Lt. Commander Madison Marsh - “Keeping an Open Door”
Madison Marsh
((Capitol City High Council Chambers – Capricalia))
Madison’s smile was electric and her tone warm in her introduction. She had the gift of being able to connect with others through both her warmness accompanied by her extroversion.
Marsh: A pleasure to meet you High Councillor Zirzal. ::She gestured to herself with a thumb:: I’m Lieutenant Commander Marsh.
Tovan: ?
Zirzal: Welcome to Capricalia Commanders, Ensign. I have set aside a conference room for us to speak in.
Fairhug: Forgive me, High Councillor, but before we begin, we detected an EM spike that threatened to stop us beaming down a few moments ago. As a gesture of good will, we would like to offer Ensign Arlo's expertise as an engineer to help look into what may have caused it.
Zirzal: An EM spike? ::He drew in a long, slow breath:: If it affects your ship I see not reason to not allow your engineer to assist.
Fairhug: Despite your previous experiences, I assure you, High Councillor, we are here to help. If there's absolutely anything else we can do while we are here, please let us know.
Zirzal: I thank you for your concern, Commander. I only hope that it isn’t too little, too late.
She was an optimist when it came to many situations that she had come across her life. Definitely a glass is half full kind of person. In her mind, she believed that taking a shot was better than doing nothing at all.
Marsh: I’m a firm believer that it’s never too late High Councilor.
Tovan/Fairhug: ?
Zirzal: I admit Capricalia to some degree got themselves in this mess. This world has always been a little isolationist. Nationalist if you will. We tried to fade away and remain unnoticed during the Dominion Wars, and at the time it worked well for our people – and I say well with some regret of hindsight. But at the time we kept to ourselves, were overlooked and came through the conflict more or less unscathed.
Zirzal’s explanation made sense to Madison. It was a rough time for the Federation during the Dominion War.
Marsh: I can understand lying low during the Dominion War, it was an arduous time for all involved.
Tovan/Fairhug: ?
Zirzal: Of course in the decades afterwards we tried to increase our trade, but it’s been a difficult prospect. Now the population feels like we were ignored by the Federation. Though I don’t think they remember that we had a hand in that.
Everyone had their own beliefs and viewpoints on situations that they came across. The Federation could have appeared that they were ignoring the Capricalians when that was not their true intention. They would have to find a way to make things right.
Marsh: Perception can be reality to many. Do they have other specific reasons as to why they feel ignored High Councilor?
Tovan/Zirzal/Fairhug: ?
The points mentioned were definitely crucial, but there was a misunderstanding between the citizens of Capricalia and the Federation. She had to ensure that she responded to the High Councilor with great care.
Marsh: I emphasize with and respect their viewpoints. However, I can assure you that the Federation does want to be actively involved with Capricalia and keeps an open door policy for all citizens.
Tovan/Zirzal/Fairhug: ?
She crossed her arms comfortably and nodded her head in assurance. Madison was an advocate of the Federation and assisting its members in any way she could.
Marsh: We look forward to working with you on coming to a viable solution while we’re here.
Tovan/Zirzal/Fairhug: ?
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Starbase 118 Ops
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