I'm never buying a used spaceship again

[ships_full_of_missiles]

1. [General mingle/volunteer]
The battle may be over, but there's a lot of work to be done. Good news! The entire 50,000 person population of South Ataria made it to shelters, and are now being safely extracted. Bad news: The Prometheus and Daedalus, two large UN spacy warships that were in the ocean around South Ataria, have had their entire crews killed by the sudden shift from south pacific oceans to deep space. They were naval ships, not space ships, after all.

So there's a lot of work to be done, some grim, some happy. Happy: rescuing survivors and getting them moved onto the Macross. Grim: Clearing the corpses out of the Prometheus and Daedalus so they can be docked with the Macross and their materiel taken aboard. Happy: rebuilding Macross City inside the Macross. Whatever you end up helping out with, there's a hell of a lot to be done! It'll get easier with time as the citizens of Macross City start to help out, but at first there's an almost insurmountable amount of stuff to be done.

Also, the ship is currently parked on an island, floating in space. That's probably worth noting too.

2. [Talk to the bridge crew; specify if you want, otherwise random.]
Being military people and all, you can probably catch one of the bridge crew at some time and pester them for answers about the Fold Drive and...well, everything that just happened. That said, they're all pretty busy now, so it'll be hard to find them off duty.

Comments

2 - Gloval

[abugslife]

Captain.

I am aware you are extremely busy handling this crisis. However, we have to talk.

Re: 2 - Gloval

[ships_full_of_missiles]

[2 meter hex code 000000 black lady. Not the weirdest thing this week, not even the weirdest thing today, still weird.]

...Ah, yes, of course, Ambassador.

It's about the aliens, isn't it?

[abugslife]

I prefer to be called General. I am a soldier first and foremost, not a politician. But any title will do.

Yes, it is about the giants. I know we are in the middle of a rescue operation, but if their fleet is spread out, it is very possible they might have some forces near our current location. We must not let them catch us in a vulnerable position.

[ships_full_of_missiles]

We've still got plenty of Valkyrie pilots on standby, and the engineers are working on getting the Macross to dock with the Prometheus and Daedalus. Their extra hangars will help us deploy units more quickly, and we do have the TSEN device operational if we need reinforcements...

[A reassuring hand on the shoulder, though the imagery is a bit different when Gloval's shorter than Heph.]

...Don't worry. We're doing what we can.

[abugslife]

That is reassuring. I trust in your work, captain. Let me know if you find yourself short on hands. The Scaraber is not a ceremonial unit, good for occasional combat and nothing else; it is meant to be used.

...One more thing. Some of the systems used on Macross... I wasn't aware Earth possesses this kind of technology.

[ships_full_of_missiles]

Hmm...They could use your help on the inside, with the construction efforts. It'd be good for the civilians to see some helpful aliens, too.

...Well, the Macross is a rebuilt alien vessel. We can't claim to have made all of its systems, or even understand them...as you've probably seen...

Was there something in particular that caught your eye?

[abugslife]

Used for combat, not construction. This is a work better given to my subordinates. When they come in through TSEN, I can coordinate them.

The folding system, captain. And the antigravity engine. While similar to TSEN and various floating systems at a first glance, there are noticable differences. It is a pity we cannot look at either anymore, at this point...