▓▒░ NONAGON ░▒▓

1 week ago

Helmed

A valued pilot and power source to The Fleet.

Machine Heart

Gears inside this user push crude lifeblood.

Echolocated

For this user, hearing is believing.

To Be Verified

A user of potential repute.

@euclydianNonspace[EN]

𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐂𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆… 𝐀𝐔𝐃𝐈𝐎_𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐏𝐓〈SER_DROSTE〉"Good evening, crew. Those of us who live all stand before me. Now, I know, I know, I know, we're missing one. I know this, because I ran them through. As you may all know, the Technical Feargent has been looking for specific parts to try and fix the device. Things that they could potentially mock up, rig together with pieces we already have..." 𝐀𝐔𝐃𝐈𝐎_𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐏𝐓〈SER_DROSTE〉"But only by dooming us all." 𝐀𝐔𝐃𝐈𝐎_𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐏𝐓〈SER_DROSTE〉"I'm keeping things very clear, because I want you all to understand my decision, and also to ensure nobody makes the same mistake." 𝐀𝐔𝐃𝐈𝐎_𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐏𝐓〈SER_DROSTE〉"In order to get the pieces they calculated that they'd need, they would have had to reroute our entire ship's operations. Our helm, Nonagn, would have had to supply three times the power output to maintain a fraction of our current functions." 𝐀𝐔𝐃𝐈𝐎_𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐏𝐓〈SER_DROSTE〉"Now, as we are all members of the Fleet here, and we have all been flying for a long time, I'm sure you know what happens if you force a helm to expend too much power for too long." 𝐀𝐔𝐃𝐈𝐎_𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐏𝐓〈HELMSTECH〉[QUIETLY] "What the fuck was that idiot thinking?" 𝐀𝐔𝐃𝐈𝐎_𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐏𝐓〈SER_DROSTE〉"And you also know that if Nonagn dies, we all die. Unpleasantly, too. Either in a horrible psionic blast, or... Slowly, painfully, suffocating, drowning in what should have kept us all alive. Is there anyone left here who would want to risk that for a slim chance at fixing the device, knowing that even if we did, and we were physical again, there is nobody in range of sensors to come and save us anyway?" █ Silence. 𝐀𝐔𝐃𝐈𝐎_𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐏𝐓〈SER_DROSTE〉"That's what I thought. Is there anyone who disagrees with my decision to dispatch the Technical Feargent for risking us all on a wisp of a dream?" █ Silence. 𝐀𝐔𝐃𝐈𝐎_𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐏𝐓〈SER_DROSTE〉"Thank you. Now, There are so few of us. We're going to need to change the way things work, if we want to keep the ship and everyone left on it healthy. If you wish to go, you can, and I will message you your new orders once a consensus has been reached. if you'd like to stay to discuss..." █ I'm not going to take notes on the whole meeting. █ It's ongoing. █ ... █ She didn't lie once. █ I don't know why I was expecting her to. █ I guess some part of me always assumes that people that high up will just lie to get what they want. █ She just... █ Spilled it all. █ Trusted us all with the information. █ ... █ None of the other higher-ups would have done that if they were still here. █ Ah, I'm being invited into the discussion. █ None of the other higher-ups would have done that, either. █ Laughs.