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]

I know the fate of system #27462947582 lies heavy in you, voidtrecker Najaran. Stopping the force that is destroying worlds is our best way to prevent other systems from meeting a similar fate.

[najaran]

"Then why didn't we stay to fight it?! Are we just going to keep running away!?"

[voidtreckermods]

There are some threats too big to fight, voidtrecker Najaran. I could not lose you all.

[najaran]

"We could have tried! We could have ha a chance!" she said, sobbing. "Then you wouldn't have lost any of us!"

[voidtreckermods]

You didn't have a chance.

[najaran]

"You don't know that for sure! Most of us have fought hopeless odds before! Why couldn't you just let us try?"

[voidtreckermods]

I know.

[najaran]

"Promise you'll let me try next time. Let any of us who want to stay and try to help stay. Please. Even if you have to escape with the others... take as many as you can and go. You can come back for us after! And we'll show you. You'll come back and we'll be okay and you'll see! Then we can work together even better!"

[That wasn't a you'll see as in you were wrong and you'll regret it. It was a "please, just believe in me" you'll see.]

[voidtreckermods]

That is not a request I can grant. You do not understand, voidtrecker Najaran.

[najaran]

"Why not?!"

[voidtreckermods]

We are not discussing this further.

[najaran]

"PLEASE!"

[voidtreckermods]

[There is just silence.]

[najaran]

"The... then... I won't wear it!" [Look, she's not an adult, okay? she's doing her best to act grown up and mature, but... she's still a kid in some ways.]

[voidtreckermods]

All voidtreckers must wear their SCA's whilst leaving the voidcraft.

[najaran]

"What are you gonna do to me if I don't?" [she asked, tempter taking the reins. It didn't happen to her often, but it did sometimes. She'll be sorry later.]

[voidtreckermods]

Nothing. But it is dangerous for you to be without it.

[najaran]

"And the missions aren't dangerous?!"

[voidtreckermods]

They are.

That is why you must wear it.

[najaran]

"That's just saying don't do this dangerous thing, but do this other dangerous thing!"

[voidtreckermods]

No. I am saying that there are risks inherent in missions. But there are ways of mitigating those risks. Wearing your SCA is a way of mitigating that risk.

[najaran]

"Better the risk of getting hurt than the risk of abandoning people I could still help!"

[voidtreckermods]

You can help no one if you are dead, voidtrecker Najaran.

[najaran]

"And if the people I could have helped die, they can't help anyone either! You never know what someone could or would do! You can't judge value or trade lives!"

[voidtreckermods]

They are not someone I am in a position to save. You are.