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[aguidingstar]

Hey, guys.

[ Hotspur's looking happy - if a little warily so. Behind him is the gunmetal grey backdrop of the main hangar deck, complete with serried ranks of broken shuttles and throughout the video he glances off screen and in to the shadows. There are noises out there - noises and things - and it is creeping him out, but hell if he's going to let

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[gofor_theoptics]

[O-oh. Something more familiar for her to do -- she's all over that.]

Of course!

[Okay, Tali, reel in that excitement.]

I'll come down soon enough.

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[aguidingstar]

[ ohh Tali they are going to be Team Excitement just you wait. ]

Brilliant. I knew you'd be up for it!

[ He beams at the video feed. ]

They're all in pretty bad shape except for one of them. No idea what's up with them for the most part - but I'm not exactly an expert on engines...

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[gofor_theoptics]

I can at least take a look and see what's going on.

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[aguidingstar]

[ He exhales happily; this is all starting to look promising. ]

You're my hero, you know that?

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[jedimindkink]

[ PILOTING ADVENTURES? Oh don't, Hotspur, you'll have all of Oxford's childhood aspirations on your hands now. ]

Naming shuttles, are we? You seem to be getting rather cosy here.

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[aguidingstar]

Well, it doesn't look like we're going to be heading home any time soon. [ a quiet, regretful smile. ] And besides, it's not so weird, is it?

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[jedimindkink]

For someone who has come from a comparatively basic world, the idea of naming a shuttle is somewhat novel to me, yes.

[ He smiles easily, nonetheless. ]

In any case, if you're asking - how about "idyll", for a name?

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[aguidingstar]

[ Hotspur sits away from the video feed to contemplate the name. ]

Idyll... idyll's pretty good. I like it. [ He nods firmly. ] I reckon that could work, you know.

[statsraaden]

Hello. I could give you the names of all my relatives, but I think that's not what you're looking for.

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[aguidingstar]

[ ...Ah. Hotspur thinks he's heard about you on the network, sir. ]

Uh, well. I don't see why not, really? I mean. If you thought it was appropriate. You - you're the ship, right?

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[statsraaden]

Yes, I am. So... how many and what kind of names do you want? I have plenty of relatives.

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[aguidingstar]

[ Right, a ship, okay. No, it's fine, Hotspur is cool with this. ]

Okay, so, let's start with just the one. We're going for a name that's related to tranquillity somehow, so - what have you got?

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[antifroze]

I can take a look.

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[aguidingstar]

Brilliant. [ More delighted grinning on his end of the comm link! With the response he's getting Hotspur might even forget to be freaked out by being alone in the shuttle bays. ] I don't think we've met - are you from engineering too?

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[antifroze]

Yeah, I've been working down there since we got here. The name's Mace. [ The whole "nice to meet you" thing goes unspoken. ] Hotspur, right?

[ You can hear the vague really? in his voice, but hey, a name's a name. ]

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[aguidingstar]

[ Yeah, Hotspur hears it - but it doesn't particularly worry him. ]

Yeah, Hotspur. [ a steady pause before he adds with genuine lightness: ] But Max if you prefer. I'd be pretty damn happy to have any of you engineering guys helping out up here - I reckon the shuttles are going to need all the TLC they can get. I haven't got a clue what's wrong with most of them besides the whole, uh, not working thing.

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[bearsthevision]

[ Chase raises her arm in the video like she's in some sort of first grade class, clearing her throat. ]

I believe I can be of assistance.

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[aguidingstar]

Oh. Er, hello.

[ .........wait hang on you're like five or something tiny. ]

You can?

[ He's trying so hard not to cause any insult, but boy is he unsure! ]

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[bearsthevision]

I can, sir.

[ There's a very slight, weary tone in her voice, but she gets by now that it's strange to have a little girl saying words like 'assistance.' ]

Naming, of course, but I'm decent with basic repair. ...Logistically, there's going to be places adults can't fit in, either. I can easily crawl in. [ A shrug. ]

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[aguidingstar]

Sorry, I didn't mean to - no, of course, naming and small things. Yeah.

[ Hotspur nods fervently, suddenly a little uncomfortable that he might have offended her. ]

Do you have any good names in mind? Something to do with the idea of tranquility and things like that.