STF

Planet Town - Team 2

Posted June 16, 2020, 10:18 a.m. by Lieutenant Junior Grade Ari Kux Salemberger (Chief Science Officer) (Jay Luistro)

<snip>

“If I can help,” the man replied, “I will answer your questions.” The man did not smile but Ari could clearly see emotions pass through his face. He was definitely not Vulcan but the ridges on the forehead that was characteristic of the Romans were not as pronounced.

OOC: The word was supposed to be Romulans. I guess spell checker did the damage.

IC:

“Alright let’s start with the basis..” the Lieutenant resumed “uhm, let’s see, so wow this place is beautiful but may I know when have you settled here? Also if you have ever noticed something weird happening on this town. I don’t know, some sort of black marketing, science experiments, plasma balls?” Ari was pretty much confused of what to ask.

The man’s face darkened a little. “I settled here 20 years ago. This is an independent colony. Where the market is concerned, there is only one rule: If it brings trouble for the colony, it should not be marketed. As to the other things you mentioned, There are inventors in the town, there will always be science experiments there. I have not seen any warbirds the whole time I am on this farm. I have not seen any plasma weapons or ammunition.”

As the Man said said things, Ari noticed the changing face of his and got an eyebrow up “20 Years, right?” he repeated looking at the dude “You don’t mind if I do a control nearby your properties? It will be quick…” Ari asked taking the tricorder, and preparing mentally to take the phaser as he was not sure to be safe there.
For some reason, something smelled bad for the Lieutenant and had difficulty to believe 100% the colonist.

The man lifted his arms in a gesture of helplessness. He had not given his answer and the Starfleet officer had begun to scan his farm.

Ari found that there were two other people on the farm, they were in the house. Both were female and one was the size of a pre-teen humanoid. The scans showed that it was a normal farm except in one corner of the house there was a considerable store of isolinear chips. There were at least 70 of them.

“Uh. What we got here…” Ari gently asked to enter the man’s house “what about these chips? Oh hi! They are your daughters?” He asked to the man as he looked and took one of the chips “sorry if I am that invasive but protocols dictates that I must recover as much datas as possible. It will not take a lot if you collaborate.” The CSO apologized

“I am afraid that that is my private property. The Federation does not have jurisdiction over the colony and you have no right to confiscate anything from my land. I have extended you the courtesy to come onto my property as a guest but I can expel you if I so desire. It is within my rights as a member of this colony,” said the man turning slightly green.

Ari was amused by the farmer’s behavior. Why did he turned greenish? Why he was trying to hide to chips. He was determined to know the content, still respecting the protocols “I know, sir. I am not here indeed to confiscate anything. Can I just know what those isolinear chips do? I will try to believe what you will say… nothing else. If they contain harmless things then why don’t you tell me?”
The Officer crossed his arms.


“Oh no…” Chase almost puked “I need to get out of here… jesus.” As he laid down the hard land, Chase remembered how to get out from the liquid sand. Maybe the concept would have worked the same in a pool of manure “Alright. One,” he started counting “two,” he then relaxed the leg “three! Come on!” And started pulling. Slowly and steadily, Chase started to crawl the lands but not for long as he was out of breath.
“Oh… ugh…”

=/\= Odin, this is Chase… Uh, I would love some assistance, I am stuck in some Manure pool. Please respond!=/\=

“What’ya doing there?!” cried a woman’s voice. “Unless you be a plant that needs food, you should not be standing there!” A blond haired woman in her thirties was the owner of the voice. She was dressed in overalls but it did not hide the fact that she was good-looking.

“OH Jesus!.” Chase shouted in fear “Girl, you made me had a bump… wait a second.” He looked better to the woman look. She seemed familiar but could not recall her appearance. As Chase was stuck and someone was actually there, he sat on the ground where he could and leant a hadn’t “Could you perhaps help me get out of here?” asked gently the NE “You seem to someone I know. Yeah like my mother! it is silly.” he commented at the end.

“Now that is down right rude!” the woman said indignantly. ‘I am probably just a few years older than you. Remind you of your mother! I have a mind to leave you here … Then she paused, as if thinking about something, “If I help you out, could you help me move a few things?”

“Ahahah…” Chase giggled nervously “Sorry, it is just… your face.” He looked over the girl background blushing of embarrassment “So let me think… what kind of things? I mean I would certainly love to help ya but uhm… not stuck here.” He asked and said with a smiling face, still a bit suffering for the intense odor.

“I need to move some equipment from the field to the barn. We have finished our harvest and we need to start maintaining the equipment for the next planting season. If you are helpful, I will help you out of there and even let you have a good bath,” she quipped.

“Ah darn it! Okey, just get me out of this smelly bath.” As he leaned his hand to the girl, he waited her to grab it and pull him out. ‘I should really trust her?’ Chase wondered in his head.


“Oh man, uhm.” Ollie was still confused “Alright, do you perhaps remember the first time the town was built? For this survey we are searching for something out of the normal as we think there’s something on this planet that may explain the presence of a protectorate…” the NE asked with the tricorder in hand, still recording stuff.

Lieutenant Jr. grade Ari Kux Salemberger - CSO

The man, who looked like he was in his twenties said, “I was born here. I heard that the first settlers were here more than 60 years ago. In school, I learned that our forebears wanted freedom from the red tape of the large empires and so settled here.”

GM

“Interesting…” Ollie looked around a bit bothered by the sun “Hmm… Tell me something more about this place development history. Do you perhaps know of some weird black market thing? Or I don’t know… some weird events.” Ollie kept scanning everywhere around the nearby.

Lieutenant Jr. grade Ari Kux Salemberger - CSO

“The market’s the market,” replied the man, sounding a little offended. “Here at the colony, we do not have many regulations regarding selling and buying. So long as we ain’t dealing with things that harm the colony, we can trade. Them platforms in the sky can tell if someone brought the wrong thing here. The security guys would appear and get rid of the offending material. Anyways, there is no black market or white market. Everything that can pass through is traded here.”

GM

“Jeez man. Calm, I was just asking…” Ollie put again the tricorder in its place “If you say so I must believe you… anyway, I forgot the way to return to the market, could you… you know indicate me the most direct and faster way?” There was something about the young man that Ollie suspected. Maybe it was his behavior but certainly if they were there, it was not because they were good folks.

Lieutenant Jr. grade Ari Kux Salemberger - CSO

“Calm?” asked the young man. “You just accused the residents here of engaging in criminal activity. Yeah, better get back to the market. I don’t think I’d welcome you to our little hobble here any longer.” Then he pointed the direction that NE Ollie had come from. “Just turn around and go the way you came in. That’s the most direct way out!”

GM

“Hey Hey! I am not accusing anyone here! I just asked you moron. What kind of peeps are you?!” Ollie angered “What the hell, I’ll find the way myself.” As the NE looked back to the man, he snorted and took his gear, walking towards back he came from and hoping that the young man would have not harmed him.

Lieutenant Jr. grade Ari Kux Salemberger - CSO


Posts on USS Odin

In topic

Posted since


© 1991-2024 STF. Terms of Service

Version 1.15.9