13 | video | cats and cryo and crud, oh my~

[suddenlycaptain]

[ The video clicks on to show Carolyn in the shuttle bay (of course), standing in front of one of the windows showing the vast expanse of space. After letting the camera roll for a moment so that you, dear viewer, can come to terms with what you're looking at, she focuses it on her face and starts to speak. ]

This is overdue, but we're going to be having another information session on space, space travel, and the features we're aware of on board the Tranquility in a few hours. Make the time to attend. For those of you who want to get caught up on the previous lessons, I'll include a link to the recordings.

We're going to be going over everything, including evacuation protocols, but I'm going to be paying special attention to what I know about stasis. [ Which admittedly isn't much, as they use cryosleep, but it's more than most of the ship. ] It's been a popular topic lately, after all.

[ There's some fiddling with the buttons and after a pause, viewers will have a link to a sub-network with the videos embedded. ]

If any of you newcomers are interested in joining the flight crew, whether you have experience or not, we'd be glad to have you. Come on down and talk to myself, Hikaru Sulu, or John Casey.

[ Carolyn pauses, shifting a little uncomfortably. ]

For those of you that knew her, Kara Thrace has gone home.

[ Aaand: ]

The kittens are ready, if those who talked to me are still interested.

Comments

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[suddenlycaptain]

I'm not good at names. Personally I think there are more important things than fashion, but that doesn't have anything to do with this.

voice »

[mathematically]

No, you're right, there technically is, but naming schemes are fun and make remembering the names easy. And it was either this or chemicals back when I first named Prada so you can see the problem.

voice »

[suddenlycaptain]

I can? [ She can't. ]

voice »

[mathematically]

I wasn't going to name my dog after a chemical.

[ Wow. ]

voice »

[suddenlycaptain]

I guess it would depend on the kind of dog.

[ "Arsenic" would be a good guard dog name... ]

voice »

[mathematically]

She's a very intelligent ball of fluff. Chemicals don't lend their names well to describing her.

[ Maybe Titanium too. ]

voice »

[suddenlycaptain]

[ Carolyn bites back her retort, which is "And fashion does?", instead nodding as if she understands.

She doesn't, but when it comes to culture clash, that's fairly typical. ]

voice »

[mathematically]

[ Yes it does, because fluffy.

Don't judge her. 8| ]

I'll figure out the name before I pick her up. Are we done here?

voice »

[suddenlycaptain]

We're done. I'll see you when you come and get her.