MSNPC Shakti - The Omukade and the Ikihagi
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Jun 18, 2026, 3:54:25 PMJun 18
to USS Khitomer – StarBase 118 Star Trek PBEM RPG
((Temple of Guardians, Takers Watch Room, Mahila)
If Shakti's face had been capable of frowning, she would have frowned. The situation had been bad enough when they were dealing with a single group of aliens. It had been worse when there had been two species... the ones the Kit-o-meers referred as the Let-us Ali-ons... first came. Now they had all three. Worse stiil, early warning outpost Zukeira 14 was reporting they were under attack.
For the first time Shakti could remember, she had doubts about whether the nebula could protect. And to make matters even more troublesome, Rana was not on Jorogumo but on the Kit-o-meer ship.
Shakti stood silently on the balcony of the temple and looked down on the city below. Darkness was approaching and the lights of the city were just beginning to come on. There must have been a time when points of light in the sky had been visible at night mirroring the points of light from the buildings below. Since the completion of the nebula with its protective functions, early warning stations, and multitude of genetically modified life that occupied it, all that could be seen was the faint reflection of the light from the goddess's orb of life.
Shakti lowered her head and returned to the main room. A large pink crystalline hung above a large table. The early warning outposts were labelled on the surface. Nearly invisible silver lines within the pink represented the structural members that supported the living components and anchored the filaments. A tiny model of the Jorogumo was mounted on the end of rod from the center of the sphere showing the ship's location. Other rods showed the locations of the other ships. Velithari interns adjusted the locations of the alien ship models on outside of the sphere. A single model was blue while the others were red; the takers.
Shakti pressed the pad on the table top.
Shakti: Rana. I assume you are aware that the takers are attacking the early warning outpost in your sector. My understanding is they are using the same weapon as they used previously.
Rana: Response
Shakti: I see. I also assume that I do not need to remind you of your first duty.
Rana: Response
Shakti: Understanding the Kit-o-meers, their motives and capabilities, is highly important. I have no doubt that if we can lure the Let-us Ali-ons within range of the nebula, we can destroy them.
Rana: Response
Shakti: You have my trust. Given their earlier deception, I do not trust the kit-o-meers as much, I fear that if the Kit-o-meers is that if they are deceiving us again and are actually working with the takers, they may be more than Jorogumo can handle.
Shakti hesitated. She had nearly unlimited faith in Rana. Rana had been one of her best students. Was there actually a risk that she could be deceived again? There would be no doubt if it had just been the kit-o-meers. The takers arriving so quickly after them was a large portion of her uncertainty. Shakti's chest expanded as she took a breath.
Shakti: The entire system is alerted to the potential danger. The Omukade and the Ikihagi are available to lend assistance. Omukade can be at your location within minutes at your command.
Rana: Response
Tags/TBC
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MSNPC Shakti of the Velithari
as simmed by
LtJg Lera Michaels
Engineering Officer USS Khitomer K240106LM2
If Shakti's face had been capable of frowning, she would have frowned. The situation had been bad enough when they were dealing with a single group of aliens. It had been worse when there had been two species... the ones the Kit-o-meers referred as the Let-us Ali-ons... first came. Now they had all three. Worse stiil, early warning outpost Zukeira 14 was reporting they were under attack.
For the first time Shakti could remember, she had doubts about whether the nebula could protect. And to make matters even more troublesome, Rana was not on Jorogumo but on the Kit-o-meer ship.
Shakti stood silently on the balcony of the temple and looked down on the city below. Darkness was approaching and the lights of the city were just beginning to come on. There must have been a time when points of light in the sky had been visible at night mirroring the points of light from the buildings below. Since the completion of the nebula with its protective functions, early warning stations, and multitude of genetically modified life that occupied it, all that could be seen was the faint reflection of the light from the goddess's orb of life.
Shakti lowered her head and returned to the main room. A large pink crystalline hung above a large table. The early warning outposts were labelled on the surface. Nearly invisible silver lines within the pink represented the structural members that supported the living components and anchored the filaments. A tiny model of the Jorogumo was mounted on the end of rod from the center of the sphere showing the ship's location. Other rods showed the locations of the other ships. Velithari interns adjusted the locations of the alien ship models on outside of the sphere. A single model was blue while the others were red; the takers.
Shakti pressed the pad on the table top.
Shakti: Rana. I assume you are aware that the takers are attacking the early warning outpost in your sector. My understanding is they are using the same weapon as they used previously.
Rana: Response
Shakti: I see. I also assume that I do not need to remind you of your first duty.
Rana: Response
Shakti: Understanding the Kit-o-meers, their motives and capabilities, is highly important. I have no doubt that if we can lure the Let-us Ali-ons within range of the nebula, we can destroy them.
Rana: Response
Shakti: You have my trust. Given their earlier deception, I do not trust the kit-o-meers as much, I fear that if the Kit-o-meers is that if they are deceiving us again and are actually working with the takers, they may be more than Jorogumo can handle.
Shakti hesitated. She had nearly unlimited faith in Rana. Rana had been one of her best students. Was there actually a risk that she could be deceived again? There would be no doubt if it had just been the kit-o-meers. The takers arriving so quickly after them was a large portion of her uncertainty. Shakti's chest expanded as she took a breath.
Shakti: The entire system is alerted to the potential danger. The Omukade and the Ikihagi are available to lend assistance. Omukade can be at your location within minutes at your command.
Rana: Response
Tags/TBC
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MSNPC Shakti of the Velithari
as simmed by
LtJg Lera Michaels
Engineering Officer USS Khitomer K240106LM2
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