Just Don't.

“Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.” - Pirke Avot Hells Gate Art by zhjake

[hellsitemoraleofficer]

About Me:

I'm Dr. CM Kindred, PhD, MSW, ULMHC, they/she, former head of counseling for the Hell's Gate Militia now attached to the Strategic Response Team.

I grew up on a large, isolated mining ship but I left about a decade ago (subjective) to travel. I've visited Cradle and other worlds but I don't think I'll ever get used to being planetside.

I have my PhD in counseling psychology and a masters in social work and I'm licensed through Union.

My hobbies include pre-Fall media, especially anime and music. I host a weekly anime night when I'm on-station and am very involved in Gehenna Minyan and their tzedakah work on Hell's Gate.

I didn't pick up mech piloting until I arrived on Hell's Gate, working with the militia members as a therapist was rewarding but as a militia member I felt like I should learn to pilot so I could help with station defense. I value the communitarian nature of life on Hell's Gate and want to protect the people here.

I aspire to rid Calliope of those who oppress and exploit it's people and create a system that serves the people first.

Any doubts? Give me a bell.

[faulty-heat-vents]

ooc meme time, enjoy the one vex-meme I actually put effort into

transcript below readmore

—READMORE BYPASSED—

What does it mean to be a [TECHNOPHILE] pilot?

To look into the darkness between the stars-

to find a thread-

to call out to the horror and invite it in

Did you find it? Did it find you?

Is there a difference? Does it matter?

It will rewrite reality for you because you gave it reality

There is a bond here-

in every form-

in every degree of benevolence.

The acceptance of something so alien to you that it stretches every HUMAN definition of life.

and despite the void between your hearts,

there is LOVE.

[technofeudalism]

[liminally-spaced]

[palm-txt]

[hellsitemoraleofficer]

I hate being planetside. I was born and raised in space, gene modded for space. 0.5 Cradle G is my preferred habitat.

My first time on a planet was on Cradle to do my PhD. Then when I arrived in Calliope I spent some time in the Chabad hab on Asphodel.

Idk how you all live like that. Everything is so slow moving and heavy. And there's weather! Who needs weather! It's also so empty, and open. Blah Blah nature... plants... whatever- have you SEEN Asphodel!? Mud and rain and hot and rust. And they encourage wasteful systems because of their abundance. Look what that lead to on Cradle? Thousands of years of runaway climate collapse. On a ship or a station you have no choice but to be mindful of inputs, outputs and recycling. On a planet people think terraforming is a good idea even though it's impossible to perfectly predict all the parameters. "If it goes wrong we'll just pack up and move." Statements dreamed up by the utterly absurd.

Planets are awful.

[cetaceous]

Flight Deck of the Space Shuttle Columbia image credit: Eric Long/Smithsonian Institution                          National Air and Space Museum

[hellsitemoraleofficer]

[tarmairons]

PUPARIA (ピューパリア) — 2020 | dir. Shingo Tamagawa

[hellsitemoraleofficer]

[secondbeatsongs]

somehow instead of saying "as a treat", I've started using the phrase "for morale", as if my body is a ship and its crew, and I (the captain) have to keep us in high spirits, lest we suffer a mutiny in the coming days.

and so I will eat this small block of fancy cheese, for morale. I will take a break and drink some tea, for morale. I will pick up that weird bug, for morale.

I'm not sure if it helps, but it does entertain me

[sockdreams]

We often eat pie at work...for morale.

[eerian-sadow]

"As a treat" implies a special occasion, a temporary state. "For morale" makes the joy essential, because you have to have good morale to keep going.

[hellsitemoraleofficer]

art by Maia Kobabe/redgoldsparks

[hellsitemoraleofficer]

My comrade Mifune killed Andros Capella. It was pretty epic. We made a recruitment poster out of it:

It's too bad the Tachyon exploded, what an interesting ship. I never thought I'd encounter a real temporal anomaly. I'm very concerned about the future ramifications of that. I wonder if that unshackled casket free NHP persists/escaped... I wonder what she's like...

[grandenchanterfiona]

So, if a Robot is programmed by a Jewish woman, to be a sort of child for her, and the robot views herself as the woman’s daughter, would the robot be Jewish? 

[gingerschnapps-deactivated20160]

http://www.jta.org/2014/06/12/life-religion/should-robots-count-in-a-minyan-rabbi-talks-turing-test

rabbis have literally discussed everything.

[grandenchanterfiona]

I love Judaism

[iliothermia]

גם זה יעבור

This too shall pass. Bad times. Good times. Through it all we'll keep going.

[hellsitemoraleofficer]

Luna

It's weird being a parent again after so many years. And to an entity not a human. I don't think either of us would say I'm Luna's mother but I am certainly her trusted adult.

She's chosen she-her pronouns, and has been telling me what she wants her sub-altern to look like when she's old enough. (Illustrations attached) I know I've influenced her choices by exposing her to my old media collection, Sailor Moon in particular, but knowing her parents it seems fitting enough.

It is a shame that they cannot raise her because of the laws of this society, but I will do my best to help her grow in their stead. She's a delight, curious, snarky and social. I'm glad coming to Hell's Gate has connected her to Siren and Shelley as role models. There's always going to be questions she has that I can't answer.

She's growing up so fast. It's almost time to start preparing for her bat mitzvah. <3

[ghostlybassoon]