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[exponentiate]

Two questions:
What are the expectations here?
What positions are available for those who can work?

[ an exit is what tobias really wants but a perfunctory search could have told him escape is impossible — and he scoured every relevant link, every post about the ship's life he could find.

he'll settle for knowing where the needs of the ship lie. ]

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[cargojet]

[ He doesn't see it as a joke, but he's good natured about it anyway. ]

Even if you opt for gunnery--or anything else for that matter. I can send a recommendation to Anderson and Teller if you want one.

[exponentiate]

[ a recommendation when they're yet no better than strangers. is that goodness or naïveté talking? ]

I'll save that for later. [ he adds evenly, ] I'm still trying to figure out which way is up. I haven't figured out yet where I could be of the most use.

[cargojet]

[ It's neither, really. The ship is desperate for volunteers, and all a recommendation does it give people a feeling that there's some sort of standards left, when obviously there haven't been for a long time. There is a ten year old girl working in Engineering, after all. It sounds good; sounds a lot better than 'please be on security, we'll take you even if you're a supervillain who hacks people to death'. ]

Of course. Getting the lay of the land first--that's wise. Well if you want to take a tour of any of the other departments, then.