001 | Video (+text attachment)

[thecag]

This is Comm-- [There's an awkward pause before Lee clears his throat and starts again.] My name is Lee Adama and I'm looking to get my hands on some basic supplies.

Where's the best place or places to get any of the following? Thanks in advance.

[There's a text list attached to his video transmission. It reads as follows:

- first aid kit including sterile bandages, pressure bandages, alcohol, blood stopping agents, scissors, sutures, splints, etc
- multi-tool
- flashlight (rechargeable preferred)
- MREs
- flares
- hunting knife
- compass
- matches
- magnesium (fire starter)
- anti-radiation meds
- paracord
- small mirror

Yes, he's assembling a survival/tactical kit, for anyone who might notice the theme of his request.]

Comments

text; I don't know what you're talking about, I saw nothing.

[thecag]

That would be the latter. I like feeling prepared.

text; oh good thank you

[motherofnemesis]

preparation is generally a really good idea, yeah. i'm impressed. most people don't seem to think about it.

text forever and ever

[thecag]

Thanks.

I'm getting the impression a lot of the individuals brought here are civilians. You'd think the Initiative would have been better at targeting people who could handle it.

[motherofnemesis]

a lot of them are, me included. but you can't really expect too much out of the Initiative - their competence is in question on a daily basis

[thecag]

That doesn't give me a lot of hope for the long-term future.

...Not that there's really anything inspiring about this place.

[motherofnemesis]

idk that the hope thing has really caught on here. though i guess some people are optimistic.

yeah no it's not any pinnacle of inspiration

[thecag]

It's good some are. Morale needs that.

[motherofnemesis]

oh yeah morale we're great at morale. morale works fantastically for us.

[thecag]

When you've got nothing left, morale holds a lot more intangible value than people give it credit for.

[motherofnemesis]

yeah well, some people are happy to be here and some never will be. i think that's about as good as it gets.

[thecag]

You don't have to be happy to be here. But give up entirely? Doesn't matter where you are, that will always be the beginning of the end.

[motherofnemesis]

well i think that depends a lot on what i'm supposed to be not giving up on.

[thecag]

Anything that matters to you. Succeeding here, getting home, frak, staying alive is a good enough thing to hold on to.

[motherofnemesis]

your back home isn't that great, is it

[thecag]

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<font face=courier new">My back home is now a nuclear wasteland. The entire planet is uninhabitable.

[motherofnemesis]

well that sounds kind of like it massively sucks

[ wait. ]

how'd that happen?

[thecag]

Nuclear holocaust.

[Understatement.]

[motherofnemesis]

and how'd that happen?

[thecag]

Robots.

And please tell me you know what those are. I don't think I'm up to the task explaining intergalactic travel to a farmer again.

[motherofnemesis]

[ well damn. ]

if your robots are cylons, i got the spiel pretty recently.

[thecag]

...Oh really.

[motherofnemesis]

yeah. so i guess you've got someone from home around here somewhere.

[thecag]

Was her name Kara?

[motherofnemesis]

she didn't really introduce herself.

but that was the name attached to her post, yeah.

[thecag]

Damn. I was hoping it was someone else so we could increase our count to three.