voice;

[2leftfeet]

This is Shepard, formerly Commander of the SSV Normandy. On the topic of signing up to do work, we've got huge unexplored sectors of this ship and that should be remedied. The ship changes at the jump [--or hell, mid-month--] but if we don't try to map it, we can't know if there's any kind of pattern to the changes. [And somewhere out there, there has to be a secondary control central for the ship seeing as no one was on the bridge when they took it.] As far as I see it: the more intel we can get, the better. And I don't know about the rest of you but I'm sick of either running blind or just waiting for something to happen.

I also realize I'm talking about dangerous work. I'm not here to tell anyone what to do, but if you're looking to help and want to volunteer then I'm all for building small scouting teams with mandatory check ins, written reports and posted communication lines. [With the unspoken message being: look, you're only cannon fodder if you don't write about it first.] I'm planning to go off the last known schematic we have of the ship. I've attached it to this message in case you haven't seen it as well as well as a short survey for anyone interested in volunteering. I'm looking to build at least five groups of three to four with a contact for each running and recording communications from a secure location.

Experience with field-ops is a bonus, but not a requirement. Weapons training is mandatory for anyone on a scouting team. If you don't have it, get it. If you don't know where to go, talk to Gunnery. For anyone looking to help with comms, technical skill is a bonus. Additionally if anyone out there has workable ideas about how to boost the network signal to deal with the ship's dead zones, I'll personally buy you a drink.

I'd appreciate cooperation with Security and Ops, but I won't argue with anyone who doesn't feel like backing this. Again: the is strictly on a volunteer basis only.

[As promised, attached to this message is a partial map of the ship and a short text document since everyone on the TQ loves surveys:]

Name:
Crew Number:
Previous Occupation:
Applicable Skills:

Comments

[2leftfeet]

[Blatantly copy-pasted:]

Are you aware of the physical and psychological danger you'll be at risk for by running ops including but not limited to: hallucinations, loss of life or limb due to 'manticores' (see above) and/or other hostile personal, loss of life or limb via missing the jump

voice

[dislimb]

[ he switches to voice. his hand is getting tired. ]

I wasn't. I am now. [ he doesn't sound too discouraged, either. ]

Fuck it, you know? I'm tired of sitting around. If it'll help get a better understanding of this place, I'm down for it.

voice;

[2leftfeet]

[She'll follow suit. Typing isn't really her strong suit anyway - reserved for stuffy written debriefs and other sundry paperwork.]

Glad to hear someone agrees. Sitting around waiting for something to change isn't doing anyone any favors.

voice;

[dislimb]

Exactly. It doesn't make sense to me, how so many people are complacent with the situation, it seems.

[2leftfeet]

I think most people consider complacency the better option than risking life and limb. Not that it matters. Whatever's on this ship is coming for us whether we poke it with a stick or wait for it to wake up.

[That much she feels certain of - something in her gut. Wherever this ship is headed isn't anywhere good.]

[dislimb]

I guess it always will be easier to go with the flow than against it, huh.

[ he sighs. ]

What do you think it is, anyway?

[2leftfeet]

My bet's on some kind of rogue AI steering us toward a point that isn't accurate anymore. If us coming here is the side effect of some kind of misalignment of the jump drive, it wouldn't surprise me if the ship's navigation is fried.