Ensign Taggart - Round Two, Go!
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Iain Turnbull
May 24, 2024, 12:31:34 PM5/24/24
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((Conference Room, Deck 5, USS Octavia E Butler))
The role-played negotiations had gone well, and the summary was turning up many interesting points for Nilsen to take note of. Taggart was usually out of the loop by this point, unless negotiating parties were especially hostile towards one another. In which
case he would be in the room, and within arms reach of whomever he was assigned to protect.
Martinson: Basically yes. A lot of people think you need to build to what you want. But that's just a waste of time. Start with it. If you look at past negotiations, you'll read through the transcripts and by the time you get to the end, you don't understand what all the stuff in the middle was.
Martinson: Basically yes. A lot of people think you need to build to what you want. But that's just a waste of time. Start with it. If you look at past negotiations, you'll read through the transcripts and by the time you get to the end, you don't understand what all the stuff in the middle was.
Taggart: And it gets worse the longer a negotiation draws on.
Nilsen: You said to hit first and hit hard. I did wanna ask about that and also the be honest thing. In the last mission, after I got rescued from mine, I was thrown into the negotiation room with the UDP, and we were tasked with getting them to work with us. The first officer we were negotiating with was a Dosi and I know they very much value cutting to the chase, so I did that. I guess I must have got in hit hard and fast there. I told them I wanted to be completely honest with them right at the start. But when I tried that in our roleplay it didn’t come across the same. That doesn't work all the time, right? Sorry, that sounds like a stupid question now I say it out loud, but of course, it won’t work all the time, everyone's different. I just answered my own question.
Martinson: Well ::beat:: no. But nothing works one hundred percent of the time. But even in those situations, you're setting a precedent. And even then, you can gauge where to go next by their reaction.
Nilsen: You said to hit first and hit hard. I did wanna ask about that and also the be honest thing. In the last mission, after I got rescued from mine, I was thrown into the negotiation room with the UDP, and we were tasked with getting them to work with us. The first officer we were negotiating with was a Dosi and I know they very much value cutting to the chase, so I did that. I guess I must have got in hit hard and fast there. I told them I wanted to be completely honest with them right at the start. But when I tried that in our roleplay it didn’t come across the same. That doesn't work all the time, right? Sorry, that sounds like a stupid question now I say it out loud, but of course, it won’t work all the time, everyone's different. I just answered my own question.
Martinson: Well ::beat:: no. But nothing works one hundred percent of the time. But even in those situations, you're setting a precedent. And even then, you can gauge where to go next by their reaction.
Taggart: Always be prepared to shift your footing in the negotiations.
Nilsen: The thing I learned from them is they really wanted to be understood by us, they, the UDP still think that we think they’re just the dominion.
Martinson: That's a problem that's only going to be fixed by actions. No negotiation will ever fix that.
Nilsen: The thing I learned from them is they really wanted to be understood by us, they, the UDP still think that we think they’re just the dominion.
Martinson: That's a problem that's only going to be fixed by actions. No negotiation will ever fix that.
Taggart nodded along to Martinsons' words.
Taggart: Words can be, in such a situation, considered to be very cheap. But you must also be aware of just what actions you are able to take to add real value to your words.
Nilsen: I also did that be honest thing with the Kings Path, but as we found out, they had no intention of listening. At most, they strung us along for a little while.
Nilsen: I also did that be honest thing with the Kings Path, but as we found out, they had no intention of listening. At most, they strung us along for a little while.
That was a situation Taggart had seen many times around a negotiating table, or from outside when doors had opened and angry diplomats had stormed out followed by trailing attendants.
Martinson: I'd drop the "let's be honest" line altogether. Like...forever. Never say that again in a negotiation. Makes them not trust you.
Taggart: It's an instant red flag. Immediately makes you look like you're hiding something.
Nilsen: So I guess, I’m getting stuck in just one way of doing this, and I shouldn’t be? But something that isn’t clear to me; how does both hitting hard and fast, but also starting low work together?
Martinson: Well the hitting hard and fast doesn't have to do with any value. Look at it this way, hitting hard and fast is setting the initiative. It's just strategy.
Nodding again, Taggart held a flat hand out and moved it slowly from side to side.
Taggart: Hard and fast, but you can also slow things down to your advantage at times as well.
Martinson: So ::looking back and forth between Taggart and Nilsen::, round two?
Taggart: Sure, lets go.
Nilsen: response
Martinson: Alright. Play out the same basic scenario, but try to shake things up a bit this time, alright?
Martinson looked over at Taggart with a wink.
Taggart: Membership would be most valuable to our world. It would guarantee the steady flow of our resources.
Martinson/Nilsen: response
Taggart: Mining is a dangerous business, Lieutenant. And we would always be grateful for extra protection from any interlopers and thieves.
Martinson/Nilsen: response
Taggart: There may have been.... issues.
tags/TBC
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Ensign Simeon Taggart.
Close Protection Officer.
Starfleet Diplomatic Corps Security.
Simmed by;
1st Lieutenant Arturo Maxwell.
Marine Officer, 4/73 Marines.
USS Octavia E Butler: NCC-82850.
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