You've been awoken early. The AI running the ship made the judgement call to wake a few of us up a month ago, and you're among the second wave been woken. There was an incident with the former shift.
[ An incident. That's putting it lightly. Jiaoqiu crouches down next to his box of snacks and sets down his medkit, finding some medication. When he next speaks, his voice is gentle, trying to take the sting out of the information. ]
The previous shift somehow contracted an unknown infection-- all of them died from it, with the sole exception of Captain Drake. He locked himself in the bridge, and the AI sanitized the rest of the ship. That was twenty years ago. Only now did the AI judge it safe to wake some of us.
[ He offers the other man a couple of pills for the headache and the nausea, the equivalent of a regular ibuprofen. He can see on the man's medical bracelet that he's not in enough misery to warrant stronger medication, but still, even mild symptoms deserve treatment. ]
We've spent the past month cleaning the ship up, and fixing the engine from a mysterious blast. [ Jiaoqiu chuckles. ] Hopefully your awakening will be much calmer.
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[ An incident. That's putting it lightly. Jiaoqiu crouches down next to his box of snacks and sets down his medkit, finding some medication. When he next speaks, his voice is gentle, trying to take the sting out of the information. ]
The previous shift somehow contracted an unknown infection-- all of them died from it, with the sole exception of Captain Drake. He locked himself in the bridge, and the AI sanitized the rest of the ship. That was twenty years ago. Only now did the AI judge it safe to wake some of us.
[ He offers the other man a couple of pills for the headache and the nausea, the equivalent of a regular ibuprofen. He can see on the man's medical bracelet that he's not in enough misery to warrant stronger medication, but still, even mild symptoms deserve treatment. ]
We've spent the past month cleaning the ship up, and fixing the engine from a mysterious blast. [ Jiaoqiu chuckles. ] Hopefully your awakening will be much calmer.