09-09-2025, 11:38 PM
Talion glanced at his wrist before he took a half step forward and calmly spoke. His deep voice was heard clearly, as the room was designed for public speaking, even with the array of weapons that had been installed in it. "Madam President, I'm Commander Talion, Chief Science Officer. I can verify that Jonas is alive and the efforts to save his life appear to have been successful. My assistant has helped to convert his implants to be more compatible with his human biology. We didn't come here to upset the balance of your world and the struggles you're dealing with. Jonas has a family here and initially refused to leave when we offered to beam him and his family to our ship. It is not unreasonable to be prepared to treat him as one of your citizens, since he has claimed to be one.
Under other circumstances, I would love to compare notes with some of your scientists about their cybernetic research. I'm one of the leading Federation scientists in the field and I can say that we have now already shared some of the technology with your people in an exchange to save the life of Jonas. Your people will now be able to better treat humans as a result. As time goes by, perhaps we can offer similar conversations about other species and how such developments can make life better for your people, but on your own terms. I'm curious to know, have your people developed sentient synthetic life forms? By that, I mean purely synthetic, not cybernetic. You might say that it is a professional question that tells me how much your people understand about the topic and the responsibility that comes with it."
Alex glanced to the FO, but then returned his focus on their host, "I think the worst you have to fear from us is that we might simply leave and not return. In my opinion, we would both lose if that were to happen, but forcing you or anyone here to bend to our will is not what we do. We certainly won't let ourselves be bullied, but that doesn't mean we are bullies ourselves. I caution against taking the Cardassians lightly. I'm not going to inject myself as a diplomat here, but you have enough troubles to deal with. Entering into alliances with them will likely only complicate your lives and will certainly involve more violence in one form or another. We know too little about the new Ambassador and I feel there are questions we might have for Saida Gebrezghi as well, but before I risk stepping too much on the toes of my senior officer, I feel that we share much more in common here than it might have appeared."
Knowing that he had already risked taking too long to speak, he waited to hear what they might say in return. He did lean a little closer to Velaul and said, "Cindy was able to assist the surgical team and adapt our designs to conform to the local specifications. He is awake. They only have the criteria to maintain and install similar civilian rated versions of my designs approved by the Federation."
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Under other circumstances, I would love to compare notes with some of your scientists about their cybernetic research. I'm one of the leading Federation scientists in the field and I can say that we have now already shared some of the technology with your people in an exchange to save the life of Jonas. Your people will now be able to better treat humans as a result. As time goes by, perhaps we can offer similar conversations about other species and how such developments can make life better for your people, but on your own terms. I'm curious to know, have your people developed sentient synthetic life forms? By that, I mean purely synthetic, not cybernetic. You might say that it is a professional question that tells me how much your people understand about the topic and the responsibility that comes with it."
Alex glanced to the FO, but then returned his focus on their host, "I think the worst you have to fear from us is that we might simply leave and not return. In my opinion, we would both lose if that were to happen, but forcing you or anyone here to bend to our will is not what we do. We certainly won't let ourselves be bullied, but that doesn't mean we are bullies ourselves. I caution against taking the Cardassians lightly. I'm not going to inject myself as a diplomat here, but you have enough troubles to deal with. Entering into alliances with them will likely only complicate your lives and will certainly involve more violence in one form or another. We know too little about the new Ambassador and I feel there are questions we might have for Saida Gebrezghi as well, but before I risk stepping too much on the toes of my senior officer, I feel that we share much more in common here than it might have appeared."
Knowing that he had already risked taking too long to speak, he waited to hear what they might say in return. He did lean a little closer to Velaul and said, "Cindy was able to assist the surgical team and adapt our designs to conform to the local specifications. He is awake. They only have the criteria to maintain and install similar civilian rated versions of my designs approved by the Federation."
== Tag to the Away Team, especially Velaul ==
== GM input request for reply from the President, if any. ==