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[unjedi]

So I was thinking for all of us that are new here, maybe we could all share our skills and expertise. Just so we know who to go to and who to ask for help. I imagine asking for help and knowing where to turn is essential on these missions. Or so I've read.

I'll start off. My name is Ahsoka. I . . . was a commander in an army. I've done strategy, tactics, guerilla warfare. I'm also trained in martial arts and swordsmanship.

Also, I'm a decent mechanic. For people who seem to be at odds with the technology here, I can give you a run through. I'm from space, if that helps.

And this is what I really look like. No staring or touching, please.

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[unjedi]

Really.

[ interesting. she holds her half-formed smile still. ]

Of a starship?

[lostdestiny]

[ His brows furrow very slightly for a moment at "starship"; because his world is in the inner-planets-plus-Jupiter-sometimes stage of development, "starship" isn't how anyone would describe spacefaring vessels. ]

Mobile suits.

[ It's clear that he expects the phrase to be completely comprehensible. ]

[unjedi]

[ ahsoka repeats that in a more skeptical tone. ]

Mobile suits. Like . . . mechanical suits?

[lostdestiny]

[ Weird reaction! Mobile suits are ubiquitous at home; any civilian, let alone someone in a military group, should know the term. ]

Mm.

[ He fishes in his jacket pockets and pulls out the few-inches-tall replica of this guy that he made during his TDM armory shenanigans, with a small exasperated but fond huff. Exasperated that it’s not a hundred time bigger, fond because Impulse was a good suit, and having this tiny version is like keeping a memento of Luna. ]

Like this, but eighteen meters.

[unjedi]

[ ahsoka squints at it curiously before glancing at shinn. ]

How mobile can you be if it's eighteen meters?

[lostdestiny]

[ He taps the main thrusters on the back gently. ]

As mobile as the pilot can handle.

[ Well, not completely true; Shinn moves faster than poor Impulse can keep up with, but he’s not going to say anything negative about it in front of her. But he wasn’t going to try making nuclear-powered Destiny in the armory and risk screwing up the reactor specs. ]

Why? What’s your air cover using?

[ If she tells him how many Gs Clone Wars fighters can do, they’re going straight back to the Armory. ]

[unjedi]

[ the thrusters seem small for something this big, but she'll take his word for it. he seems to know about this at least. ]

Air cover? Our ship accelerate at lightspeed.

[lostdestiny]

Come on.

[ That's so unbelievable that at first he just won't engage with it. It violates basic laws of physics. But. If the stuff powering this station can mess with time, maybe a ship can ignore that sort of thing...? He frowns a bit as doubt creeps in. ]

How does the ship hold up -- how does the pilot hold up -- ?

[unjedi]

[ she replies, a little distant since this is everyday life for her. ]

There's a special drive that enables us to make lightspeed jumps. The make of the ship protects us from the gravitational force.

[lostdestiny]

[ She has his total interest! ]

Show me.

[unjedi]

[ show him??? ]

I guess we could try the simulation room. Recreate it.

[lostdestiny]

That or the Armory. How much can you remember about the specs?

[ He's scooping up little-Impulse, which will always be bae, and heading toward the door. ]

[unjedi]

Not much. I'll do what I can but you'd have better luck asking my master.

[lostdestiny]

[ Weird word choice to describe a person? ]

Yeah, but you're here.

[unjedi]

[ she nods. ]

Like I said. I'll do what I can.

[lostdestiny]

[ He's already heading down the hall, sorry if she wanted lunch or something. ]

What do you do with ships that fast? You could go from Earth to the moon in like a second.

[unjedi]

What's Earth?

[lostdestiny]

-- the planet Earth?

[unjedi]

Never heard of it.

[ terrible name for a planet, like really. ]

[lostdestiny]

But --

[ That? Explains? The hat-head? He splutters. ]

Where the hell are you from?

[unjedi]

[ buddy. she raises her white brow at him. ]

Not Earth. Obviously.

[lostdestiny]

But if you haven't even heard of Earth --

[ Look, she could have had a really bad tan and eaten a lot of carrots, then put a really weird hat on top of it all. But! If she talks casually about travelling past lightspeed, she could be from -- what, anywhere? He runs a hand through his hair agitatedly. ]

It was a big deal when we made it to Jupiter, and that took seven years to go two planets over.

[unjedi]

I don't know how things are like in your galaxy.

But in ours, we've been traveling to other planets for centuries.

[lostdestiny]

"Galaxy"!

[ His voice verges ever-so-slightly slightly into a squawk as he repeats the word. Yes, that is a much bigger expansion into space than settling in a planet's Lagrange points! No wonder their tech can go fast, they'd have to just to make travel like that work! If she's in a military group, their wars must be huge.

Actually, he stops walking and frowns. They're so far along, and she still has to be a commander-- ]

People can do all that, and you still have to fight?

[ Everything about his voice and posture reflects that this is a massive bummer. ]

[unjedi]

[ she sighs. ]

People have all kinds of reasons for fighting. This one involved entire planets.