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outer_divide2012-08-29 09:23 pm
prime_logic) wrote in outer_divide2012-08-29 09:23 pm
Hailing Frequencies Open (audio)
[Spock has been fiddling with his equipment for a while, going over his tricorder readings and such. On a whim, he decides to try his communicator, even though it is totally illogical. After all, no one would be there to answer, if his theories are correct.]
This is Spock calling Enterprise. Come in, Enterprise.
[His brow furrows slightly as he looks at it. He could have sworn that at various points he had heard noises, possibly speech coming from it, but that was impossible, after all.]
Spock calling Enterprise. Lt. Uhura, Captain Kirk, do you read me?
[He sighs then puts it aside, but leaves it open. Why he does it, he does not know. Perhaps it is the hopes of a familiar voice coming from it. Or any voice, really. But why should it?]
This is Spock calling Enterprise. Come in, Enterprise.
[His brow furrows slightly as he looks at it. He could have sworn that at various points he had heard noises, possibly speech coming from it, but that was impossible, after all.]
Spock calling Enterprise. Lt. Uhura, Captain Kirk, do you read me?
[He sighs then puts it aside, but leaves it open. Why he does it, he does not know. Perhaps it is the hopes of a familiar voice coming from it. Or any voice, really. But why should it?]
Re: [Video]
I am fine. Kirk and I are... close friends, and hearing that he might be here momentarily excited me.
[He contemplates the information he has just received, and is relieved to find that this planet has acheived spaceflight, so the Prime Directive will not be an issue. Although he still feels he must be cautious about what he shares with the locals.]
Do you have any estimate as to how long the expedition will be gone?
[Filtered Video]
[The smartest course for dealing with that flustering, Kaidan decides, is just to move on ahead and pretend it didn't happen. (It works for him, after all.)]
They're due to pull out in a few days, but if you can't pin him down before that, they'll probably keep their connection to the communication network while they're away -- people who've taken trade trips out to the nearest port have stayed in the loop. Although...
[He pauses for a moment, adjusting some setting on his end, by the abstracted look on the screen.]
The Outer Authorities -- the enforcers for the totalitarian regime that's going on inside the dome -- do monitor the public broadcasts on these devices. So don't say anything critical across the feeds.