Marriage Planet

[cityship]

Stacy's voice came over the comm, blaring across the entire ship.

||Attention, Attention. All personnel please report to the Observation Deck. Attention, Attention. All personnel please report to the Observation Deck. Attention, Attention, all personnel...||

The mouth in the main sculpture on Obs Deck opened, revealing a screen with the image of a mottled blue and purple planet, rotating slowly.

Planet Designation: Gondepetil
Status: Terrestrial, H-class. Mass slightly larger than most Earths.
Non-sentient life: Extensive flora and fauna.
Semi-Sentient Life: Yes.
Sentient Life: Yes.
Water: 88% of the planet's surface.

Climate: Similar to Earth's Mediterranean climate. Warm but hospitable.  [Click here for cultural equivalents for non-Earth cultures.]
Landscape: Short trees and scrubs. Most mountains are plateaus, terrain is hilly and rocky on 65% of the land surface.
Air: Normoxic concentration: 25% oxygen, 65% nitrogen, 5% xenon, 5% trace gases, such as hydrogen, neon, krypton, and argon.

Air Pressure: 17.02 pounds per square inch. Heavier than ship's air pressure, but breathable.
Sky: Blue/purple with silver clouds.
Sun: A class G2V, yellow star. The planet is unusually close to its sun, but its ozone layer is fully capable of filtering out harmful radiation.

Mission: Spiritual elders of the local inhabitants are in possession of an artifact of great importance to the war against the Ohm. The crew will participate in the inhabitants' rituals of judgment and joining to enter the region known as the Sacred Mount, where the artifact is being stored. The crew is to negotiate with the spiritual elders to acquire this artifact. The crew is expected to comply with any of their demands in order to successfully complete negotiations.

Time for another mission, then.

Comments

[bonnypiperlad]

Jamie thinks he knows exactly what she's talking about with 'defensive projects', and he nods enthusiastically. "Aye, like with the guns? Billy's shown me a wee bit about how to put those together."

It doesn't occur to him she might be talking about other types of defenses. You can defend things plenty well with guns, after all. "Although we did have a wee problem with the slop-goo gun," he says, his expression a little pensive for a moment. Poor Cassie. The look clears quickly.

"He and Kaylee have been training me to help there as well. I'm not so good at it yet, but if ye need a hand, let me know."

[ronnae.livejournal.com]

Ronnae smiled listening to him, she crossed her arms; "Well more like shields and things to let you escape, or be invisible. But! I have made guns back home. Always fun! Maybe we can work together sometime!" She said excitedly, it was clear that speaking about gear, bolts and sprockets made the girl a bit more at ease.

[bonnypiperlad]

Even Jamie can pick up on that part of it. Billy could do much worse then Ronnae, he decides. And privately, if he doesn't see some signs of something there, he may just have to encourage his friend. He'll have to see, though. For all he knows, they may have already taken steps there.

He does need to check on that. Right now, though, he nods. "Maybe we could, yes. Although I think you're a wee bit ahead of me if ye can make people invisible."

[ronnae.livejournal.com]

"It's alright, there's always something new to learn from anyone!" She said merrily. At least she had calmed down a lot now that her mind was focused on engineering.

[bonnypiperlad]

"Aye, well, most of this is new to me," Jamie admits. "So ye would be right, there." He glances up at the screen again for a moment, then turns back to Ronnae.

"Look, I think I'd best go find someplace to get situated before all the good spots are taken, but it was nice meeting ye, Ronnae."

[ronnae.livejournal.com]

Ronnae bowed and smiled. "It was nice meeting you as well Jamie. Hope we can meet again." With that, the girl turned her attention to the screen, wondering what the mission will be like.