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Daniel looked about the cargo bay and those looking at him. Then back to Glen. “..You have likely many questions for me. I will endeavor to answer in whatever manner is appropriate for you. Unless you wish to do so here, perhaps we might move to a more habitable location?” He inquired still giving likely no thought to his nudity.

Glen turned to Kord, William and Hal. “If he is a threat, then he is no more of a threat in guest quarters than he is here. I suggest we get him some clothes and a room and then ask our questions around a conference room table?”

Kord nodded.

“Bio scans will also be necessary Captain. Standard procedure. None of us should leave the cargo bay till cleared by medical.”

=/\= Doctor Grunch. Glen here. Your presence is required in Cargo Bay 1, Deck 11. Bring a medical tricorder. =/\=

The reply was very quick and simple =^=”On my way Captain!”=^=

It was mere moments later when The Gruff 4‘5” form of Grunch entered the Cargo bay “Alright whats going on?” he asked clearly bothered by the fact he had been called out of sickbay “I have a lot of Patients to tend to due to you all tossing this ship like a salad!” he said in his usual insulting way

“Sorry, there was some kind of sudden, localized sub-spacial event,” replied Glen. “I’m sure your nurses are capable breaking out the arnica oil and dealing with bruises, but I thought you might like to attend the first meeting between humans and this new extra-galactic humanoid life. We do need everyone here examined as Daniel came aboard directly without triggering the ships bio-scanners.”

He gave a gruff Chuckle as the Captain matched the abrasive attitude he started taking scans of the fellow crew members to make sure they were good to rejoin the ship’s population

Scans of the crew members present showed they weren’t carrying anything out of sorts, since their new arrival joined them.

after he got those results he began to scan the visitor “Daniel is it…Any illnesses I should know about?” he asked in his gruff and no nonsense attitude

The half-human/ancient hybrid regarded the much more shorter Grunch. “..I can honestly say I have not had a sick day in my life..” He said, and indeed it did seem that was the case, no known diseases were picked up and his immune system seemed quite strong already fighting off well the nasty little critters that still were in the air from the normal crew to crew day to day lives.

“If we are clean of diseases and parasites,” Glen said, “I think we can all see very clearly that he is totally clean of any weapons. Or, anything else! So, I suggest we quickly withdraw to a more comfortable place, as Daniel has suggested.”

Glen didn’t quite know why, but he felt a rather affectionate, “parental” responsibility for this being. A being he had never met before, which had just “hatched” out of some futuristic “egg,” but which evidently shared some genetic material with him. If that colored his judgement in Daniel’s favor, well then it was up to his senior officers to say so, because Glen couldn’t see it himself.

Daniel just stood there still fully naked as he waited for Grunch to finish his scans. He was clearly a strongly built man, and his eyes shown with a deep wisdom and intelligence, but yet a sense of curiosity of where and likely when he now was. What knowledge this hybrid man possessed would certainly be interesting to delve into, not to mention what he might learn of the Merrimack crew themselves.

Once the scans were complete Daniel looked to Glen again, “..Where is it we are to proceed first then?” he inquired.

“First we will find you some clothes like these we are wearing,” Glen answered. “It is impolite in our culture to be naked in public. Then we will find you some quarters. I am sure my officers have questions for you, as you will for us, but they are better answered sitting together around a table on chairs… I have a few basic questions now, for your own comfort… You appear to be human but, do you sleep? Do you eat and drink? Are you hungry, or is there anything you require more urgently right now?”

-Glen, CO