Attention Passengers, This Is Your Captain Speaking...

[governmentninja]

To all crew:

Due to GLaDOS "disappearing" a good portion of the Command Staff, I've assumed the role of Acting Captain aboard this ship. Under the current ship constitution, I have both the authority and responsibility to do this, and will retain command until either GLaDOS releases one of the Commanding Officers, or a new Captain is elected.

That said, there's some business we need to handle



I: Elections
For starters, we'll be holding elections for Captain, First Officer, and for all nine Council seats within the next few weeks. If this last battle managed to prove anything, its that a Command structure is necessary. Now that we have voted on the structure as stipulated in the constitution, the top positions need to be filled. Details regarding candidacy and voting will be released over the next few days. ((OOC: All of this will be discussed and hashed out in the ooc comm at some point soon, so please don't ask Leon any questions about this.))


II: Interim Appointments
Secondly, with me serving as Acting Captain, Samus Aran will be taking over my duties as Chief of Security in the interim. In addition Dr. McCoy is also the new Chief Medical Officer.


III: Debriefings
All crew members need to be debriefed regarding the recent battle against the Ohm. For those of you unfamiliar with this, here's how the process works.

1. You write a report describing What The Hell Happened in as much detail as you can remember. If you want to do the report orally, that's fine. Just record it on your omnicomm.
2. You submit that report to the Tactical Department.
3. Someone in Tactical will review your report, then call you in to ask questions and clarify details.

The whole purpose of this is to gather information about the Ohm. We need to learn what they can do, what they can't do, what weapons they have, what tactics they use, what defenses they have, and so on, so we can learn how to counter them the next time we meet.

And for the record, this debriefing isn't optional. All crew members will be required to submit their reports by the end of next week. ((OOC: This is actually entirely optional, and can be handwaved. It's mostly so Command knows what everyone did during the fight and all of that. If you want to do a full report, though, go right ahead.))


IV: Other
If there's anything else that needs to be brought to my attention, you can mention it here.

Comments

[sithhavecooties.livejournal.com]

We have a constitution?

[governmentninja]

Yes, we do.

[sithhavecooties.livejournal.com]

Huh.

Can I talk to you about GLaDOS sometime?

[governmentninja]

I guess, though there isn't anything more I can say about it beyond "We already have people on it, and they're trying everything short of nuking all the AIs."

[hero-sting.livejournal.com]

Understood, sir.

[ihatefire.livejournal.com]

When you have a chance, Kennedy, there's something I want to talk to you about in person.

[governmentninja]

Sure, anytime.

[notlewis]

El Capitan, eh?

[governmentninja]

Someone has to be.

[notlewis]

Well, good for you. To the ends of the earth, amigo.

[genociding.livejournal.com]

Who is GLaDOS, and what did they do to the Command Staff?

[governmentninja]

GLaDOS is a rogue AI that has a tendency to grab members of the crew and separate them from everyone else for a while and makes them run mazes. No one knows why it does that, and so far all attempts to stop it have been unsuccessful, but we have people still trying.

If you hear someone complain about cake, then they got snatched by GLaDOS.

[genociding.livejournal.com]

Oh, dear. But there must be a way to stop it from doing that. Isn't Stacy aware?

[governmentninja]

Stacy is aware, but either unwilling or unable to do anything.

[waylostandfound.livejournal.com]

...Not all the Command Staff has been taken. Has this been discussed with Chief?

[canhashypospray.livejournal.com]

Oh good, another surprise promotion. Can I safely assume my predecessor isn't dead this time, or is that too much to ask?

[gunslinging.livejournal.com]

Okay, so...two questions. I've got recorded sensor/visual data from my part in the whole thing, and I was gonna go pull a data dump for the guys in engineering anyway.

1) Is Tactical okay with obscenely large file attachments? Since the more = the better so I assume they'd want this.

2) Does having the whole thing recorded get me out of having to rehash the whole thing in writing, or do you still want a normal report? Or can I do it like...director's commentary? Writing stuff up is so not my strong point it's not even funny, but adding a few comments on top of video data to expand on what's there is way easier.

[governmentninja]

1) That's fine.

2) I'll allow the video commentary. Just try to keep it all business. No MST3K-ing it, Axl.

[gunslinging.livejournal.com]

Awesome, thanks.

Hey, I don't have to make fun of everything I see. I just like to.

[fulltinyalchemy.livejournal.com]

You're um, gonna have to wait on that report sir. My writing hand's been cut off and my mechanic hasn't built me a new one yet.

Just fyi.

[icy-alderaanian.livejournal.com]

I'll be finished within the day. [She's got a perfect memory, so it's a detailed report, but she's been making them since she was a teenager, so it's going to be quick.]

Is anything in this report to be considered classified, for Tactical only?

[sanguineroyal.livejournal.com]

I am wondering this too. I am interested in analysing the information myself.
Also, who is it that makes up the Tactical Team? I am interested in speaking to the leader about joining.

[thewunderkind]

I was in charge of weapons on the bridge with the last Captain. We get to keep those posts, right?

[You also get a battle report from Lash. It talks about their first attack by the Ohm when they tried to repair the reactor]

[ladyofthesands.livejournal.com]

My report on the X-Wing offensive and my observations during and post battle has been submitted to Wedge and Tycho as my commanding officers. To note, I am uncomfortable with your announcement that you are appointing yourself as Acting Captain. I expect that elections will be held without delay.