<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/6ssyw3b.png)</div><strong>NAME:</strong>Peter Quill – Star-Lord<br/>(Optional)<strong>WEARING:</strong>Currently wearing a black t-shirt emblazoned with a cherry red silhouette of Ziggy Stardust's face above a pair of navy blue jeans and worn black boots styled with oddly arranged patterns of geometric shapes in various shades of white.<br/><strong>DAY:</strong>Sep 10, 2019<br/><strong>TIME:</strong>Early Night<br/><strong>LOCATION:</strong>The Equinox -> Kree Space<br/><strong>CONTENT:</strong>Explaining Space<br/><strong>TAGGING:</strong>Ulysses, Nexus, Thor (Jane Foster), Captain America, Thundra<br/><hr/>Peter felt the corners of his nose of his nose scrunch up beneath his rolling eyes at the mention of name 'Ronan.' With a semi-sarcastic, “Aye aye cap'n”, he proceeded to rapidly enter a series of commands on a nearby console, culminating in the lights dimming throughout the CIC and a vast hologram of their current section of space appearing, its countless glowing lines and symbols blazing with crystal clarity against the darkness. Detaching the console's holographic interface from its station, Peter began to slowly walk through the floating image, side stepping certain celestial objects and actively flicking away others with quick swipes of his fingers his lenses shining like red giants among the map's countless features. Standing next to the small blinking red triangle that represented the Equinox, Peter began to speak with a feigned exasperation thinly veiling the smug satisfaction at being able to flaunt his knowledge, “Alright folks, since you've mostly been Earth-locked your whole lives, here's what you need to know about this section of the cosmos, the Kree, and the Badoon."<br/><br/>With a few hand gestures against the console now cradled in his left arm, a blue tint slowly faded over the third of the map nearest the ship's bow representing the edge of the Milky Way galaxy. “This is the part of your galaxy that the Kree have claimed as part of their oh-so-wonderful empire.” The mass of blue stopped short just past the area of space the Equinox found itself in as Peter continued with notable annoyance, “While the Kree nobles, like Ronan, will tell you they're just taking the poor races of the universe under the gentle protective wing of Kree law, its all bullshit. Basically, one day your planet is told that you're under the jurisdiction of the Kree Empire, and if you step out of line, whether or not you know where the line is or not, you'll find a massive boot on your neck courtesy of the Kree Public Accuser Corps.” Taking a breath to compose himself before finishing, “They've kept their big pink and blue heads down ever since Ronan's marriage to some Earth woman named Kristen or something, but there's no way that's going to stop them from doing what they've been doing since they stepped foot off of their planet. In short, they're a bunch of militaristic pink and blue bastards with a savior complex.”<br/><br/>An additional series of hand gestures began to paint large swabs of the map with a dark green pallor radiating out from point further towards the center of the Milky Way. “Here we have the section of space claimed by the Brotherhood of Badoon.” The edge of the growing green significantly overlapped the section of the map previously labeled as Kree space creating a large teal band that the Equinox's symbol found itself inside of. Tilting his head as he tried to remember anything worth noting about the Badoon, Peter shrugged his shoulders slightly as he explained, “The best thing you can say about the Badoon is that they don't try to mask their asswipe behavior by saying its for your own good.” Casting a momentary glance towards Kree space, he continued, “They're space conquering lizard men with cloaking technology, boring but effective weaponry, and genetically modified cyborg freaks that throw buildings for fun.” Casting a considering glance towards Thundra, he added, “Worst thing about them is the weird internal conflict they have between them, the males fly around conquering anywhere the ships can land, and the women are all forced on a single planet where they live by a strict pacifistic lifestyle. Only time they interact is once a year when the males stop by for making more Badoon.” Shaking his head in disgust both at this primitive seeming society and the concept of mating only once a year, Peter finished by adding, “So in summary, the Brotherhood is a bunch of militaristic green bastards who... I don't know... I got nothing.”<br/><br/>Swiping the console one more time, Peter caused the map to focus in on the teal band between the two forces that the Equinox found itself in. “While both sides have claimed this area of space for as long as they've known about each other, neither of them has done too much to place roots here. They both say its theirs and theirs alone, but they know that if they start putting ships and bases in the area, it'll lead to outright war between the Kree Empire and the Badoon. As a side note, smugglers and pirates have long used the two sides' fear of starting something to turn the area into a bit of an outlaw's paradise.” Pausing for a moment as he turned to face his heroic compatriots he coughed lightly before adding, “So I've heard.”<br/><br/>With a final tap of the console, Peter brought the lights back up and turned back towards Thor, “As for where Ronan is, word is he typically oversees his people from his ship. Likes to handle things personally, mostly I think he like's to hear the sound of his own voice when he reads you everything he says you've done wrong... So I've heard. With that in mind, and thinking about what you said about being on the edge of war, I'm betting he's flying around somewhere in or near the contested zone. He'd want to be first into action if war did end up breaking out between your galaxy and his.”