[New Device | Video] #4

[ninjainviolet]

[ Sheena's smiling on everyone's screens, but there's a questioning glint in her eyes. ]

I know there are different festivals and holidays here, but I was wondering if anyone was familiar with Thanksgiving and Christmas?

Or if you had similar holidays of Thanks and Fellowship this time of year?

[ Could she be planning something? Maybe. Maybe not. She was going to have to talk to Raine first. And not just about having a dinner party. Perhaps it's time for Sheena to find her own place. ]

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[ninjainviolet]

[ Sheena nods. ]

Okay, that makes a lot of sense! [ She pauses. ] I take it there are sometimes stronger "currents" in the Solar Rail that try to steer you off course?

And is that why some trips are shorter? Because of stronger currents? Or just because of distance?

[ten_zero]

In some of the earliest models, yes. It's pretty safe now, not including the hazards of ongoing war.

Mostly distance, even if it's a slight abstraction in terms of distance in Void Space versus distance in real space. The towers were built to be accessible.

[ninjainviolet]

That also makes sense because technology is usually always improving. But are battles waged inside the Void? Because that seems awfully silly to me. Or is it because of the number of ships that might clog it and slow it down?

Slight... Oh, you're referring to what you said earlier, about the two distances being different in the Void and in space. [ She shakes her head. ] Like I said, we had teleporters, and while I don't understand completely how all of this works, I think I have the general idea.

[ She thinks. ]

[ten_zero]

No, shipping lanes are definitely under threat of attack by opposing factions. The Grineer will frequently attack civilian and corpus trade routes for resources or to disrupt supply routes.

It's alright, I don't fully understand the math involved either. Ordis handles all of the navigation and calculations for my ship.

[ninjainviolet]

[ She literally smacks her head. ]

I hadn't even thought of the supply ships! That's a normal tactic to weaken your enemy. [ She sighs and shakes her head. ] Sorry, I have to keep reminding myself to compare the Void to water.

[ She chuckles. ]

Well, as long as there's someone who knows, right?

[ten_zero]

Yeah. I rely on him for a lot of things.

[ninjainviolet]

Not just for navigation and the calculations? That sounds like a lot of work just by itself.

[ She pauses before chuckling knowingly. ]

Let me guess: he likes keeping busy, and the more things he has to do, the happier he is?

[ten_zero]

Ordis? It's hard to read him, sometimes. He's a little damaged.

[ninjainviolet]

A little damaged? [ She's not sure how to take that. ] He's hurt?

[ten_zero]

I guess you could say hurt. It's not something you generally use to refer to Cephalons.

[ninjainviolet]

Why wouldn't you use the word "hurt" for them? Don't they have that word in their vocabulary?

[ She's encountered things like that before. ]

[ten_zero]

Right- because they're machines, not living creatures.