New Assignment

Posted on Wed Feb 1st, 2023 @ 3:02am by T'Ryllia Ll'Shiaray'Neruil

1,197 words; about a 6 minute read

Mission: Prelude to War
Location: Trelan Homeworld - Taurus Dark Cloud
Timeline: TBA

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Ambassador T'Ryllia Ll'Shiaray'Neruil made sure that she was appropriately attired, she had been summoned to the Palace, and the Prime Minister contacted her and her superior to appear before the King, even the Prime Minister was required to attend. She checked the timer and found that if she did not get moving now she would be late, not a good impression to make in front of the King. A half-hour later she arrives at the Palace and is escorted into the king's office.

< < Translated from Trelan > >

"Ambassador, you are cutting it close, no matter if you made it just in time," the Prime Minister said.

T'Ryllia Ll'Shiaray'Neruil did not respond immediately as she bowed to the King then saluted her Department boss, and then addressed the Prime Minister. "Apologies Sir, the hover traffic was terrible and the local transporter system was under repair, might I ask why am I here?" She asked haughtily.

She got a disapproving look from the Prime Minister, the King showed no emotion, her boss had a strange look on his face "Ambassador have you heard of an Alpha Quadrant entity known as the United Federation of Planets?" he asked.

T'Ryllia thought a moment "if memory serves they are almost on par with us in most areas except medical if memory serves!" she said.

"Very good Shiara," her boss said using the middle of her name as was the custom among the various departments, but if another department addressed her or them, then the full name would be used initially but only among their own kind.

A free-floating holoscreen appeared and deep into the Mira Sector she saw a small ship that she did not recognise, she looked at her boss puzzled.

"This is one of the ships of this UFP a ship from its military arm known as Starfleet, our cloaked recon probes have scanned it and it is very well armed for its size, but what is puzzling is that the ship does not seem to stay in that spot for long, not surprising really as it is not equipped for deep space, it stops there sends out a general hail and then leaves. We do not know why, but we lost a stealth probe some time ago and perhaps they found it, we do not know" he said.

"What else can you tell me about them?" She asked indicating the ship which left the area, and the screen closed down.

"This UFP spans two Quadrants and is the more peaceful and advanced entity compared to the others, the Romulans are suspicious and paranoid, and lack behind the UFP in areas, then there is a Species called Klingons, they are warriors and a few of their species have made good diplomats, there are other smaller factions in a similar state" he paused.

Now the King spoke "Ambassador T'Ryllia Ll'Shiaray'Neruil, I want you to take one of our medium long-range explorer vessels and make first contact" the King said.

She looked in surprise at the King "Your Majesty we have not tempted such a feat since the collapse of the First Federation and from what the history files state this UFP did not exist then" she said.

"No they did not, but our probes have shown that they share a similar ethos to the First Federation, the key species called humans are the ones we are most interested in meeting first, our historic files have shown that since their early days of deep space exploration, the humans took up the mantle of peacekeepers and made friends quickly and brought stability to the Alpha Quadrant for a time at least, what we know is out of date. That ship you saw we guess represents this Federation make first contact and get us updated information" the King said and saw Shiara look thoughtful.

"Am I to assume your Majesty that if all goes well then there will be more contact with these people?" She asked and the King nodded, Shiara was feeling the excitement of the First Contact situation "What are my parameters?" She asked.

It was the Prime Minister who spoke as he walked forward "Standard diplomatic Protocol, the fate of our people is in your hands Ambassador, the ship assigned to you will be staffed with the best military crew we have and the best support staff we have, the initial goal is to open a negotiation with the United Federation of Planets, we have been away from the Galactic commerce and community for far too long. Be wary Ambassador we are working with outdated information, so tread carefully" the Prime Minister said.

After that, the King dismissed all but the Prime Minister, as Shiara and her boss left and out of earshot she spoke, "why are we really making First Contact Sir?" She asked.

"The Commerce authority wants to expand trading, apparently we have levelled off, no credits are being made or lost, and our society has stagnated, I am not surprised as we have been in isolation for centuries. I do know though that the King and Prime Minister are nervous about initiating First Contact, now done so with an advanced civilization since before the fall of the First Federation" her boss answered.

Shiara simply nodded and the pair walked on, to the point where they had to part, Shiara looked at her boss "I will go gather my things, I am to assume that I am to remain to observe and negotiate and only return when I have our people a good deal?" She asked.

The senior officer looked at her wryly "the Commerce authority will be most grateful I would wager, so I would assume that yes would be that answer" he responded, Shiara nodded and left for her quarters to go gather the required items.

Next Day...

Shiara was at the boarding hatch her chosen belongings placed in her quarters, she was about to enter the ship when her boss showed up to wish her well.

"The Gods willing you will be successful in this First Contact, we know very little about this Federation beyond that they have the same outlook as we do for the most part, but be warned T'Ryllia Ll'Shiaray'Neruil you will be on your own out there, the ship you have been assigned is strong, but not as powerful as one of our battleships," he said.

"Thank You, Sir, I will do as you advise, let my parents know that I will miss them but I am proud to be doing what I am!" she said and her boss nodded, with a final smile Shiara entered the docking hatch which closed behind her, and her boss cleared the area as the ship prepared to undock from the orbital station, he watched the ship leave and privately wished her well.

As the ship cleared the station's defence perimeter Shiara arrived on the bridge and handed the coordinates to the navigation officer and turned to the ships Captain "okay get us there Captain" she said, he nodded and gave the order then had his ship cloak and a short moment later the stars became starlines.

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