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Meat n' Greet

The rest of the crew assembled on the Observation Deck to meet the latest editions to their numbers. After the revelation that their worlds are gone, many of them are even more eager to see people they knew from home.

Several people are set up near the doors to provide the new people with omnicoms and comm rings. New crew-mates might see a tall man in green armor and snake girl among their number. There are also several authoritative-looking figures ready to introduce themselves.

There's a lot to tell the new people. It's going to be a lot to take in.

[ooc: Only new characters and Command Staff can start new threads for introductions, to limit the number of threads. Everyone else, just tag in and have your guys greet the newbies.]

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"Then there's no other choice, is there?" Kimberly would have to join in the fight to get their back. Not that she wouldn't fight along side Billy. As long as they were together they were still rangers and they hadn't failed yet.

"So the morphers sti-..." did he just say their secret was blown? "What? How?" The morphers still worked so that was a relief but their cover wasn't a cover anymore. People knew they were rangers?

"We'll get 'em, Kimberly." Billy promised. Their rapport would really help...

...well, if she didn't start hating him for his mess-up. "I got caught on my first day. The ship's full of heroes who kept secret identities at home just like us, and I ran into one whose intellect far surpassed what any human was capable of. He saw by my lack of fear that I had to have some kind of power."

Billy shook his head. "Then I found out that the ship's captain has access to detailed files on all of our lives, including any secrets. Combine that with all the people with person-tracking powers around here, all the hidden cameras, and all those who can instantly identify a person by sight? It's nigh-impossible to keep an identity secret around here. I know I should've tried harder to throw them off, but then...everyone knowing what to expect from me in battle helped them trust me. I'm not sure Zordon would ever forgive me for it, though."

Kimberly place her hand on Billy's shoulders and put a little smile on her face. Somehow knowing that they could save their planet made her feel better, even enough to comfort her friend. "I'm sure Zordon would understand. I mean you said yourself. This place is full of heroes and.. Zedd. So it's different then high school, right?" She would hope so anyhow.

And if Zordon could keep a grudge against Billy for something like that, then she would have to give him a good talking to. "So, we're the only rangers on board, huh?" it hard to think that Trni, Jason, Tommy, and Zack were possibly sleeping in those pods of goop.

Even if Tommy had awakened up who's to say he would have enough power to help out?

Billy couldn't help but smile back. It was going to be okay. "Right. I think the Power would've failed by now if I was really in trouble."

He would have to be satisfied with that for now. He straightened, thinking of all the new friends he'd recruited. "Not exactly. I'm the only other Ranger you know, but there are others. Dustin's away on the mission Zedd's on right now, but he's from our world several years in the future. Then we have the Dimension Rangers. They're a team I recruited and outfitted myself."

How? Well, he was about to get to that.

"A team you recruited and outfitted yourself?" Billy wore overalls when they first became rangers. She had to see what the ranger outfits looked like.

"How did you make rangers?" Kim was sure that the suits weren't like their own and if they were she wanted to know how he did it. Even if she wouldn't exactly know what he was talking about.

No, not that kind of outfitted! His Rangers looked just fine, and he'd definitely had a fashion sense upgrade since then.

"It wasn't entirely my work. The level of the ship below us is an enormous city, and the Command Center is on the west end---as is Zedd's palace. Stacy salvaged important buildings from our worlds. Zordon's not there, and I haven't been able to find Alpha, but some of Zordon's old prototypes were waiting for me in the lower levels."

He pulled out his omnicom, pressing a few buttons to display the blueprint of his team's morphers---the bracers she might see on a few people wandering by. "Apparently Zordon always had preliminary versions of new Ranger powers in his plans. The cores that connect to the Morphin Grid were already there and programmed, but I had to construct the rest of it myself. There was enough power to build five, and I distributed them to people I could trust."

As far as how our powers worked? "Their powers are largely similar to ours, but they have elemental control powers that we don't. They were already in the power cores when I found them, and I haven't been able to reverse-engineer it."

That was probably too much science for a minute, really.

Kimberly nodded and went along with what Billy was saying. She had to run through again in her mind but she finally translated from Billy to English. "The command center's here but Zordon's gone?" Did that mean he was lost in the time wrap-thing?

"That's not good, right?" It couldn't be as bad she was thinking. If they were able to morph and if Billy was able to activate new rangers then Zordon couldn't be lost forever.

"I mean like he's not in danger or anything but with him gone does that mean we're limited?" Kimberly just wanted to make sure she had everything covered before they went on to the next subject.

"We still have access to the zords. Actually, the major reason I recruited a team was that I wanted to have access to a Megazord formation but couldn't pilot it myself. They've temporarily borrowed some of ours, but there are enough to go around."

They'd have to work out where Kate was going to go now that Kim needed her zord back, but Billy was sure it wold be okay.

"The major limitation is that we can't teleport anymore. Getting teleportation to work in the Bleed between dimensions is significantly more risky and difficult than on Earth, and I haven't yet figured it out. Communications are available, though."

With that, he produced two objects: a simple-looking ring and a miniature computer-ish device. "The computer is an omnicom. It has data files on the ship and gives you access to a network we can post to. The ring is a communication ring. It functions like our communicators but can broadcast thoughts as well as spoken words."

Speaking of communicators, he caught himself looking longingly at Kimberly's. His own hadn't showed up when he searched through his belongings, but he sure did miss it.

"So, the zords are fully functional here? Awesome." Kimberly said clapping her hands together. Things are bad here but there was some good to it and that is what Kimberly was going to focus on. Because only looking at the bad was only going to drive her insane.

She listened to Billy and smiled at the mention of the omnicomm. "Oh an omnicoom. Hoshi and Jimmy, you know the guy in the kilt, mentioned it to me" Kimberly went in for a closer look. "It's a lot small then I thought it would be"

Her eyes caught Billy's staring at her communicator and gave him a little confused look. "What's wrong, Billy?"

"Well...they're sort of extra-functional. I've equipped all of them to have flight capabilities, not just yours. We were drafted into a battle in space a while ago."

Billy would wait until the meeting to sort out the who-gets-what-Zord issue. He smiled lightly, pointing out a feature or two. "His name's Jamie, Kim. Some people call him Jimmy, but he really hates that nickname. He's one of my best new friends. He's actually a lot like Jason."

Speaking of Jason and the past...he glanced back down at the communicator. "I've just realized how much I've missed our communicators. Mine wasn't present when I popped, but I might be able to find it again. I could actually hook yours into the comm ring network if you'd prefer to wear it instead of the ring."

Kimberly looked down at her communicator and then the ring. "You think you could do that?" She said holding her wrist up. It was silly but she couldn't see herself not wearing it. "I mean it wouldn't be too much trouble?"

As for the zords and the command center, she'll have to wait to see all that. There was still so much Kimberly needed to know. Who all were these new rangers? How many of them are there? What did their costumes look like?

"Of course not. And if I have to rebuild mine from scratch, I will. I'd actually like to see if I can improve the design at all. They're a small part of our identities overall, but I've really missed them."

Billy would be happy too, honest. His eyes lit up the same way they always did when a new project presented itself. "What else do you want to know? Where to eat, where to sleep, what to do?"

Again this was all a little too much for her at the moment. Waking up on a ship that held thousands of survivors most of them not awake to find Billy who had been awake for quite sometime. Now she had to adjust to a whole new life. "I guess I should know all the basics right?" There was something in Kimberly that just wanted to see the command center. It was a familiar place for her even if Zordon and Alpha weren't there.

She wanted to be somewhere she knew.

"I can do that," Billy nodded easily enough. It sure would be a long story, but he would try his best to focus on the important details. "Your omnicom has a file outlining the basic history of the current crew---what's changed, the conflicts we've been in. The mess hall and crew quarters where you'll eat and sleep are up here. You'll find most of the businesses, especially ones where you can find clothing, in the city below----where the command center is. It's almost eerie in its silence, but it's one of the securest locations for a conversation we have. No one can enter without being connected to the Power or being accompanied by someone who is. Do you want to collect your morpher and talk there?"

There were things he wanted to say about his personal story too, things he wasn't quite as comfortable revealing in public.

Kimberly let out a sigh and patted Billy's arm. He somehow knew the one place she would want to go. Shopping was a definite yes, later, since that had always calmed her nerves back home. "Sounds like a plan to me" she said with a smile and an almost jump of joy.

There were things that Kimberly wanted to ask of Billy as well. How much did he remember of the Ohms and before that what he remembered from home.

Billy was glad that he'd hit the mark. He offered her another hug before proceeding. "I have some official engineering department business I need to address before I'm allowed to leave, but I'll meet you at the exit as soon as I'm done, all right?"

He pointed over the crowd to the exit that would lead back to the Hub she'd risen up in. Just one change in direction would lead them back to the City.

Official engineering business? Billy must have earned himself a little title if he's going around doing official business. Of course Kimberly wasn't surprised she always knew he would go and do great things but she thought of anything like this.

Kimberly nodded "Sure. I'll meet you there, kay?" She took note as to where the exit sign was. She wouldn't leave this place with him so waiting over there would best and just wave to people as they left.

When said business was finally complete, a slightly tired-looking Billy returned to accompany her to the hub.

"There, it's all done." He gestured for Kim to follow him, approaching the transport tubes slowly enough for her to get a good look around. "It took you up here automatically last time, but all you have to say is 'armory' and it'll take you down there. Your morpher will be ready for us."

Kimberly had waited for him by the exit and was now acquainted with the new green and blue ranger. So, it wasn't a waste to have stayed behind.

She followed Billy as he lead the transport tubes and looked at him. "So this is how we get around the ship?" she asked putting her hand in and taking it back out. "Is it safe?"

Billy was quick to confirm it. "Absolutely. All you have to do is step in and state the destination, and you're off. Here, I'll show you."

Without further ado, he stepped inside and clearly called "Armory!" From her spot, Kimberly would be able to watch him whisked away through the tubes, spiraling down toward their first stop.

Your turn, Kim!

She watched as Billy walked into the tube and watched as he disappeared to the Armory, or so Kimberly assumed the armory. "Okay well.." she said as she stepped where Billy once was.

Kimberly was shaky and she knew this safe because Billy said it was and he wouldn't lie. "Armory?" she called out and closed her eyes tight waiting to be taken.

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It worked! Kimberly was whisked off to the appropriate place, as promised, where Billy was waiting to walk her up the path to the main terminal.

"Are you feeling all right? I know that can be disorienting the first few times."

In truth, Kimberly felt a little dizzy and weightless from the experience but she wouldn't let Billy know that. "Um, I feel okay" she said gripping onto the wall for a little support.

Oh, there must be an easier way to get around the ship. "So, my morpher is here? Somewhere" Kimberly was trying to sound like she was okay.

"Take your time, Kim. Don't worry, you'll adjust to it quickly. It's a lot like teleporting, actually."

Billy still looked concerned. He walked her up to the terminal, then pointed her to it. "Just place your hand here. It'll bring your morpher up to the front once it identifies you."

If Kimberly remembered right those first few days of teleportation ended with her on the bottom of a ranger dogpile. "Whatever you say" she said with a smile as she walked with Billy to the terminal and gave him a look when he said to put her hand out.

This was all starting to feel a little familiar. It sort of reminded her of when she first was called to be a ranger. "Like this?" Kimberly said as she did as Billy. "Does it just appear in my hand or something?" she asked waiting for the source of her power to arrive.

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