<USS Avalon> "Boarding The Avalon" Cmdr. Skyler, Mir'ast'herea and Ensign O'Donnell

"Boarding The Avalon"
Cmdr. Skyler, Mir'ast'hera and Ensign  O'Donnell
 
Looking out at the strange looking ship Skyler had hoped that by now  the 
Captain would be on the bridge, however it didn't appear as if that was  going 
to 
happen. Of course nothing normal ever happened on her shift. "This is  
Commander Skyler of the USS Avalon to the R'ish'tka ship. Please respond."  


Mir'ast'hera twitched her mandibles slightly as this strange voice  came from 
the communications system. It was speaking partly in her language, it  knew 
her peoples name. Suddenly a strange looking shape appeared in her  viewport, 
was that where the voice came from. Her Majesty was right! I wonder  if they 
look like us? "Hello? Hello? Can you hear me?"

The  voice coming from the other ship was slightly distorted simply because 
the  universal translator was trying to comprehend what was being sent to it. 
"I am  Commander Skyler and yes I can hear you. Do you require assistance?" She 
turned  and looked at James, "Is there anyway we can get a visual as well as 
the audio?"  James shook his head in frustration, "I am still working on it 
ma'am." "Let me  know when you get it James." James simply nodded his head and 
went back to  pounding away at his console.  


The language was more understandable this time. "This is the  R'ish'tk Space 
Vessel. I am stranded, hit by something. Systems down, no way  home." 


"R'ish'tk Space Vessel, do you have visual  capabilities? How far are you 
from home and what is the condition of your  vessel?" 

"Condition critical, Faster-than-light drive dead, Thrusters down."  Visual 
capabilities? The arachnid rubbed her suit with her forelegs. "Home is in  this 
system."


"Yes, you know visual capabilities, so that we  can see what you look like 
and you can see what we look like. I am sure that my  Captain will want to meet 
with you. I am sure you will find him to be a fair and  kind man. What kind of 
atmosphere do you require? If we are to bring you aboard  our ship we can 
make the atmosphere or gravity such that it fits you. Do you  understand?"  


Again the message was garbled. "I cannot see you? Captain? What is a  man? 
Atmosphere is for breathing?" Mir'ast'hera was confused and her mandibles  
began 
to show her irritation with her situation, clicking feverishly.  


Skyler was getting frustrated. How was she  supposed to explain what a man 
was? "Mir'ast'hera a man is the opposite of a  girl or female. I am a female, 
my 
captain, who is the one who is in charge of  this ship is a man. Don't worry 
about the atmosphere, we have scanned your ship  and determined that you 
should be able to breathe just fine on our ship. We have  also made adjustments 
so 
that the gravity on our ship is equal to that of your  ship. Do you wish to 
come aboard our ship?" 

A male in charge? That went  against everything. Interesting to study though. 
"Come aboard? Leave my  vessel here? Not acceptable."  


"What do you mean not acceptable? We can bring  your vessel aboard our ship 
if that will make you feel better? We can have our  engineers take a look at it 
to see if they can fix it. Is that satisfactory to  you?" You would think 
that someone whose ship is in critical condition would  be willing to accept 
any 
help offered...   


"Acceptable, yes. Thank you." 

"We will have your ship aboard momentarily. You will feel our  tractor beams 
lock on and pull you into one of our cargo bays." Looking at  James, Skyler 
spoke, "Bring the ship aboard to Cargo Bay 1 and make sure to  adjust the 
gravity for our guest." She then pushed the comm on her chair,  "Ensign 
O'Donnell, 
this is Cmdr Skyler, meet me in Cargo Bay 1 immediately."  Lyta you have the 
bridge. Skyler got up and made her way to the cargo may  wondering what was in 
store for her. 


Rolling her eyes Mary tapped her badge "Acknowledged Ma'am." Having  kept a 
watching brief on the communications with the alien vessel she snagged a  
phaser rifle as she left the Security office. 

The tractor beam locked onto the alien vessel and brought it into  the 
shuttle bay. Skyler stood outside the door, having put on magnetic boots  
before 
entering the bay. She waited for the security officer to appear. 
 
She tapped her comm-badge, "Captain Ketchum, we have brought the  alien 
vessel aboard and it is currently in the shuttle bay." Skyler was pacing  the 
hall 
waiting for O'Donnell to appear. She herself was exactly over eager to  make 
first contact with a new race, after all she wasn't much of a  diplomat.  

She spotted the security  officer coming down the hall. "Grab a pair of 
magnetic boots. We can't enter the  bay without them." Once she had her boots 
on, 
Skyler opened the shuttle bay  doors. Upon entering she gasped at the size of 
the vessel and wondered exactly  how big this alien was.

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