HADESNRPG: HADESRPG: (-10, 1118, 1150) Civilian Mackenzie Dyson

[Ruben Hilbers]

My bad....but Mac is a civy, so I think she can be given a pass ;)





On Thursday, May 25, 2023 at 09:49:22 PM GMT+2, Jaclyn Smith via Hades-nrpg <hades-nrpg at startrekfreedom.com> wrote: 





Ensign Bentham is technically Lieutenant Jg. 

On Thu, 25 May 2023, 20:44 Ruben Hilbers via Hades-rpg, <hades-rpg at startrekfreedom.com> wrote:
> Mission: Voices in the Dark
> Day -10
> Stardate: 2446.07.05
> 
> (USS Hades - Cargo Bay 13 - Civilian Mackenzie Dyson - 1118)
> 
> =^=No. Tholian culture is very orderly. No Tholian would disobey the rules. Tholian's also don't have children.=^=
> 
> "So, what would happen if a Tholian did disobey the rules ?" Mac said with a frown on her face. ~And no children ? How does that work ? Tholians have to come from somewhere.~ And she was pretty sure they did not grow on trees.
> 
> =^=..punishment for disobedience is the end of the current cycle, offenders would be put to death.=^=
> 
> ~Yikes !~ She was worried that her dad would kill her once he found out what she had been up to, but at least in her case it was only metaphorical. ~Time to change the subject.~
> 
> "Where do Tholians come from if they don't have children ?"
> 
> =^=Tholian emerge fully grown and our lives are measured in cycles, each cycle is what you would call their lifetime. Near the end of their cycle knowledge is transferred back to the Lattice to be given again to their next cycle.=^=
> 
> "How long is an average cycle ?" Mac asked, having no idea how long Tholians lived. 
> 
> =^=In your galactic standard time, unaided six to eight months, we have learned to extend it a bit further to one to two years. This is Tilkrene's fifteenth cycle.=^=
> 
> "I see," Mac nodded. "Well, I should get to work on writing a message asking for permission for my project. And you have duties to get back to, or you'll get into trouble."
> 
> (Reply Tilkrene)
> 
> "It was nice to talk to you, Mister Tilkrene." 
> 
> She went over to her desk and sat down behind the computer she used for her schoolwork. As she did so, she suddenly had an idea. ~It's not much, but it's all I have.~ Taking a deep breath, she began typing. 
> 
> (Reply Tilkrene)
> 
>  (USS Hades - Cargo Bay 13 - Civilian Mackenzie Dyson - 1150)
> 
> Mac had written a 'proposal' for the construction of a Mark-II Colonial Viper. Her message included the specs of the craft and its origin. But there was the little fact that she had to confess the truth. So she added a post-scriptum. She crossed her fingers and typed it.
> 
> ~I have to admit that this is a case of asking for forgiveness instead of permission. I may have already started construction. You can see what I've managed to build so  far in Cargo Bay 13.~
> 
> Her confession added, she pondered who to send it to. She bit her lower lip and selected the people to recieve it. ~Dad, Commander Merek, Captain Bracken, Mr Tilkrene, Ensign Bentham, Mrs. Bentham, Commander Miller, Quinn Johnston and Mrs. Nichelle Nichols.~ 
> 
> She added Auntie and Quinn to the list, simply because she needed somebody who wouldn't yell at her on it. Mac figured that everybody else would get mad at her. Maybe - if she got lucky - they would yell at one another first before they got around to yelling at her. But either way, she figured she would end up in the brig on soap and water. ~Oh, well, I had a good run.~ Her message done, she left her desk and went back to welding. 
> 
> (Reply Merek, Bracken, Tilkrene, Simon Bentham, Rosie Benthan, Johnston, Miller)
> (Posted by Ruben)
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