First Echo

[echo_of_a_jedi]

[Video]

[A serene-looking woman sits before the camera, cross-legged on one of the tiny couch-futon-hybrids they put in these apartments. Some people might recognize her from the other night, though she's currently not wearing the big hooded brown robe, but instead a cassock-like tan garment.]

I've met some of you other "Extraterritorial Guests" already, but for those I haven't, my name is Meetra Surik. I'm a traveler here, like we all seem to be, and I seem to have gotten even more lost than I thought I was - and I was heading somewhere with no real maps in the first place.

So, my request to the network is...tell me about Earth. We seem to be on Earth, and most of the people here seem to be from different "Earths"...which I guess could mean a kind of planet, but from context, it sounds more like multiversal theory turning out to be true. At any rate, I'm new to this planet, so please, tell me all about it. In return, I'll share what I can say about the Galactic Republic, where I'm from. Deal?

Comments

[a_pirate_meant_to_be]

To be fair, 17th Century transporation was like riding a bunch of snails compared to the crazy stuff I see around here.

Interstellar's like... like going into the stars, and getting cheese from the moon and stuff like that, right?

[echo_of_a_jedi]

If I wanted cheese, usually I'd find a market. But yes, interstellar means 'between the stars'. I've gathered that that this world doesn't have that technology. Or they have something that could be used for it, since we're all from different worlds, but they don't really know how it works.

[a_pirate_meant_to_be]

I don't think you'd want the guys I know going into space anyway. They'd probably just get bored if they couldn't find a bar fast enough.

[echo_of_a_jedi]

Trust me, the people who colonize new worlds always think of that first.

[a_pirate_meant_to_be]

Do they also think of which valuables to steal right off the bat?

[echo_of_a_jedi]

You generally want to stick to the developed worlds for that, unless you want to steal spare vaporator parts from farmers or rifle through cargo canisters for loose change.

Which can be surprisingly lucrative.