To: Everyone

[earthborn]

This is Commander Shepard of the SSV Normandy SR-2, Systems Alliance.

I know by now that that won't mean a lot to most of you; this world, this planet at least, is a bit farther down the tech curve than my normal. I'm given to understand that for a certain portioned of my fellow summoned, this is not the case. So I'll ask:

How many spacers are here, aside from myself?

Sound off. I'm willing to bet we have a hell of a lot more in common than anything else, no matter who says we ought to be at whoever's throats, or why.

Comments

[hylife]

Is it safe to live up there? Are the stars really giant explosions? It must be hot.

[earthborn]

It is not safe, you need a lot of specialized equipment to do it. But if you have what you need, and enough money to keep it in good repair...it's safe enough. Lots of people live their whole lives in space.

Stars are, in fact, giant explosions. It is very hot.

[hylife]

Incredible. There are natives of space? What do they look like? There is a volcano on Hyrule that is too hot for Hylians to visit without special gear, but the Gorons have different bodies that allow them to live there happily.

[ no he has no idea of the difference in scale, not even a little bit ]

I'd like to see a star for myself. It would be the biggest explosion I have ever seen.

[earthborn]

Go outside and look up. The sun is a star. All stars are suns. Just don't look directly into it, explosions that big aren't just hot, they're bright too.

[He must be a child. Shepard has a soft spot for kids, and... well, it's cute. Space enthusiasm is always cute.]

Yes and no. A lot of stars out there are suns for other planets, and people live on those. There are some species that live in space itself, or can survive there, but all the ones I know of only want to kill everything else that they meet. Everything.

Mostly they end up looking like giant bugs. I don't know why.

[hylife]

[ a child, OR a nearly grown ass young man who just woke up yesterday... :')

not that Link ever had much time or inclination to study astrology, even if he did retain all the memories of his schooling. here and now is another story! ]

I see! That makes sense.

[ wakaranai

actually, what she says about stars does make some intuitive sense to him - explosions are hot and bright. The sun is hot and bright. Ergo, the sun is an explosion. Checks out as fact. Wouldn't Princess Zelda be excited to learn more about the stars, if she could? He'll have to bring this bit of knowledge back to her (she probably already knows).

But, ah - say no more. It doesn't surprise him to hear that space is full of monsters, too. Anywhere else Link has gone has proven to be so. ]

Bugs are hardier than most. If the conditions are extreme as you say, that must be all that's left.

[earthborn]

I don't think


y'know what, sure. bugs are all that's left. Why not.