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eastbound2022-07-08 10:17 am
winscenario) wrote in eastbound2022-07-08 10:17 am
video; un: majortom
[ Unlike certain pointy-eared aliens out there, Jim appears on the broadcast looking perfectly normal and wearing no funny hats or accessories. His shirt and hair are maybe slightly rumpled, but that's to be expected. Given the nature of the announcement, he looks serious too. ]
For those of you who I haven't met yet, I'm Captain James T. Kirk. [ Yes, the T. is important. ] Recently I was part of a group who visited the Concord, and I personally got to talk to her Captain, Maximilian Hawk.
He shared a few things, though I don't know how much of it really will be news by now. Long story short, the Company wants to get their hands on some rare item, something that's either been lost for a long time or is only mentioned in myth. They discovered Samuel Vane, or Quicksilver Sam, was already looking for said item, so they hired him to find it for them. They gave him the ship, the crew, a set of coordinates and a fragment inside a small box that supposedly reacts when close to aforementioned item.
The so-called 'gifts' we were sent to deliver were half of that coordinate, and the empty box. Which leads me to believe that the gesture was meant as anything but a peace offering.
Considering Vane's mental state at the moment, it also makes me wonder if he was the one sending those gifts, or if Kreil is the one behind the gesture.
[ He takes a slow breath. ]
Now, regarding the rest of our conversation. I managed to avoid a conflict in the moment by explaining we were refugees here, and not part of either crew. He believed me. He also offered a deal for us: we take the fragment and the coordinates and we find the item ourselves, effectively taking up the job what was given to Vane, and we'd be rewarded with supplies and funds to carry on with our trip or find somewhere to settle, as Hawk put it. Part of his conditions is that we hand over Vane as well— and the remainder of the crew, I imagine.
I am not in favor of this, just to be clear. I have no interest in handing over Vane, but I'm not on my ship, and you aren't my crew, and I can't make that kind of choice for the group at large. As much as it goes against what I believe in, I thought that it was necessary that I share this with you all, so that everyone can weigh in on what they think we should do.
That said, I'll take no part in a plot to capture and deliver Vane, not when we have so little idea of what's the story behind all this. Hawk has shared what is convenient to him, what makes him look like the one in the right, the one who was tricked and lied to, but there's a lot we don't know too.
Anyway, I figured I'd open this up to a vote. At the very least we'll get some idea on where most of us stand regarding this.
That's all. Kirk out.
((ooc: for the sake of organization, I ask that everyone go to this comment and vote on what your character would want to do (plus with any wild plots/ideas they might have suggested). Please hop over there and vote, even if you don't want to or don't have the time to reply to this post!))
For those of you who I haven't met yet, I'm Captain James T. Kirk. [ Yes, the T. is important. ] Recently I was part of a group who visited the Concord, and I personally got to talk to her Captain, Maximilian Hawk.
He shared a few things, though I don't know how much of it really will be news by now. Long story short, the Company wants to get their hands on some rare item, something that's either been lost for a long time or is only mentioned in myth. They discovered Samuel Vane, or Quicksilver Sam, was already looking for said item, so they hired him to find it for them. They gave him the ship, the crew, a set of coordinates and a fragment inside a small box that supposedly reacts when close to aforementioned item.
The so-called 'gifts' we were sent to deliver were half of that coordinate, and the empty box. Which leads me to believe that the gesture was meant as anything but a peace offering.
Considering Vane's mental state at the moment, it also makes me wonder if he was the one sending those gifts, or if Kreil is the one behind the gesture.
[ He takes a slow breath. ]
Now, regarding the rest of our conversation. I managed to avoid a conflict in the moment by explaining we were refugees here, and not part of either crew. He believed me. He also offered a deal for us: we take the fragment and the coordinates and we find the item ourselves, effectively taking up the job what was given to Vane, and we'd be rewarded with supplies and funds to carry on with our trip or find somewhere to settle, as Hawk put it. Part of his conditions is that we hand over Vane as well— and the remainder of the crew, I imagine.
I am not in favor of this, just to be clear. I have no interest in handing over Vane, but I'm not on my ship, and you aren't my crew, and I can't make that kind of choice for the group at large. As much as it goes against what I believe in, I thought that it was necessary that I share this with you all, so that everyone can weigh in on what they think we should do.
That said, I'll take no part in a plot to capture and deliver Vane, not when we have so little idea of what's the story behind all this. Hawk has shared what is convenient to him, what makes him look like the one in the right, the one who was tricked and lied to, but there's a lot we don't know too.
Anyway, I figured I'd open this up to a vote. At the very least we'll get some idea on where most of us stand regarding this.
That's all. Kirk out.
((ooc: for the sake of organization, I ask that everyone go to this comment and vote on what your character would want to do (plus with any wild plots/ideas they might have suggested). Please hop over there and vote, even if you don't want to or don't have the time to reply to this post!))
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Something, yeah. [ He hasn't even factored in the undead and the unknown dangers ahead of them. ]
Vane is the one to watch. He barely comes out of his cabin, but it seems like we're getting close. He could be getting ready to make a move.
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Besides, he's already got Bones to fill the worst case scenarios quota. ]
There's plenty of us on board, there's bound to always be someone keeping an eye on what the man is doing. The problem is if we don't understand the significance.
[ If it's magical, for instance? Jim probably couldn't recognize what he was doing. Same as someone else might not recognize advanced science if they were looking straight at it. ]
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I can ask around. See if anyone has noticed a change in behavior. [ He's out of ideas, but he'll offer what he can. ] And hope we made the right choice.
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[ Even if by some miracle the Company was all in the right and Vane all in the wrong, it still wouldn't have been their call to make, especially given how little they knew about it all. ]
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He's lost too many people by doing the right thing. That was the reason he almost lost Lorna, because she didn't believe that his ideals were realistic and he refused to compromise. Now here he is facing the same dilemmas and waiting for the chips to fall. ]
And if he betrays us?
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And no, he wouldn't call it the comfortable answer, not even close. But it's the only one he knows he'll be able to live with. But that's just his choice, of course, they'll have to wait and see if the majority of the group feels the same. ]
Then we'll have to cross that bridge when we get to it. For now, wouldn't hurt to have a backup plan, even if our options are limited, but it's not like we can do anything else until we see for sure what he might be up to.