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[getoffmyearth]

"Hi, you've reached Star-Lord. I'm probably off saving the universe right now. If it's an emergency, keep trying and I'll get back to you when I'm done rescuing the galaxy and not dying horribly. Otherwise, leave a message and I'll get to it.........when I get to it."



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[gevurah]

If you've got a minute, I'd like to talk with you.

[getoffmyearth]

As it happens, I've got several. What can I do for you?

[gevurah]

Got some notes you might want to check out.

[ Transferring UEnotes.txt over, should he accept. ]

[getoffmyearth]

You know, I knew I was forgetting to talk to somebody about something. Didn't think I'd made enough of an impression yet to get anybody seeking me out about things like this, though. You are a gentlewoman and a scholar, ma'am, I salute you for this. I'd offer to buy you a drink, but, well...you know.

[gevurah]

As far as I know, you're the only astronaut on board. I don't know how long you've been here, but you know we need to secure the base and obtain more power for it.

Are you familiar with Caesar Silverberg?

[getoffmyearth]

WAS an astronaut. Was. They revoked all my access and status and were well on their way to kicking me out just before I left.

Although I guess what I did as the Star-Lord the first time around was just a glorified extension of being an astronaut, so.

I've been here a month. And much as I wish I could say that that's enough time for me to know everything and come up with a surefire plan to get this show together- it's not. But here's what I know. We're operating on skeleton resources at best, and all my best sources for the kind of things we need are outside of this galaxy, and I have no idea how to safely contact them if they're there or even if they exist here. But I know we are damn well outmatched and outgunned, from what I can tell. I know that meddling with the timeline is a desperate gamble at best, because I've seen it happen, I've been forced to try it, and I know if that's our best play, the situation is beyond dire. We've got a lot of non-combatants caught in the crossfire here with no safe place to keep them. We've got limited teleport capability, because if you can work time you can sure as hell work space, but I'm told trying to get out of the immediate vicinity is an open invitation for genocide of the planet upon arrival. And this place? This place is a glaringly obvious target. We need a lot more than what we've got.

And with all that said- no, I'm not. Should I be?

backdated to around the 9th

[khajidont]

Hey, Peter? I got a question for you. Or - more of a favour to ask from you.

[getoffmyearth]

Yeah? All right, shoot. What's on your mind?

[khajidont]

A couple things. First thing: you remember that rover we found out there? We're not sure when or if the UE will send up another one that actually works, so I was thinking people who can actually go out there should probably go and check for them pretty regularly. If you know Jean, I already asked her, and she's up for it.

[getoffmyearth]

I am more than peripherally aware of Jean's existence, yes. [And he really feels like he should be keeping an eye on her. She seems nice and all, but the problem with the Phoenix Force is how very not-nice it is.] And I remember. Don't really have a lot of faith in either group's capacity to make anything work, but the possibility's always going to be there. Especially if they can rip off technology from us. [There's a couple of things that it would be really bad for them to have, including the secrets of a Cosmic Cube.]

I also think we have enough people around to make sure nobody has to go out there alone. Just in case. Even if it's Jean.

[khajidont]

[Words cannot begin to describe his relief that Peter's all for them going out in pairs.]

That actually leads up to my next question. The Transporter sends people home at random which means that we might not even be around for long. A friend told me that she picked up some spacesuits, and I think it'd be good if more people than us could check out the area. Buuuut most people around here don't actually know how to use spacesuits.

[...if you catch his drift here.]

[getoffmyearth]

[WELL TO BE HONEST SOMEBODY'S GOT TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE PHOENIX FORCE...]

Are you talking about Steph?

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[gevurah]

[ After this. ]

Got an extra suit?

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[getoffmyearth]

Uuuuh, maybe. What's going on?

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[gevurah]

Want to see that rover.

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[getoffmyearth]

It's not all that exciting.

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[gevurah]

Call it curiosity.

Do you think we can salvage parts of it if its battery life is kaput?

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[getoffmyearth]

You can certainly get something off of it, but I can't make any promises about how useful any of it is going to be. Or that it'd be a good and safe idea to use whatever you could get.

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[crocodilesmiles]

( Once upon a time this would have been a long description of what she's going to be doing.

Then she realized she had to send this to a whole bunch of people, so she got lazy, and: )

Hey, I'm going to take up a missionary position in France! See you again in about a month. Hopefully the snow's not all gone by then! Keep an eye on Gamora for me!

( That was a thing. )

[getoffmyearth]

It's like you think I'll let her get herself into trouble, or something. I'm a little bit offended, Collette.

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[badnewsboy]

Lord of Stars, I think I may be of assistance!

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[getoffmyearth]

What?

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[badnewsboy]

It's me, it's Loki!

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[getoffmyearth]

Yeah, I can see that. And it's Star-Lord.

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[badnewsboy]

That's what I said!

Also, the assistant business! I think I can help. The post that you made outlining your scheme! You're in need of someone sneaky. I'm really sneaky! Actually, I've somewhat of a scheme myself!