MSNPC DaiMon Blet - Puzzling it out.

[Joseph George]

Murkad: My apologies, Captain. Pressing business, but it can wait. Please, continue.

Shayne/Any: response 

Gul Dukal was slinking in the most shadowed chair, as Ghant helped herself to hooman snacks. He went to survey the beverages, hoping they had Eelvasser. And finding a bottle, he took it back to his seat, popping it open, just as the Starfleet staff began to take their seats.

Blet turned his attention to their host, waiting for him to start the proceedings.

Shayne: Ladies, gentlemen and assorted others, on behalf of the ship, I would like to welcome you. I see that many of you are already familiar with one another. That’s good. The goals of this convention are to figure out a way to work together toward our mutual aims. The first part of that is to figure out what our mutual aims are, besides survival.   With that in mind, I suggest we establish some ground rules, since there’s no exact protocol for this situation, and since at least two of you have active warrants in the Federation. 

Two? The pirate was obvious. Who was the second? Was it him? He'd done some morally and ethically questionable things, but none of it was strictly illegal. Well except a few things. But then, there really was no law in the Alpha Isles.

Shayne: I believe that the work we do here today would be strengthened considerably by a show of good faith from all present- the signing of a non-aggression pact. We each represent enormous capacity for creation or destruction. It is my hope that we lean toward the former. 

With the pause, Blet took the opportunity to pull a mouthful of Eelvasser from the bottle. He'd grown up with the stuff, his old fashioned dad refused to buy Sluggo Cola after they started advertising to feemales.

The idea was intriguing, if foolishly optimistic. Classic Federation stuff. He'd certainly like some guarantee that he'd not be boarded by the stunning Orion's crew, or subject to the sly Cardassian schemings of one discount Ducat. Not to mention the alcohol induced rage of an over the hill war hero.

Dakul/Murkad/Ghant: Response

Dau: Me and my crew on the Syrtan will happily sign your proposal, Captain Shayne.

Dakul/Murkad/Ghant: Response

Blet grinned, this was all too amusing. If anyone was had a vested interest in maintaining a mutual peace, it was the least powerful of the present factions.

Dau: What have we got to lose? My ship poses no real threat to anyone else in the fleet, nor do we wish to start disagreements between other ships. With that being said, please don't misunderstand me and think my ship an easy target, the Syrtan is very heavily defended for its class. But as I stressed before we have nothing worth salvaging so an attack on me would prove quite useless. My species has always valued scientific advancement and that of peaceful co-existence with other races and I stand by that today.

Nothing to lose for the Caldonians. Their goodie two shoes bit was so down pat, he was surprised that they hadn't applied for a Federation membership.

Responses

Dau: ::Shaking his head.:: Whether you fire a phaser or simply point it at someone's head, it's still the same in theory. I'm sure an agreement of cooperation would benefit you, too. My ship has advanced replicators, perhaps I could replicate things you might need rather than you pillage them from other ships? 

Another bout of naivety from the scientist. It was really true about the thin line between genius and insanity.DaiMon Blet couldn't help but smirk.

Blet: Pirates don't pirate simply for economic interest, like some Ferengis. They do it for adrenaline, for the feeling of power and I imagine, comradary.

 

Responses

R'Ariel: I think the key is, we all have something that will make this situation work better for all of us.

Be that as it may, such varied and opposing interests would be hard to corral. Potential problems could easily multiply like Tribbles.

Responses

R'Ariel: Like puzzle pieces, better when not forced.

Blet: You're missing a very important detail. Puzzles are designed to fit together.What mockery of a deity would design a puzzle like this?

Responses: 

Blet: My apologies. Cooperation is in all of our best interests, for the time being, to an extent. 

Qualifiers, always qualifiers.

Blet: We face a common threat that strives to match the Ferengi business acumen, and the Klingon might, as well as the Cardassian well . . . deviousness. But at least they won't eat us alive.

Responses

Tag/TBC

Blet

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