Captain's Log; 00.1 (video)

[captains]

[Getting here and being thrown right into the thick of things? It's kind of like hitting the ground running, and he's nothing if not good at acting on exactly what he's given. But, he thinks in some ways it's made processing everything that much harder.

Too much information, not enough context. It's not exactly a pleased expression he's wearing, but it's not hostile either]

This is Captain James Kirk, of the USS Enterprise. If any of my crew, or any other active member of Starfleet happen to be here, do me a favour and report in.

[He pauses to weigh his next words carefully. Considering the communication methods were given to him, he doesn't trust them to be secure from the people behind this whole thing. Anything he wants to say- It's either got to be coded or done in person. So he changes track entirely]

The rest of you? I wouldn't mind hearing about what you do for fun around here, or just about anything else about this place you can tell me. [Because you never put everything on the travel brochure for tourists, and he wants to know everything the higher ups aren't telling him. Everything that's only figured out with first hand experience and time.

A beat] You know what? Why don't my new roommates check in too.

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private video forever because i'm lazy

[captains]

[Well, that answers that question. If you were his Spock, further down the timeline, you'd have no trouble recognizing him.

This also means your planet hasn't blown up horribly for you, yet, and that makes all of this really kind of awkward. So after a moment, it's just the slightest grin that appears, elbows settling on the arms of his chair and he leans forward to get a better look at the feed]

Now Spock, would I lie to you? [Yeah, that's rhetorical, and he's mostly poking fun of you for doubting him. Because hell fucking yes he'd lie to you. The problem is- He has no idea what's the same and what isn't other than the few obvious points. Not something they discussed. Settles on the only alternate universe information that he does know; and hopes it's enough]

You once told me that my father, George Kirk, was my inspiration for joining Starfleet. He lived to see me become Captain of the Enterprise.

yes good. We shall be lazy together

[always_shallbe]

A fact that could be easily gained from Starfleet's biographical database. [But more to the point:] I fail to see why I would have told you about your father. Logically, you would know far more on the subject.

i approve of this plan

[captains]

[Oh my god, he doesn't have time to look at the biographies of other officers, much less impersonate them. There's a brief moment where he looks vaguely impatient, before the expression smooths out a little]

I would, if time travel hadn't gotten in the way of that. [A beat; he doubts that's the end of that particular vein of conversation] I think you can attest to my identity much more accurately in person.

[always_shallbe]

[Ah, time travel. That could explain a great deal.] You are correct. Present location, [Pause] Captain?

[captains]

Unit 1208, but I can relocate to outside the building.

[Seems like a good middle ground in which neither of them have to deal with their roommates, in Kirk's case, both of which are home]