Day 19 | Video | Incoming missive

[voidtreckernpcs]

[Towards the evening of day nineteen of the month of Quicksand there is an announcement.]

Voidtreckers and Passengers of the Voidtrecker Express. We are receiving a communication attempt from the Void Ministry. Please stand by.

[The ICP screens crackle for a few moments, before it settles and a picture emerges, of a young woman sat at a desk. She looks a little bit nervous behind her professional smile.]

Greetings crew of the Voidtrecker Express. My name is Lia Nine, I am a junior minister under Commander Orlaith and she asked me to follow up on the reports that you submitted following your mission on system #5739. Thank you for those who filled them out, I know paperwork can be tedious but it does help us monitor situations.

[She moves her hands on the desk, as if she is using a computer or tablet device on her desk.]

I hope this isn't a bad time but I have around an hour if any of your crew are available to talk. There were a couple of queries your crew had so I'll go through those first.

I've got a report from a Yondu Udonta of the blue team asking about the bio fusions and what causes them. It's basically the void itself. Organic matter is not made to move through the void, that's why we have voidcraft and why anchoring takes so much mental energy. I can elaborate if anyone wants the science in more depth.

He also asked about setting your SCAs up to register Blutz waves. I've looked in my databases but can't find any energy waves called Blutz. Are they system specific?

I filled an equipment request form out on your behalf but can't promise anything. Elidibus I have also filled a book request for you for the information you seek.

Bruno Madrigal of the Blue team and Thanatos of the Red team I will happily speak to you about your requests.

Tidus I've passed your request about a communication line to the ministry on. Faux I am not sure there is anything to be concerned about regarding the alphabetical nature of the months. Most voidcraft have a simple time monitoring system that is based on what would be natural to their crew.

Faux also mentioned your craft was in need of maintenance. Do you have any details on that?

[She looked up from her tablet.] I think that's all the questions but I've got an hour if anyone has any more for me. While we're at it I wanted to ask for a report on the experiment with your tethers. We have some data from the site but I don't think anyone has actually asked you what happened yet.

[OOC: If you were planning for your character to have filled out a report for the mission and hadn't yet it is not too late. Even though Lia only has an hour IC there is no such thing as too late to this post OOCly! If you don't have time or don't wish to do an NPC thread but feel your character would say something feel free to give us a quick summary in the top level below!]

Comments

[voidtreckernpcs]

Yes, for an untrained crew you have done remarkably well. Though it is concerning to hear you lost more crew at the last platform. Hopefully we will be able to get a read on what is happening there soon.

[jingyeets]

We seem to have been losing more than people get pulled in, but at some point we obviously had more being pulled in than going, or we wouldn't have so many people here. It doesn't make sense either way.

[voidtreckernpcs]

Yes from the data we've been given by various members of your crew it seems to be that way. You have more losses now, less gains. But there were other times when many were pulled in. I guess figuring out what is going on with however the train is doing that... Is the first step to fixing things.

[jingyeets]

Yeah, figure out how the summons is happening, work to undo it or whatever. Though the Voidtrecker says it doesn't remember how that happened, only that it did after the loss of its system, when its official, actually trained people went missing. So seems like whatever they did? Might be part of the cause.

[voidtreckernpcs]

Yes, it seems we know its world was lost and that it gathered the first of your crew but there is a lot missing in the middle there.

[How had it gotten from one state to another.]

[jingyeets]

Missing from it's memory too. Is there anyway for it to get that memory back?

[voidtreckernpcs]

I'm unsure. It depends how it is missing, how deep that goes. Voidcrafts are machines, even if they are also more, so there might be back ups... It's a whole lot of unknowns right now.

[jingyeets]

... what's a backup in this context?

[voidtreckernpcs]

Perhaps data back up, files and such but also, with how voidcraft are. They are created from void metal. That holds... experiences to put it simply. A voidcraft holds the experience of its crews, so that incident is likely somewhere. Finding it though... May not be easy. It's not as if we can read void metal like we would a data file.

[jingyeets]

Isn't that just a different skill? Coaxing memories from locations instead of minds?

[voidtreckernpcs]

A different skill yes. One that requires a lot more cooperation from a voidcraft than looking up data files. But that is perhaps a good thing.

[jingyeets]

Maybe, or maybe not, given what bullshit we deal with regularly. Ugh, if there's anyone like that, can they contact the Voidtrecker Express and offer their services, for the sake of its crews?

[voidtreckernpcs]

I'll ask around, I've got a list of things I need to follow up on. [That can easily be added. This list is getting long.]

[jingyeets]

We're not lacking reasons to complain. Anyway, thanks. May your journey be untroubled.

[voidtreckernpcs]

Yours too. As much as it can be.