ILLUMINARRPG: (05–0922) tlha'nISta'. Tags McKenzie/Sekal.

[Frank Truelove]

Mission:  For Honor
Day: 5
Stardate: 2446.04.28

(Qo'nos - Diplomatic Quarters - aCSO LT tlha'nISta' - 0922)

Sekal said, "I do not believe the Ambassador has an interest in martial
weaponry nor would be be conversant with the wielding of it. I might also
add that wielding a weapon or being seen to wield one would make the
Ambassador a target in the event our hosts turned against us."

"Perhaps not. Do`Ha`," Lanista responded, almost in passing.

"That is of course up to Ambassador McKenzie to decide." Sekal gave a
slight shrug, then returned to the business at hand: "As for why I
requested the Lieutenant's presence. This group has been deadlocked on the
question of why the Chancellor has been stalling these negotiations and
what this delay might portend. I have three officers aboard the ship who
have some insight into the Klingon mindset and two of them have gone to
petition the council. If you have any questions I suggest you ask them of
Lieutenant Tha'lanista. As you see she can be a veritable font of
information."

"My father's people aren't given to deadlock. Nor to stalling. When
Klingons believe they have the upper hand, they act accordingly. That
doesn't mean their assessment is accurate. It doesn't mean mistakes cannot
be made. But an unexploited advantage tends to evaporate. Deliberate delay
implies that the Chancellor is not convinced of victory in this contention.
Or he feels YOU in fact have the upper hand and he is merely forestalling
his admission of that. Nothing interferes with compromise more than pride.
If it were up to me, then, I'd press him on his acknowledgments of the
facts … without stepping on his ego, of course. Face-saving may be the most
applicable weapon here."

"Alternatively, you might just make him angry. Deliberately. In Klingons,
anger focuses the mind. Your challenge would be to sharpen his insight,
though, without appearing to be insulting him. Nuance. Subtlety. They're
capable of it, it just presents differently than it does in non-Klingons."

(Reply McKenzie/Sekal)
(Posted by Frank)
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