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Some-multiple-wheres out in the wide expanse of space…
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“Ground control to Captain Kim?”
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“Ground control to Captain Kim?”
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“Ground control to-“
“Which one, please specify”
“There are like one million of us, newbie, you gotta be a little bit more specific than that”
“Speaking of, the lowkey highkey bias that this shows-“
“Not this, again, Lee -“
“I agree! We have way too many Kims-“
“Taehyunie, please remember to check if you’re turning on the crews channel or the general channel. The one you’re on now contacts us solo commissions as well, Hanbin and I have been getting a secondhand experience of living with an annoying crew drumming into our headpieces 24x7 again for the last couple of hours-“
“Jin! How could you be so heartless. I will have you know I am recording this to send to Namjoon-“
“Um, sorry about that! I will shift to the crew channel now! Safe travels Captain Seokjin, Captain Hanbin!”
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“Sometimes I wonder if I should convince my crew to chill so I can zoom around a few sol-comms-“
“Baekhyun, you’re literally not even Captain”
“I could be”
“But you’re not”
“Can you believe that these two are in the same crew?”
“Speaking about the same crew, how’s the boarding school doing?”
“…”
“Cheol? Cheol, that’s a drag on us, respond!”
“We’re doing very well! Right on track with all of our assignments, everybody’s happy and healthy. I think we’re really benefitting from the upgraded ship we’ve got a grant for, Jiwon!”
“…now I feel bad for teasing”
“Um..”
“You should, that wasn’t even a good pointer. The real boarding school is whatever the Neos got going on-“
“Please adopt me. Take me away from this madness. I do not want premature ageing.”
“Stop being dramatic, Yuta, at least you’re not cooped with the younger ones in the lower decks.”
“Oh my god, for real-“
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“Woah, you have separate decks ?”
“Yes, but it’s not as fancy as it sounds.”
(“Soobinnie, hi~”)
“Oh, I see." ("Hello!")
“Mingyu so whipped, maybe he should shift crews.”
“Guys, please, he’s so cute, how can you not-“
“As entertaining as this is, Taehyun? What was it that you wanted to say?”
“Yes, so Captain Junmyeon? (“Here!”) Command says you’ll need to re-route-“
“Jinyoung! You’re alive!”
“It appears so.”
“How’s the married couple doing?”
“Insufferable.”
“Tell Markie and Captain Lim I said hi~”
“Now, why does only Mark get the friendly greeting?”
“-tell him I miss him and love him and to read his tabs, goddamit!”
“Looks like the Yoon-Yoo conflict hasn’t resolved yet.”
“Kihyun! Mute yourself while talking on another private channel! Your voice literally already carries over lightyears without the added help of equipment-“
“Noooooo, he isn’t answering. I am concerned, Namjoon. Please tell Min to-“
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“Captain Son to the rescue~”
“If the lot of you do not shut up within the next five seconds, I am suspending the community channel”
“Kibum, hey, come on, nooooo-“
“3…”
“OMG, OKAY!”
“Sheesh!”
“Shut up!”
“…1. Okay, good. Continue, Taehyun.”
[ Elyx_Hyun : What a bully ]
[ Atta_The8 : careful ]
“Thank you, Vice Commander Kim!”
“Key”
[ Elyx_Hun : it’s kEy ]
[ 0X1_ZZN : hehe ]
[ SHI_Min : careful lmao ]
[ SHI_Min : focus, guys ]
“Vice Commander Key!”
[ NeoZ_Mark : I am confused ]
[ SHI-Min : about? ]
[ SHI_Min : one second , haha ]
[ SHI_Tae : there ]
“Yes, so. Captain Suho, ElyXiOn will need to reroute to Settlement 7. A new consignment has been dropped that needs to be delivered to Planet Siren as well. Since you will be docking at Station Hive soon, it shouldn’t be a problem to 7 and back. Command advises sending a pod with a team of 3 for the task. I am currently sending the details of the pickup to your Dock.”
“…and received. Yes, no worries. We will cover this. Actually, in addition to this, could you also arrange for 10 cycles’ worth of hydrofuel cubes at 7 as well? It will save us the trouble.”
“Noted. Will send this over to the station staff now.”
“Thank you! Also, just pronounce it as Elyxion, it’s okay.”
[ Elyx_Suho : <3 ]
[ Elyx_Hun : It’s just Elyxion , not eLyxIoN ]
[ Atta_Han : XD ]
“Okay so, next. Um. Yes! Captain Hongjoong?”
[ G7_BB : oh no, I think Taehyun thinks it was directed at him @Elyx_Hun ]
[ Elyx_D.O : @0X1_Hyun it was for Suho ]
“Of Ateez, right here~”
[ HZN_Woo : LEtS GOOOO ]
[ HZN_San : Ateez, present ^_^ ]
[ HZN_Yeo : <3 ]
“Just because you won Ship of the Cycle-“
“-Let them brag, we did too! They deserve it. Well done, Joong!”
[ Elyx_Suho : <3 ]
“Honestly, after Soobinnie, Hongjoong is my-“
[ 0X1_SB : >.< ]
[ Atta_SKW : …. ]
[ Atta_Chan : simp ]
“Yes, congratulations, Crew Ateez. It is really amazing to become the fastest ship to achieve this!”
[ Atta_Gyu : jealous? ]
[ Atta_Chan : N ]
“Thank you, Commander!”
“Sorry to interrupt, but Captain Honjoong, you sound so cute!”
[ NeoZ_Woo : not Soobin, too ]
“A bunch of simps, is what we are.”
[ NeoZ_Woo : exactly what I was saying ]
“Nobody beats Jaebum, though.”
[ G7_Yeom : our captain still the biggest one tho ]
“I pause this conversation but also very much agree-“
[ G7_Wang : as he should be ; Mark deserves ]
[ G7_JY : learn ]
“-I am but a man in love..”
[ Mon_Min : !!!! ]
“….”
“I think you can continue now, Taehyunie, before I soil my Dock with a PBJ.”
“…So, Captain Hongjoong, Ateez is required to re-route to meet up with the Racha pod that is to the east of your current course, off Minor Station JY-19. There seems to be a gravitation problem on the pod that is causing an error to the interconnected functions. We require you to help reprogram their pod back to the Yellow Wood. Further instructions for your subsequent joint mission will be given later. Are you free to accept this?”
“We are currently finishing up the last 2 of our roster, we should be able to head course for them in about…32 hours, with rest.”
“That should be okay. I will toggle a temporary manual channel between your ship and the pod once you are within range. For now, navigation details on your Dock in…2!”
“Received.”
“Captain Lee and Vice Captain Nakamoto?”
…end of excerpt of The Fleet’s transmission log from Cycle 88Z-22.