Posted by Captain John Tiberius Glen (Captain) in Main Sim - Transporter Room A - Beam down to Alstair Prime

About thifteen minutes after Kord had left the Bridge, Captain Glen arrived in Transporter Room A ready to meet the Landing Party for the beam down to Alstair Prime.

Glen was glad to see the happy face of Lt. BJ Hunnicutt there, standing at the Transporter console. He had thought the Lt. had seemed a little anxious about his new post when they met before leaving the space station, but appeared to have quickly settled right in. There was still another five minutes until Glen had told the Landing Party to assemble so Glen used it to catch up.

“Good Morning, Lieutenant Hunnicutt,” said John Glen. “How are you finding the Merrimack? How are your quarters? Is the cabin as large as you expected? Have you found all the facilities? I also heard that you’ve been showing other new crew around. That’s very thoughtful and kind of you.”

Glen continued, “There will be a party seven to beam down today to Alstair Prime, and I’m quite happy we won’t be using ‘All the Stairs’ eh!” It was a poor joke that Glen immediately regretted saying. In any case, the name was not really pronounced “All-Stairs” but was a more of a musical note when spoken in that sing-song way by the female Alstairians.

Inola arrived soon after the captain, fiddling with her communicator. She had gotten odd looks in the halls as she imitated the musical language of Alistairs, but she had finally mastered the tone changes. “Captain, Lieutenant,” She nodded to each of the men in the room, then smiled. “Ready to speak with the Tri-Council?”
-Inola, Comms

“I most certainly am,” replied Glen. “I’m also concerned that I know so little about them and their society. I don’t think they quite understand the size of the spacefaring community they are joining. They did seem a little concerned about the possibility of hostile groups and war, but the real threats to them are much more mundane - rapid economic growth, new contagious diseases, dealing with technological change. I want to gauge how ready they are for those things, without worrying them so much that they close their borders and withdraw from known space. Also, personally speaking, we recently had an extremely bad First Contact experience with a belligerent race of bottle-nosed Dolphins that has resulted in an ongoing conflict. So, I’m very keen for this to go well.”

• Glen, CO

Cadet Coleman showed up. He had been on the ship for a short time, but he had never beamed down to another planet for official duty.

The Cadet had the standard landing party gear on when he entered. Looking at the Captain he said,

“Begging your pardon sir, I think you should have more help than less on this mission. In short, may I go?” he asked.

Cadet Coleman