05-31-2024, 11:20 AM
“Always good to meet fellow language enthusiasts. I always struggled to pick up the Klingon language. Are you both fluent?” Qi asked.
"Yes," T'lari responded with a slight nod of greeting. "Klingon can be a difficult language. It's so... expressive." She had had rarely had difficulty learning new languages, though the emphasis Klingons placed in their words had been a bit of a challenge. The half-Vulcan had never been one to back away from a challenge.
As the small knots of people finished their side conversations the Captain cleared her throat. "Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you for coming. I arranged this dinner for us to get to know each other better on a more personal level, but before we eat I also wanted to share news of our assignment so you can distribute it among the crew. The good news is, we managed to go twelve hours in our brand new ship without anything breaking or exploding."
A welcome change.
"The bad news is our new mission hardly warrants the attention of Starfleet's newest ship, no matter how unorthodox her construction or crew. We're assigned to update star charts along the Federation/Talarian border; accurate charting has fallen off since the Cardassians invaded and the Starfleet presence in the area was pulled back to prevent upsetting the Cardassians. Fortunately, someone at HQ has finally fired up the brain cell that all Admirals share, and they're sending us to correct their mistake."
Interesting. Starfleet has sent a captain who was just involved in an upsetting incident with the Cardassians to their border, along with a brand-new starship. Perhaps a message is being sent?
"We're also to ensure the integrity of the border and prevent any unauthorised crossings in both directions. I'm sure you've heard rumours of the Talarian Resistance using Federation tech to fight the Cardassians, some of you may even agree we should be helping them, but our job is to prevent smugglers crossing the border with anything that might make the Cardassian Union claim Federation aggression. Any questions?"
T'Lari had heard the rumors, of course. She was neutral about whether the Talarians should be helped. She was no fan of the Cardassians, to say the least, but resistance movements were always a gamble... they could easily get out of control. On numerous worlds whole peoples had been massacred by their supposed 'liberators.' If the Federation was arming them the whole situation could backfire, and that didn't even include the possibility of weapons getting into the hands of less-developed cultures. As cynical as she was about Starfleet nothing would have surprised her about the situation.
She didn't have any questions, though, so she merely waited patiently for others to ask.
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"Yes," T'lari responded with a slight nod of greeting. "Klingon can be a difficult language. It's so... expressive." She had had rarely had difficulty learning new languages, though the emphasis Klingons placed in their words had been a bit of a challenge. The half-Vulcan had never been one to back away from a challenge.
As the small knots of people finished their side conversations the Captain cleared her throat. "Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you for coming. I arranged this dinner for us to get to know each other better on a more personal level, but before we eat I also wanted to share news of our assignment so you can distribute it among the crew. The good news is, we managed to go twelve hours in our brand new ship without anything breaking or exploding."
A welcome change.
"The bad news is our new mission hardly warrants the attention of Starfleet's newest ship, no matter how unorthodox her construction or crew. We're assigned to update star charts along the Federation/Talarian border; accurate charting has fallen off since the Cardassians invaded and the Starfleet presence in the area was pulled back to prevent upsetting the Cardassians. Fortunately, someone at HQ has finally fired up the brain cell that all Admirals share, and they're sending us to correct their mistake."
Interesting. Starfleet has sent a captain who was just involved in an upsetting incident with the Cardassians to their border, along with a brand-new starship. Perhaps a message is being sent?
"We're also to ensure the integrity of the border and prevent any unauthorised crossings in both directions. I'm sure you've heard rumours of the Talarian Resistance using Federation tech to fight the Cardassians, some of you may even agree we should be helping them, but our job is to prevent smugglers crossing the border with anything that might make the Cardassian Union claim Federation aggression. Any questions?"
T'Lari had heard the rumors, of course. She was neutral about whether the Talarians should be helped. She was no fan of the Cardassians, to say the least, but resistance movements were always a gamble... they could easily get out of control. On numerous worlds whole peoples had been massacred by their supposed 'liberators.' If the Federation was arming them the whole situation could backfire, and that didn't even include the possibility of weapons getting into the hands of less-developed cultures. As cynical as she was about Starfleet nothing would have surprised her about the situation.
She didn't have any questions, though, so she merely waited patiently for others to ask.
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