Baltimore Science Center- Thursday

[seriesofbaddecisions]

Lana and Sabine had talked earlier in the week about hitting up the mainland, seeing some museums, learning some things about this place. It was even one of the very rare occasions Sabine would also be out in jeans and a (bright) t-shirt, since armor wouldn't really blend in in public. After a few months here, it was good to get outside and see what at least a little, normal portion of Earth was like.

They'd picked the Science Center, and had maybe had slightly different expectations of what it would be like. This meant that once they'd gotten out of the planetarium theater show, Sabine's reaction was "well. That was cute..."


[For that Sith chick, NFB for distance!]

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[unusual_sith]

"That's one word for it." Lana was trying hard not to laugh.

A passerby glanced at her and did a double-take; she was dressed in local fashion - a burgundy tunic and leggings with a black skirt - but she supposed nothing could be done about her eyes.

"I know Mr. Jarrus said they didn't have space travel yet, but I didn't realise just how far back they were."

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"From what I can figure, they got as far as the moon, made a giant deal about it, and then stopped caring much. They don't even know if there's life on other planets in this solar system," Sabine said, shaking her head. "I don't get it."

[unusual_sith]

"How can they not be curious?" Lana asked. "You'd think they'd at least have a few busy orbital stations by now and be working on...something." What did people do before hyperspace. "At least sublight manned travel."

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"No idea. It does confuse me a little, too, when people in Fandom might have ships and I can take a flight class and yet once you leave I know they won't be anywhere," she said. "Why would they not want that?"

[unusual_sith]

"I have no idea," Lana said. "I mean, I've lived almost my entire life on just two planets, but I still had access to others. I think I'd have gone crazy otherwise."

She gave Sabine a grin. "Maybe that's the problem with all those people from Lady Ghanima's class. Not enough planets."

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"It would explain some things. Though it also probably kept all the crazy contained," Sabine pointed out. "Not that anyone's trying to subjugate Neptune."

[unusual_sith]

"They can barely even tell what it looks like, according to that show," Lana said. She snickered. "Maybe someone needs to teach them how to focus their equipment."

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"I almost wish I could help them. I'm pretty sure I'd already know how to fix it, but I couldn't do it without criticizubgbtheirvtech to their faces," she admitted.

[unusual_sith]

"That's better than me," Lana said. "I would have no idea how to interface their tech with ours. I'm passable at slicing, but nothing fancy, and I've no idea what systems they use."

She looked around. "Do they have any of that information around here? That could be interesting. Even if it probably is archaic."

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"Probably in one of the exhibits around here," Sabine guessed, looking around to see what was in the area. "There might not be much more info than what fits on a plaque, though."

[unusual_sith]

"Let's see what we can find?" Lana suggested. "There's supposed to be an entire exhibit on if there's life on other planets. Or there's an entire exhibit about what looks like rancors?"

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"The life on other planets one should be funny," Sabine smiled. "Though the rancors are completely new to me."

[unusual_sith]

"Let's do the rancors first?" Lana suggested. "Then we can end with a good laugh at the other."

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"Sure," Sabine said, walking towards where they might spot the exhibit. "I'm really surprised I haven't heard about whatever the rancors are before. I've been here for months."

[unusual_sith]

"Apparently they're called..." Lana checked the brochure she'd picked up. "...dinosaurs? And they're extinct."

She showed Sabine the picture, which looked sort of like a cross between a rancor and a sleen.

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"Oh! There was just a holo about those," she said, actually feeling a little better about it. "It looked terrible. I might have to see it sometime."

[unusual_sith]

"Terrible how?" Lana asked.

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"The kind of thing where a lot of people worked really hard on it and I respect that they tried, but I think people were also outrunning a volcano," she said.

[unusual_sith]

"...Do they not know how those work, either?" Lana asked.

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"Either that or they didn't care," Sabine said thoughtfully. "I'm not sure which is worse."

[unusual_sith]

"I've seen some fairly large artistic license taken," Lana mused. "Have you seen some of the hyperspace travel times in Sith opera? Then again, those rather make me want to throw things, too."

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"Never seen Sith opera." And she wasn't sure she ever should? She was still unclear on a lot of things. "Why do you want to throw things over them?"

[unusual_sith]

"Oh, much the same reasons," Lana said. "Ships that go unrealistically fast when the the plot demands, and then inexplicably can't get where they need to go two acts later. That sort of thing."

They headed for the dinosaurs and Lana glanced at them, some pictures with feathers and some without. "Are these reptiles or reptavians?"

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"Reptiles, it looks like," Sabine said, looking at one of the description plaques. "They're actually bigger than I expected, too."

[unusual_sith]

"And less rancor-like than I expected," Lana said. "Though I still don't think I'd want to run into one in the wild."