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captain's log | video
[the video clicks on to Kirk standing in the armory, communicator held level with his face. his expression, though not hostile, certainly holds something unyielding in it. right now, Jim is every bit a starship captain, ready to go to bat for his ship. even if this ship wasn't theirs, as the pirates have been so quick to declare, it was the place they were forced to call home. they have enough trouble as it is without these guys coming in and thinking they can take whatever the want, and to Kirk- the people on this ship might as well be his own. they haven't heard from Ward or Resnik, last they'd heard they were missing. The pirates have said otherwise, but considering their line of work Jim isn't inclined to believe much of what they say.]
Captain Laurens, my name is Jim Kirk.
I'm sure you've noticed the people of this ship don't take being boarded and threatened lightly. We know why you're here, but we can't allow you to clear out our stores when we need them ourselves. I think we both want to avoid as much bloodshed as possible. I'm inviting you to come forward for negotiations.
[he's aware it's a long shot, that these guys aren't going to want to negotiate, but half of this is for Kirk to find out first hand out how they'll respond and where their movements might take them. They need to take back the ship and to do that, they need to find out where those pirates are. The pings he sends out don't ask for a response, but their meaning is clear: report in, we're going to move out.]
PING :: ENTERPRISE ENCRYPTION :: ALERT
PING :: GUNNERY ENCRYPTION :: ALERT
Captain Laurens, my name is Jim Kirk.
I'm sure you've noticed the people of this ship don't take being boarded and threatened lightly. We know why you're here, but we can't allow you to clear out our stores when we need them ourselves. I think we both want to avoid as much bloodshed as possible. I'm inviting you to come forward for negotiations.
[he's aware it's a long shot, that these guys aren't going to want to negotiate, but half of this is for Kirk to find out first hand out how they'll respond and where their movements might take them. They need to take back the ship and to do that, they need to find out where those pirates are. The pings he sends out don't ask for a response, but their meaning is clear: report in, we're going to move out.]
PING :: ENTERPRISE ENCRYPTION :: ALERT
PING :: GUNNERY ENCRYPTION :: ALERT
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There's typically a time when negotiations don't work.
[ he's just saying they may have reached that point by now. ]
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[he trails off, because Jim knows first hand that there's a time and a place. knows that he probably sounds crazy, since this post is at least a day after people have given up on it.
but Jim was pretty good at getting people to think one thing when another was entirely true.]
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[ Ric knows that's where Jim was going because well, there's not many phrases that start like that. he'll willingly admit he finds this a bit insane ( okay, a lot ) insane but it takes him a moment to actually fully articulate just how insane he might think it is. ]
Don't beat a dead horse. I'm not saying the horse is dead, but I'm pretty sure there's a little foam coming out of the sides of its mouth. [ somewhere hidden in there is a question of you have a plan when you know this going to fail, right but he does come right out and ask it. ]
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[of course he has a plan, because of course this wasn't going to work. that much was clear after the first broadcast hit the network. but having worked with Ric for nearly a year, Jim thinks he'll be wiser to it.]
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[ he is, a little bit, but it doesn't hurt to let no one else think he is. just for the good of everyone. ]
Try and maybe not get the blood mixed in with the foam. It gets nasty to look at.