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- tony stark (1610),
- topher brink
VIDEO ☢ OO3。
Hey. [ HELLO, TRANQUILITY. someone appears to have found a razor since their last post. someone also appears to have not slept in the past... well, sleeping's overrated. connor's eyes are droopy and dark, and if the communicator could communicate smell, it'd probably be producing a intense odor of coffee. which is pretty much all he's been drinking lately.
off the side of the feed, there appears to be some kind of shifting, golden light—it's throwing cheerful, twinkly shapes against the walls of his room, lending a pleasant atmosphere to the feed, despite connor's obvious discomfort. the source of this light remains offscreen, but the mask is there nonetheless, sat innocently on connor's bed. despite telling abby he would... he hasn't yet locked it away. he can't seem to make himself do it. (it's got to be there for a reason, right?)
anyway. not the point. ]
Right. Couple of things. I'll try to be quick.
Jenna mentioned a headcount system last month, so Tony and I put our heads together and whipped up something to keep track of what numbers are in use at any given time. It's completely anonymous, so no names associated with the numbers—just that they're being used, which gives us a pretty solid count of how many passengers are onboard and using their comms, which comms are active, that sorta thing. It's obviously not gonna work on life-forms who aren't using the communicators, but this is a pretty good springboard. I heard— [ stalked ] —Communications was working on something a bit more refined?
If you guys need an extra pair of hands on that, I'd be happy to help.
And trust me, if there was some way of knowing what else is lurking on this big hunk of metal with us, I'd be all over it, but right now, this is the best I've got. [ he offers a small shrug, rubbing his hands together. ] We can work on triangulating organic life forms next, I suppose, but that might take a bit more doing.
Anyway, it's been up and running for a while—but I finally hooked up a VDT from the science department in medical to display the actual number, so you can check to see if it's fluctuated at all before or after this jump. No disrespect to the dead or missing, but this might... make it a bit easier to figure out if someone's gone right off the bat. There's also a subnetwork version if you'd rather check in on the go. I'm putting it up now. [ he reaches forward to tap a few keys, and a text link pops up. ]
I've been thinking. [ more like debating various distractions from all the crap that's been happening lately, but: ] If anyone were interested, we could start up a sort of... lecture series. There's a lot of people what are really well-read in their respective fields, and it'd be nice to spread the wealth. So to speak. So—the idea is, pick a topic you're particularly specialised in, and we can set up something in one of the conference rooms, or maybe a rec room. Broadcast it to the network. Myself, I've got experience in computer science, mechanical engineering, physics, and palaeontology, but I know quite a lot of other people've got experience in some of the same stuff—it'd be good to give everyone a chance to present what they'd like. Y'know. Variety.
I've typed up a rudimentary electronic sign-up sheet, so if there's enough interest, maybe we can make it happen. [ or something. ]
Right, that's it from me.
—One last thing, though. Stay safe, everyone, alright? I know weird stuff on this ship's pretty much a given, but... [ he sighs. ] It's been a bit weirder than usual. Let's try to keep our wits about us.
[ connor out. ]
off the side of the feed, there appears to be some kind of shifting, golden light—it's throwing cheerful, twinkly shapes against the walls of his room, lending a pleasant atmosphere to the feed, despite connor's obvious discomfort. the source of this light remains offscreen, but the mask is there nonetheless, sat innocently on connor's bed. despite telling abby he would... he hasn't yet locked it away. he can't seem to make himself do it. (it's got to be there for a reason, right?)
anyway. not the point. ]
Right. Couple of things. I'll try to be quick.
Jenna mentioned a headcount system last month, so Tony and I put our heads together and whipped up something to keep track of what numbers are in use at any given time. It's completely anonymous, so no names associated with the numbers—just that they're being used, which gives us a pretty solid count of how many passengers are onboard and using their comms, which comms are active, that sorta thing. It's obviously not gonna work on life-forms who aren't using the communicators, but this is a pretty good springboard. I heard— [ stalked ] —Communications was working on something a bit more refined?
If you guys need an extra pair of hands on that, I'd be happy to help.
And trust me, if there was some way of knowing what else is lurking on this big hunk of metal with us, I'd be all over it, but right now, this is the best I've got. [ he offers a small shrug, rubbing his hands together. ] We can work on triangulating organic life forms next, I suppose, but that might take a bit more doing.
Anyway, it's been up and running for a while—but I finally hooked up a VDT from the science department in medical to display the actual number, so you can check to see if it's fluctuated at all before or after this jump. No disrespect to the dead or missing, but this might... make it a bit easier to figure out if someone's gone right off the bat. There's also a subnetwork version if you'd rather check in on the go. I'm putting it up now. [ he reaches forward to tap a few keys, and a text link pops up. ]
» HEADCOUNTI've been thinking. [ more like debating various distractions from all the crap that's been happening lately, but: ] If anyone were interested, we could start up a sort of... lecture series. There's a lot of people what are really well-read in their respective fields, and it'd be nice to spread the wealth. So to speak. So—the idea is, pick a topic you're particularly specialised in, and we can set up something in one of the conference rooms, or maybe a rec room. Broadcast it to the network. Myself, I've got experience in computer science, mechanical engineering, physics, and palaeontology, but I know quite a lot of other people've got experience in some of the same stuff—it'd be good to give everyone a chance to present what they'd like. Y'know. Variety.
I've typed up a rudimentary electronic sign-up sheet, so if there's enough interest, maybe we can make it happen. [ or something. ]
(NAME, SUBJECT) 1. Connor Temple, Palaeontology OR Temporal Physics 2. Chapel Hill, Nanotechnology OR Basketball 3. Mike Ross, Literature 4. Topher Brink, Computational Neuroscience 5. Leoben Conoy, Yoga |
Right, that's it from me.
—One last thing, though. Stay safe, everyone, alright? I know weird stuff on this ship's pretty much a given, but... [ he sighs. ] It's been a bit weirder than usual. Let's try to keep our wits about us.
[ connor out. ]
video; comms encryption, bumped up to 100% unhackable
[ as... with most things, when you're dealing with connor. ]
Well, I—I mean I could do that, but like you said. Gross invasion of privacy, so I thought perhaps it might be best not to touch on it yet. Just in case people might have problems. But theoretically—actually, no, I know I could do it—you can comb the network for people who've said their names in conjunction with their numbers with a hackable encryption and start a list that way. I don't know how to tackle people who've gone anonymous; the network kinda completely scrambles that connection, and it's hard enough to wade though it as it is.
But I suppose— [ and here connor pauses, looking down at his hands for a moment, gnawing the inside of his cheek. this feels... just a bit sketchy, if he's honest. ] Er, right. I don't think it'd be too far of a stretch to assume that going anon might use the same kind of channels for the same kind of people. So even if we can't determine who they are, we might be able to differentiate them from other anonymous users, like you said. That way we could try to assign names.
[ he pauses again. ]
I've been working primarily with Science and Engineering, but I'd really like to come check out Comms and meet a few people. Love to, actually. And no disrespect, but... are you really sure we should be doing any of this? D'you really think it's... I dunno, necessary?
video; comms encryption, bumped up to 100% unhackable
Our present system in comms doesn't allow permanent linking of an ID with a device, and the tracking system is off by so much that the other day security were seven decks out when they were sent to find someone who had been eaten. Now let me make a proposal for you--we could narrow it down to one deck, lock it down within minutes of an attack, then sift that deck for the culprit.
I don't know about you, but I'd rather have things happen that way than be sitting here knowing someone on the network has blood on their hands but is covering it up.
As it is, we're only proposing giving those powers to Comms - who already maintain people's privacy - in conjunction with Security, as and when it's necessary. Not as a routine way to track everyone.
And if you don't believe that's necessary, then let me remind you that you're stuck on a ship with something that just might want to eat you next. That sound like desperate enough circumstances or not? Cause it sounds like a necessity to me.
video; comms encryption, bumped up to 100% unhackable
No, you're right. I understand. [ it's something of a reoccurring theme—act first, think later, damn the consequences because it sounds like it might help someone. connor's got a big heart and a will to prove himself, always has, and he doesn't want to see anyone else get hurt.
so maybe it is for the best, all things considered. ] I definitely want to help. Anything I can do, just... let me know.
video; comms encryption, bumped up to 100% unhackable
When you're in this room, it's Comms first, Science second. [ A smile. ] But I'm not that hard a man to work with once you get the hang of it, and we have great coffee.