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[hohnkai]

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Good evening, crew. I have a few announcements to make on behalf of myself and the other captains.

First. I would like to thank our Morale Officer for doing her job to the best of her ability as we have noticed a positive increase in mood through the reports sent to the ship via your MID devices. Thank you for your service.

[Better vitals and increased levels of endorphins show that the crew, as a whole, will start to feel less stressed, happier, and some will be abundantly happy.]

We would also like to thank everyone for their good service. Supplies are being gathered rather swiftly, and we should have everything we need within a few weeks. Now that we are all well on our way to having completed a successful trip, I need to ask for assistance.

Each transporter holds six passengers, and we don't require a large party, so I need five volunteers to go on a small planetary excursion with me.

Thank you again.


[ Closed To Thán's Group ]

[The five volunteers will be asked, via their MIDs, to be on the transporter on the morning of the eighth. They will be strapped in, and the events will be explained as follows by their Captain Thán. The group will be landing a few miles outside of where the Marketplace will be discovered during the first exploratory excursion. They will be taken to a no longer used mining facility, their captain stating that this planet's main resource, Exuo, is a priceless mineral found nowhere else in the universe.

It is mined by the natives and sold in varying forms, rock (natural state), powder, liquid, and its applications are endless; foods, drinks, etc. As the transporter descends slowly to their destination, Thán will tell them that they are here to find some Exuo of their own and that they will not leave until each member of the group has some to take back. He will mention, offhandedly, that Exuo is a tradeable resource that is of high value and can be kept for personal use or traded for almost anything.

As the transporter doors finally open, Thán will lead them out and into the mine, a large and rusty door opening, their only light source the devices on their wrists.]

[ OOC ]

[All members of Thán's group may comment to this log at any time. Here is a top level comment for anyone that wants to thread this excursion out with Thán. It starts on the eighth, but threading can begin whenever.]

[The sign-up list is here, just respond to the first comment if you want your character to go on this NPC guided planet excursion (then hit this post up if you are one of the group). The transporters have room for six, so the first five will be going with their captain. Direct questions here. We would like people to sign up that will relay this information on to other crew members.]

Comments

[forwardmomentum]

[ tali is the only person miles actually knows on this trip, so he's hanging at her side for the time being, automatically quickening his pace to match her longer-legged stride. he peers up at her -- or rather, at the scant light reflecting on her helmet -- and grins uneasily. ]

Probably a question we should've asked before we came down here, eh?

[keelahselai]

[She slows down a little automatically as soon as she notices Miles there trying to keep up with her - she has enough 6' something friends (and the odd 8' krogan one) that she knows the feeling of having to run to keep up.]

Maybe the mystery was supposed to be part of the fun. [Tali has habit of sounding totally guileless when she's at her most sarcastic. It fades quickly, though, as she looks around, motions slightly jerky and clearly a little nervous.]

I'd feel a lot better if I had a gun. Or two. [Don't mind her - she comes from a universe apparently owned by the space NRA.]

[forwardmomentum]

I think there's mystery enough to go around.

[ he says it with an ironic quirk of his mouth, not that they can see much of each other in the faint light of their MIDs. miles supposes this puts tali at more of a disadvantage than him; he's used to not being able to see tali's face.

he shifts a little, his hand going to where his nerve disruptor is holstered. he mostly brought it along to make himself feel better, honestly. ]

If it's any consolation, I've got a weapon, and it's not really doing a whole lot for the lighting issue.

things i can't do: tag in a timely fashion

[keelahselai]

Can't argue with that. [She mutters it only just loudly enough for her mic to pick it up at all, but it still echoes weirdly in the enclosed space all the same. She's gotten used to looking at aliens' faces, in the same way she's used to paying attention to quarian tones of voice and body language. Not having Miles's face to look at here is both normal and...very weird.]

Oh, I don't want to be able to see, I just want to be able to shoot things. [See, Tali thinks it's obvious she's being sarcastic, but she sounds perfectly earnest.] Anyway, I can send my combat drone out if I need to. It's made of light, so that solves both our problems.

IT'S OK ME EITHER

[forwardmomentum]

Miles blinks. "Well that sounds a hell of a lot more useful than what I've got." He pats the holster at his hip, as though reassuring himself it's still there. "Nerve disruptor isn't exactly the sort of weapon you want to be shooting off in the dark, let alone close quarters, unless you're comfortable with a few fatalities."

Which, obviously, he is not. "Combat drone, though, eh? Don't know if I've ever seen one of those. They're not really part of the tactical matrix where I'm from, but I'm curious. How's it work?" The idea merits exploration, at least. Maybe he can go back home with a few new tech ideas. That'd make the trip worthwhile.

[keelahselai]

"It's... Here, let me show you." Much easier that way. Lighting up her omni-tool, the orange glow of it is eerie on her face as she taps at the holographic interface. A few seconds later, she makes a gesture out in front of them - and the beachball-sized bot flickers into life, pink light from the holographic matrix flooding around the mine.

...It wasn't that interesting lit up. She could only assume that whatever mineral they were looking for was farther in, but right now, "Nothing here so far."

She almost - almost - sounds kind of disappointed.

"Anyway, drones are mostly a distraction - bright lights, movement, that kind of thing. They can give you a nasty shock as well, and I could upgrade them to fire explosives, but that tends to make them unstable."

Explosives don't exactly add stability to a situation, you have to admit.