<USS Lovisa> The Shuttle Game - or - Where's the Lovisa?
- From: DrizzellaGL0n@xxxxxxx
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- Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 22:13:45 EDT
Zel boarded the shuttle Picasso and did the pre-flight procedure as quickly
as possible. Her mission was to contact the main settlement on Sivao without
attracting attention of the Mystery ship orbiting the Moon, but in case the
message DID attract attention the EXACT coordinates of the Lovisa would remain
unknown to their advisary.
Clearance from the Bridge was given and Lt Glon flew the shuttle a
significant distance from the Lovisa. Her intent was to be in a position to get
a
CLEAR signal transmission. She had an idea to try on subspace that would
CONTINUE
broadcasting did the straightforward signal get interrupted. She had been
reading up on Sivaoans, but had not had a chance to confer with
MoonshadowstoEnntien about the ACCURACY of the ploy she was about to try, but
that would
have to wait. She actually would have EVIDENCE, if her plan succeeded.
Quickly she programmed the subspace message as "Scratch patterns" a Sivaoan
type of Morse Code which should only be perceived as so much static. The next
subspace level she programmed was "Tail Thumping" tones. This was MORE
difficult in that BODY LANGUAGE of the ENTIRE Sivaoan gave the clues to the
EXACT
MESSAGE. At least what she could put into this message was, "Beware,
Agressors."
Finally she put together two other messages, one in Sivaoan language which
equated to cat noises, and the LAST in Federation Standard which she KNEW
should be translated by the receiver on the Planet.
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Captain Kirk himself had seen to outfitting Sivao with equipment that
contact would NEVER be LOST again for so many generations. Lt Uhura put
together
the Communications array and the capabilities of the equipment. Thanks to the
eidactic memory of the ENTIRE Sivaoan species, it had become common practice
among musicians throughout the Federation to ASK for a "Memory Friend" a
Sivaoan who would listen and REMEMBER their songs. The MORE FAMOUS Musicians
would perform CONCERTS on Sivao itself. One of the FEW modern building
complexes
the Sivaoans permitted to be constructed on their jungle planet was an
ampitheatre the size of the Hollywood Bowl.
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Zel remembered that particular passage of information scrolling across the
console screen as she read her research. She had had the idea of getting
together with Moonshadows, and even Starseeker to compare musical tastes and
find
out what concerts by what artists they had heard. Argellius 2 only had
EXPANDED culturally when Starfleet had made it the first PRIMARY Shoreleave
planet, prior to Risa's being discovered.
"Hopefully I will be getting BACK to the ship unscathed to HAVE that get
together," she mused as she pushed buttons to send the messages. Her mind also
turned to "Tajneteb" (Chris). "This isn't a GLORIOUS way to die, but it is
NECESSARY to the ship's mission. Taj will understand that," she reassured
herself. " I wonder if there is a place in Sto-vo-kor for *Passive
Agressives*?
Conscientious Objecting takes its OWN KIND of courage."
The humor in that thought was LOST when the shuttle COMM center signaled the
Federation Standard message had been BLOCKED. Next the Sivaoan standard,
went down. "I have to get moving!" Zel zipped the shuttle to the next
coordinates she had put into her flight plan, all the while letting the
subspace
messages CONTINUE to broadcast. She paused the Picasso only briefly for the
signals
to stabilize and then went into a flight manuever designed to create ECHO
images on a ship's sensors if they were trying to pick up her position. Zel
wasn't going to have that Mystery ship taking pot shots at her IF she could
HELP it.
It was once the manuever was COMPLETED, the COMM console received a WELCOME
response, in of ALL things, the TAIL Thump tones, "Challenge ACCEPTED" was
the basic message.
"Qapla!" she exclaimed,"I am coming home, Bang chab'oy!" Zel took a
roundabout route to get back to the Lovisa, but it seemed to take NO TIME at
all with
the elation of a successful mission. She did not celebrate however until the
Shuttlebay doors were well closed, and the bay re-pressurized. Post flight
was a snap and she went off to "tackle" Chris, all in time to Sivaoan MUSIC.
"Corvus Corax, isn't it? or was that a Terran band who SOUNDS Sivaoan
musically?" No matter, she'd figure it out once she got Tajneteb alone.
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