Flight 002; video [Backdated to Day 126, morning]

[kabukihime]

[The screen flickers and Alto appears on the feed, looking at it with a somewhat stern expression on his face. There's an origami paper plane in his hand and he's toying with it absently. He's obviously been thinking about this for a while, and he addresses the feed after a few seconds.]

Do we have a defense system here?

Considering all that happens here, shouldn't we have some sort of defense force, like a military, to both defend the city and help with emergency response?

[OOC: Feel free to tell him about the meeting that will be happening, as he doesn't ICly know about it yet. He'll be going, though. As usual, he needs a boot to the arse.]

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[holmes_fanatic]

Considering all that happens, we should. We don't.

If you're interested in changing that, Keine-san is having a meeting to talk about it!

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[kabukihime]

[Alto is a bit surprised to see a child appear on the video feed, but his surprise that there is no defense force in the city masks it. His eyebrows furrow slightly and he frowns. Something needed to be done about this.]

There's a meeting? When is it?

[video]

[holmes_fanatic]

You're in luck! I think it's happening today.

You've got previous experience in this sort of thing?

[video]

[kabukihime]

[Today? Cue another look of surprise. He should go, and it was at the Draupnir. Convenient.]

Thanks. I'll be there.

[In response to the question he nods.]

Yeah. I was a fighter pilot for the SMS Skull Squadron back home, and briefly in the NUNS military as a fighter pilot too.

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[brokenpromise]

Sadly no. I-I'm surprised that there isn't one.

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[holmes_fanatic]

SMS ... ? What does that stand for?

[classicuriosity]

Good morning to you!

May I just ask, what might you be referring to when you said "all that happens here"?

[falenandawn]

We should. Just waiting for attacks without any sort of defense set up isn't the best strategy.

You were in the military?

[At least that's how it sounded from his response to others, anyway.]

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[kabukihime]

Strategic Military Services. A private army, I guess you could say, and specific to my home fleet. NUNS is the New United Nations Spacy, which is the official military and interplanetary protection and defense.

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[kabukihime]

So am I, to be honest.

[He's a bit bewildered, especially since Ranka had said she'd been here for a few months. And all that time they hadn't had any sort of security or defense? It made him a little angry, in fact, but he pushed that back. He was very protective of Ranka.]

Looks like we might have to do something about that, though. Sooner rather than later.

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[holmes_fanatic]

Ha ... your world sounds very advanced to need an Interplanetary Defence Force!

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[brokenpromise]

Perhaps after this is all over, we should all get together and um... talk about it. T-though, first we should try to protect everyone.

[kabukihime]

[Alto smiles when Frey appears on the feed.]

Especially when there are people here that we should be protecting.

[Frey might be curious about that, but Alto might avoid that topic altogether.]

I was. Well, SMS. I was in the New UN Spacy for a while too, but not for too long.

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[kabukihime]

[That earns a bit of a chuckle. He forgets that not all the people brought here are from worlds as advanced as his, and he recalls his conversation with Frey about space and magic a while back.]

Yeah, I guess it is. A lot of people have left Earth in search of new worlds by means of Super Long Range Colony ships. I was born on one called Macross Frontier. It's one of the newer fleets, apparently.

[falenandawn]

Oh?

[He knew the sentiment well, honestly, though he did wonder who Alto meant.]

I'm afraid I do not know what the 'SMS' is. It is a branch of your military?

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[holmes_fanatic]

That sounds pretty cool! Have you lived all your life in space?

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[kabukihime]

[He nods, though fortunately this isn't so much of a touchy subject anymore. He has a real sky to fly in now, even if it is at home and not here. Well, he does have a sky here too, but all he can do at this point is hover and go short distances.]

Yeah, at least until recently. We found a new planet to colonize.

Sorry for the delay! Needed to do a bit of research first :)

[kabukihime]

[He blinks, not entirely prepared for that question. There were events he'd only heard about aside from the events he'd been part of while he'd been here. All the better to get something sorted out before something else happened.]

There was a flood and apparently a dragon caused some fires when the Travelers first arrived, among other things. I wasn't here then. The letter says we're here to bring colour back to the world and how the fate of the world rests on us.

Are you new here?

[kabukihime]

It's an acronym for Strategic Military Services. It's more a private army than a branch of the military, really.

[falenandawn]

A private army? You work for nobility, or a business, or....?

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[holmes_fanatic]

A new planet? Ha -- that's science fiction in my world. We're years away from anything like that!

What's it like?

[kabukihime]

A business. Capitalism at its finest.

[There's a tiny bit sarcasm on that last remark.]

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[kabukihime]

Really? What year is it in your world?

[Now he's curious, especially since Frey's world was very magical and different from his own.]

It's like Earth, I guess. Since I was born on the fleet I never did see Earth, but there's an atmosphere, hills covered in green grass and an endless blue sky.

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[holmes_fanatic]

2011. What about in your world?

Ha ... an entirely new world. That's got to be exciting, being one of the first people to see and explore it!

[falenandawn]

A business....? Capitalism.... So you're more like a hired military. [Rather then swearing their loyalty because of some sort of relation or debt to the business or family.]