Contact [Bendy timed to 3 or 4 days after Lirath]

[fate-favored.livejournal.com]

In the aftermath of the battle at Lirath, Stacy had been severely damaged. Though she still eventually managed to build up enough power to resume course, she was obviously struggling, her pace far slower than normal. She could barely even manage to directly address those who needed to speak with her, instead allowing the more monotone voice of the Warden to speak up wherever she couldn't.

Several days after the battle, however, she once again stopped course suddenly and without warning, and let out a message throughout the ship.

||Notice to all crew members, Daligig Vessel Horizon is approaching. Archon Yavek is requesting to board so repairs can begin on this vessel. Please report to the Obs deck to recieve Daligig personnel and begin briefing. I repeat, notice to all crew members...||

Those going to the Obs Deck to check out the commotion would see the Horizon just out the observation window. It was massive, nearly half as long as Stacy, and likely had enough room for over a million crew members. The ship was colored a brilliantly bright white, with sleek, smooth lines, making the ships the GIA had that the crew had seen in the battle at Lirath seem like ancient relics.

Not long after the crew had arrived at the Obs Deck, bright, crackling lights began to appear towards the far end of the room as figures began teleporting in.

The first to appear were...not the Daligig. Instead, the first figures to arrive were massive, 9-ft tall reptilian soldiers, each decked in thick armor carrying equally massive battle rifles. At their fore stood one of them wearing lighter armor, carrying a tall metallic staff. He appeared older than the other reptillians, and wore a red sash that seemed to mark him of higher rank than the others. He raised the comm unit on his wrist to speak into it.

"Situation green, Archon. It is safe come over."

At that point, more figures began teleporting over, much smaller than the reptilian soldiers that came before. In fact, they were even somewhat shorter than normal humans, the tallest among them barely six feet tall. These were the Daligig, strange looking and varied in appearance. Each of them had devices on their arms, apparently small but powerful micro computers, each with different colors denoting the rank of the wearer. At their side were numerous tiny beings, each barely 4 feet tall, who almost immediately fanned out, obsessively observing and picking at Stacy's techno-organic structure.

Suddenly, one of the Daligig, wearing a dark blue arm unit, stepped forward with a rather grim, serious expression on his face. This, apparently was Archon Yavek.

"Who is in charge here?" he demanded bluntly.

[ooc: Meant to get this up a week ago, but school got the better of me, so sorry, guys! First thread that I put up will be the main expositionary thread, but feel free to make more threads for you characters to react, talk to each other, or try and talk to the Daligig and their companions. Basic info on the Daligig can be found over here.]

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[fate-favored.livejournal.com]

"Your captain only has authority by the blessing of the Daligig Council of Heirarchs. Therefore, he and by extent all of you are subject to our chain of command. As Archon, I outrank your captain, and expect the chain of command to be followed as such."

Another Daligig, this time wearing a red arm unit, stepped up, placing a hand on Archon Yavek's shoulder.

"Tactless as ever, sir," she said, before turning to the others. "Sorry about that. Archon Yavek is just very big on rules. As long as you don't step out of line, you can continue with your own government."

[metalwebhead.livejournal.com]

"Listen, really, you expect the entire crew to bow down to someone I almost tower over? We have a hard time getting half the crew to listen without someone throwing a hissy fit because the latest idea we throw out messes with the feng shui of their lives before they came here! Half of the time, it's 'screw the rules, I'm better than you!" Spidey ranted.

"And besides, how can we trust you when we know diddly squat and when we do, it's either zombies or aliens trying to eat eight-year-old girls or what not?! I mean, what the hell?!"

There was a brief pause.

"There. I think I got that out of my system."

[governmentninja]

"Do you feel better, Mr. Parker?" Leon spoke up, placing a hand on Peter's shoulder. It wasn't an order to stand down, so much as a silent suggestion to calm down.

He had actually arrived a bit ago, actually, but hadn't decided to say anything earlier. He had a feeling the Daligig would try to pull a stunt like this, and he already knew how the crew would respond. The question now was how would the Daligig respond when the crew simply wouldn't bow down to their demands, and he'd intercede now to be the first to deal with that.

[fate-favored.livejournal.com]

"Oh boy--" the female Daligig said before Archon Yavek spoke up.

"I expect you to follow the chain of command because this ship is a Daligig ship, and as a Daligig officer, it will respond to my commands. If you do not wish to face disciplinary action as dispensed by this vessel, I suggest staying in line."

"Sir," the female spoke up again. "Perhaps we should try not to antagonize them. It might work better. Just a wild guess."

[waylostandfound.livejournal.com]

Nathan was also standing nearby, not far from the Captain. His eyes narrowed at the Archon's attitude.

He nodded to the female Dalgig, accepting her apology and comments, "As you can see, our crew does have a well organized system in place as it is, and doesn't take changes well." He thought they had at least earned some sovereignty as it was.

He then glanced over at Leon for his response.

[governmentninja]

Getting Yavek to show off his trump card was easier than Leon figured. That guy would be a terrible poker player.

So, the ship would respond to their commands over his. But considering the work Neuropathy had been doing, and Stacy regaining more of herself, Leon wondered just how much of a threat that still was. He may have to test that theory if Yavek keeps pushing things.

"You should listen to the lady," Leon agreed, and stepped forward. "I'm Leon S. Kennedy, and I'm in charge of this ship and this crew. This is my First Officer, Nathan Petrelli. You'll be meeting the rest of my staff, as well as the Council members shortly. Before that, though, I need to have a brief word with you," he said, his comment directed at the female Daligig.

He motioned to the side, indicating for her to follow him a bit. At the least, she seemed to have a shred of common sense and some manners. He'd get a lot further dealing directly with her than he would with Yavek.

[fate-favored.livejournal.com]

The female Daligig winced slightly when Leon and Nathan spoke up, not looking forward to what was to come when they tried to poke at Yavek's authority.

"You are in charge of this ship at the Council's pleasure," Yavek said. "You are free to disobey my orders, if you wish to face the consequences. Vessel, your programming is intact, is it not?"

||Damage sustained in combat has not affected programming,|| the monotone voice of the Warden spoke up. ||However, efforts have been made by the crew to reduce influence of security protocols on normal programming.||

The Warden just ratted them out.

"I see," said Yavek, before speaking to one of the other Daligig, a shorter one with a green arm unit, "Make sure the Ghyyl rectify this problem."

"Sir, perhaps we should worry more about fixing the ship rather than getting the crew to behave? That's why we're here, after all."

Yavek gave her a stiff look for a moment, before relaxing and letting out a slight sigh.

"Very well, Archite," he replied. "Go speak with their leadership, and establish an understanding. But we will be re-establishing those security protocols."

"Very well, sir," she sighed, before turning to move towards Leon after he called her over, offering him a quick salute.

"Archite Rekkti, second in command of the 34th battalion and first officer of the Horizon. Pleasure to meet you."

[metalwebhead.livejournal.com]

Peter would have been calmed down, if not for the whole "put back violations" thing.

"Hold on. Why are you putting them back?!" he said. "I hate to break it to you, Captain Stick-In-The-Mud, but do we look like prisoners You guys saved us from the Ohm and you're going to thank us by making us go through that again? Half of the mess we're in now we wouldn't be in if it wasn't for that flat-voiced computer!"

"And if you think you can scare us with Punishments, think again. We've seen what that is."

He turned to Leon before he left. "Now I feel better!"

[governmentninja]

Leon quietly pinched the bridge of his nose. Yavek hasn't exactly made this first contact go very well, and his crew wasn't helping. Hopefully he could keep this brief enough, so he could get back before a fight broke out.

"I'll be straight with you: We've fought the Ohm and won; we've found ways to handcuff the Warden; hell, I've tossed a god into a black hole; The Archon isn't going to intimidate us, bully us, or force us into submission." That wasn't said as a threat or even a warning, just a simple statement of fact. The Archon's attitude was not going to work. "I understand you have certain protocols you need to adhere to, but I'm the only one under any kind of obligation to the Daligig, the rest of my crew never swore an oath to anything, except to each other. You're going to have to meet us half way.

"As far as I'm concerned, you're guests on my ship, you're here to help us with repairs, and obviously, we need it. So long as that's the case, there won't be an issue, and my people will be glad to assist you in any way we can." And those that won't, he can keep out of the way. He didn't bother with any kind of 'or else,' not really feeling the need to make threats.

[fate-favored.livejournal.com]

"Look," Rekkti replied. "I think the whole pissing contest is annoying as much as you do, but I also don't want you guys underestimating Yavek and letting one of your people do something stupid. He has more than the ship's security systems to back up his authority."

She points briefly to the leader of the massive reptilian warriors.

"See that guy? That's Force Commander Hukkar, in direct command of the Kessek forces within the 34th battalion. Pleasant guy most of the time, and he doesn't do anything without provocation, but he will follow any order Yavek gives him to the letter, and he is more than capable of carrying them out. Not to speak ill of the dead, but that explosion your guy was killed in after he killed that Firewurm on Lirath? Hukkar survived a similar explosion when he killed the last Firewurm the Ohm tried to deploy. He's strong enough to fight anyone in your crew one-on-one, and with nearly a million Kessek back on the Horizon, they could put down your entire crew if things got out of hand."

She sighed, putting her hands on her hips and shaking her head.

"I don't expect things to get that bad, mind you, but at the same time, I don't want you thinking Yavek's words are just hot air. However, I can keep Yavek mostly off your back. In exchange, though, I need you to keep your people from getting his attention. Keep out of restricted areas, no interfering with any work we have the Ghyyl do, and no attacking any of our personnel. If you can manage that, then I promise you that you won't even notice Yavek's presence, and after we leave you can go back to whatever you were doing with the computer."

"Is that acceptable?"

[governmentninja]

More food for thought. Apparently, the Horizon was going to be sticking around.

"I suppose it'll have to be. Though my crew is still going to need someone to talk regarding the repairs. Since its unwise for Yavek to talk to the crew any more than he already has, so I'll be instructing the crew that you'll be the official liaison."

[fate-favored.livejournal.com]

"Very well. If your crew wishes to volunteer to help with the repairs, they ought to speak to Logistics Officer Mirvee over there. He's going to be overseeing the Ghyyl."

She pointed back to a rather taciturn looking Daligig wearing one of the green arm-units, darker than the other ones.

"He's not much of a talker, but if you know what you're doing, he's easy to get along with."