> how
> how do you get food
> like more food
> scavaging
> found a bio printer one day
> that was a good day haha
> now i print food
> i have to find filament for it though
> fuck
> what do i do
> ive got about ten days worth of rations left
> what do you have on board?
> not a bio printer
> well
> i assumed that
> a fridge, a small oven
> running water
> water still working?
> yeah
> okay good
> why dont you have a bio printer?
> youve got a bunch of other interplanetary supplies but no bio printer?
> my ship isnt for long missions
> we're usually not out for longer than 2 weeks
> and bio printers are pretty rare
> this is true
> yeah they cant give them to every ship in the fleet
> but
> but?
> the captain may have one
> that would make sense
> higher rank and all that
> captains go on longer missions as well
> or maybe a scout ship
> you got a space suit?
> ripped
> caught in the shuffle
> i really hope you have a sewing kit
> i hope so too
> found one
> HUGE
> theres no white thread though
> i think youll be fine
> how will i ever survive
> with a noticeable seam line on my suit
> all the corpses of my comrades will laugh at me
> theyll call me a fashion disaster
> oh they probably will
> you're
> you're taking getting stranded
> in the middle of empty space with no responses from anyone
> except someone who's too far to help
> you seem to be taking this very well
> or at least better than you would expect most people to take it
> oh
> im not taking it well at all
> it helps to joke
> sort of
> i get that
> sometimes it doesnt help though
> its harder to accept things are serious when its turned into a joke
> it starts being funny in your brain
> for survivals sake i think minimizing my feelings is a good idea
> i can have a breakdown once i know im not going to die in a week
> then i can actually cope with it
> ill be around when happens
> if you need me
> maybe i can finally learn how to embroider
> to distract myself
> put that random blue seam line to use
> ill put some fun designs on my suit
> could be cute
> maybe a little dog or something
> please go get the bio printer before you starve
> fine
> hey whats up
> nothing
> like always
> working on my database
> did you fix the suit?
> almost
> taking a break for now
> poked myself a few times
> waiting for my fingers to stop hurting
> you ever sewed before?
> nope
> im just figuring it out as i go
> hold on
> let me check my archives
[File Received: Sewing - Wikipedia]
> why
> why do you have this downloaded?
> i have terabytes of old web downloaded
> i grab whatever i can find
> keeps me busy
> do you think this will help?
> honestly
> no
> could be interesting though
> thanks
> it is kinda interesting
> history and all thats pretty cool
> sucks that we cant get these sites on colonies
> information suppression and all that
> ???
> they didnt do that on the UN?
> oh i promise you they do
> im not sure...
> for sure
> would you have been able to find this without me sending it to you
> being able to freely search all the old web
> they dont archive that shit
> i just grab all the data i can from ancient satellites and servers
> i probably could find it
> but i never tried
> so i dont know
> taylor
> they dont
> maybe that was just COIN
> youre not even from the UN
> COIN does it
> probably worse than the UN but the Un still doesnt have this old web stuff hosted
> i would have downloaded off of them if they did
> you wouldnt get close to the UN ship without being blasted to bits
> would have tried anyways
> i knew people from UN before you, even if i didnt grow up there
> i asked them about this
> its just a lot of information is not avaliable
> lets say youre correct
> i am
> how was it like on COIN then
> you said it was worse
> well COIN sucks in general
> the rumors were true? we were pushed a lot of anti COIN stuff in school but i didnt know it was
> real on some level
> it was pretty awful
> we didnt have much web or literature access
> like everything hosted and accessible was pre-approved by the gov and it was not a lot
> i didnt really fuck with the ideals or values or laws
> you know like everything that matters in a spaceship city country thing
> it probably wasnt as bad as whatever the UN told you though
> they didnt force us to
> only eat vegetables or whatever they told you to scare you
> oh i get that
> UN also sucked for similar reasons
> it was very
> claustrophobic
> even though its
> you know
> a giant spaceship
> the walls were always closing in on me
> there wasnt any space
> and everyone was so stuck up their own
> collective ass
> it sucked
> it sucked.
> yeah
> though
> im not sure if id rather be out here
> i am
> sure of it, that is
> being out here rocks
> i dont have to listen to anyone
> i get to do my own thing finally
> i get to fuck around and make robots
> read random websites for hours on end
> i guess i have to take care of myself
> but its not that hard
> it feels
> really hard
> it was
> and then it wasnt
> i know how it works and what to do
> got rations stored for at least a year in case things go south
> i wish you could help me
> i am
> i mean
> here
> on the same ship
> i have no clue what im doing
> yeah
> i get that
> ill help you as much as i can though
> youre in a good position for being stranded
> youve got the expert on deck
> who usually has nothing better to do
> very reassuring
> hey hey
> the fact that i usually dont have anything else to do means ive succeeded, right
> im out here
> doing my thing
> no support
> universe is my oyster
> and i have time to text fledging pirates
> not a pirate
> same thing
> not really
> youll be a pirate soon enough
> id rather not steal from others
> how else are you going to get the stuff you need?
> scavenging
> bartering
> literally anything else
> i mean
> out there
> its you or them
> and im just trying to make sure its you, as opposed to them
> i just
> i dont feel comfortable raiding
> sometimes you have to do things you dont like to survive
> i dont know if i can live with myself if i do
> lots of people died on UN adjacent ships from raids
> some of them i knew
> some i was close too
> i dont want to
> do that
> what happened to fuck the UN
> fuck the UN still stands
> but i dont want to hurt citizens
> or anyone really
> its you or them
> youre going to die out there
> thats fine
> that'll just be the way it is