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<h3 style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','Arial'; color: royalblue; font-weight: bold;">USS FEYNMAN: Diplomatic Functionm</h3> | |||
<h4 style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','Arial'; color: royalblue; font-weight: bold;">by Joseph Baker 2-17-1996</h4> | |||
SD: 80217.0012<br> | |||
As Lt. Jerran beamed over to the RESOLUTE, the first thing he noticed, | |||
like the rest of the crew, was the intense heat and dryness of the air on | |||
the alien ship. It reminded him of the many times he had visited Vulcan | |||
with his mother and the time that he spent at the Science Academy. | |||
Therefor, he was actually one of the only Starfleet officers there who | |||
wasn't uncomfortable by the atmosphere caused by the life support | |||
systems. He was, however, still quite nervous about the atmosphere of | |||
the diplomatic function itself. | |||
One of the cat-like crewmen came up to him and graciously introduced | |||
himself as the helmsman of the RESOLUTE, a position that Jerran could | |||
definitely relate to. | |||
Jerran was just about to start asking his counterpart about the | |||
navigational systems of these ships, when the other helmsman said, "Oh, | |||
no. Mr. Jerran. Tonight is a night of celebration. We can talk about | |||
ships later." | |||
Jerran was disappointed by the response, but followed the alien helmsman, | |||
whose name was Fiera, to the buffet table, where Lt. Jenn was already | |||
sampling some of the dishes. | |||
"Enjoying yourself, Lt?" asked Fiera. | |||
"Oh, yes," she replied. "You have some of the most interesting culinary | |||
samples that I've been able to try out in a while. Much better than our | |||
own replicated food on the Feynman." | |||
"Ackkk! You eat replicated food?! We would never desicrate our bodies | |||
with such artificial filth!" said the felenoid helmsman, somewhat | |||
insulted by the idea, and definitely more than a little revolted. | |||
Jerran tried to be diplomatic as he said, "We only eat replicated foods | |||
so as to keep our cargo weight down, so that we are able to make more | |||
extended voyages. Our ships just aren't big enough to carry real food." | |||
Fiera walked over to the buffet and put some sort of meat on his plate as | |||
he said, "We gladly saccrifice range for decent food. It's almost | |||
saccrilige for us to anything that isn't fresh. That's why all our | |||
foodstuffs are carried live on our ship." | |||
Jerran and Jenn quickly were able to figure out by the alien helmsman's | |||
next statement that his training was definitely not in diplomacy as he | |||
said, "And that's usually how it's served," popping the food into his | |||
mouth with some disdain. | |||
He then smiled widely, baring a nice set of sharp teeth, to them as he said, | |||
"But, of course, we make certain concesions for guests." | |||
Jerran wasn't sure how he liked the intonation with which Fiera used the | |||
word "guest," and he was just now starting to notice how really warm it | |||
was in the room... | |||
<NRPG> | |||
Anyone ever see the Twilight Zone where some aliens come to Earth to take | |||
some of them back to their home, and they give them a book entitled "How | |||
to Serve Mankind?" which turned out, when translated, to be a cookbook? <EG> | |||
Yeah, I know, real corny, but hey, it's just a suggestion <VEG> | |||
And remember, the temperature isn't so bad. It's the dry heat :) | |||
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***************************************************************** | |||
* I study nuclear science! * jobaker@chuma.cas.usf.edu * | |||
* I love my classes! * jbaker@deans2.cas.usf.edu * | |||
* I've got a crazy teacher, ****************************** | |||
* Who wears dark glasses. * LTJG Jerran Terel * | |||
* Things are goin' great, * Flight Control Officer * | |||
* And they're only gettin' better! * USS Feynman/NCC-66000 * | |||
***************************************************************** | |||
* Joseph W. Baker * | |||
* Physics Major, College of Arts and Sciences * | |||
* University of South Florida * | |||
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