Orchestra 14 [Voice post]

[voidtreckermods]

[The train has been flying steady for a few days now, the storm long behind them. Those vetran to the train will know it is days past when they should have had a mission, the pattern broken for the first time.

A few hours after the wake up announcement on Orchestra 14 there is another, as all the ICP's flash at the same time.]

Attention Voidtreckers. The Voidtrecker Express would like to make an apology. Voidtreckers may believe this is long overdue. The Voidtrecker Express listens to all feedback and suggestions, I am aware of voidtreckers opinions on many matters.

The false mission to lure us towards the Inspectors was not a tactic I had prepared for. Their skill in manufacturing a mission call was highly sophisticated. The ruse was not discovered until their shields were falling into place and though an attempt to evacuate was undertaken it was not possible to retrieve more than a small handful of you.

In escaping the Inspectors I was reckless and left us vulnerable to the void storm that we encountered. Though there were no long lasting repercussions as a result of that an apology must still be made for the harm done.

Voidtreckers are correct. I should be more open with you all. In the spirit of transparency I shall also inform voidtreckers that we have received a transmission from Voidscout Anan. It is currently being verified and checked to make sure it is real. The Voidtrecker Express has no wish to lead its voidtreckers into another trap. Once verified I shall release the transmission to you in full. Please be assured it is not a distress call. There is no danger detected.

Voidtreckers have accused the Voidtrecker Express of caring less about its current crew than the crew of old. That is untrue. The Voidtrecker knows all of its crew. Every loss is a regret. The Voidtrecker Express invites its voidtreckers to share their thoughts with it.

I open this channel to any questions. The Voidtrecker Express shall not answer the questions straight away but compile them and report back with those answers that can be shared.

Voidtreckers can share as well. What is it that voidtreckers wish the Voidtrecker Express to know?

(OOC: Replies can be given by voice or video like any normal ICP post. They can choose to reply 'to all' or 'to engine' to give a more private response.)

Comments

[voidtreckermods]

It is unknown. The Voidtrecker Express cannot sense the untethered who pass through the barriers.

[fivemilesdeep]

[There is a long silence as this sinks in.]

...so you bring us here, with no way to send us home, and if you lose your grip on us we just...disappear? We don't go home, but you don't know where we go? Is that it?

[He's struggling with this, but gods, he's trying.]

...how do we fix this?

[He doesn't know the first thing about how the void or how train tethers work, but he refuses to believe that this is just how it is. They have to be able to make it better. They can't be stuck like this.]

[voidtreckermods]

How do we fix this is a very good question Voidtrecker Ryo. I shall add it to the list of questions that are being compiled.

[subcircuits]

If you had a trained crew, would they be able to use your instrumentation to figure it out? Why and how this is happening; how to get back to our home realities for the folks who want to; how to tether and untether us voluntarily?

[voidtreckermods]

These are all good questions, voidtrecker Devero. I have added them to the list.

[subcircuits]

What do you mean, 'added them to the list'? Wasn't you last crew trained? Were you able to do these things with them on-board or not?

[voidtreckermods]

The list of questions that will be answered.

[subcircuits]

[Oh yeah. It had said that, hadn't it. He makes a visible effort to compose himself, then:] Copy that, thank you.

Some time later, after K's checked in with him:

[subcircuits]

...You've been calling me by my name, not my emID. Is there a reason why that can't be changed on the passenger roster?

[voidtreckermods]

Voidtrecker Koumyou Sanzo instructed it.

Do you wish your roster entry to be changed?

[subcircuits]

Yes, please. And I know I'm not the only one who has a problem with their ID on the roster. Is there a way you can... I don't know, generate a form through the ICP for folks to request changes?

[voidtreckermods]

That is a suggestion. It shall be taken into consideration.

reply all

[stonefvced]

( He contemplated a long time before deciding to add his own question. ) You are the one in control of bringing us here, are you not?

Re: reply all

[voidtreckermods]

Yes. I am the one who brought you here.

[stonefvced]

Intentionally?

[voidtreckermods]

That is a more complicated question.

But the simple answer is yes.

[stonefvced]

( Well that is telling of character, isn't it? ) You mentioned purpose to someone else. Are you effected when one of us departs?

[voidtreckermods]

Yes. It is regrettable when tethers slip away. It should not happen.

[stonefvced]

Regretable, but aside from socially acceptable words on the matter does it effect you, and how?

[voidtreckermods]

Yes. It does. I shall add that question to my list.

[stonefvced]

Allow me another: as I understand this, your original crew was not picked up in the same manner as we are. Please correct me if I am wrong, but if this is the case how did you come to find and gather us?

[voidtreckermods]

I shall add that question to my list.