Ensign Karen Stendhal: An unexpected field trip in the snow! (Safe Harbour)
Stefania Delago
((Govenor's Mansion - Town Centre, Safe Harbour))
Whittaker: Governor- ::he said making no attempt to mask his unease and growing anxiety.:: - we are unable to contact our vessel in orbit and I cannot overestimate the danger the Ya-Grhan pose. They have destroyed countless civilisations for simply existing near to their territory. They dispatched Shanshuri to capture and interrogate us simply because we strayed into their territory without realising it. Counsellor Stendhal- ::he pointed to the Betazoid:: - was a prisoner of the Shanshuri. ::beat:: I know that you are confident in your ability to repel an attack by their forces but what happens if a fleet arrives? How long before your people make a mistake or grow tired or expend their abilities? What about men like Walter Hudson- he can rejuvenate your soil but how good is he at repelling attackers? What about the children of Safe Harbour? Can you say with absolute certainty that your colony will survive? ::his tone had become more and more urgent. His anxiety fuelled his words... his pleading. But he kept a level head, to go to pieces now, at such a critical juncture would be counter-productive.::
ch'Ranni: Are you willing to gamble with the lives of your people on your superiority?
Stendhal: Yes I was a prisoner of the Shanshuri, with my mate we went there to help. They cheat us, they knew our weakness and that we must help anybody in danger and needs. So this darn Ya-Grhan, they used our good intentions against us. Nice, isn’t it? They'll probably use your peculiarity against you too, how ? I don’t know… I would never imagined that somebody would be able to act and put themselves in danger just to hit us. It was a bad surprise. Me and doctor G’Reen, well we were helping to heal their patients with all the kindness of the universe and guess what ? They just try to poison us and to put us in jail!
Reidella: What is is that you recommend that we do?
Whittaker: Our scans indicated that your world is laced with large deposits of kelbonite, fistrium and dentarium. Your colony is built on top of a particularly large one. If we could get your people into the nearby mountains- we might be able to use the natural topography and the refractory nature of the minerals to hide from a Ya-Grhan invasion force. Our shuttle's sensors picked up what looked like a particularly large cave system in the nearby mountains?
Reidella: The Red Rock Caves. I am familiar with them.
Serinus: Anyone with abilities that can detect, or reveal those in different phase variations would be of great use, in case an invasion fleet were to be landed. A cave system would also be a boon, tactically speaking. Imagine all the choke points, and ambush opportunities.
Stendhal: I think that would be the best option. Maybe if you can reveal them putting down or altering their camouflages, they may just escape away or at least they will lose their best card...
Whittaker: The alternative, Governor, is that your colony is destroyed and your people become slaves of the Ya-Grhan. With you under their control, the balance of power in this region could be altered. Forever.
Reidella: ... you feel that is their plan?
Serinus: I would say that makes out next few moves more obvious.
Stendhal: Yeah I think is what happened to the Shanshuri, now they are Ya-Grhan slaves and they used them to hit us. They appeared more afraid of the reaction of the Ya-Grhan in case of failure than about us…
Reidella: Very well. We will evacuate to the Red Rock Caves.
Sqeour: Governor?
Reidella: We are evacuating the colony and moving to the Red
Rock Caves. Please go to the residential areas and begin gathering everyone
together. We will clear the buildings here on the Forum.
Sqeour: ::Without betraying any concern or alarm.:: It will be done.
Whittaker: Thank you, Governor. I know that cannot have been an easy
decision to make.
ch'Ranni: ?
Serinus: ?
::Karen was impressed, the people from Safe
Harbour was really kind and understanding. Now they had just to cope with the menace
from the space. ::
Stendhal: Good, our Captain is very good to help and to take
decisions.
::Outside was even colder than before now there was also a freezing wind and even more snow. She pulled her hood too trying to hide herself better as possible.::
Blame me! This is
a real snow storm! I hate winter! ::She said.::
((The Forum, Town Center - Safe Harbor))
Reidella: I hope that you are able to help coordinate the evacuation. We have a very limited leadership. It is mostly just myself and Sqeour.
Whittaker: Of course! ::he called out above the din of the wind.:: We
won't abandon you. Not now.
ch'Ranni: ?
Serinus: ?
Stendhal: Of course not, we can’t ! We’ll help to coordinate everything!
Reyes: And that is when- ::In confusion:: Governor?
Reidella: Sorry to interrupt your class, everyone. ::Forcing a smile:: We have some visitors today, and we’re going on a field trip into the mountains!
ch'Ranni: ?
Serinus: ?
Stendhal: ::Karen smiled looking at the class. In a welcoming
warm smile.::
Yeah and adventure! All togheter! She said to the students.
Reidella: ::Conducting a headcount as the younglings left the school building.:: Dolarath, Celdan, Franklin, Ara, Sato, Yanol, and Kaironn. ::She turned back to Captain Whittaker and his team.:: We’ll also need to go check with Doctor Velross. He does have two patients who may need help being moved.
Whittaker: Mr. ch'Ranni, could we use the shuttles short range transporters to facilitate their movement?
ch'Ranni: ?
Serinus: ?
Stendhal: Oh patients to move! That will be interesting! Maybe we can use our shuttle? ::She said.::
Reyes: Would somebody mind telling me what is going on?
There were no field trips scheduled for another three months!
Stendhal: oO Quirky? ...Oo ::She thought randomly, maybe some thought was flying around.
::Karen looked at Reyes trying to be charm full.::
Field trip, yeah, that’s a good idea. Please help me, we are doing like a field trip to the Red Rock Caves.
::She smiled at Reyes.:: I’ll explain you later, for now please, follow us! We have the Governor agreements.
Reyes: ?
ch'Ranni: ?
Serinus: ?
Reidella: ?
Whittaker: Governor- ::he said looking at the still worried teacher before looking to Reidella.:: - perhaps we should move on. Time is of the essence and the journey to the caves will not be easy in this weather, I fear.
Reidella: ?
ch'Ranni: ?
Serinus: ?
Stendhal: You don’t have emergency vans err or like a train or
some kind of transportations here ? Snow scooter?
::She tried to suggest cuddling herself in her coat.::
Reidella: ?
Whittaker:?
ch'Ranni: ?
Serinus: ?
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