Prelate Rolo'illini - Forward at all costs
Jania Nis
((Diplomatic Conference Room 2, Deep Space 14))
Loq: Stability. Material resources are of no great import to us, we value trade for its own sake. It strengthens bonds and affinity between planets. After our experience with the Dominion, it is in our material interest to foster a stable, peaceful Gamma Quadrant. We are not trying to extract your resources, we are trying to offer you a place in a trade and informational network that spans half of the galaxy, in the hopes that Chey'dlanga sits within the broader galactic community and not in opposition to it.
It was a fascinating answer, and one that did, perhaps, weaken Illini’s distrust in the Federation. Stability was a good thing--it’s what the old caste system had attempted. But what restrictions would it come with?
Trinot: Response
Halloway: That's okay, I’m sure you have other resources that you can trade with us as well as stuff we can offer you in exchange.
Illini: Those are certainly things these ones can supply.
Trinot: Response
Halloway: You will also experience other cultures within the federation. There is a whole other side of the galaxy for you to see.
Illini: What was it Consul Ber’laghier said when the Antari conquered the King’s Palace?
Trinot: Response
Halloway: Prelate, this one understands that you may be tired after such long travel, but this one asks you to keep things civil.
Illini clacked his beak together, but sighed. Apparently -someone- had heard the dogwhistle.
Loq: And you would be wise to understand that, if you're going to live alongside an entire galaxy of cultures, you have to find a way to live alongside the other cultures on your own planet. The Antaris' great crime was not wanting to be enslaved. It is understandable, to say the least.
If this Loq had seen the wars Illini's people had fought, generations ago, perhaps he would not be so glib. But to be fair, Illini hadn't seen those wars either.
Trinot: Response
Illini: And of course those ones went to war with these ones first, once upon a time, but our planet’s history is surely outside the scope of these meetings, and is a problem this one cannot imagine can be solved from this room, besides.
Halloway: Thank you, Prelate.
She let out a deep sigh hoping that would be the end of their petty fighting.
Loq: We do not have to solve every problem on Cheyd'langa today. Nor do we have to solve every issue between our respective governments. We merely have to agree to try and move forward together. For the betterment of your planet, and its place in the wider galaxy.
Now how to handle this. There were few real stakes here. Saying he agreed and cared about the betterment of his planet was easy. It required little true sacrifice. Such an agreement had no teeth, unlike most of these strange humanoids.
But would Trinot find it repulsive to hear? At this point, recruiting Trinot to the FOKP was the most promising way of returning to his uppers with a success.
Illini: This one will do this one’s best to find the right way forward for this one’s people.
Trinot: Respons
Halloway: ::Leaning over to Loq:: What should we do now, sir?
Loq gave Halloway a curt nod, and addressed the room.
Loq: I believe we have made as much progress as we are going to today. Perhaps we should rejoin Lt. Nilsen's group and see what progress they have made.
Halloway: Response
As they stepped outside, there was a moment where the Starfleet officials ended up on one side of the door while the Chey’d were on the other. Illini took the opportunity immediately.
Illini: This one would appreciate if that one did stay in contact. It would be good for this one as well as that one.
Trinot: Response
[End scene for Illini]
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