thisavrou

[Solemn silence reigns for the first few moments of the broadcast. A shuffle of papers, a clearing of his throat -- or technically, a very good impersonation of it. There's no throat to clear. Anyway.]

Okay, so. I know there's been a lot of back and forth lately, kids. And I don't wanna add to the tension, but as long as we're ripping off band aids? I figure there's no time like the present.

[Another deep breath. Clearly, this is weighing heavily on the guy.]

I'm gonna say a few words that'll mean a lot to you guys. Bran. Oatmeal. Raisins. Words that should never even brush against the word muffin. And yet every Saturday, seems like those are the only muffins I see. I'm not gonna point fingers or anything. I dunno if the blame lies with the people taking the decent pastries or the persons allowing those ingredients to infect perfectly good muffins in the first place, but it's a tragic miscarriage of judgment and for the safety of the crew, I think it's important we all address the massive, raisin dotted elephant in the room.

I'm mean, jeez, guys. There are kids on this ship. What if they mistake them for chocolate chips? We're all responsible if we do nothing. Get it together, Moira.

[Another deep breath. He's said his peace. When he speaks again, it's as if a completely different person is grinning into the mic.]

And hey, as long as we're all here, feel free to air your various grievances too. Y'know, to save the Captains their bandwidth. Let it all out.

squadgoals

Hi all — Shepard here, just a quick couple of questions.

First, I know the mail system can be all over the place, so I wanted to reach out to everyone. Last month, I received this-- [And here, she holds up a hypospray with this label affixed to it. She rotates it slowly, showing off the entire label as she speaks.] --in my mailbox. Not sure what kind of medicine it is, but if you know, or know who it belongs to, please let me know as soon as possible.

Second, I wanted to ask about the Ingress. From what I've read and been told, it opens once every month, at the beginning of that month. Now, I've only been here a month — can anyone with more experience tell me if it's normal or not that it hasn't opened by now?

tsunclonus

The following is required reading for all personnel aboard the vessel 'Moira':

( OFFICIAL EVACUATION PROCEDURES )

In addition, I wish to speak with the MID programmers aboard. I have been given permission to develop an 'emergency mode' for the MIDs, which will provide the following:
- detailed emergency alerts
- guided escape routes
- active maps that personnel may update with encountered hazards. Guided routes will be recalculated accordingly.

The following feature would be critical to maximum evacuation success, but must be voted upon by the crew:
- emergency beacon: the MID will broadcast its current location to evacuation staff while in emergency mode.

Poll #17431 Emergency Protocol

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 29

View Respondents

Should the MID emergency software include an emergency beacon function?

View Answers

Yes
24 (82.8%)

No
4 (13.8%)

Other (Please Comment)
1 (3.4%)

I will accept questions, comments, and suggestions.

[Cyclonus may have a headache from all the Official Speak.]

imaginary_wife

☄ Public Audio
Okay, so. I have some matters I'd like to bring up. If you've not met me, I'm Doc Yewll. I'm not always going to be nice to you but I will try to fix what's wrong with you. There are other doctors that have more patience than me, refer to them if you have to.

On to business.

The Med Bay still needs some repair. I'd say with a little help everything could be up and running within a few days but it does mean people with technical parts and anyone in need of surgery are going to hold off for treatment. Useful salvage to that end would be a miracle.

Also that station's infirmary has a neat trick of offering up complete medical histories. If you would be willing, please send me what you can of yours privately. I'm not going to sneak around and try to get it, but if I have a complete medical run down it means I can better help you in the future if related problems come up. Just don't grab anyone else's if that's the case. Just yours. I want absolute information consent here.

☄ Separate Private Texts to Clone Shep, Solid Snake, and Liquid Snake
I've noticed some issues with your physiology that I would like to discuss with you in private. Either message me or come by Med Bay.

keelahselai

[It's basically the middle of the night cycle when you might notice - or be woken up by - the sound of the engines starting to fade down to almost nothing. Machinery usually powerful enough to reverberate - albeit very softly - throughout the ship goes still. It's just about completely silent when the MID broadcast goes out.

Tali's isn't a face - or mask, right now - that's seen on the network much, but here she is anyway. There's a slight air to her of having prepared this in her head.]

If you just noticed the engines shutting down, don't be alarmed. They're just in standby so I can do some maintenance. [Her eyes are only just visible as glowing points behind the opaque visor, but her whole head moves to pay attention to something below the MID - and there's the sound of her keying in commands one-handed.] I'd like to tell you it's routine maintenance, but tiny bots eating into the manifolds isn't routine in most places I've been.

It'll be done in a couple of hours. [...Pause.] I don't think I need to tell you that life support's still running... Do I?

[Well, she just did. She's about to sign off when--] Oh! Almost forgot.

I asked the captains a while back if I could start doing some research into the Ingress. How it works, what's wrong with it... Anything we can use, anything that might help us repair it, or...or something. [This is clearly not rehearsed.]

It'll be slower work on my own, so I'd really appreciate some help looking into it - and anybody who works with the Ingress probably knows it better than I do right now, too.

Let me know.

dislocked

3 questions.

1. What is the mortality rate?

2. Who enforces discipline?

[ You can learn a lot about the culture of a ship through its rules. He rules out HYDRA -- they're usually more cruel and efficient than this. Here, he and the others are animals in a trap, at the mercy of unknown entities powerful enough to draw and keep all of them in here. He doesn't give voice to these thoughts.

Eyes and ears in the walls, in these devices -- he doesn't trust them, his paranoia is his greatest asset. ]

3. Where and when were you from, at the moment you were taken?

imanapexpredator

sooo what kind of powers do you guys have? were you born with them or get them in some freak incident or what?

[He pauses as he types out the text, considering if he should be honest about his intentions or not. It's not like he had any sinister plans or anything. It's just a matter of being private. But he doesn't want to sound too weird or shady. This sounds shady doesn't it??

He types and deletes a bunch of times, unhappy with most of the reasons he tries to give for asking the question. This one makes him sound too weak, this one makes him sound too ignorant, this one just makes him sound stupid. Eventually he settles for...well, nothing. He just gives up and hits send.]

averagemedium

[The video shows a thin, wiry guy with a mess of blond curls, his glasses starting to slip down the bridge of his nose; there's a small smile on his face, friendly enough (if a little awkward.) From what's visible of the background, it looks like one of the Nomo Deck rooms, and there's a sound from somewhere off camera-- a constant sort of flicking noise.]

Seems like this thing's a little more active, so I figured it's probably a good idea to say hi, right? So, uh. Hi. I'm Ryan-- you can probably see that though, can't you--

[He clears his throat, face flushed slightly pink. Talking at what feels like nothing is still a bit weird for him.]

Anyway! There's a lot of you I don't know, and I was thinking-- why not make the introduction thing a little more interesting? [The background noise stops, and he holds up a tarot card. The back of it faces the camera.] See, I read these, so if you want... give me your name and tell me anything about yourself you feel like sharing. Helps make it more accurate. I'll draw you one and we'll see how close it is, yeah?

[Ryan places the card back down, shuffling the deck one more time.]

It's always easiest in person, but why not experiment a little? I could always use the practice.

((ooc note on this: I'm not going to be picking specific cards for characters who respond, so if any are off base that's why! he's not going to always be right IC, so I'm leaving an element of chance here.))

whoami

[ At first it's just a view of Sam since he isn't saying anything. He hasn't said much since arriving, but it's hopefully safe enough to speak up, now, without the threat of "matchmaking" coming up. ]

Right, so. I'm actually looking for Adrian Clark? I haven't had a roommate since college, but I'm pretty sure I don't snore.

[ He's more than a little confused about the other bit. It didn't really seem like anything else he was hearing about over this MID nework. ]

Can somebody also tell me what "MID technician" means?

coolskeletonnyehntyfive

[The first thing visible on the screen is eyesockets. Big, round, empty eyesockets, with the back of the skull just visible if anyone's paying attention.]

Wowie! This is even cooler than my phone at home! Look at all the buttons! And now everyone can see and hear me, regardless of where they are? Nyeh-heh-heh!

[Finally, the person on the screen pulls their arm away from their face and holds it up, tilted down slightly at a classic selfie angle.

Word has probably spread about living skeletons on the ship, and now it appears the tall one is addressing everyone.]

A-HEM!

[He doesn't have a throat to clear; he just literally said the word "ahem" really loud.]

Attention, monsters and humans and... otherwise! I, the great Papyrus, was selected to act as your new Morale Officer, and as such, I have some questions for you. Do not be intimidated! There are no wrong answers, just a really cool guy listening to everything you have to say!

[He ticks the questions off on his bony fingers.]

Firstly! If we haven't yet met, what is your name?
Secondly! Are you happy here on the ship?
Thirdly! If not, what is troubling you, and do you need a hug?
And lastly, if you said yes to the second part, what is your location. I may need a few minutes, as this place can get a little confusing, but just hang in there! I believe in you!

[A short pause as he tries to think of what else to say. This is his big debut, he should make himself seem as cool as possible so he can attract a lot of friends! Maybe he can just use some awesome radio slang and end it here? Yes, yes, of course, that's totally what cool guys do!]

This has been a very important message from the great Papyrus! Roger and out. No, wait--!

[Thinking he can erase the message and do it over, he jabs a button and turns it off.]

forwardmomentum

Miles here. I know our medical staff here is limited, but does anyone on board have any experience with orthopedics? Due to a recent unforeseen medical development, some old physical problems have resurfaced, and I'm in need of a pair of leg braces. I've got brittle bones, and they help keep my legs from breaking quite so easily. I could do without the limp, too. I haven't needed the braces the last few years until now, so naturally, I don't have them here.

I don't expect anyone to make a pro bono offer, but I'd be happy to work out some kind of a trade. Just...sooner rather than later.

petridish

[Her posts display as being from Jane, MID technician.]

Moira crew, In my new position as MID technician, I have added a couple of new apps and upgraded an existing app on your MIDs. They are as follows: Map and Moira Positioning System (MPS) This shows you a detailed layout of the ship, and you can use the MPS to give you a route to any navigational point on the ship you choose. You can also add notes to your map. Medbay alerts This feature will automatically send an alert to the medbay and navigation when your vital signs hit critical levels, with your name and position on the Moira, so that medbay technicians can find you and the captains are aware of your condition. If you are off the ship, the alert will give your distance from the ship and an approximate time it will take technicians to reach you. You will also receive a reply with an ETA for your recovery. I thought with the life support still malfunctioning, it should be as easy as possible to find anyone in danger. And speaking of being in danger, the upgrade is to the directory. In addition to the color coded basic life statuses, you can now enter short text updates of your condition for the rest of the crew to see, or, if you know the code used, program in automatic updates. I suggest you use this in crisis situations to let your friends and coworkers know how or where you are at a glance. You will also notice a game named "Bonsai". This automatically installed when I pushed through the above updates; I did not make it. Do not ask me for technical support for it. I hope these features are useful to you. [Besides the cat game. That is Not Useful.] If you have any questions, feedback, or suggestions for new functions, please let me know. - Commander Shepard

hellsbel

[A sharp, knowing, bare-cheeked face appears on the monitor, framed with soft brown hair. The voice that comes through is a bright alto in a broad Betan accent, heavy on the flat rs, indistinguishable as to gender. (And quite different from, say, that group of space Russians two rooms over.)]

Hello, Moira! Bel Thorne here, arrived the other day with the rest of the new people, fresh from the Wormhole Nexus. I'm told we're a captive crew and there's no way out but forward, so I look forward to meeting you all as we bring our ship home. I'm also the new Interrogation Tech, so you'll probably see me patrolling the ship, trying to figure out what the hell that's supposed to mean.

[a more serious look, the voice now clipped and on point]

Meantime, I have some experience in deep-space survival situations. Since our captains are apparently inaccessible, no doubt for some very important reason, I'm going to assume they'd prefer us to live through this, and have for all your consideration a couple of suggestions. You'll find them in the attached text packet. This shouldn't be so hard to get through if we can all keep each others' welfare in mind.

[Pause; then an ironic smirk.]

If you're wondering whether I'm a woman or a man, the answer is "yes." We'll surely all learn more about one another as we get better acquainted.

Oh, and if the word "Dendarii" means anything to you, get in touch.

( Attached text packet )

[Dating this to December 3 since the event is already started but Bel's still meeting people. edit: and if you're on Nomo Deck, you may get a knock on your door as Bel tries to figure out who knows the ship and/or needs to make room arrangements.]]

petridish

[The scene is chaos on the streets of C-Primary: Native officials and civilians alike run as the Hulk lashes out (at a safe distance from the viewpoint), buildings starting to crack and sway around them.

[As for the person who's broadcasting this? Only a voiceover:] Captains! Is this the kind of dangerous alien you allow onto the Moira's crew? He was coming back to the ship with me and then he turned - into that thing!

[At the sound of shattering glass, the camera jolts abruptly upwards to falling shards. They glow blue and disintegrate into harmless dust before the camera swings back down to the Hulk.]

I'm at [both coordinates and a street address] if anyone can get down here with more firepower, and we're going to need to get civilians out of here! [Is that a faint note of glee at the thought? Nah, can't be. Soon enough she's muttering anyway:] As if we didn't leave a bad enough impression already.

This is Commander Shepard, signing off!

[She'll be too busy to answer.]

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