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[The video switches on, most of the screen blocked by the concerned, pale face of Jarael, the rest revealing the crashed ship behind her.]

Perero? Can you hear me, where are you?

[She sighs.]

Look, I don't know if this is an open frequency, but if it is, is anyone out there? Or has anyone seen a man you might know of as 'Camper'?

[She glances off into the distance, though still speaking to any recipients of the message.]

I'm not sure where to look, I can see a town and a shielded city. Any directions would be... appreciated.

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I don't know any of those names, I'm afraid. But the Old City is where most of the refugees, like yourself, gather.

[She frowns.]

Are you some kind of protocol droid?

[If so she had never seen one of its like before. She could really use some more information, but there were priorities...]

Is the old city the shielded one?

Protocol....? [He laughs.] No, I'm a knight.

The domed city is different. You don't want to go there.

Right.

[Uh-huh. A droid-knight.]

So you're built for combat then? Why would I not want to go there?

[Perero might be there.]

[She doesn't sound like she believes him...]

My kind....[Uncomfortable expression. He really doesn't like thinking about that whole 'form dictates function' thing.] My kind has been fighting for millions of years. The Circle of Light, we only fight to protect others.

Because the last one of us who went there nearly died. They are our enemies, even though we're not theirs.

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You're best bet is the city. The domed place has guards and stuff and they don't really like people trying to get in. Not from what I saw, anyway.

You're a newbie too, then?

[She's not used to text rather than holo's, but she'll comply.]

'Newbie'? Is that what they call people who are new here? Did you go to the dome...?

[Lots of questions, sure, but this is all rather confronting.]

Nah. It's just what most people call new people to anything. At least they do where I live. I woke up a few hours ago myself.

I plan on it.

I haven't heard the term, but it is possible we are not from the same place. Did you reach the town already?

I've heard it's not safe to go there, even though I'll admit I would like to go there myself too; the person I'm looking for might be in there.

Probably not. Yeah, I was at the town. An okay place, I suppose.

The guards won't see me, I'll be fine. I think we all woke up via pod, so I doubt your friend would be there. The dome's sealed off and all.

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There's some common housin' in the city. Called the Flop, right in the middle of town.

[She raises her eyebrows.]

Is there a man named Camper there?

[Kaylee shakes her head]

Sorry. He someone from home?

[She sighs, looking disappointed.]

Yes; someone I'm supposed to protect.

Do you know of anywhere else he might be?

Not offhand. Just about everyone who wakes up on the ship ends up in the city.

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Camper? No... I am sorry, but that name is not familiar.

[Sounds like a proper stalker, though.]

You should go to the town. The city is guarded by very angry military, I have been told. They would probably shoot you if you got close. Besides, the town is where most people from the ship stay.

[She frowns.]

Why do they guard it so aggressively? What are they keeping in there?

Perhaps I will search the town then, to see if he is somewhere among the others from the ship.

[Since if she had come here that way, he probably had too.]

Their city. I believe it is less what they keep in, and... more that they keep us out. They aren't fond of us, I have heard. Those that came from the ship.

It is the best place to start, I agree. Most of us come through and stay there, and someone perhaps has noticed your friend if he went into the forest first. I hope you can find some answers if he is here.

Ah, but my manners are terrible; my name is Strelok.

[She glares at the very idea.]

So they target us just because they can, then? Fear... That's despicable.

[She blinks. She's not used to meeting people with manners, not where she's from.]

Jarael.

I do not know what drives them, really. They are secretive, from what I have heard.

[It helps to have a few manners, even in the Zone. Besides, names are most of what a stalker has.]

It is a pleasure, Jarael.

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[Bruce is what looks like a hospital room, organizing medical supplies.]

I've been here awhile and I haven't heard of anyone by that name, but I'll keep an eye out. The ship's servers need to be repaired before we can search via any databases there might be for that information.

[There's a spark of hope in her eyes, then.]

Thank you. I didn't realise the ship had a database - I should have thought to look - what needs to be done to get it repaired?

[Because it may just be something she's willing to help out with.]

[He looks a little embarrassed.] Well, I haven't actually seen it yet, so I'm only 90% certain that there is one in part of the system that's offline. But it would make sense, given what I've seen in my study of the pods.

As far as the repairing part is concerned, we need to boost the power supply. Unfortunately, it's buried underground in a pile of rubble that's in the process of being removed.

[She nods.]

Yes, I agree that it makes sense for there to be a database. If there is any way I can help with the process of restoring it...? Although I'm not very technically skilled.

[It would beat sitting around doing nothing, at any rate. At the very least, she could always help move rubble?]

If there is a way for you to help, I'll certainly let you know. We need to get life support routed there before anyone else can help clear out the area. Unless you don't need to breathe at all, heading down there right now would be a bad idea. But that problem should be solved within the next week or so.