[FTL RP, WE'RE BACK, REBOOTED!] The Rogue Cadets

[Chickengames]

Hope you dont mind me taking control of the moon for a second. I just wanted to move things along.

After a few hours of waiting, the international intelligence agency called back, the spokesperson sounding nervous: "Our representatives have met and decided we will let you land only after you explain your actions against the other vessel. Then if the representatives decide to let you land, only one ship may land. You must deactivate all weapons and we will meet peacefully, then we'll go from there. If you attempt to use force, we will resist to the best of our ability as a collective." The spokesman paused for a moment. "That's what they told me to tell you. I hope you understand our caution after what we just witnessed."

[stylesrj]

Lux said to Jake over the comms "Are you going to land the Mutare on the planet or are we taking a shuttle?"
She stood in the main cargo hold of the Pelican where the crew was getting to work putting pieces of the various ships "The runabout is going to take a lot of time to get working, not to mention the sensor upgrades..."
"Don't worry Luxanna, chances are by the time everything hits the fan and you need to be bailed out, the runabout should be completed" Eden interrupted "That and we'll try and beam you out with the teleporter, provided they don't transport you too far from your landing zone..."

And by too far I mean let's say everyone lands and takes a car or train ride to the meeting area.
That's fine. But if they were ambushed by militants from another faction, sedated and transported via plane to the other side of the world... it's going to be really hard to reestablish a teleporter lock. Especially with a modified cargo teleporter.

[BrenTenkage]

"I think it might be best for the humans to do this, you guys look pretty normal enough if they are humanoid might not freak out when they see you, if we show them the slug, living crystal, a being made of millions of nanobots and me, we might freak them out enough to never want to go into space again"

[Chickengames]

"If they're humanoid. I guess we have to send someone, though." Kyrie looked at some scans of the moon. It was a very strange place. The moon didn't spin, but there was a day and night cycle as the planet came between the star and the moon. The planet gave off a lot of heat, which kept the temperature on the moon at a moderate temperature. The core of the planet was metal, so the orbiting moon was protected from radiation by the planet's magnetic field. The moon's atmosphere was breathable, mostly nitrogen, the rest oxygen. Not surprising. Most plants withe life have this atmosphere.

[stylesrj]

"And if they're giant alien ants or rabbits, wouldn't sending a diverse crew be more... suitable?" Lux suggested to Bren "The pilot seat on the Scarab is made of really good leather isn't it?"

[BrenTenkage]

"And if they're giant alien ants or rabbits, wouldn't sending a diverse crew be more... suitable?" Lux suggested to Bren "The pilot seat on the Scarab is made of really good leather isn't it?"

"Yeah, whoever made this ship had the pilots back in mind when designing the chair" he said chuckling

"Yeah Jake do you have any idea what they all look like?"

"Well if Jake could speak to them or at the very least our translators could understand them, perhaps they might be decendents of an ancient star fairing race" Gorlag suggested (which would be an interesting idea, they are human/slug/zoltan/mantis unaware they were decendents of a bigger race or something)

"thatsa good point Gorlag" Bren said going to his minifridge (yes his cockpit has a minifridge, why doesn't yours?) and pulled out a federation ration bar and began to munch on it

"Still, either way warning them about the war might be a good idea, let them know the federation means well and would welcome them with open arms no matter who they are, if they are human might be best to warn them of the rebellion and how they are xenophobic, other races we know, well we should let them know they have others like them who would love to have them return to their culture" Bren said

[stylesrj]

Suddenly, somehow Lux has the sudden urge to get a minifridge of her own installed under the Pelican's sensor console.
"But still, I thought you'd be all over in coming down for First Contact" she suggested to Bren "Because it might not be the Rebels who have their eyes on the inhabitants below but slavers... and you could be like one of those motivational speakers at the Academy."
Although I think we can all agree that they were wastes of time and boring... but at least you didn't do classes in that time, she thought to herself, But who knows, maybe these aliens love listening to motivational speakers...

[BrenTenkage]

Suddenly, somehow Lux has the sudden urge to get a minifridge of her own installed under the Pelican's sensor console.
"But still, I thought you'd be all over in coming down for First Contact" she suggested to Bren "Because it might not be the Rebels who have their eyes on the inhabitants below but slavers... and you could be like one of those motivational speakers at the Academy."
Although I think we can all agree that they were wastes of time and boring... but at least you didn't do classes in that time, she thought to herself, But who knows, maybe these aliens love listening to motivational speakers...

"I suppose...but there are rules about this sorta thing...even I know of the Zoltan First Contact Imperative 31441X2 which states..." he could hear the look of annoyance on everyone's face

"Never mind, look if they want to see me, I'll come down but Jake is our leader, its up to him who he sends as an ambassidor or who he brings, I'll join if he wishes if not I'll make sure no more rebels come in here" he said

[BrenTenkage]

Suddenly, somehow Lux has the sudden urge to get a minifridge of her own installed under the Pelican's sensor console.
"But still, I thought you'd be all over in coming down for First Contact" she suggested to Bren "Because it might not be the Rebels who have their eyes on the inhabitants below but slavers... and you could be like one of those motivational speakers at the Academy."
Although I think we can all agree that they were wastes of time and boring... but at least you didn't do classes in that time, she thought to herself, But who knows, maybe these aliens love listening to motivational speakers...

"I suppose...but there are rules about this sorta thing...even I know of the Zoltan First Contact Imperative 31441X2 which states..." he could hear the look of annoyance on everyone's face

"Never mind, look if they want to see me, I'll come down but Jake is our leader, its up to him who he sends as an ambassidor or who he brings, I'll join if he wishes if not I'll make sure no more rebels come in here" he said

"By the way, Sarah do you read, you wanna look over this anti-cloaking device thats supposivly on this ship, maybe see if your super AI brain can figure out what it does or if it even works" Bren said

'If we can figure out how it works and maybe learn how to use it against an opponent, it could help in stopping sneak attacks"

[JakeCollins]

Sarah immediately responded to Bren. "When we get to an empty beacon, I'm sure I can get it up and running. But I need to focus my attention on maintaining the Mature while Jake is gone."

"That's right folks! I'm geared up and headed down to the moon. Scans show that while the moon has a mostly-O2 atmosphere, it's not enough to sustain human life. Oh, and, Lux - I'm taking a shuttle. As she said, Sarah's maintaining the systems up here while I'm away.

Kyrie, do you wanna come as backup? I could use a hand here. You don't need a full blown EVA suit, a Haz suit will do just fine. Let me know if you're coming and head to the shuttle," Jake boarded the shuttle, and waited for Kyrie's reply. He was so excited to meet these new people - no matter how primitive they seemed. This world was obviously divided, so it wouldn't be like other negotiations with other united worlds - much more complex. He needed to make it his goal to stay as un-biased as possible.

According to his scans, the moon was cold - like a fall day of Earth, not excessive. The creatures there were very tall with very flimsy body structure. Gravity was very low on this moon, meaning that these 10-foot tall life forms could move around without toppling over. They were humanoid of sorts, with two arms and two legs. However, precision scans showed that their skin - which was stretched tightly around their bone structure, was a dry but rubbery material - excellent at conserving heat and absorbing sunlight. In the surface of the skin, Jake noticed some form of chloroplast - signifying that these creatures photosynthesized. This explains why the didn't have mouths or a digestive system. They were also hairless, their only features being the yellowish rubbery skin. Jake couldn't detect any form of eye either. He wondered how the creatures could see!