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[cargojet]

Do not get complacent.

You are not on holiday. This isn't a cruise. The Tranquility is a very dangerous ship, and your life is in constant danger. Fail to pay attention and walk down the wrong corridor, and who knows if you'll find your way back--and if you do, you'll be missing eyes or hands or whole parts of your sanity. Just because it's been quiet recently doesn't mean that any of us are safe. We don't know where we're going, or what will happen when we get there. We don't have a captain, and with Kirk gone, Ward vanished, and Gallagher dead, that means the best you've got is me.

Our survival depends on each other. It depends on you all pulling your weight. Join a department, cook for other people, cut hair, sew, or teach people to fight. Share your experiences and your skills. It's all up to you.

If you have any questions, or you want to know where we need the help, then call me. I'll put you in contact with the right people, or else do everything I can to get you the answers you need.

I don't want to frighten you, but after all this downtime I think it's important that everyone stays on their toes. This peace could collapse in a heartbeat, and it might be you need to fight for your lives. Be ready, that's all I'm asking from any of you.

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[elvenking]

Mm.

[It's a low, disapproving sound, like the sound a teacher makes when looking over the surprisingly mediocre paper of a promising student.]

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[cargojet]

Helpful.

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[puppydogeyes]

You're not captain.

[She's so unimpressed right now.]

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[cargojet]

[ A shake of his head. ]

You misunderstand me if you think that's what I was trying to say. And even if it was, how long do you suppose this ship is going to function now the de-facto boy king 'leader' half the ship got behind is gone?

I am the best we've got, but I'm no captain. Or do you want to fight me for it?

[inafadingcrown]

[Don't mind her stalking your conversation with Thranduil. The message isn't a bad one and she's practical enough to realize that it's mostly pride that makes her bristle at his tone- skilled leader though she may be, she's hardly been here long enough to know the lay of the land and is in no position to step up herself. But-]

When one makes a speech such as this, it is usually wise to leave a name along with it.

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[cargojet]

My apologies. Most people around here know me by sight, but it's been a while since I last spoke to the ship; my name's Nathan Petrelli. In my world I was a Senator. Here, I'm responsible for the Tranquility's communications department, as well as in part the ship's chapel.

Since we haven't spoken before, do you mind if I ask your name?

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[jurisimpudent]

You might have wanted to have introduced yourself.

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[cargojet]

Didn't want it to distract from the impact of my statement, to tell the truth.

Text is very unlike you, Miles. You alright?

[askedtobe]

[ Really, he doesn't know whether to smack you upside the head or stand behind you. Even if he is elsewhere right now, he's at least managing to keep from rolling his eyes, instead looking mostly stern.]

If you were trying to keep from scaring people, think you went about it the wrong way.

[cargojet]

Shaken is a little better than just holding your breath, right? I don't know, Pete. Time's been I've told people to keep their heads and it's only as bad as we make it, but it's like--I can't explain it. You know that moment in a horror movie where the music dies?

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[throwne]

You've certainly a talent for reassuring the masses. Ever considered politics, Mr. Petrelli?

[ welp. ]

How long has it been between now and the last major catastrophe, in your rough estimate? This ship has the feel of being overdue.

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[cargojet]

Usually I'm the first to advocate the comfort line, but there's people around here who think their biggest problem is not being able to get their hair cut just the way they like it. It's been two months, and the most scary thing we've had happen is a voice from the past; not so disturbing if all you've seen of the ship is two months of peace and quiet.

Too much peace and quiet is as much of a danger. You know how they build it up in movies just past when the moment of suspense, so you start reassuring yourself that everything's okay? It feels like that.

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[suddenlycaptain]

The people who need to hear this the most aren't going to listen, you know.

[ She just sounds resigned. ]

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[cargojet]

Sadly that's the way of things. And then there are those few who hear it and don't think it applies to them anyway. Can't be helped, as much of a pain in the ass it is.

[ Resigned is one word for it. ]

You make much progress with that scrap you pulled outta the Scylla?

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[comesalong]

Maybe you should try slapping some "Keep Out" signs on those corridors.

[So that Amy can ignore them, most likely.]

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[cargojet]

Might do, if the corridors didn't move around and make the whole thing pointless. We tried painting them before, but that never took either.

[memorari]

Well said. [ if a little, ah, fierce. ]

Dare I ask if anything brought this on?

[cargojet]

[ Brusque, not fierce! But seriously, it might have gone down better with a stronger New York accent. ]

People started nesting. You've noticed, right?

You don't make plans for the Fourth of July without thinking about what you might do if it rains, and we call this thing Murder Ship for a reason.

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[bailedontheempire]

[Are you a Jedi? Because you've sensed what's been on his mind]

I've been trying to find a role that would suit my particular skillset. I've been cooking, but I want to do more.

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[cargojet]

That's excellent. Cooking is more than useful, but we can talk about what else you're experienced with, maybe I can float you some ideas.

Senator, wasn't it? Did you start out in law, or take some other route in?

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[pikes]

[ not pike's type of guy, to be honest - then again, he's a soldier, not a smooth operator. ]

Captain Kirk is not gone. He's been - in the words of the men on board with us - replaced. If you want the vote of the masses, you might want to start with the truth.

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[cargojet]

If you're trying to imply I started with a lie, you're way off base. Kirk; the man I respected, the man who's been here with us, holding his head above water, fighting side by side with us for almost two years, is gone. The Kirk who has been on this ship long enough to have shared our anxiety and grief, to know and treasure each person on board, so that he mourns our losses as dearly as he might have lost a friend, is gone.

Don't tell me that he's the same man because I've lost and found my brother here four goddamn times, and as close as this Kirk may be, he lacks the experience and insight which made him as strong a candidate for leadership here on this ship as there could be.

And this man, this replacement, I'm sure he has all those skills, the emotional background, the eventual ability to do just the same job, but he is not the same man. That is the truth of it, and I'm sorry if my saying so gets me on your bad side. I'll take what blows I must.

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[therangerking]

Fear strikes the heart of Man when he is made to see the danger without knowing that the light of hope is not afar. [ Gently. Very, very, gently. ] We should keep our vigilance in this lull of battle, aye, but our strength cannot be gathered if we are ever afeared of danger trailing our footsteps.

I have known you to speaker better than this, Nathan Petrelli.

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[cargojet]

Then you know me, Aragorn, and you know that I'm asking for vigilance, not blind terror. There are two jump generations of people here who haven't seen first hand the kind of danger they might go head to head with, and the people who have been here longer should be damn well educating them, not pretending that everything is fine so they can have a damn pool party.

You insult me by suggesting that I want anyone here quivering in their beds and jumping at shadows.

[ A sigh. ] That said, I'm pleased to see you again, old friend.

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[wins]

Ahem.

[ he figures nathan means 'kirk's gone' in a way other than literally, but he's also a little offended. seeing as he's right here and not any less competent just because he's suddenly got retrograde amnesia. ]

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[cargojet]

[ He is still pissed off from talking to Pike, but he does his best to bite down on it. ]

No offense intended, but you aren't the same man, and you damn well know it.

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[20mentholkools]

Still thinking you can get them somewhere good.

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[cargojet]

Taking those opportunities as they present themselves, to tell you the truth. You still convinced everyone's gonna die?

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[za_rodina]

Poignant.

[It could rival some speeches he's heard in centuries past, truly. Still, Russia simply quirks a brow, tone dry.]

Not sure it did much good though. Bit like putting up a 'don't touch' sign, and you know how well those work out.

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[cargojet]

Handful of people will always be like that. Just waiting for the sign to go up, even if they had no interest in walking on the grass in the first place.

Here, though, it ends up being Darwinism at its finest.

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[unparental]

You could try adding a little bit of sugar to all the medicine, Nathan.

[ she's js. ]

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[cargojet]

I thought I was the sugar.

[lostkings]

[ Someone's hanging out in the engineering department, halfway distracted by wires he's in the middle of untangling. ]

I'm not exactly sure what peace you're talking about.

[cargojet]

It's that sort of peace where you get a whole lot of work done and wonder what that whistling in your ears is.