USS Arcadia, 02/14/24, 10:00 PM ET

February 15

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USS Arcadia - Wednesdays 10 ET - Command Staff: Captain Lo'Ami

Between 2/14/2024 9:07 PM and 2/14/2024 10:03 PM

Last time on USS Arcadia, our away team was in the large cavern with fake sunrises and sunsets. It is inhabited by a primitive people who clubbed and imprisoned them. ... and there are also Ferengi there trying to buy the place.

9:07 PM

Anything else I missed?

sounds about right

i think that's mostly it, we didn't make much progress

Any sim-related qs before we start?

we still can't understand the hobbits right?

They haven't said much.

9:10 PM

(Yub, yub...)

9:11 PM

Anyway...

9:11 PM

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::still tied::

ACTION> there's a drum and cymbals sound in the distance. The Hobbits stop poking at the AT and scatter

That sounds...ominous.

indeed

:: Looking confused :: "I am more confused about what is going on hear than when we first landed."

ACTION> one well dressed (well, over the top dressed - colorful cloak and colorful big hat) approaches with 2 other not-quite-as-over-the-top-dressed Hobbits with smaller hats

We should probably try to treat them with respect.

9:14 PM

I assume they're in charge.

Hat Hobbit> :: approaches with a big staff in hand and slowly examines the visitors ::

9:15 PM

Ferengi> Hey, important guy... let's make a deal... I have gold to give you. Lots of gold...

Excuse me, can I ask why you are keeping us captive?

Big Hat Hobbit> :: passes by the babbling Ferengi ::

9:17 PM

BHH> :: pokes each of them with the staff and examines the top of the staff as if he's looking for something ::

"Gold?"

::bows head:: Greetings. We are from the Starship Arcadia, representing the United Federation of Planets. We mean you no harm...we wouldn't have even come here if we'd known you were living here.

BHH> :: looks around, as if not understanding anything anyone is saying ::

9:18 PM

BHH> :: moves to the center of the prisoners and raises his staff :: Silence!

::shuts up::

BHH> :: bangs the staff on the ground for effect ::

::looks up at BHH::

Ferengi> :: that hurt his ears ::

9:21 PM

BHH> :: looks them over again, speaking to the other Hobbits :: They are transformed. We must find why they have been sent here and what portents they bring.

::contemplates talking to BHH, decides against it::

BHH> :: walks over to Dana :: Who are you?

I am Lt Cmdr Dana Los of the Starship Arcadia.

And I am Lt. Cmdr Arizhel

BHH> LootentantCommendorDaynalAwssOffTheStarsh-ipArkadeeeah

You can call me Dana.

we come in peace

"Ensign Jasad"

::gives what he hopes is a meek but friendly smile::

BHH> The orange ear people say they bring gold. You say you bring peace. But no peace and no gold have ever come from the door.

What normally comes from the door?

BHH> Nothing ever comes from the door.

9:26 PM

BHH> Only the exiles go out. None have ever returned. Until now.

Honestly, we were intending to dig up your walls to drive our starship, but that was before we knew you lived here. It is very important to us not to disturb other peoples or steal from them.

9:26 PM

You exile people out the door?

What crimes are they exiled for?

BHH> Only the worst offenders against society in every generation have been exiled out.

9:30 PM

BHH> I don't know what you drive or what you starship

We travel to different planets

9:31 PM

our vehicle runs on the same materials that make up the outside of your dwelling

Littler hat hobbit> They say words, but they do not make sense.

:: softly :: "What use do these people have for gold exactly?"

::softly back to Jasad:: Probably jewelry and decoration.

9:33 PM

We come from very far outside the door, from across vast distances, and we need a powerful vehicle to get that far.

"Guess latinum is out of the question."

BHH> The door goes far. We had known that.

Is there some kind of animal that lives outside your door? The bodies of the exiles looked...very torn up.

BHH> It is cold on the other side of the door. We do not go there.

9:36 PM

BHH> If there are other planets on the other side, perhaps some of the exiles of previous generations made it there. Maybe they transformed into these?

9:37 PM

LHH> But are they still... ?

::wonders how to explain the diversification of humanoids in the galaxy to someone who didn't know other humanoids existed a few hours ago::

9:38 PM

We've encountered...many species that look like us. They are common in our galaxy.

9:38 PM

Like us, and like you.

9:38 PM

We are both humanoids.

LHH2> They may be exiles from the other "planets"

people from other places travel willingly

9:39 PM

we are not exiles

We are not exiles, but explorers. We try to find new people and tell people on our planet about them.

9:40 PM

((Doesn't quite have the same ring as "discover new life and new civilizations"...))

BHH> :: examining the EVA suits ::

9:40 PM

BHH> These shield you from the cold?

Those are what let us go outside the door, where it's cold and there's no air.

9:40 PM

That's correct.

BHH> They are skins unlike any I have seen.

They're made just for cold airless places like outside the door. You wouldn't need them in here.

you would need something like that to survive exile on this planet

BHH> How far up the shaft are these other planets?

far past the end of the shaft

It would be many lifetimes' journey, but we can travel faster even than light.

LHH> They still say much that does not mean anything

9:47 PM

BHH> It does not mean anything here, but on the other side, it might.

sorry we have a very different frame of reference than you do

::is very glad that Ferengi seem to have given up groveling::

9:49 PM

How many generations have your people lived here?

Ferengi> :: thinking through what's next ::

9:50 PM

Ferengi> :: and happy to be not yelled at or clubbed for now ::

9:50 PM

BHH> All generations have lived here.

:: softly again :: "This situation seems a mess."

could we see more of here?

Has there ever been a time before this place existed?

BHH> This place has always existed.

9:52 PM

BHH> This is the world, of course.

You have no creation story? Most peoples we've found have stories of their world's creation.

9:54 PM

::is somewhat frustrated at the hobbits' seeming disinterest in oral history::

::is also frustrated but at least they're understandable so that's something::

BHH> There is no creation because this place has always been. There is no other. This makes no sense.

9:55 PM

Ferengi> It's because they're lying. They are exiles who came back. If you let us go, we'll show you how to stop any exiles from ever coming through the door again!

9:55 PM

BHH> Turns around to the Ferengi.

::side-eyes Ferengi::

BHH> Will you? And how did you get to the other side of the door?

you came from the same place we did

And we can certainly help you with your door security.

and make sure people leave your planet alone

They want to rip up your world and make all of you slaves.

Ferengi> We are messengers of a Superior Being with Superior Earlobes.

and what happens to inferior beings with inferior earlobes?

Ferengi> We have come to bring you riches beyond your wildest imagination.

Look, can't we all try to get out of here together instead of confusing them?

of course not, that would be too easy

Ferengi> And to save you from these... murderers and rapists and the like who come back through the door.

9:58 PM

Other Ferengi> :: nodding their heads ::

You don't even know what they exile people for.

BHH> :: looks them over ::

9:59 PM

(( he said that earlier ))

((He said it was only the worst criminals.))

10:00 PM

((I don't think he specified which crimes.))

((oh he didn't))

((the crime is not shutting up))

((and...))

10:00 PM

Ferengi> Yeah... murderers and... worst things they could be...

10:00 PM

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paus'd

You knew the Ferengi were going to try to screw you over at some point, right?

Obviously.

Until next week...

10:01 PM

gnight

until next time

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