Posted by Gamemaster GM (Gamemaster) in On board the Merry

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

The away team were led down two decks. They had staircases for descending or ascending. There were a small section which had six doors. Each of the away team were shown to one room for their rest.

“I hope you find our rooms comfortable,” said Clogtho.

The rooms were small by Federation standards but the chair and bunk did not look too uncomfortable.

GM

Ok, that destroyed his plan of having a bit of us-time with the others, but since he had no reason to worry, he decided to go with it, giving an ever so slight nod that the others would be able to interpret. Once in his room, he tried to contact Marius to get an update from the Genesis bridge.
OOC: Does he get through?

Marishka entered her room and began to do a standard visual security sweep as well as employing other methods and paying close attention to the door. She really didn’t want a room by herself. She would have much preferred them be all together.

Looking at the chair and the bed Marishka wondered how long they would be expected to stay.

• Marishka, CIO

Riley pondered leaving the room and finding David. It was disconcerting being alone on an alien ship, but he worried about protocol. A bit of patience was warranted if it meant avoiding an interstellar incident. Instead he found himself lying on the bunk, staring at the ceiling until he was fetched.

It was about 40 minutes later that they were escorted out of their rooms and into what the ship’s dining room. They were led by the junior officers to the main table where the Admiral introduced them to two men, who were smaller built and not dressed in uniform. They were dressed with plain white tunics and white pants. Although simple, the cut of their clothes indicated that they were not the ‘person-on-the-street’.

“Captain,” said Admiral Clogtho, “May I present the Secretary to the Cabinet, Mr. Bassa, and the Minister for Space Development, Mr. Sora.” Turning to the Ministers, he said, “Sirs, this is Captain King of the alien ship and his attending officers.”

GM

Riley took in the room and the table before settling his focus on the government officials. As before he remained silent, probing the men’s minds as deeply as his empathic abilities allowed.

Dekker, CNS

As Marishka stood with the others waiting to be introduced she examined the men as closely as she could and still maintain protocol. Without looking at him, she reached slightly to one side and brushed her fingers across the back of Riley’s hand. Perhaps he would figure out a non verbal way to give her his perspective.

• Marishka, CIO

Riley’s attention remained on the aliens, his face impassive, but he allowed himself to give Marishka’s hand a reassuring squeeze. A cool and calm exterior that belied an excited interior was to be expected among professional diplomats in such a situation. In fact, it wasn’t dissimilar from what he sensed among the away team.

What the counsellor sensed was a great excitement and anticipation building up in the officials’ psyche. They looked calm but there was definitely something the officials were used to keeping a cool exterior. There was no sense of deception, unless trying to look cool can be considered deception.

GM

Julien again didn’t go for a handshake, but merely inclined his head and smiled. “Mr. Bassa, Mr. Sora, we’re very pleased to meet you in our name and in the name of the United Federation of Planets.” he said and went on to introduce each member of the away team as he had done before to the Admiral.

• Julien King, CO

David once again stood apart from the others, During their little rest time, he had desperately wanted to be with Riley, to be in his lovers arms, the only place he truly felt safe. Being here brought up memories of his past, and even though time had a way of changing and ebbing through the various alternate realities in place, there was still something so familiar about these people, and this situation. It was enough to unnerve the former time agent.

-David Michaels, CSO

“I believe that you come from a Federation and that you are exploring.” said Mr. Bassa. “I’ll be very blunt. Are you looking for new members or making ties with peoples outside your Federation?”

GM

Dekker, CNS

Mr. Sora added, “Our leaders are very interested in Space Travel. We would like to be able to explore as you do.”

GM

Marishka listened with interest. She knew they were here on a peaceful exploratory mission but this was still a race outside the Federation and unknown to them.

• Marishka, CIO

Julien tried his best to smile evenly. “Well we are always open for new members in the United Federation of planets, but of course there are certain conditions on joining that will ensure a peaceful co-existence. If you are interested the UFP will send out diplomats to come and visit you and likewise your ambassadors are welcome to visit us. That however is not my primary job. I’m the Captain of a Science Vessel, built for deep space exploration and our main goal is just that… to explore. I’m no politician.” he chuckled.

“As for space travel..” he said to Sora “…we are happy to help you with your issues you may have with your warp drive and your technology. And we would be interested to visit your planet, learn about your species, your plant and animal life, all of the things Scientists…” he turned to point at David “....like my Chief of Science here get excited about. My team is just sitting there on the ship, probably counting the seconds until I allow them to beam down to your planet and start what they have signed up for… exploring.” he said.

• Julien King, CO

Mr. Bassa said, “Out of good will, we would welcome you to the planet. However, seeing that your technology is more advanced than ours, would you be able to give more than your word as assurance that you are not out to exploit our planet, for resources for example. Amongst our people, there are those who would prefer not to have space travel due to various fears about being conquered, etc.”

“There are those who are fully supportive of our endeavour to meet with peoples outside our star system,” interjected Mr. Sora hurriedly.

The counsellor was able to sense the fear connected with the unknown in both individuals. However, the fear of being rejected was detected quite strongly in Mr. Sora.

GM

Marishka shifted positions slightly. She had a strong feeling that David probably didn’t like being singled out in the manner Julien had just done but she was even more concerned with what giving more than one’s word meant to these people.

• Marishka