Posted by Lieutenant Riley Dekker (CNS & 2O) in On board the Merry

Posted by Captain Julien King (Captain) in On board the Merry

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Marishka (CIO) in On board the Merry
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OOC: I am going to start the thread with the shuttle.

IC: IN the shuttle, the away team could see the difference between the Merry and the Genesis. Besides the size, the outward appearance showed the difference between the technologies. The Merry looked more like a something from a steampunk novel with the rough square edges when compared to the smooth lines of the Genesis.

Another thing about the difference of technologies was the time it took for the Merry’s shuttle bay’s doors to open. It took an inordinate amount of time, especially to one from Starfleet, for the doors to open and close.

GM

Julien was straining in his seat to get a glance out of the window.
“I don’t think we have to be afraid. These bulkheads don’t look like they can block our transporter beam.” he said, looking at David for confirmation.

“We go in unarmed.” he added. We can’t shoot them anyhow if they want to take our phasers from us when we come in and I don’t want to leave such an advanced technology in their hands. “Besides, they don’t know about the fact that me and Marishka are armed in a non-obvious way. Sage does the shuttle scanner grab their physiology by now? I’m quite eager to know about any advantages they may have…”

• Julien King, CO

OOC: I’ll have to let the GM give me any information Sage can pass on to the group.

D…

Marishka studied the ship as they aproached. Secretly she was pleased to have added a few extra weapons while dressing this morning. Peace where at all possible she understood but, sometimes, things just spiraled out of control. And with what David had whispered, she was on heightened alert.

• Marishka

Julien threw a side glance to Marishka. She looked … pleased. Then it dawned on him.
“Lt. Marishka, with ‘non-obvious’ weapons I did not mean anything hidden that a metal detector or something the like may find. First contact situations are very delicate, I can’t have them finding hidden weapons on you.” he said, trying to keep the slight amusement he felt out of his voice. With hidden weapons he had actually meant her skills as a fighter and her pheromones… although he did not really want her to use them on strange men if he was being honest with himself. But anyhow… so far all they knew about the aliens was that they were humanoid.

• Julien King, CO

Riley was sitting next to Sage, the two of them in less need of a console than the other members of the away team. He hadn’t had a chance to talk to David, and the smile the man had flashed him on the Bridge just before they’d left for the shuttle still occupied his mind. If he were honest, he’d admit that David’s secrecy around his future knowledge frustrated him, even though he understood why he couldn’t share. He had to trust that David wouldn’t allow him to witlessly wander into a trap, even if the man’s temporal directive told him otherwise.

“First contacts are tricky,” he spoke to the group as a whole. “We don’t know the customs of the people we are meeting. Any untoward body language could be misinterpreted as an insult. Any hostile posturing could scuttle the whole project. There are very few species in the galaxy whom Betazoids are unable to read. If I sense hostility, I will let you know.”

Riley looked toward David, his dark eyes impassive, “If I sense danger, I’ll warn you, but it’s imperative they don’t sense danger from us.”

Dekker, CNS

NE Whyso Sirius and NE Thupa Therial sat silently at the back of the shuttle. Their instructions were to hold back once the shuttle landed, and keep Pallasian engineers out of the craft until the Away Team returned.

Both were tall and broad, and fairly intimidating to your average-sized human. Of course, they didn’t yet know the dimensions of the people they were going to meet, but Lt. McGregor had figured that bigger was better if you were being cautious.

COS