Posted Jan. 4, 2022, 12:08 a.m. by Lieutenant Ben Park (BO Tactical) (AJ Paulson)
Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Reia Shandy (C Intelligence -Comm Officer) in Planet Middle Continent
Posted by Lieutenant Commander Thomas McGregor (COS) in Planet Middle Continent
Posted by Gamemaster GM (Gamemaster) in Planet Middle Continent
Posted by… suppressed (6) by the Post Ghost! 👻
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“Well, I guess it’s time to put our official ‘first contact’ hats on, then,” Thomas said, turning his attention to the native they’d dragged along.“I don’t suppose your people’s extra-terrestrial contact dramas have the ‘Take me to your leader’ cliche, do they?” he asked.
COS
Ben quietly chuckled at Thomas’s question.
Park
The guard stared at McGregor in disbelief. The COS had just used the cliche of all cliches in their science fiction entertainment. “D .. D… Do you want the city leader or the continent’s leader?” he asked hesitatingly.
GM
“I’ll take whoever you have the most reasonable authority to contact, and we’ll work our way up from there,” Thomas said, in what he hoped was a reassuring tone. He was feeling just as out of his depth in this moment as the guard, particularly since he wasn’t in any position to be making any deals on behalf of the Federation.
Nor did he have any real diplomatic training, but he was a trained interrogator. Hopefully some of those skills would cross over… and if not, hopefully the Genesis would be able to send at least the XO, who was part of the formal chain of command.
COS
The guard looked at the side of the door where there was a device, which the tricorder concluded was a communication device. It was like the old telephones of earth but with no wires.
“Can I use that?” he asked.
GM
“Sure, go ahead,” Thomas said, after scanning the device.
Reia felt like she should really have taken over at this point but, McGregor was in charge and, for some reason, she was happy to leave it that way.
- Reia, CIO/Comms
OOC: Assuming permission was given …
IC: The man took up the handset and pressed some buttons. He took a deep breath and said, “Please do not think that I am hallucinating.” After a short pause listening to the person on the other side, he continued, “I have some aliens with me and they demand to see the continental leader.”
GM
“Request,” Thomas interjected. “Demand has negative connotations, I’d like to impress that we’re simply asking nicely.”
COS
The man looked at Thomas and then said into his handset, “Um … umm… They request to see the continental leader …”
After some moments, the man nodded his head and then put the handset down.
“They will send an escort here within the hour. Please wait for their arrival.” The man looked visibly relieved.
GM
Thomas nodded. “Alright. While we pass the time, could you tell us a little more about your people? What do you call yourselves, what do you call this world, what kind of hobbies do you have, what do you eat for food, what’s your favorite color, have you ever met a bunch of talking lizard people, that sort of thing.”
Ben just looked at the man that can be perceived as a serious look, but non threatening. Ben spoke up to Thomas in a quiet soft whisper “what do we do if they send out their military instead?”
Park
“We co-operate until the Genny can get back and get us the hell out of here,” Thomas whispered back.
COS
Reia thought Thomas and Ben both had valid questions as she began recording what had turned into an interview with a new species.
- Reia, CIO/Comms
bump
About two hours later, a vehicle, like a military van on six wheels pulled up and out came a rather important looking man with some kind of uniform. There was a retinue of about 4 similarly dressed people with him. They were had hand-arms holstered at their hips.
“Pardon the security,” the important man said solemnly. Then he looked at each of the away team members before resting his eyes Thomas. “I am Menn. Who am I addressing?” he asked politely.
GM
“My name is Lt. Commander Thomas McGregor,” Thomas began, drawing himself up in an officious manner. “I’m an officer on board the starship U.S.S. Genesis, representing the United Federation of Planets. With me are Lt. Reia Shandy, a communications specialist, and Lt. Ben Park. Our ship is on a mission of exploration to this area of space and noticed your people have developed to a certain level of technology by which our laws allow us to initiate contact.”
COS
Reia wondered if this official looking person noticed that she looked significantly different from the others in hair and skin color. She also noticed that McGregor kept position as Chief Intelligence Officer rom being mentioned. A maneuver she completely agreed with.
- Reia, CIO/Comms
Ben nodded as his name was announced and stood adjacent to Thomas’s left.
Park
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