Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Quentin “Q” Dawson (Chief Weapons Officer) in Main SIM: Planet side Tag: XO AND ALL Department Heads including Kastarak [tag LT.JG Umbri Hakwins]

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Umbri Hawkins (Security Officer) in Main SIM: Planet side Tag: XO AND ALL Department Heads including Kastarak [tag LT.JG Umbri Hakwins]

Posted by Captain Chris Taggart (Captain) in Main SIM: Planet side Tag: XO AND ALL Department Heads including Kastarak [tag LT.JG Umbri Hakwins]
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William pulled himself up on the cart and sat down “When we arrive at their village I don’t want anyone to spend any time alone, if we have to split up I want parties of at least two’s or three’s. Dawson make sure to spread your people out evenly among the groups, I don’t want anyone without one of yours around” He deliberately avoided using words like security or guards as they were just a few feet from one of the speaking ponies, and although they seemed to be friendly he had no intention of blindly trusting anything that could sneak past their perimeter so easily.

CSO, 2O

Dawson gave a nod and said, “Understood sir.” He then looked over to Umbri with a concerned expression.

Apple Jack pulled the cart as Pinkie Pie got in and sat next to Commander Grey. “Hi! What’s your name?!

They came into Ponyville after about 20 minutes of travel and they could see a nice small farming village and nestled on the outskirts was a huge crystal type castle. “That is Princess Twilights castle over yonder” Apple Jack said. “We will be there in about five minutes.”

Once they got to the castle a purple haired pony flew down from the balcony and landed next to them. “Welcome to Ponyville! My name is Twilight Sparkle. The Princess of Friendship! We are pleased to have you all here. I have already let the other Princesses know of your arrival and they will be here in a few hours to discuss terms and to answer any other questions that you have. But please feel free to ask anything that you want.”

Storyteller

Dawson looked to see a horse with wings land in front of them. At the mention of discussing terms Dawson tensed and looked to Umbri again and tapped his phaser while looking pointedly at their own, hoping she understood the subtle instruction to be ready to fight.

Lt. Dawson, CWO

Princess Twilight Sparkle looked at Lt. Dawson with a warm smile. “Don’t be like that. We mean you no harm. Truly.” Before she could go on a purple and green dragon came from another room. “Twilight. I got a letter from Princess Celestia saying that something has come up in Canterlot and that she is delayed for a few days and asked you to be a gracious host and have them stay with you and show them around until they can make it here. OR you can have them all go to Canterlot but she will be busy.”

“Thank you Spike.” Twilight said. “So, it looks like you are guests here for a few days. You can stay here at my castle or go back to wherever you came from but be back here in three days. Like I said before, you are not prisoners here and are welcomed and honor guests. My mentor Princess Celestia wants to get to know you all and be friends and partner up with your organization......Starfleet is it?”

Storyteller

Umbri knew exactly what these creatures were and had been pretty much unresponsive to their superior officer due to shock (and internal geeking out). When Dawson tapped his phaser, they snapped out of their haze. “Sorry, Sir. Did you need me?” they asked.

Lieutenant (jg) Umbri Hawkins, Security Officer

Dawson gave her a look that seemed to say are you kidding? but then shook it off and said, “Not just yet, but be on guard. Something is off here, though I don’t know what-“

A flash of bright white light just accrued and Commander T’Aria appeared along with a very unusual looking creature. https://mlp.fandom.com/wiki/Discord.
“Tada!” He said waiving his arms and taking a bow. “I brought one more that went astray. See. I can be helpful.” As he leaned in and bopped Princess Twilight Sparkle on the nose.

Dismissing his pretentious reveal with an arched eyebrow, T’Aria turned away to assess her team for signs of injury. Had they been captured by the natives? They seemed unharmed. Found, then? Without context, T’Aria could not make an informed judgement, so she straightened and redirected her attention to the winged equine and her chimeric companion.

“Discord!” Twilight said. “What do you mean astray? Did you do something to her?”

“What?! Me? I would never dream of this sort of thing and you can ask Princess Luna that. She just appeared in the Everfree Forest and I was there doing.....stuff and decided to help her is all. Besides, Twilight. Just because I am reformed doesn’t mean that I can’t have fun every now and again.”

Twilight rolled her eyes at that. “Are you ok miss? I am Princess Twilight Sparkle and you are now in Ponyville. Do you have any questions?”

Storyteller

“Discord did not harm me, Princess,” T’Aria assured with a telling glance at Discord, “though I suppose his definition of ‘fun’ includes an ‘impersonation’ clause. In any case, is is an honor to meet you, Princess Twilight Sparkle. I am Commander T’Aria. I trust you have met my team?”

Immediately it was as if something in Dawson’s head snapped into focus. He had missed Cmdr Taria! How had allowed one of their party to disappear and be taken by potentially hostile forces? And the conversation between the Discord Creature and Twilight did not ease his feeling of dread. He pulled out his tricorder and went up to the Commander. “Commander T’Aria, are you injured? What happened?” He asked as he began to scan for any injuries. He put a hand back to his phaser as he awaited the results and further orders from the Commander.

-Lt. Q Dawson, CWO

“No, Lieu—” her attempt to ease his concern was interrupted by Symar’s approach.

Lieutenant Symar, who had been throughly confused by the sudden appearances of sentient horses on this strange planet, fought hard to hide the panicked look from his face as he realised T’Aria had reappeared alongside the rest of the away team, “Lieutenant Dawson, do you require my assistance?”

-Lieutenant Symar: Chief Medical Officer-

“Quite possibly,” Dawson said drawing his phaser, “Please look over the commander and make sure she isn’t injured. Hawkins, Vykter, Secure the away team.” Dawson leveled a stare at the creature called Discord and, while not pointing his phaser at him, was ready to snap into motion at moment’s notice.

-Lt. Q Dawson, CWO

Symar gave a curt nod and dropped to one knee over T’Aria’s body, reaching for his medical tricorder.

-Lieutenant Symar: Chief Medical Officer-

The results of the medical scan reveled that she was not harmed but her heart rate was up because of what just happened to her but it is not at a dangerous level.

T’Aria stood, patiently. Though she did not feel unwell, her elevated heart rate a hallmark of acute stress that would remedy itself with time, she understood the logic in honoring his assessment.

Discord smiled at Lt. Dawson and snapped his fingers and the phaser turned into a banana. “Please. As if you could do anything to me. I just brought your friend over from a malfunction caused by how you all got here and want to meet me with hostilities? Typical.”

“Lieutenant,” T’Aria nodded to Dawson to stand down. Though commendable, his caution could be misconstrued as hostility, making a poor “hello” from the Federation to Ponyville.

Dawson looked between T’Aria and the banana he currently held and frowned before returning the nod and lowering the now utterly unthreatening fruit.

Princess Twilight spoke up. “Please. We do not mean you any harm so do not be afraid.” Looking at Discord now. “Discord. If you can’t behave, then you have to leave. This is a very critical moment in our world were we need to have things run smoothly.”

Discord feigned a “ohs me” look. “Fine.” Snapping his fingers and then the banana turned back into a phaser. “I will behave, but I must leave to spread chaos somewhere.” He snapped his fingers again and he was gone.

Dawson looked at the phaser that now rested in his hand, feeling utterly ineffectual. He holstered the weapon and thought how that creature had been able to utterly disarm him at a snap of his fingers. how could they fight against something like that? Had it wanted to, the entire away team could be dead right there and then. Hell, Dawson doubted that the Chernov itself was safe. But, the princess seemed determined to move forward with what seemed to be becoming a first-contact mission. He thought about the power Discord had demonstrated and imagined what would that could mean for the Federation.

Princess Twilight smiled at everyone. “Please. Let’s go to my welcoming chambers, have a seat and some tea and cookies. Please follow me.”

Pinkie Pie chirped up. “And Cupcakes and cakes and other goodies I baked especially for our new friends!” She started to bounce away following Twilight and so did the others.

Storyteller

‘Baked especially for our new friends’? She tensed. Were they expecting visitors? If so, what tech alerted them to their arrival? She wasn’t sure how advanced their civilization was, but they seemed unfazed by their medical tricorders and phasers. Had they encountered similar instruments before?

“Of course,” T’Aria assured, beckoning the others to follow.

“The Commander and I will catch up shortly, she needs a moment to lower her heart rate,” Symar rose and motioned for T’Aria to lean into him and moved over to a rocky alcove, where the pair could sit for a moment.

-Lieutenant Symar: Chief Medical Officer-

T’Aria placed her hand on his shoulder in an attempt to stop him.

“I have noted your concern, Doctor,” she remarked, “but separating ourselves from the away team is unwise. If it appeases you, I will rest once we arrive at Princess Twilight’s welcoming chambers.”

— T’Aria

“I agree with the commander.” Dawson said, “I don’t want to have any more of our party out of sight.” He turned then to his security officers and said, “Umbri, Lucian, take up the rear. I don’t want us coming across any more surprises.” Dawson then turned to T’aria and said, “Ready when you are Mam.”

-Lt. Q Dawson, CWO

Symar wrestled with the panicked feeling he had and nodded, “Very well, can you walk?”

-Lieutenant Symar: Chief Medical Officer-

“Yes,” T’Aria answered. Her elevated heart rate had little effect on her muscular and vestibular systems, but she understood his concern. “I will keep you apprised of my condition, Doctor.”

Gesturing the rest of the away team, she said, “stay alert. They have already seen tricorders and phasers, but we must avoid further contamination. Let’s head out. Dawson, take the lead.”

Dawson nodded and moved to the front of the group while signaling Umbri and Lucien to take the rear.

She then fell back to Commander Grey.

“Commander,” she addressed him, curious what they’d uncovered about the ponies and their civilization while she was… occupied, “what do we know about Ponyville and its residents?”

— T’Aria

William gave the first officer a curt nod “They seem to have some sort of feudalistic society, a principality of sorts. They seem to be friendly, potentially overly so but as far as I can tell they are not hostile nor very surprised to meet bipedals. Lieutenant Kastark as opened a dialogue with one of the Ponies.” His face twitched for a moment as he suppressed a frown “They are very curious and joyful” he added as a personal note

Symar fell in step alongside Commanders Grey and T’Aria, keeping an eye on the XO as best he could without breaking character.

-Lieutenant Symar: Chief Medical Officer-

They were all led into a massive dining area with a grand marble table with chair all around and it would seat them all very comfortably. There were two other tables that were set up with an area of cakes, pastries, cookies, pies, etc and another filled with food like, salads, sandwiches, flowers (to eat), and hay. There was no meat but there was fish that was raw and cooked.

“Please make yourselves comfortable and help yourselves to any and all of the food.” Twilight said. “I normally do not use this room very much. It is usually just Spike and I here and now Starlight Glimmer. And Pinkie Pie usually makes a bunch of cakes and the like because she is a baker at the Sugarcube Corner Bakery down the road. So I always have plenty of pasties on hand. We usually have tea but we do have coffee if any of you would like any of that?” She used her hon and picked up the tea pot and a cup and saucer from across the room and brought it over and filled her cup and brought it to her while at the same time sending the tea pot back down across the room again.

Storyteller

Dawson entered in and was surprised to see the array of food waiting for them. He fanned out from the entrance to the left in order to allow the rest of the group to come in, but he was already scanning the room with his eyes for anything that might seem threatening. Even without the Commander’s order against further contamination, Dawson felt that tricorder readings would be useless, considering their ability to apparently change matter at will. While he had only seen that power used by Discord, since the creature seemed to take orders from the Princess, Dawson was sure she had some equal power. With that, he would not be encouraging anyone to be eating the food here.

-Lt. Dawson, CWO

William accepted a cup of tea with a half bow “Thank you” He didn’t take a sip, only holding it for the moment “You don’t seem overly surprised at encountering us” He stated “Are there other locals besides the residents of Ponyville?” He asked.

CSO, 2O

Twilight smiled as she say down the same tea that was in Grey’s cup after she took a sip. “Oh yes. Lots more. Although Ponyville is more of an Earth Pony…” She pointed a hoof towards Pinkie Pie and Apple Jack....” population. Others live here as well like Pegasus and Unicorns.” She pointed a hoof at Rainbow Dash and Rarity in order. I’m an Alicorn. There are only four of us total in all the lands. We are comprised of all three. I was a regular unicorn before my transformation. There are other kingdoms within the lands of Equstria. Griffins and Yaks to the North. Diamond Dogs to the South and the like, but they all bow down to their one true rulers, Princess Celestia and her sister, Princess Luna. Princess Celestia raises the Sun and Luna raises the Moon. They will both be here tomorrow.”

“She took another sip of her tea. “As for the question within your question. I’ll answer that. Humans are not foreign to us. We’ve encountered you all in the past. Princesses Celestia and Luna can tell you more. They were here when the last human was as they are thousands of years old. Do you have any other questions?”

Storyteller

Umbri raised their hand. “Actually, I have a question. My name’s Lieutenant (j.g.) Umbri Hawkins, by the way. They/them pronouns. Sorry I’ve been so quiet. I’m very familiar with this place, but I didn’t know it actually existed. But just so I’m getting everything straight, what is your relationship with the creature known as Discord?” they asked.

Lieutenant (j.g.) Umbri Hawkins, Security Officer

Dawson turned his head to Umbri as they spoke and raised an eyebrow. He’ll be wanting to talk to his Junior Officer about what they knew about this place, and soon.

-Lt. Dawson, CWO

Symar was intrigued by all of this, though of course he couldn’t show too much of it for fear of breaking the Vulcan mask.

-Lieutenant Symar: Chief Medical Officer-