captain's log | video | 025

[goldshirt]

[hey everyone it's your favourite cocksure captain seated in his green Starfleet shirt to address you all]

To everyone still confused, welcome aboard the Tranquility, a colonization vessel located in an alternate universe to your own. My name is Jim Kirk and I'm sure I'm not the only person up here to wish we were meeting under better circumstances. As it stands, you'll be up here with us for a while, and because of that I highly recommend you stay informed. We've got plenty of reading material, but if you want a cliffnotes version, I'm happy to answer your questions.

[moving on, though, for the time being.]

Before the jump we discovered the genetics department. Passengers are not to go down there without clearance. The place is crawling with, for lack of a better word, monsters. These things are lethal. If you want some details as to what they'll do to you, I'm sure medical would be glad to give you the run down. For the time being, that area is considered off limits. Plans for clearing and extracting information from the department are already under way.

[even if Kirk isn't the captain, he says it as though there is no room for argument on this topic. Security plans on clearing out the monsters, if possible, and Cambridge has already made a call for those interested in information retrieval.]

Passengers should exercise caution when moving around the ship. Just last month we had an elevator malfunction that had people lost in the ship for at least a week. I can't stress enough that you need to keep in touch with one another, even if all you're doing is going to your department.

On that note, if you've just arrived and are looking to get involved, every department is looking for help. I head the Gunnery myself, and we're looking for individuals with previous weapons handling experience. If you're interested, give me a shout.


{ FILTERED TO ENGINEERING }
From what I gather, Isaac Clarke has gone missing as of the jump. [which he brings up because, up till now, Clarke was unofficially heading the department] Just checking to see how things are going down there.

{ PRIVATE TO TOPHER BRINK: KIRK ENCRYPTION 100% }
Brink, I need to speak with you regarding a patient that needs some tests run. Contact me when you've got a chance.


[the following links will blink to life on everyone's communicators and are accessible as text or audio.

• FAQ
  
• EXTENDED FAQ
  
• JOB LIST
  
• SHIFT ROSTER]

[ooc: and last but not least the new GUNNERY FAQ!!]

Comments

text; starfleet encryptions

[leaps]

If Clarke is really gone, I can talk to Fry, shift to Engineering to pick up his slack.

He could just be walkabout still.

text; starfleet encryptions

[goldshirt]

I'm checking with Engineering before we make any big decisions.

I saw him before the jump in the stasis room. I don't think he's here.

voice / engineering filter;

[deprecate]

You're fucking kidding me.

[ he kind of avoids every other person in the department when he's there, so the who's who goes over his head, but he knows isaac. ]

voice / engineering filter;

[goldshirt]

I wish I was.

text » engineering encryption

[starked]

Never showed up on the tracking data either. Definitely gone and not walking about.

The ship's still running isn't it?

[ so how in the hell do you think it's going. ]

text » engineering encryption

[goldshirt]

[he'd double, triple checked, and hearing Tony confirm itmdash; Kirk isn't sure if it's relief, but it might be something close to it. gone was almost better than walkabout, at this point.]

That isn't what I meant and you know it.

[tony don't be smart you know what he means. how is the staffing? who's going to take his spot? do you need more hands?]

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[parkours]

You know, I'm pretty sure I've heard you say this once or twice before. Does it ever bother you that you repeat yourself every jump?

[ its a legitimate question on peter's part, because while he doesn't quite doubt kirk's statement of authority, that part's been getting on his nerves. ]

Serious question though, what happens if you wanna join two departments? [ is that even a thing? ]

video; best tag drops the mic

[goldshirt]

[he laughs, more a chuckle that matches the lift of his mouth.]

I'd rather say it over and over then have a repeat of the rampant confusion of the first few months.

[on a more serious note]

It's possible to pull shifts in more than one department but your nanites won't respond to more than one coding.

[they tried that already]

That, and it's better for organization. In a crisis, everyone is called to report to their own department. Having more than one, officially, will cause confusion.

(voice.)

[carbonite]

I'm sorry, was my welcome not official enough?

text; anonymous; cambitas encryption

[coffeeking]

You missed some key points. Thanks for letting us know about the roombas, though.

video; engineering;

[talkstoengines]

[Few things have the ability to make Kaylee get really serious - this is one of them.] She's runnin'. Not sure how we'd do if the automated stuff shut down, but monitorin' processes is fine for now.

[She looks up vaguely, shaking her head.] If somethin' goes really wrong, I dunno if we'd be able to fix it with what we have.

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[goldshirt]

Yeah, and with Resnik AWOL—

[he doesn't really want to dwell on that]

I know we'd need most of the crew to join you down there before you got any sense relief.

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[assumedposition]

Hello! Thank you for the welcome. I'm Albert. I know-- I've only just arrived, but I'd like to help out the engineering department, if you'll have me.

video

[goldshirt]

Sounds great. What kind of experience have you got?

video.

[wingedly]

[ perched on an overturned glass this time, expression very intense!! ]

Monsters? What kind of monsters?

video.

[goldshirt]

[wow you are tiny]

Giant rats, for one, but the guys you've really got to worry about are a little harder to describe. We really need a name for them. [he frowns] They're a mutated creature with the intelligence of a human but with a mouth full of crocodile teeth.

voice

[idkmybffbloodwing]

Has anyone found a reliable way to get back to that genetics place, then? Last I saw, the lift by it only went one way.

voice

[goldshirt]

The lift has a stop out there, now.

[HE MIGHT HAVE TRIED IT ALREADY BECAUSE HE WAS CURIOUS... but it's pretty worrisome to Kirk because it also opens up a channel for those things to get to the passenger quarters, if they figure out how to work a lift.]

[chuffle]

You can probably say giant rats. I'm guessing most people have an internal reference for that.

[goldshirt]

It's not just the rats.

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[stimulations]

[Josias isn't in pain anymore, but that's the only improvement on his condition: he's still unable to talk. So all Kirk gets over the feed is Josias looking very much not himself, sullen and silent, and then holding a stack of papers - damaged and filthy in places, clearly from the genetics lab - up at the camera.]

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[goldshirt]

Josias.

[he doesn't smile but he's damn glad to see he isn't in pain anymore. still, the fact that he's not talking isn't a good sign to Jim, and the worry is in the corner of his eyes. he squints at the papers, trying to read what's on them.]

What is that?

video.

[inquisitive]

What about sending out a scout into the genetics department? One that probably won't aggravate the monsters? That would be alright, wouldn't it?

[ said in the tone of voice that screams 'i have this really really great idea.' ]

video.

[goldshirt]

[oh boy]

Scout for what, exactly?

[HE'S LISTENING but with the look of a vaguely bemused man who probably isn't going to be on board with whatever you're suggesting]

text; locked

[target]

how do we get in on the clear out?

text; locked

[goldshirt]

Tyke's playing this one pretty close to the chest.

[which he respects, but he knew people would ask]

[interns]

Off limits?

[goldshirt]

For now. It's too dangerous.

permatext.

[culver]

Leave it.

permatext.

[goldshirt]

Leave it?

[video]

[gunshiptotheface]

This week keeps getting better and better.

[He's amused but only faintly, it's taking some adjusting to get used to a new ship.]

If you're looking for Gunnery crew I might be able to help out there.

[video]

[goldshirt]

[he perks up because hey, he recognizes you.]

Hey, Garrus, right?

video

[withlace]

And here I was, beginning to think no one quite sounded in charge around here.

video

[goldshirt]

[he smiles, and it isn't bashful so much as it's an affirmation. he's aware he's unofficially in charge, despite what people say, and he's not going to deny it outright the way he used to anymore.]

It's pretty complicated.

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[northerner]

Have all been returned from below, Kirk?

private;

[goldshirt]

I've only heard of one missing person from before the jump.

audio » private

[widowing]

I'm back, if you can use me.

How much of what went down in genetics can be found through the network?

audio » private

[goldshirt]

Natasha.

[holy shit.]

Not much— communicators were malfunctioning for people down there, but that doesn't mean we don't have reports.

/tenderly places this here.......

[thoughts]

ARRIVAL

"The first thing you need to know is that we are unsure of the exact reason [...] "

MEDICAL BAY & STASIS

" [...] predators in their own universe (a primary example being vampires.)."

THE SHIP

"There are black out areas of the ship [...]"

SMILEY

"One such entity is affectionately called by the passengers Smiley." awk; consider rephrasing? "One such entity is affectionately referred to as Smiley by the passengers."

" [...] every time we've encountered it, it has littered it's messages [...] "

"It's motive, so far, has been unclear [...] " continues to use double-negative; "but" twice in same sentence. consider use of semi-colon or separation into two sentences.

Excessive use of commas prevalent throughout entire document. Excellent avoidance of contractions save where appropriate/acceptable.

[ Oh, wait. There's something else she meant to say first. ]

Thank you for the information. Thorough and useful. I like your shirt.

LMAO......,............

[goldshirt]

[he stares at this for a minute, and then starts laughing. it takes him a good five minutes, and he actually has to wipe his eyes when he calms down enough to type. of all the goddamn things to say, to have his work corrected— it's so Academy that if he doesn't laugh, he's sure his response would have been something a little more hysterical.]

At least I know you've read it. You're welcome.

And thanks, it's one of the few I've got from home.

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[andblockbuster]

[HE WAS NOT EXPECTING THIS WTF.]

Seriously? Are you telling me a year into this freakin' three-billion-hour tour and we're finally getting a legitimate neurological incident?

Is it Caffrey?

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[goldshirt]

No, it's Jenna.

text » fuck you i double tap if i want

[mathematically]

science people will argue they have clearance. and also, that advice doesn't really work if all your device does is send static filled messages to people. just saying.

text » GOSH

[goldshirt]

Nobody has clearance until the place is secure, and if the scientists want to argue that with me, they can feel free.

[yes he knows you have a science clearance lydia!!]

Sure it does. We found out people went missing because they were meant to meet people elsewhere.