This is Alien

[wreckyeah]

Things were usually quiet out here in the middle of nowhere, and that was how Ralph liked it. The Marines had built a base on a little forest planet that was home to no sentient life, but plenty of critters.

After the disaster of a mission he had recently been on, he was glad to have a chance for a more relaxing mission. Most of the other surviving Marines from that mission had been stationed here as well. This place was good for young Marines just starting out, and older ones who needed some calm in between.

There were plenty of other staff stationed here, in case of accidents and emergencies. There was a full medical staff and multiple robotics experts for androids and cyborgs.

However, there had been a small bump of excitement lately, a ship carrying 4 traumatized passengers had entered the sector and the Marines had intercepted it.

A fellow Marine was one of the passengers on the ship, and with information from him and the rest of the passengers, it painted a gruesome tale.

Ralph didn't know much about all of that, just what he had heard from the others. His specialties weren't needed, so he hadn't been on scene.

But, once the group had gotten settled and all the excitement of newcomers was over, everything had settled right back down into routine once more.

Ralph's routine involved a morning jog through the forest, and that's where he's at now. He had grown up on a heavily-forested planet, so he felt like the trees gave him a little taste of home.

As he jogs through the forest, he hears something rustling nearby and he pauses, looking around to see if he could spot it. Maybe it was a bird or a fox or something.

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[wreckyeah]

Ralph notices the change and smiles softly, "Yeah! There's nothin' that'll work 100% of the time, but with everybody workin' together, we can come up with somethin' that works for the rest of the time."

He's been beaten and worn, but he's still got relentless optimism in there. He has to. He can't imagine a universe where the bad guys always win.

[sleepallthewayhome]

It's the universe that Newt is pretty sure exists.

"Maybe once....or twice. For some people."

[wreckyeah]

While he doesn't agree with everything Newt's saying, she does bring up a good point, "You can't save everyone, but you gotta try. An', with enough people, we can keep comin' up with stuff an' keep stopping the bad guys again and again."

Ralph's seen a lot of things, but so far, he's been lucky. He's always been on the winning side, even if they suffered some heavy losses.

[sleepallthewayhome]

"I guess."

Trying is good, she'd be dead if people hadn't tried to rescue her after all. All the same, there is still a strong part of her that wants to hide away in safety forever. Even if she isn't sure safety will ever exist again, or ever did.

"As long as people listen to the people who know what is going on and don't do stupid things. If you don't act smart you die and you make other people die too."

I'm so sorry for the delay!

[wreckyeah]

It could be said that Ralph has more stubbornness than sense, but, so far, it's kept him alive. He won't stop trying to do what's right until he's dead, which, in his line of work could be sooner, rather than later.

This time, he fully agrees with Newt and nods, "Right. You gotta know when to listen an' who to listen to. The Sergeant usually takes care of that, but sometimes we learn stuff that she takes into account."

XD that's okay it happens

[sleepallthewayhome]

She nods as well.

"Like if someone knows something is dangerous and survived it once, you should listen to them about it because they know more then you."

Then again she's very biased towards people listening to Ripley. But this goes for her, Hicks and Bishop when people try to brush them off with, but really how dangerous can those things really be?

Thanks! And, sorry again for the delay.

[wreckyeah]

"Exactly! That's th' perfect time to listen to somebody." First-hand accounts were valuable, possibly even more so than information put together by someone who hadn't seen what had happened with their own eyes. All sources of data needed to be taken in account in order to make the best decisions.

[sleepallthewayhome]

"Bishop says sometimes people ...'downplay the danger because the reward for them is worth more then the human lives they would lose-' ..that's how he explained it to me."

Bishop is getting better at not using so many long words when it comes to talking to Newt. She still said that part like she's reciting as it's important to get right.