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[diziet_sma]

[The camera clicks on. Sma is sitting in her quarters, smiling. She's had some time to get her feet under her and now feels up to introducing herself.]

Hello, Tranquility. [Still amused by the stodginess of the ship name.] It seems like the thing to do is introduce oneself, so—my name's Diziet Sma. A very nice ship you have here, I must say.

I'm something of a veteran of space travel, although my usual bailiwick is diplomacy and arts patronage—and I doubt there's much call for that here. But if there's anything I can do to make myself useful, I'd be glad to help.

[A pause, and then she seems to come to a sort of decision.]

And if there is anyone here who knows what I mean when I refer to the civilisation known as the Culture, I'd like to meet you.

[Because even if it's an enemy, she'd like to know about it. And on the off-chance that another Culture citizen is here, bonus.]

Comments

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[psychometry]

That - and more. There's a dossier on the network that describes about murders, mutinies, mystery diseases and unexplained disappearances. There's darkness on this ship and I don't think it's just coming from the passengers.

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[diziet_sma]

Lovely. I'll be sure to read the dossier thoroughly, then.

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[psychometry]

Pretty informative when you get to the incident reports. Some real troubling things have been happening to the passengers here and not all of it is easily explained. Hope you've got a head for mysteries.

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[diziet_sma]

I've been known to dabble. I'll see what I can learn.