[SNIP] : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : “We are no longer simply a coalition, SIR Franklin,” she replied, with noticeable annoyance at having to say the word sir. “We have combined our various militaries and cooperate with our research. We are much stronger than we are before. And we are more than ready to assist your colony.” : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Franklin snorted, “..The Coalition said the same thing, far as I see it is a different name, but same failed promises..” he said. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Karolina smiled at the diplomatic way their XO answered this hostility. She’d known enough Tellerites to know that their tempers might not be best suited for these missions. “Might I interject here Sir’s” She meekly raised her right hand away from the rigger of her rifle as she spoke “Since our defeat of the Romulans and establishment of our new Borders your Colony falls under Federation territory. We will protect you with or without any special trading for your resources” Her thick Scandinavian accent meant that she was forced to speak slowly so as not to trip over her own tongue “About a year ago The four races met under a flag of truce and Friendship and signed the Federation Charter… to reaffirm faith in the fundamental rights of sentient beings, in the dignity and worth of all lifeforms, in the equal rights of members of planetary systems large and small.” She quoted a favorite excerpt of hers from the lengthy document “We failed you before, let us prove ourselves to you in this new age.” She stopped herself as she realized that her naked idealism was getting in the way, if she had the ability to be embarrassed she reckoned she’d be as red as a tomato right now. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : “..Same pretty words and promises as your Coalition said to us when the war started..” Franklin replied. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : “..Sir Franklin enough!” Carolina broke in, “..whatever your feelings on our guests to our colony remember they ARE our guests! As this colony has established we welcome any and ALL outsiders that come in peace to trade with us. If those outsiders whoever they are wish to help us of their own free will who are we to turn that aside?” She said. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : “..Bah..” Franklin said dismissively waving his hand and turning, he opened the front door. “..Do what you want Ms Carolina, but you be sure you go through the Council before you go trying to make any deals or agreements with these.....these Fleeters..” he said then slammed the door. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Sighing Carolina turned back, “..My apoligies, like I said before tensions and a bit of hatred still run high since the attack. The Coalition promised alot to keep us safe, but all we got was ruin and what response to the Romulan’s attack came to help was paltry. We barely pulled out of the ruins of that failure, and only now are slowly making progress to rebuilding our infrastructure. We can’t take another such failure and hope to keep going as we are..” she said. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Clearing his throat Dulls spoke up, “..Ms Carolina perhaps given our varied needs as you said, and their offer of aide we allow them to help within the bounds of our laws as the Council established? I know our local wild life beacons and warding alarms could use some work up in the hills. As could our water pumps on the south side need some much needed maintenance. I also think Mrs Paltries grade 2 children have had a nasty run in with some variant of a flu..” he said. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Turning she nodded some, “..Yes, and our short range comms and shuttle pods for mining and system scavenging from the remains of the ships in the system could be useful. Or they could even some of hte larger hulks nearer to orbit for us to later scavenge. Yes all those would not require any agreements per law,” she said turning she looked to the team, “..would any of these you be willing to assist us with? If you could help in some of these places in resolving their problems I’m sure I could then use that to get the support I need to push through some kind of trade agreement or least formal contact with your Federation for future endeavors..” she asked. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Myasnikov moved forward a bit and cleared his throat slightly. “Excuse me. Is it possible for us to see a copy of your laws? If we could review your communities standards of conduct and such, it might help us to not step on any toes in the process of lending what help we can.” he asked, his Russian accent being consciously softened to ensure he didn’t come across as too aggressive. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : “..Ah yes of course. I will have Mr Dulls get you each a paper copy of the laws shortly.” She said with a nod, Dulls nodded in reply and departed to do so. After a few moments returning with paper sheets in hand for each to read over. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : “..This covers the major laws of the colony, the minor ones mainly pertain to those within the colony here as members, these pertain to outsiders and those here..” he said handing each to sheets of paper. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : GM CockRoach : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Marinna nodded in thanks to Dulls when he handed her the paper containing the logs. She started to read through them. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Myasnikov began reading through the laws. He knew that a consolidated law system was a reflection of the society it governed. Were the laws hyper-restrictive? Then the government would probably been seen as authoritarian or dictatorial by most standards. Was commerce and trade the predominate concern of the law system? If so, then the government was probably more focused on their economy than safety or individual liberty. Were the laws reflective of an overall concern; or directed towards a single perceived threat? In that case, then there was a overriding threat that faced the civilization; be that physical (such as an opposing country) or societal (corruption and graft, for instance). Either way, Myasnikov knew that by learning what rules the colony operated under, he could better understand how the colony functioned and how they looked to their own future. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Myasnikov, Helm / Science (Cultural Analyst) : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : “We would be delighted to offer any assistance we can,” Naana replied, more gently now that Sir Franklin was no longer in the room. She turned to Kenneth and Marinna. “Please go and see what can be done about the water pumps.” She then turned to Myasnikov. “You and I shall go and see what is to be done about the Comms system.” : : : : “Aye, aye. I’m not an engineer, but I’ll do my best.” : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Marinna nodded, “Yes sir,” and started to move towards the Chief Engineer when she heard the sound of a transporter in use. She turned to look at the new arrival. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Ensign snow was beamed down into the Lounge area. “My first away mission.” Hunter said softly not to bother anyone. Hunter moved over to the xo quietly. “reporting as ordered sir!” he said softly not to interupt the proceedings. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Ensign hunter Clayton Snow Jo Engineer : : : : : : : : : ( Occ: fixing) : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : She turned around. “About time you got here, Ensign,” she said. “There are wildlife beacons that these colonists need help repairing. You’re going to go and repair them. Lt Astid, please assign him an escort so he doesn’t get his head bitten off.” : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Lt Cmdr Naana Bav Glindorsh (XO/CSO) : : : : : : : : : : : : : : “Yes sir,” she replied then looked at Karlsdottir and nodded, indicating that she wanted her to provide the escort. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : -COS : : : : : : : : : : : : Lina returned the nod and joined ensign Snow “Come then Snow, let’s see if we can’t do something useful for these folks” The tall Nord said with a half smile as she escorted the Engineer out of the Mayoral Hall. : : : : : : : : : : : : Lt (j.g) Lina - Sec : : : : : : : : : : “Aye, sir!” as he met up with the others. Sno was excited for his new away mission. “I know we haven’t been proper introduced I am Ensign Hunter Clayton Snow.” as he moved along. : : : : : : : : : : Ensign Hunter snow Jo Engineer : : : : : : : : She slung her rifle back on her shoulder “Pleasure, I Gunn.. Lieutenant Karolina” Lina corrected herself, “You think you can fix whatever is wrong with those beacons?” She asked the untested Ensign. : : : : : : : : Lt (j.g) Lina - Sec : : : : : : “I sure believe so Lieutenant Karolina. Or we might have to create new ones which would take a lot longer.” Hunter said quickly to her full of confidence and energy. : : : : : : Ensign Hunter Clayton Snow Jo Engineer : : : : Myasnikov, Helm / Science : : “Hah!” Lina laughed out loud “Let’s hope it doesn’t come to that” She walked a little way to the nearest road and looked up towards the hills “If memory serves then the Scanners should be up this road and on those hills” She said as they started their hike. : : Lt (j.g) Lina - Sec He was glad she saw this was amusing. “I am ready for a hike or anything else tossed in maybe I should try some training courses. to get better at marine maneuvers?” Hunter said with a kind smile. then laughed a bit. As He saw a bit of gleaming metal upon the hills. ” that looks like them.” looking from a distance. Ensign Hunter Clayton Snow JO Engineer