura. Not quite like this, but similar.

...Wasn't very pretty.

Anything similar to this can't be considered anything but a pile of junk.

But what wasn't similar about it?

Got that right.

Mostly what we faced, exactly. Necromorphs. They're - not exactly the easiest topic to explain.

There isn't exactly any where I have to be on here. Why not try me.

Survival specific to situations you'd encounter in space, or general survival training?

I'll be focusing on the space portion, but if people need some survival training in general, I can parse some of that, too.

Define survival.

Not dying.

[Hey, you asked.]

Fighting? Sustaining yourself in harsh environments?

As well as jury-rigging emergency supplies, and learning how to conserve your resources while also managing to get yourself out of this scenario.

Huh.

[ And, after a pause: ] I'm in.

Survival skills ... in space? Don't mistake me, it's a brilliant idea, I'm just not entirely sure what it would involve.

[To Anders, survival skills connote living off the land: hunting, fishing, camping, getting very grubby. Hard to do in a place where there is no land.]

Having the right equipment for emergency situations, primarily. Ammo conservation for projectile weapons. Being able to cobble tech together when you need it.

[To Isaac, survival skills are quite literally skills that help you survive. He's had practice with those.]

Looks like we're all starting classes.

Heh, maybe we should take everyone else's, huh, Sulu?

So long as I can sit in the back row and make paper airplanes.

I would be very interested in participating. I have my own set of survival skills but I am not experienced in anything related to space.

Do you know when this will be happening?

Considering it looks like we're all stuck together for the foreseeable future, it's definitely a smart idea to get people learning as wide an array of survival skills as possible.

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