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[armsraced.livejournal.com]

Greetings, crew.

In case you haven't had the chance to meet me upon my arrival, my name is Commander Rahk of the Lensmen. I would like to announce a few things while I'm here.

First, I'd like to note that I've been going over a list of your supplies and armory, and I intend on making sure you get better supplies. As it stands now, I don't think your current arsenal will be sufficient to effectively take on the Ohm. However, I've checked with Stacy, and it looks like this ship does have a GIA armory with better equipment, but it's currently on lockdown for some reason. I'll look into getting security codes to get that open for you. I also intend on running a practice session with the new weaponry in the sensoriums so you can get used to them before you actually get your hands on them. I've asked Stacy to make available a list of the equipment, which you can access here if you'd like to take a look.

Second, I'd like to note that my one recruit, Revus, will be working on trying to fix your malfunctioning ship AI. To those of you who are already working on that, I'd like your cooperation with him, however grating he may seem at times. He's good at what he does, so I expect you'll at least come to appreciate what he can do, if not the man himself.

Finally, I'd like to announce that your captain and I have come to an arrangement. I have some pull with both GIA and Daligig High Command, so I've told your captain that I will do my best to get what security codes for Stacy that I can. However, in exchange, I would like to test your ability to fight the Ohm. So, in a few days time, I will be holding a simulation in the sensoriums in which you will face the Ohm. You'll have access to the equipment I noted in the first part of my announcement for this simulation, along with any you wish to use that you already have. If I send my evaluation along with the request for the security codes, High Command will likely concede them.

That's all. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

Comments

[for-magic.livejournal.com]

Forgive the impertinence and rudeness of this question; I ask it because I have taken on the role of 'suspicious person' of the ship, which I may safely do because it isn't as if anyone will think less of me for doing so.

That being said, I appreciate the magnitude of threat the Ohm present and the understandable desire to fight them, but my extensive experience is that beings with power adequate enough to trivialize the contributions of the majority of this ship's people rarely offer their assistance to empower said trivial beings without ulterior motives, often malicious.

What are your intentions?

[capture-worlds.livejournal.com]

Indulge me for a bit, my good commander: How do you know the computer hasn't already altered its command codes?

[metalwebhead.livejournal.com]

Uh, question from the guy who's still picking Tank guts out of his costume: that super special plantsuit thing? It's not gonna suddenly want to fully take over, feed and dispose of us when its done, is it?

Because I've had very bad experiences with those kinds of things.

[bluebrassmonkey.livejournal.com]

Haow do yeu teach?

[killsfengshui.livejournal.com]

Plasma casters, combat armor, drop ships...

Tell me you're single.

[chosenlightchld.livejournal.com]

... Does that Thorn Armor interfere with using any abilities we might have?

[fireforger]

Welcome, Commander Rahk. May I ask if the supplies you will be providing will include raw materials, such as metals?

[craaazyisland]

Uh. No thanks on the creepy-ass suits.

[poetrysoldier]

Huh. I appeciate the weapons, Commander. A few comments and questions though. Is there any extra intel about the Ohm you would willing to share? Also, you believe Stacy can be trusted? As for the simulations and weapons training... You are aware that children are part of crew, correct? You should think about barring them from the training.

[hack-rat.livejournal.com]

He'll have my co-operation with the AI fixing, if he's okay with dealing with someone a few thousand years behind on alien tech.

It's still my best field though. I know I'm not the only one whose world was not as advanced as the world that made Stacy, so do you think that there's any way he could teach us more about how the programming works so that we can be self-sufficient later.

No offence, but I'm not the sort of person that like relying on mysterious authority figures. We only have your word on the whole trust thing.

[seeing-eye-cat.livejournal.com]

I've heard that you're multi-dimensional. What sheaf of universes are you from?

[greennotgold]

New plantsuits? Do you have any information on how exactly they work?

Or the ones we have right now? I'm a botanist but I haven't really gotten anywhere trying to figure out how they function.

[iflingmyhat.livejournal.com]

I have several comments I'd like to make, but I think they all sum up into one question quite effectively.

How are we to be expected to win this war under the aid of an AI that is incompetent at best, and even deliberately counterproductive at worst? I'm sure you're aware of the battle on Zokez II. Had we access to the information you and the Daligig have on the Ohm before that battle, instead of having to collect our own on the battlefield, that world may still be something other than a mere shadow of its former self.