Nebula, day 14, voice

[voidtreckermods]

Some Voidtreckers have provided feedback and suggestions. One question that occurs often is about them. The old crew, the voidtreckers who came before.

It is difficult to answer such questions. There were many and they were varied. They are gone. Find them. FIND THEM.

[There seems to be some static, all the ICPs flicker. But it's only a moment and then...]

Much of the data from before is incomplete, scrambled. Some was salvageable. The best people to learn about voidtreckers from are voidtreckers themselves.

[A series of voice clips and video clips play, one after another in a random order. Though they remain, on the train log, for people to watch later.

Vian Tail
Xela Istrola
Ave Sill
Kiel Tretin]

(OOC: This entry is reply-able to though it is tag amongst yourselves if your characters wish to react.)

Comments

[motherofresistance]

I'd like to know those things too, among a number of others.

Just Leia is fine, or Leia Organa if you need to add a surname; that's generally what I go by. And I'd be perfectly willing to talk about them, if you're interested. When would be convenient for you?

[wewillwewill]

Very well, Leia. I am Elidibus, though you may already be aware. As far as time, while I'm on the rotation for kitchen duties this month and I spend time with a student for the sake of his training, I'm otherwise available.

If not this evening then perhaps sometime tomorrow afternoon? What of your plans?

[motherofresistance]

This evening would be fine. Would the Standard car be alright? Or would you prefer a cabin in the Quiet car for greater privacy?

[wewillwewill]

Standard would be fine. There's no reason the discussion need be kept private and maybe those who overhear will gain a better type of understanding for the scope of Void Ministry.

I will see you this evening, then.

And time skipping we go

[motherofresistance]

[She nods]

Until this evening then.

[She ends the feed there, but as promised, she's waiting in one of the booth seats in the Standard car later that evening, with two cups of tea, one for each of them.]

[wewillwewill]

[As may be expected of such a sensible man, he's prompt in his appearance. Graciously the tea is accepted and he settles down into the seat opposite Leia's. This is definitely the spitting image of that man calling himself 'Elliot Stiller' during the false Diagad incident. But that had been another reality's Elidibus.]

Good evening. I hope your day since we spoke earlier has been well.

[A bit of polite talk and a chance to sip the tea will be taken here though not likely to last long. The Ascian is ever a work-ethic type.]

[motherofresistance]

[She does take notice of the similarity, but given that the world was made up of illusions, she doesn't put a great deal of stock in most of what she saw there while still under Chaos' influence. Still, she gives him a small, polite smile as he greets her.]

Well enough, yes. Not terribly exciting, but that's true of most days on board. And the same was true for you, I hope?

[She took a sip of her own tea. She would be happy to get down to business whenever he was ready but a bit of small talk to start never hurt in situations like this.]

[wewillwewill]

[And so it stands. Diagad is not what they are here to talk about anyway.]

More study of the literature available, particularly in light of the new information. But I'm given more reason to wonder how much applies to whatever version of reality or history this may be.

[The trouble being there are obvious signs that much of the library may be from before whatever erased the system the train hails from while other edition may be after that event. But on to the subject that he requested to meetfor.]

I'm no stranger to the inner workings of government. But I admit they have never went beyond the scope of a single star. [With a pause he adds a qualifier.] At least ones aware and interacting with one another.

Still, I'd like to learn more about what you know or can speculate regarding the Void Ministry based on your experiences.

[motherofresistance]

That's something I wonder myself. The more general the rule or principle is, the more likely it is that it applies, but it's difficult to know for sure.

[Leia nods at that, both the general statement and the qualifier.]

A great many people on board only had experience with a single world and star before they arrived here or some similar dimensional nexus. I'd say it was the norm, but I'm not sure there can really be a norm in this sort of situation. Well, not a static one, anyway.

And while I don't know much more than anyone else here does, I can certainly provide some speculation and educated guesses. For example, there's almost certainly a lot of bureaucracy involved. Exactly how much likely depends on how well-run the ministry is, but at minimum there would be several layers of departments, committees, and subcommittees. It's just unavoidable; the more expansive a government is, the more its duties have to be divided to make things manageable.

Which means that outside of an immediate crisis, it likely takes awhile to get anything of significance done. That could be either an advantage or a disadvantage for us, depending on the circumstances.