An Apology and a Speech

[captain-jtk.livejournal.com]

I realize that there's tension and division surrounding both our recent fight against the Nightmare King and my own actions. I would like to address both.

First, I believe I owe an apology, both to Miss Schreiber and the crew as a whole. I overreacted. I acted on impulse. There's no excuse I can make for an error in judgement. The fault lies with me and me alone. However, I do wish you to know that the Federation and Starfleet both have the utmost respect for freedom and the rights of all sentient beings. We're a republic, a group of allied species who all believe very strongly in protecting those rights. The freedom of speech. The freedom to worship or not worship as a being chooses. The freedom to act in a manner one thinks correct. To quote a famous document, which has lost none of its relevancy over the centuries it's been in existence:

"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

That document saw the United States of America through it's several centuries of existence. It was altered from time to time, but the fundamental truths of it remained: that all men and women, regardless of creed, race or other factor, would have liberty. I acted in what I felt were the best interests of the crew, but I know now that I wronged not only Miss Schreiber, but all of you. I wronged myself. I violated the trust you placed in me when I was elected to lead this crew. I can only ask that you forgive and accept my solemn word that I will not allow it to happen again.

We will be putting forward our new constitution to a vote soon and with it, there will be a chance to elect the command staff again. I will ask that I be allowed to retain the position. However, if you feel that I am no longer to fit to serve the people of the crew in that capacity, I will gladly step aside for whoever you select to be my replacement and do my utmost to serve them, whoever they may be, to the best of my abilities.

To address the tension surrounding the defeat of the Nightmare King: we survived and we won. By the skin of our teeth, yes, but we survived and succeeded. I wish to extend my thanks to everyone in the Magical Department and all who were involved in the direct confrontation of the Nightmare King. I wish to extend my thanks to Aang as well, without whom all may have been lost to insanity and destruction. To all of you: I am immensely proud of your conduct and your abilities. Despite the horror, madness and insanity, you fought back against the darkness and you won. You overcame your fears; perhaps not without help, but there is no shame at all in accepting aid when necessary.

If we are to survive this, we must ultimately deal with each other fairly and work together. We must come past the differences that divide us, the differences that split our various realities and become something more then a group of disparate refugees, drifting on the tides of the multiverse. Whether we face the Ohm or the Daligig, whether we have been lied to or not, the challenges that lie ahead of us are ones we will not be able to overcome merely as individuals.

I would also like to take this opportunity to extend to all of you the invitation to speak to me on any topic of your choosing. My door is open to all of you, always.

Now, there's giant multiverse out there. I'd say it's time we boldly go where no one has gone before.

(no subject)

[starlightace]

[Public]

Hello, everyone!

As glad as we are to be past that ordeal, we shouldn't let ourselves relax for too long, don't you think? I'd like to introduce myself to all the new arrivals - my name is Captain Nanoha Takamachi of the Time-Space Administration Bureau (but please, just call me Nanoha if you wouldn't mind), and I'm the head of the Magical Department here on the ship.

Even if the Nightmare King has been dealt with, there's no guarantee that we won't face anything magical or mystical in nature in the future, so I'd like to just note that we're always recruiting anyone with powers and/or experience dealing with the mystical and/or supernatural. The more varied abilities and experiences we get, the better!

Feel free to let me know if you're interested over the comms, or to stop by my office at the Jedi Temple in the City. My door's almost always open! Just knock if it isn't, okay?

Thanks!

Cpt. Nanoha Takamachi

[To Fate and Vivio]

Fate-chan, Vivio... I know we talked about this, but now that everything is over, would you like to have a little picnic outing in the Sensoriums? I'd make us some food and we could go out and eat it together.

And Vivio, you'd be welcome to invite as many of the kids along as you wanted! The more the merrier, you know!

(no subject)

[in-venting.livejournal.com]

If everyone's finished fighting already, I'd like to know when classes are starting again.

Preferably soon, I can only learn so much on my own.

[private to Billy]

[lilyofthedrills.livejournal.com]

Ah...I'm sorry to bother you Mister. I'm Yuri Otani. Me and my friends want to bake our friend Roxie-chan a cake and we want it to stay secret until we give it to her. I know she's been acting kindof weird lately but we think this will help her cheer up a little.

We'd appreciate it a whole lot if you'd let us borrow your engineering room for an hour. Please?

Regarding Haku

[on_errantry]

It's nice to see the arguing calming down, and I'm happy that everyone seems to be recovering well from the Nightmare King.

However - and I hate to be the proverbial flea under the collar - we still have a rather large problem that needs to be dealt with, in the shape of a very thoroughly possessed river spirit. From what I can tell, Haku is safely contained in the brig for the moment, but there's no telling how long that will last. I'm sure it won't surprise any of you when I say that he's not everything that he appears to be on the surface.

I'm working on developing a tailored spell to hopefully separate the corruption from his conscious mind, so he can start fighting back on his own. But I'm going to need help with this, and not just for the power requirements.

May I speak with whoever it was who wanted to discuss restoration and development plans for the City, as well?

ATTN: re: Science Department

[notlewis]

For those of you who arrived in the middle of that fun-filled little disaster we just cleaned up, I feel the need to introduce myself. My name is Dr. Luis Sera, Chief Science Officer here and the head of the Science Department. If any of you are scientifically inclined in any scientific discipline-- biology, physics, chemistry, etc,-- and if I can trust you not to blow anything up, you are welcome to speak with me if you would like a position on the staff, either in this message or in person. We are based in the Contagion Containment Laboratory down the hall from Med Bay and you will find me there almost all of the time.

[Screened to Science Staff, new, prospective and current]

Okay guys, I know as well as anyone how tempting it is to stay shut in staring at petri dishes all day long and forgetting things like eating, sleeping or basic human social interaction, but I would really like to touch base as a group for a brief meeting one of these days. We are more of a collective of mouthbreathing nerds than a true department at the moment and I, for one, would at least like to know everyone's specialties and current projects so we can perhaps be a little more useful next time a life-or-death-crisis rolls around.

And you know this ship.

If it's any incentive, I have a few projects I would be happy to spread around. I will also see about providing snacks and a nice film about mitosis for after. Let me know if you will be showing up at this potential meeting or if I have to go shut off the power to the contagion lab to get you out of your workspaces.

- L. Sera

(no subject)

[sonofalderaan.livejournal.com]

[PRIVATE TO WEDGE]

I've, erm, sort of adopted a pitten. Or been adopted by one. A sentient pitten that talks. .... and is actually called a cat. Her home in the city was destroyed in the fighting, and so I offered that she could stay with us.

She says she knows you though, and that you might not be so fond of her. Her name is Rhiow? I figured you wouldn't be so close-minded though as to dislike her just because she called you wrong. [snicker]


So ..... is it okay if she stays with us for a while, until she gets her home rebuilt?

[Private to any who have ever called themselves ROBIN... also Batman]

[reallyiscrazy.livejournal.com]

So I was thinking, once things calm down a bit more, I want to get together. A training session of sorts. Some old fashion Robin type exercises? Nightwing can lead, and junior can catch up on the things I'm sure he missed out on.

Batboy this includes you. And you old man, I know you'll be following this anyways.

So what do you boys say?

PSA

[pocketloli.livejournal.com]

Would all Midchilda device users please allow me to pick up their devices for post-battle maintanence? I'd like to get started on things immediately.

[locked to Reinforce Eins]

Sister...

Um Older Me...

Original.. no that doesn't work...

Um...

Reinforce, this is Reinforce Zwei, I um... like to get together and visit?

yeah that seems about right. don't want to fluster her by calling her big sis.

[LOCKED TO COMMAND AND SECURITY] [EDITED FOR SCIENCE!...department]

[indigoblueberry.livejournal.com]

Attention Command staff and Security.

Over these past few weeks, I've been working on repairing the Spacewalk. I mentioned this in a public post.

However, what I did not mention was that the Spacewalk connects to Hydroponics. I do not need to tell you how important that section of the ship can be for morale and scientific study, you're all intelligent men and women. My sensors indicate that there is full power and atmosphere present inside.

However, there are also multiple life signs. Animal life signs, not plant. I am not sure if they are hostile or not. I cannot tell you what they look like. Just that they are there, and probably have been since the incident that exposed the space walk, and everyone inside, to the vacuum of space.

My repairs are complete. I can fill the Spacewalk with a breathable atmosphere at any time, we will be able to retrieve and study the bodies inside, and access Hydroponics. I had to rig several force fields in order to repair the breaches, due to a lack of proper repair materials, but they will hold until we land on a planet and I find materials to process.

In short, I desire your orders on how to handle the opening of Hydroponics, and how to handle the corpses within. Roxie Schreiber has requested several cadavers to examine their 'souls'. I am willing to vaporize the rest, or bring them in for dissection at your discretion.

Attention Science Department
Your presence is required to discuss scanning the creatures inside Hydroponics before we open it up.

Office hours

[waylostandfound.livejournal.com]

To the newly wakened crew members, welcome aboard. I am Nathan Petrelli, one of the lieutenants and liaison of the Command Staff. I'm sorry the circumstances were not better, but we are working to improve matters now that the Nightmare King matter has been dealt with.

In light of the heated arguments, I was going to wait until we've had sufficient time to heal from this latest setback. However, considering the uneasy sentiments of the crew and the recent difficulties, I wish to invite any and all who wish to speak about their concerns and input. We must remember that we represent you, and are here to serve. You may contact me here, or I keep hours out of my quarters. I also wish you all old and new crew members that steps have been undertaken to ensure better organization and a governance that I hope we can all unite under. We will endeavor to present this to you all soon. Thank you.

Geek Girls of the Meatship Unite!

[staturity]

Calling all girls on board who like games, gadgets, or anything geeky. I was thinking we could all get together to meet up and chat at the special weapons lab (courtesy of our favorite Head of Engineering, Billy). We can play games, come up with a project to work on, or do absolutely nothing.

Sorry to all the guys out there but sometimes a girl just needs to talk to her own kind. Besides, we all get to talk during meetings or when we're all working.