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[squadgoals]

[A new video post pings on your cool new communication device! It opens automatically, but seems to display the option for text-based, too, if you'd prefer not to have to watch or listen. An attachment is also present. The camera clicks on, centered on the head and shoulders of a woman with a military bearing, at ease—but no less businesslike.]

Hello all, and thank you for taking the time to listen to me. I've provided a text transcription, for those who'd prefer it.

To those of you who don't know me, my name is Shepard. Before Thisavrou, I lived on board the Moira, the ship many of us were pulled to—but before the Moira, I grew up on, and lived aboard ships and man-made satellites my entire life—and if there's one thing they've always consistently needed, it's routine maintenance, and reliable, ship or station-wide communication.

I know many of you have already taken the repair and renewal of this station into your own hands, and that just goes to show what an incredible group of people we have on board right now. The teamwork that went into the development of the new communication devices are a clear tribute to that effort. But while a lot of this has been accomplished simply via word-of-mouth, going forward, it would be good to have a public list of who is working on what, and where.

The goal is to compile a clear record of where people are at—so we know what areas require more help, or who people can contact if they want to volunteer to assist. What I'm not looking to do is push people into roles they're not comfortable with taking—this is all volunteer-based, to build our current home into something better.

So: here's the categories and areas I have so far: General station cleanup, including organization, pest control, and so on. Sanitation and life support, including air, water, and waste maintenance. Medical, including cryo technology. Technology and engineering, including maintenance and improvements. Bartering block occupants. Greenhouse and garden, including maintenance and improvements. General security, including guarding, shifts rota and patrols. Sports and leisure, including the bar, gym, and sundry entertainment areas.

Please feel free to add to that, and please let me know if I've forgotten anything. Once again, I am not any kind of authority on this—this is strictly a publicly-available volunteer chart, and I am merely providing the space for us to organize it in one place. You don't have to take part, or even acknowledge me in the slightest. I have avoided filling out any names ahead of time to allow people to place themselves where they feel they fit best, or where they have already been active.

Once again, thank you for your time, and I hope to hear from all of you soon. If you have any questions, comments, or otherwise, feel free to message me directly, or come by and talk to me in person. I currently reside in Sector... [There's a pause—had she ever said it out loud?—but there's no change in her professional demeanor as she continues:] ...Sad Cat, Unit 8-10. I look forward to meeting with you.

[The video clicks off, but the text transcription stays visible—as does the attached sheet with all the categories she listed. The blanks go on and on, inviting you to fill them out yourself, with zero limits—adding other people you know, or volunteering yourself!]



[OOC: HERE'S THAT CHART AGAIN, and if you just want to fill it out without replying—no issue at all! This is just Shepard's own on-network attempt to organize some widely-visible revival efforts to help get people involved! If any major changes or decisions go down, remember to let the mods know over here!]

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[welcomeprofessor]

So where does education fall as a priority for you? I would sincerely hope we're not relegating that to a leisure activity now.

[squadgoals]

[Yikes. Oops. Good point. Great point.]

I added another column. Nice catch.

Are you running classes?

[welcomeprofessor]

Someone ought to. I tried, before--

[ Well, before "everything," but it's harder to really encapsulate the clusterfuck of the last few months and the upheaval therein, so the thought simply sits. It isn't a difficult thing to parse what he's left unsaid. ]

In any case, I have the experience as well as the space, and a sense of normalcy is good thing for everyone involved, I think.

[squadgoals]

Agreed. And it's a great point. Thank you.

[School! Nothing more normal than that. Something PTA-related stirs deep within.]

What do you teach? Any chance of a sample curriculum?

[welcomeprofessor]

Back home, I handled as many subjects as the demand called for, though I admit I'm still somewhat remiss when it comes to higher level sciences beyond biology. Typically: literature, philosophy, biology, and some remedial level mathematics and general sciences. I had some interested volunteers, again before-- [ everything ] but I must admit I'm not positive if that still applies, or what all we have current resources for.

[squadgoals]

Honestly? That all sounds great.

I have a few kids staying at mine. Don't know how many would jump at the idea of school, but I definitely think it would be worthwhile for them no matter what. Can't make them go, but it would be something to do—especially if they're bored.

Have you had a chance to check the library, yet? Not sure it's going to have what you're looking for, but Sans might know. I think he's got himself a pillow fort set up in there.

[welcomeprofessor]

A pillow fort.

[ Shepard, you want him to take education advice from someone still building pillow forts? If this feed had the ability to show his expression, that doubt would be written into every inch of it. ]

The library is at least the next step. We're still clearing out the space to make it usable.

[squadgoals]

The comforts of home, in the temple of knowledge.

[Or something, probably.]

Think that applies to the whole station.

[welcomeprofessor]

Trying to make it usable? Undoubtedly. Only stated to acknowledge it will take some time--likely more than even I have the patience for.

[squadgoals]

Let me know when you need someone, and I'll come and see what I can haul for you. Might be able to convince a few others to help, too.

The more the merrier, right?

[welcomeprofessor]

[ It's honestly more than he expects, but in saying as much is a strange sort of self-pity he's not about to voice aloud. So instead: ]

Any help is appreciated, of course.

[squadgoals]

I'll see what I can do. Maybe I can shift Sans' nest into the animal nursery.

[Har har har.]

Or make him a nesting box? We'll work it out.

Call me if you ever need anything. Sounds pretty empty as an offer, but I'll absolutely do what I can to help you.

[welcomeprofessor]

I've no doubt we will.

[ They've all managed this much, right? He may not be thoroughly happy with the situation, but they're not dead yet. It's something. ]

Any offer is appreciated, regardless. Empty only remains to be seen, doesn't it?

[ After all, survival may still on the table here, and a school is honestly a pipe dream in comparison. But it won't do to keep thinking about it like that. ]

[squadgoals]

It does. Hopefully time will help me fill it in.

[Ever forward.]