"Information"
(Previous Post was Brian's "Suddenly… Nothing")
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Setting: USS ANUBIS, CO's Ready Room
The young woman sat behind her desk… her eyes locked on the inactive screen that rested on her desk. Although her concerns had been on the well being of the away team, which it now seemed also included Lt. Cmdr. Enaii who no one had seen in a while, the ANUBIS' CO found her thoughts lingering on the private conversation Rikar had with Fasham.
The half Humanoid, half fish had answered Rikar's many queries without hesitation and hinted to a great many things although Fasham had been careful not to confirm or deny any of the possibilities the ANUBIS' CO had come up with. What Rikar had learned during this conversation had been that the energy dampening field had been around for as long as anyone could remember. The second thing the CO had been made to realize had been that the races which could be found on CABRY III were all indigenous… which meant that the theory of a ship having crashed on the planet had officially been dismissed. According to Fasham the history of the world and of its inhabitants could be taken back for several millennia.
The one thing that the CO could not bring herself to fully accept had been that the entirety of this history had been in the form of legends and fables… something that had not sat right with the redheaded woman. True there had been numerous numbers of equally interesting legends back on EARTH, but there had also been a solid historical account of what had happened.
The young woman's thoughts were interrupted when she heard a knock at the door… something that had been both strange and unexpected since the door to her office had been left opened after having been physically forced.
"Captain, sorry to disturb you but could I have a few moments of your time." The strangely dressed man said as he took a single step inside the CO's Ready Room.
Immediately Rikar had wanted to contact security but she rapidly noted that Uxtar had been standing right behind the odd looking man who strangely enough appeared very familiar. After having carefully scrutinized the man and his attire the young woman leaned back in her chair and rubbed her forehead.
"Lt. Stormwind… what can I do for you… and please explain as to why you have chosen to present yourself to me in such attire?" The redheaded woman sighed… obviously less than impressed by what she had seen while still hoping that the ANUBIS' FCO had a good reason for doing as he had.
"Captain… if I may… based on the way the people of this world have reacted to our appearance, I thought it best to find a way to make ourselves less visible. This way we should be able to interact with the locals without drawing too much attention." Stormwind explained in his perfectly Vulcan tone, saying without actually using the words that this had been the most logical course of action available to them.
"It will not be necessary… new information was given to me which have made me reconsider the impact that our presence here might have on the locals." The redheaded woman answered… her words lacking the usual emotions that the crew had grown accustomed to hear in the CO's speech.
"What about the Prime Directive?" The FCO pointed out with a raised eyebrow.
"I cannot be 100% certain at this point… but I have a very strong feeling that the Prime Directive does not apply to this world or its people. Yes we have a level of technology that is far superior to anything we have so far encountered on this world, but we are in the incapability to use it. Furthermore I am now convinced that there are other *Humans* somewhere on this planet… we just have to find them to their side of the story." The CO explained which left the half Vulcan FCO rather baffled since he had heard nothing to even begin to support what the redheaded woman had just said.
"Am I to gather that you now trust Fasham and his people?" The Vulcan hybrid inquired, still very puzzled by this unexpected change in the CO's
position.
"Let's just say that I trust Fasham more than I did Kattarihanna… plus
he has assured me that the ship which is coming will be bringing
provisions for us. Please have the cargo bays on the upper levels ready to receive these provisions… and you might want to get a change of clothes before the ship arrives."
========== 2006 post #271
Stardate: 61037.0750
Sabrina Jones {sabrina_sweet@hotmail.com}
Captain Sabrina Rikar
Commanding Officer
USS ANUBIS, NCC-18501
