07-12-2024, 05:51 PM
Jenny sat, pensively considering the situation as her crew utilized their considerable initiative to further break down the situation that was evolving around them. On one hand, they had a potential smuggler making a run for the border who had only reluctantly stopped when he realised he couldn't outrun the Yeager or hide from her. On the other, there was a Cardassian Galor shadowing them, likely the one that had appeared on their sensors a few times over the previous weeks. On top of all of that, they still had their survey and mapping work to do, and an under-manned crew with which to do it. While she agreed with most of what her crew were up to, the probe launch could be considered a hostile act by the Cardassians, but she made no move to prevent its launch; so long as the probe never crossed the border or turned its sensors actively upon the Cardassians, the rule of interstellar law was on Jenny's side.
For once.
Heathridge wouldn't be selling to the Cardassians, I know that for certain. He might be helping out the Talarians, I suppose. This could also be a huge misunderstanding, but I doubt it.
Ultimately Heathridge wasn't the largest issue right now, the Cardassian Galor hovering just on the other side of the border was. On a scale familiar to most humanoids, the two ships were a vast difference apart, but on a galactic scale they were basically sitting in each others' laps; that was close enough for any wrong move to spark an interstellar incident, especially when the Captain of one ship was wanted for piracy by the government that owned the other ship.
So long as we stay on-mission, and on our side of the border, we should be good. I know the Federation doesn't recognise the Cardassian occupation as legal, but it's probably best not to push it.
"Open a channel to the Cardassian ship."
Taking a deep breath to compose herself, and letting it out slowly, Jenny sat up in her chair and tried to portray a confidence she wasn't sure she felt. What had been meant as a simple mapping and patrol mission was rapidly degenerating into another political powder keg. Someone out there hated Jenny, she knew it.
"Cardassian vessel, this is Captain Braggins of the starship Yeager; I notice we've been on similar courses for a while now, we are conducting stellar surveys and updating our navigational charts; perhaps we could pool our resources?"
It wasn't quite a bluff, but it had the benefit of calling the Cardassian out for shadowing her without actually doing it. Whether or not it worked would remain to be seen...
==GM Input please: Does the Cardassian ship respond?==
For once.
Heathridge wouldn't be selling to the Cardassians, I know that for certain. He might be helping out the Talarians, I suppose. This could also be a huge misunderstanding, but I doubt it.
Ultimately Heathridge wasn't the largest issue right now, the Cardassian Galor hovering just on the other side of the border was. On a scale familiar to most humanoids, the two ships were a vast difference apart, but on a galactic scale they were basically sitting in each others' laps; that was close enough for any wrong move to spark an interstellar incident, especially when the Captain of one ship was wanted for piracy by the government that owned the other ship.
So long as we stay on-mission, and on our side of the border, we should be good. I know the Federation doesn't recognise the Cardassian occupation as legal, but it's probably best not to push it.
"Open a channel to the Cardassian ship."
Taking a deep breath to compose herself, and letting it out slowly, Jenny sat up in her chair and tried to portray a confidence she wasn't sure she felt. What had been meant as a simple mapping and patrol mission was rapidly degenerating into another political powder keg. Someone out there hated Jenny, she knew it.
"Cardassian vessel, this is Captain Braggins of the starship Yeager; I notice we've been on similar courses for a while now, we are conducting stellar surveys and updating our navigational charts; perhaps we could pool our resources?"
It wasn't quite a bluff, but it had the benefit of calling the Cardassian out for shadowing her without actually doing it. Whether or not it worked would remain to be seen...
==GM Input please: Does the Cardassian ship respond?==