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[dino_zarf]

[Wash was already not in a good mood after the craziness before the jump. Then he woke up from the jump to find Zoe and Kaylee gone. So the usual goofy big brother figure is not available. Instead, you get grumpy!Wash.]

Okay guys. Seriously. Shuttles? Not your personal getaway craft. They're communal getaway craft. As in, if we ever find ourselves in a situation where we need to get the hell out of here, we need them.

And in case you're not clear on that point, those things take a hell of a lot of maintenance. On top of everything else, they get damaged every jump. Differently every time. We've tried a lot of things to secure them ahead of time, but so far no luck. If you have a brilliant idea for preventing it we haven't tried yet, I'm all ears.

Which brings us around to the other point I wanted to make here. Just like every department, we keep losing people.

[And there's more than a little pain in that particular statement. Actually no he's not taking the fact that his wife is gone and the best case scenario is she's gone back for him to die particularly well.]

And there could come a time when we need shuttle operational to get out of here. Which also means we're going to need more people who can train them. We need more people joining the department, but if you're already committed somewhere else, we can cross train you to fly in an emergency.

And if you don't have any experience, don't let that stop you. Mostly we just want people who are willing to learn. Gavvers had never even seen electricity before. If he can learn to help out, so can you.

[Please need lessons he could do with the distraction]

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[Video]

[tadashiwashere]

[The feed for the message Tadashi leaves cuts in with his perplexed face too close to the camera. He adjusts it quickly, and his tone is serious even if he looks somewhat hesitant. Forgive him -- he's been skimming the informational posts and everything still leaves him feeling like he's fallen in the deep end in the dark.]

I just got here, so I don't know how much help I can be... but if there's anything I can do I-- I guess I want to volunteer. Just wherever I'm needed. I've got a kid brother here and I need to make sure I can take care of him.

I don't think I can commit anywhere fully until I know more about what's happening, but if you need an extra set of hands and more people with training...

[Video]

[dino_zarf]

It's important to look after your people here, when you can.

[He misses them. So much.]

We can use all the help we can get. Even if you just get training for emergencies.

[Video]

[tadashiwashere]

[If he knew Wash or the circumstances better, Tadashi is the type of person who would offer an encouraging word. Since he doesn't, he just nods. He's going to do everything in his power to look after Hiro -- and Gogo, too.]

Just let me know where to be and when.

[And because he hasn't introduced himself yet:]

My name is Tadashi Hamada. I was a robotics student back home, so if there's anything I can do with that, let me know.

[voice]

[letsjustgogo]

I still can't believe that all went down the one time I'm not in the bay all night.

You okay?

[voice]

[dino_zarf]

It just figures.

I'm fine. Just annoyed. It's been a bad week.

[voice]

[letsjustgogo]

Yeah, I can imagine.

Did we get the shuttle back?

[muscovy]

I want to learn how to fly one!

[Really, when do you get the chance to learn how to sail a tiny flying ship all by yourself? His arms and legs may not be long enough to reach any controls, but shhhhhh]

[dino_zarf]

[Wow, really... young]

We'll work up to it, okay?

[He has a huge soft spot for kids, especially since finding out about Emma]

[muscovy]

I've been on boats before.

[Clearly that has to count for something. Sure, they were smaller boats on rivers, but...]

[voice]

[hirobotics]

[Words of warning are great and all, and Hiro totally listened, really. But he has questions of his own for the moment. He'll get to all that other stuff in a second.]

I'm guessing you must be a pilot or something, huh? Like you can actually fly a spaceship?

[voice]

[dino_zarf]

Yeah, I flew a freighter at home. That's how I wound up in charge of the flight crew.

[That and attrition. Mostly attrition. Attrition sucks.]

[voice]

[hirobotics]

A freighter... in space?

So are we-- We're actually up in outer space?

[sorrycharles]

have you tried suspending them in a fluid

[dino_zarf]

You're thinking a larger scale version of the grav couches?

[sorrycharles]

yes. depending upon what's causing the damage and what about stasis removes us from risk, air cavities may also need to be filled. eszter mentioned offhand that being stranded outside during a jump would result in experencing 35g forces

what sort of damage is occuring

video.

[throwsdown]

We should put pillows around the shuttles!

Lots of pillows!

[I'M A GENIUS]

Re: video.

[dino_zarf]

[Oh goodness tiny child. He gives the boy a conspiratorial look]

You mean like... a giant pillow fort?

[He's not sure it would work. But he figures the kids would have fun]

[sleepallthewayhome]

.....Would we get to learn to fly a shuttle?

[All of the children.]

[dino_zarf]

[Apparently he's just going to collect all the kids... not that Carolyn was any different]

We can work up to that.

[Slowly very slowly because seriously this batch is all tiny. But he'll at least get them theoretical knowledge.]

text.

[wiped]

Can you track the shuttles?

text.

[dino_zarf]

It's a bit glitchy, but the command consoles can track them... for a while.

voice, private.

[kutte]

Hey, Wash. You got blue prints for the shuttles kicking around down there?

voice, private.

[dino_zarf]

We have schematics on the command consoles. They're a bit degraded just like a lot of things we found later, but they're pretty informative.

[private - voice]

[ryuuzaki]

Depending on the nanite requirements, I can probably fly one of the shuttles in an emergency. I've flown small craft in the past. The shuttles here don't appear to be sufficiently different for it to matter.

But I can't change departments.

[private - voice]

[dino_zarf]

Shuttles aren't nanite coded. Some of the support infrastructure is, but we can still get people from other departments to fly in a pinch.