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.

Comments

[futurarex]

No one here volunteered. You really don't pay attention very well, do you. I can't imagine that makes you a very successful captain, which is too bad. We could use one with half a brain.

[captains]

[He snorts, he's not even angry, this is just amusing, but- Well he's an ass, so] I'm stupid? Let's review this conversation.

You had to ask for information you already had, then couldn't figure out what transportation a captain would use, and then had to ask if I'd brought it with me. Which if you'd been paying attention when you got here, you'd know nobody brought anything with them they weren't carrying or wasn't a weapon.

So either you're stupid enough to think I'm an exception, or that I can shrink my ship and carry her in my pocket. You could be making conversation, or- Or well, you could be trying to provoke me, [Especially by being rude and then blatantly having no idea why anyone would think it] neither of which is working very well.

So I can't imagine you're successful at much of anything, but here you still are. Comic relief, maybe?

[futurarex]

[the longer that list goes on, the colder Arthur's expression grows. who would dare to imply that he's stupid--and then go on to list ways in which they find him stupid? that is not going to be tolerated, no matter where he is or who this is.

but he lets this captain finish off his list.]

I suppose you're right. I suppose there aren't any captains without ships--except, hang on, there are. There are captains of the guard and captains in armies... and none of them have ships. So I suppose someone asking you what you were claiming to be captain of might be a real question. Which it is, which is why I bothered to ask it. It's why I bothered to talk to you at all, actually.

I'm not interested in provoking you, because I'm not interested in wasting my time. Since you seem to be successful only at thinking you're very clever, I suppose I can conclude that this is a waste of time, and we can end right here.