Posted by Lieutenant Michael Gould (Chief Engineer) in USS Dragoon

Posted by Captain Sidney Parker (Commanding Officer) in USS Dragoon

Posted by Gamemaster Kenson Koh (Gamemaster) in USS Dragoon
Posted by… suppressed (9) by the Post Ghost! 👻

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=^=This appears not to be a ‘direct’ sexual injection of DNA but a pre-designed evolutionary changed designed to make the native have enough Iconian biology to effectively manage their technology. The capturing of extra planetary aliens was just another part of the process. Presumably because it would speed the ‘evolution.” Kolar paused as he thought. “It is unlikely that this is occurring ‘automatically’ now there has to be an actual biological leader… or a supercomputer continuing the process. The later is more likely… but we have to locate the injection machinery.=^=

Kolar

OOC: Please see below …

IC:

=/=Clear Lt. Commander. That sounds like the correct assessment.=/=

Parker CO

“I’ve never heard of anything so cold blooded!” Jason hissed, and considering his home planet’s history, that was quite a statement. The big man paled as he imagined the implications, and shuddered as he envisioned the kind of species who could commandeer an entire people for their own purposes. Not even the extinction of Iconians had halted the process. “I guess this proves that the Borg aren’t unique!”

Jason Harn, XO, shuddering at the implications

=/\=Gould to Dragoon and Olinski. She’s alive.=/\=

Lt Michael Gould, CE

=/=Clear Gould,=/= Captain Parker’s voice added. =/=Handle with caution. Were just looking for information. Not flying her.=/=

=^=Congratulations Mister Gould,=^= Jason added in a tone that indicated that he meant it. =^=When you’re able to, transfer the information up to the Dragoon and let Mister Balfor take a look at it.=^= He pressed a button on his armrest and looked back at Kolar. “I’m sorry Kolar, you were saying?”

“Well its a very long term re-population process. Its is far less intrusive than the Borg.. it doesn’t subvert free will, although it does change the ‘grand design’ of a supreme being. I think there is a significant difference between this and the Borg. Or any invaders from many of our home-worlds that had the 20 year take over plan. Invade.. rape the populace and reap children who would welcome their fathers in two decades.”

Kolar

Parker CO

“‘Doesn’t subvert free will?’” repeated a skeptical Jason. “Try telling Lieutenant Primage that. As for the long term re-population process, it’s chilling that a people as advanced as the Iconians would use a practice so barbaric that even my people stopped doing it centuries ago.”

Jason Harn, XO, getting on his high horse

Jason Harn

Kolar shrugged. “The urge to survive as a race is a powerful one. Would you have considered it barbaric if they married and spread their DNA that way? Or if they captured this planet via aggression, which they certainly could have. But they didn’t possibly because the races likely weren’t that comparable and it would dramatically change the social evolution of the planet.” Kolar viewed it as a scientific question. “So maybe they found the only ‘ethical’ choice they could make without dooming their race to extinction.”

“There are many races that we deal with right now that would not have hesitated to take this planet and forced the native to be surrogates for their progeny.”

Kolar

Jason could only nod in surrender. “You’re right; I keep forgetting: when it comes to survival, all bets are off.”

The truth of the matter was that Jason was too close to the level of scientific atrocity to remain unmoved. The last time anyone else on the bridge’s ancestors had pulled something like this was centuries ago, in their distant and nearly forgotten past. For Jason, the last world war his people had suffered wasn’t even an entire century before his birth. He came from a time period where the human race still had to prove to its neighbors that they were no longer the callous warmongering barbarians they had been when his parents were children. For Jason, this wasn’t merely a fascinating scientific puzzle but something all too real. If he wasn’t careful, his lack of objectivity might forfeit his right to sit in the CO’s chair.

OOC: Would it be unacceptable for the microwave device to include a program that would “monitor and guide” the evolutionary process?

GM

OOC: For me its ok.

Sidney

=/\=Computer data incoming.=/\=

-Lt Michael Gould, CE

=^=Acknowledged Gould,=^= Jason replied as he glanced at a small screen on his armrest. =^=We are receiving.=^=

Jason Harn, XO