ILLUMINARRPG: (05–0915) tlha'nISta'. Tags McKenzie, Sekal.

Frank Truelove qcwriter at gmail.com
Tue Oct 18 07:47:43 UTC 2022


Mission:  For Honor
Day: 5
Stardate: 2446.04.28

(Qo'nos - Diplomatic Quarters - aCSO LT tlha'nISta' - 0915)

Once Lanista arrived for the second time in this single place, Ambassador
McKenzie stepped over to her and offered the dagger back to her.  “I’m
uncertain the necessity of such a weapon,” he said, "unless you believe
that Lt Commander T’Mur and her people are not capable of defending us, but
you may as well take it back as it holds no interest to me, yet it appears
to hold importance to yourself.”

"You don't know the need for this?" Lani' asked, genuinely surprised. "And
yet, you are a diplomat to the Klingons here on Q'onoS. Intriguing. Still,
you MUST know that ALL Klingons consider themselves warriors, though of
course not all of them are. Warriors are typically armed. Anyone who isn't
is probably an assassin intending to engage in less than honorable but no
less lethal 'battle.' To be unarmed upon arrival in a socially tense
circumstance implies nefarious intent."

Lanista slipped the dagger into the sash of her uniform. "As to the good
commander's ability to defend you, I'm certain that skills of the Security
detail are top-notch. My skills in fighting tend toward the offense,
however. Starfleet protocol would likely be to minimize casualties, on both
sides, until a means of egress could be found or made. An excellent
strategy, but a retreat nonetheless. I grew up among Klingons. I made my
first three kills before I was a teenager. Sometimes, finding that means of
egress requires fighting forward, not falling back. That's why I came
dressed according to the customs of Klingons the first time. To observe the
Way of the Warrior in a Starfleet uniform could necessitate violating
Starfleet protocol. The terms of engagement, so to speak."

"But the Klingons have a word for someone who fights according to 'terms of
engagement.' Do you know what that word is?"

(Reply McKenzie)

"The word is 'dead.' If there are lines you will not cross, you cede an
advantage to your adversary. Wherever two or more of those lines intersect,
you may find yourself backed into the corner formed by them. You might not
consider that 'honorable' but the Klingons do. They always have, and they
probably always will."

(Reply McKenzie)

"Is it lamentable, for example, that I had to kill 3 of my crew-mates
aboard my father privateer vessel? Possibly. Would I have died if I hadn't
defended myself. Yes. Did I fight in any way 'fairly?' Certainly not.
What's the Terran expression? Oh, yes: 'forgive me father for I have
sinned.' Well, I imagine it's difficult to repent when you're dead. So …
did you want the qutluch back, or did you not?"

(Reply McKenzie)

(Reply Sekal)
(Posted by Frank)
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