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cityship ([personal profile] cityship) wrote in [community profile] trans_92011-10-01 12:17 am

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. They are also told they must read information about their current situation and a survival guide with their new omnicom. New crew-mates might see a tall dragonish guy with wings (but don't call him that) and purple 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.]

[identity profile] swordofdorn.livejournal.com 2011-10-02 09:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Erhart halts, shocked by this, "You are from the times before the Dark Ages of Technology, then. Before the Age of Strife, the Heresy... indeed the Age of Imperium itself. I am privileged to have lived in the forty second millennium of mankind. It would appear you are from a time before Terra was overtaken by warp-storms, and fell into a long state of techno-barbarism. That is intriguing."

ext_988045: (Zouichi: Wait what?)

[identity profile] zouichi.livejournal.com 2011-10-02 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
"Uh... guess so, if you're from 40,000 A.D. That puts your further ahead in the timeline than most anyone I've met so far. Wait, what do you mean, 'techno-barbarism'? What's this about warp storms?"

[identity profile] swordofdorn.livejournal.com 2011-10-02 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
"Interesting." When questioned about techno-barbarism and warp storms he coughs, almost embarrassed. "I am afraid I am not a historian who can explain this at great length, but the gist of it is that Earth was cut off from the rest of the galaxy, and techno-barbarism is what happened after. We had weapons and machines we could no longer understand or reproduce being used in a massively destructive war."

ext_988045: (Zouichi: grim)

[identity profile] zouichi.livejournal.com 2011-10-02 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
"I see." Zouichi paused for a moment. "And you have recovered from this loss?"

[identity profile] swordofdorn.livejournal.com 2011-10-03 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
"Not entirely. There is still much that has been lost, things that may never be recovered. The Dark Age of technology was a time of danger for man. We had built thinking machines which enslaved us... and worse. Nanytes that could destroy entire star sectors as a form of plague. One such was unleashed as a weapon, within the history of my Chapter. It was known as the Blood Tide, and it was a terrible thing."

He shakes his helm-clad head, obviously pained at the thought of it.

"The man who unleashed it was an enemy of humanity by the name of Voldorious. It was only recently that he was hunted down and slain by the White Scars and Raven Guard."

ext_988045: (Zouichi: grim)

[identity profile] zouichi.livejournal.com 2011-10-03 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
"Sounds like a bit of a recurring problem, then. Humanity experienced a state of catastrophic data loss some centuries before my time, from which they more or less recovered. But sometime around the date I was released, an organization released a genetically engineered virus into the population. Disaster all over again."

He glanced at Erhart. "Can't say an AI ever had anything to do with it, though. My partner is an artificial intelligence."

[identity profile] swordofdorn.livejournal.com 2011-10-03 11:59 pm (UTC)(link)
"Humanity rises, falls, and rises again. Such is our way." He nods, and then freezes regarding the choice of partner. There's a long silence, and then the moment passes, as he decides that this man is most likely from before the dark Ages.
ext_988045: (Zouichi: not sure if srs)

[identity profile] zouichi.livejournal.com 2011-10-04 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
"I guess that's one way to put it. Personally, I think it'd be nice if humanity could stop imploding in on itself every so often." A zombie virus that threatened to kill everyone? Really, humanity? Really?

Zouichi noticed the pause, glancing at Erhart. "Problem?"

[identity profile] swordofdorn.livejournal.com 2011-10-04 12:24 am (UTC)(link)
"The Emperor stopped the cycle of self-destruction. Even the mortal wounds he received from his son, Horus, didn't stop him from holding the Imperium together."

He shakes his head. "No... you've just made a lot of allies that are generally viewed as... unreliable allies, at best. In the end, Humanity could only trust itself in the stars."

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[identity profile] zouichi.livejournal.com 2011-10-04 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
"Sounds like a lonely existence. It would be best if mankind could get along with other species." Although for him the question was academic at best, considering humans were the only known sentient species in his world.

"But I'm not human, either. So there's that."
Edited 2011-10-04 00:35 (UTC)

[identity profile] swordofdorn.livejournal.com 2011-10-04 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
"We tried for many years, or so I understand it. We were viewed as upstarts, playthings or merely something to fight."

He looks down at Zouichi, "You do not appear inhuman. Are you simply enhanced in some way, like myself? I would call myself a human, despite being 8 feet tall, and being able to put a fist through steel."

ext_988045: (Zouichi: *angsty distance shot*)

[identity profile] zouichi.livejournal.com 2011-10-04 01:07 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm a Synthetic Human," said Zouichi. "An artificial life form, created by human scientists in an effort to combat the virus I mentioned before. I was designed to closely resemble a human, but my genetic structure is quite different."

He gestured toward Erhart. "There were enhanced humans where I came from, too, capable of abilities like yours. But I wouldn't consider myself one of them."

[identity profile] swordofdorn.livejournal.com 2011-10-04 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
Erhart is shocked into silence... a reverent sort of silence though. There's a change in his demeanor once more, behind the expressionless helm.

"I see." He grates through his voxcaster, doing his best to conceal the change in tone.

ext_988045: (Zouichi: Wait what?)

[identity profile] zouichi.livejournal.com 2011-10-04 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
Zouichi tilted his head at Erhart, regarding him with some curiosity. Why'd he suddenly get all quiet?

"Surprised?"

[identity profile] swordofdorn.livejournal.com 2011-10-04 09:06 pm (UTC)(link)
"Surprise is probably not the term I would use..."

He shakes his head, and examines Zouichi a little more closely.

"What you speak of as your origin is... an important tale within my time. I'll explain later."

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[identity profile] zouichi.livejournal.com 2011-10-04 09:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Take a picture, Erhart, it'll last longer.

Zouichi shrugged. "All right. In that case, are there any other questions you need answered?"

[identity profile] swordofdorn.livejournal.com 2011-10-04 09:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"No. Go on and see to the needs of others if you must, I am content."

Well, until the eldar start arguing with him... and Zouichi is taking care of that later.