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[cargojet]

I hope you're all well rested after that little experience. Caffeine is good for the post-jump blues, so if any of you missed my black coffee and a sit down in the jump bay, I'd recommend you get on that now. And for those of you who are a little more delicate, I'll reassure you--the jitters are a lot easier to deal with than the alternative.

My name is Nathan Petrelli; I was Senator for the state of New York. Here, I manage the Communications Department. If you have any skills with computers, managing databases and information, or no skills at all, and want to learn how to use the computers here in exchange for a nine-to-five, you can show up to our office on 001 and I'll give you the tour. Just look for the door with Communications stenciled on the outside. We're understaffed presently, and I'd be grateful for any help we can get. Just sign up, we'll find a place for you, and if things don't work out you can move elsewhere with my personal recommendation.

We'll be resuming classes Tuesday and Thursday afternoons tentatively. That's day 2 - tomorrow, and day 4, students will get a schedule. We do everything from learning about the ship and how to use the holodecks and communicators to learning to cook, sew and for the older students, fire guns, etc. Two afternoons, that's all I can offer, but the youngsters on board are usually welcomed into the various departments and mentored by experienced adults in the fields of science, flight, medicine; whatever you want. I can put you in contact with the right people if you have something specific in mind. If you're a teacher--well, it should be obvious that I could do with the help. Two afternoons isn't much at all.

I'm also responsible for the outside chapel in the Oxygen Gardens, open for members of every faith without restriction. A memorial wall there lists the names of people who have been and gone, and a book is open for anyone to leave a message. In the case of an emergency, the Oxygen Gardens is the safest place on the ship. A base of operations will usually be set up down there. If things go awry, it's a good place to be. We have a Sunday service every seventh day. Today is day one, if you're wondering.

What else is there...? Listen attentively to the information you read, stay in the common, well lit areas of the ship, don't eat anything that smells as bad as it looks. Try not to go space crazy. Shuttle bay has the only window you can see out of, if you're desperate to see it for yourself. Take care of your fellow passengers, and keep on Tyke's good side.

I'm done talking for now, but you're welcome to ask any questions you might have, for instance 'When do I get to go home?' That's always a good one.



[Filtered to Tyke; comms encryption]

I have that number you wanted.

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[withlace]

And what side of yours are we supposed to remain on, Nathan?

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[cargojet]

I'd say my good side, but I have only good sides.

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[cobaltblue]

So, what exactly do you guys do in comms, besides vague shit like "use computers"?

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[cargojet]

We monitor the communications network. That means making sure that messages get to their intended recipients, repairing the network when its broken, and keeping track of which communicators are online when and where. We're also the record keepers here, and we back up information on the network to a hard copy so that it can't be lost. In our off time, we go through all those audio and video messages making sure they're catalogued properly. On the odd occasion, Comms make emergency announcements, and intercept rogue data.

[ It sounds like a practiced pitch. He leaves out the part where they work with security, and occasionally hack into people's private information. ]

Sound any better when I put it like that?

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[jurisimpudent]

I don't suppose I might propose something with regards to those classes.

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[cargojet]

If you've got any ideas, I'll be in your debt, Miles.

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[tg]

so who do you talk to if you got a name for the wall mr senator
do i gotta sign the mourner registry log
or can i just crayola it on myself

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[cargojet]

There's some familiar red text. How it's working at the moment is every week I go down and add a few more names to the list, depending on what the computer throws up as missing communicators.

It's not my program, though. It's Tosh's. When she left, I had to take it over and put her name up on the wall myself.

You got one for me?

[majestyofthethrone]

hi

[cargojet]

I'm glad to see you're still with us, Seraph. Are you sleeping any better, now?

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[suddenlycaptain]

You forgot to mention that New York is on Earth.

[ Helping!!! ]

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[cargojet]

I did forget to mention that. See, you're picking it up. I imagine having been there helps some.

[northerner]

Some of those skills you listed, I would be able to teach them. Tyke hasn't need of me every day of the week.

[cargojet]

Are you kidding me? You'd make a fantastic teacher for these kids.

[ Expected to be able to fight by the age of nine, isn't it? Besides, Stark has a unique perspective. All of these things he's had to learn since arriving here, while Nathan had a technological step up from his own world. No, it's a brilliant idea. ]

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[puppydogeyes]

You actually got it?

[That might be exactly what he just said, but she's surprised.]

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[cargojet]

I have. Or rather one of my people found it. I'm only sorry that it took so long.

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[toomuchtenacity]

What is a nine-to-five? And can anyone join these classes?

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[cargojet]

Anyone can, yes. A nine-to-five is a term we have for a typical job. Starts at nine in the morning, and ends at five in the afternoon. I suppose it's a pretty specific phrase, come to think of it.

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[makedo]

Republican or Democrat?

[ it's not the most important question, but it is the first that comes to brad's mind and he sees no reason not to ask it. besides, the answer will be telling (not conclusive, but telling) and learning more about everyone on this ship is part of doing recon. ]

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[cargojet]

Republican. I have a red tie around here somewhere.

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[unparental]

"Try not to go space crazy". Nathan.

[ jenna don't even try, you think it's hilarious. ]

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[cargojet]

It's valid advice, I think.

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[memorari]

I've got some skills, even if they're a bit new. [ and not her own, in a way. ] How understaffed are you, exactly? Is every department low on members?

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[cargojet]

Security are doing the best. Medical were struggling for a while, but I think the genetics lab is the most understaffed right now. I don't suppose you have new skills in human gene encoding, too?

[ Please say no, Clara. ]

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[executiveassistant]

[Hm. Well--]

You welcomed me here way back when, and I figure it's time to take you up on that offer and make myself useful before I go crazy from inactivity.

Managing information is kind of my thing, so if I can put those skills to use, well, why not?

[also then she can stay abreast of the current happenings, but seriously, those are her only ulterior motives.]

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[cargojet]

[ It's like watching the network for things that are happening as a job...and then not getting paid for it. Actually, that's more or less why Nathan took the job in the first place. He was already practically doing it anyway. ]

I'd love to have you. And of all the people on board, I think we're good skipping the preliminary. Unless you've recently taken any of Neal's crazy pills... You haven't, have you?

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[invis]

Flight?

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[cargojet]

That's right. The spaceshuttle kind, rather than the Superman kind.

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[linguistician]

[Well isn't this fortunate timing? She'd planned on signing up the first moment her disorientation had settled and she'd been given a break on the information overload. Meeting Nathan was an inevitably, and she might as well kill two birds with one stone. Her expression is still a little pinched around the edges, but she's remarkably composed- All the earlier hostility and remnants of fear from her arrival are gone.

More importantly, there's not the slightest hint of recognition in her face]

Hello, Senator. I'm Lieutenant Uhura. I work - [Because fuck everything, she is not putting that into past tense] as a communications officer, aboard the USS Enterprise. I wouldn't mind filling a position for you, while I'm here.

[And by wouldn't mind, she really means she wants a tour and computers explanation on your earliest convenience- But she's trying not to be pushy]

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[cargojet]

[ It catches him off guard the moment he sees her face. Uhura. She'd once been his superior officer, recommended by Kirk--or perhaps it was more accurate that Nathan had been palmed off on her. Still, they'd formed some degree of a working relationship together, and so there's a brief flash of quickly smothered hope before she introduces herself.

She's like Peter. She doesn't remember. Sure, she's asking to come back, to work for him, rather than the other way around, but she doesn't remember being here before. She doesn't remember communications, doesn't remember him. He knows it within moments. ]

There's no need for an introduction, Lieutenant. We've already been introduced. And it's just Nathan, to you.

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[blunted]

I know how to handle misfortune,
how to take bad news.
I can minimize injustice,
lighten up God’s absence,
or pick the widow’s veil that suits your face.
What are you waiting for—
have faith in my chemical compassion.

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[cargojet]

I warned you. Didn't I warn you?
Drinking Caffrey's koolaid is no good for anyone.