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Next to the human was Nitram, and next to him was a female with spots encircling her face just under her hairline. Ele'er knew that there were two species with that characteristic, but she couldn't remember either of them. Taking a wild guess, she said, "Betazoid female?"

"No. That is a Kriosian female, though I would have credited you if you had said Trill, since you have never seen this segment and are not aware that its host is from Krios. Next one?"

This was a person with blue skin and no hair. She remembered that Andorians had blue skin. "Andorian chan."

Mother's lips pursed for the first time since she arrived, which meant her displeasure was even worse. She made several notes on the padd, and Ele'er feared she was setting a record for demerits this lesson. "No that's a Bolian male. Andorians have an antennae."

And I was so proud of remembering the Andorian genders. Ele'er tried not to sigh.

"The final one?"

This last one she knew: "An Efrosian male."

"Very good. I will now play the recording of the show, and you will watch it. When it is over, I will quiz you on its contents. If you have a question at any point, I will pause the recording and you may ask."

reignofevil posted:

TremorX posted:

Abrams be like "Star Trek needs more Beastie Boys"

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Ele'er stared intently at the hologram.

The Kriosian woman spoke when Mother started the playback.

"Good evening. This is Illuminating the City of Lights, I'm your host, Velisa. It has been two months since Federation president Nan Bacco took the oath of office, after winning a close election against Ktarian Special Emissary Fel Pagro. Tonight on ICL, we'll be examining President Bacco's first eight weeks in office. Is she taking the Federation in a new direction after seven years of Min Zife? Is she simply treading water? Or is she floundering on the galactic stage?"

Velisa started introducing the panel, starting with the Efrosian and going down the line.

"With me tonight to discuss these issues are Ra-Yalix, a foreign policy advisor for Presidents Amitra and Jaresh Inyo; Sovan, the chief Earth correspondent for Bolarus and You; Federation Councillor Nitram of Bre'el IV; and retired Starfleet Admiral Taela Shanthi. Welcome, all of you."

Each of the panelists made some kind of acknowledgement. Shanthi bobbed her head once, Sovan muttered something Ele'er couldn't make out, and Ra-Yalix smiled. Nitram, naturally, brought his fists to his chest as was proper.

"Admiral Shanthi how do you feel Bacco is handling the Romulan Crisis?"

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The human woman folded her arms on the desk in front of her. "I believe the solution that was brokered by Captain Riker of the U.S.S Titan was one that will eventually lead to stability in the region."

"And I think you're out of your mind," the Bolian said.

"Sovan--" Velisa started.

"No, Velisa this is ridiculous. The Romulan Empire's a disaster area. Most of the senate was assassinated by a Reman, who later got blown up by Starfleet, and now you've got fifty factions vying for power, and what's Starfleet's brilliant idea? Bring the Klingons in."

Ra Yelix spoke up then. "The Remans wouldn't accept being a federation protectorate, Sovan. What else were they supposed to do? The Remans engineered a coup d'etat on a scale unseen in recent history. With Shinzon and most of his inner circle dead, they don't have the resources to govern themselves, but they were hardly about to go back to being slaves."

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"I'll grant you that," Sovan said, "but to give them protectorate status under the Klingons? "

Shanthi scowled. "The Klingons will do what they promise. They will ensure that the Remans are given the opportunity to determine their own fate. They will also focus the warring factions among the Romulans."

Sovan made a snorting noise. "Romulans and Klingons being angry with eachother has always been a recipe for disaster, not peace."

"I have a question" Ele'er said. Mother stopped the playback. "Who are the Remans?"

Mother made a note on her padd. "Where is the seat of the Romulan empire?"

"Romulus."

"What is Romulus sister planet?"

Ele'er's skin fold tightened. "I did not know it had one."

"It does. It's called Remus, and on that planet lives a mutated offshoot of the Romulans, who served as slave labor. Or, rather, they did until a Reman named Shinzon engineered the elimination of the praetor and the ruling senate. Then he was killed, and that left a power vacuum in the empire."

"I understand." Now what everyone was saying made more sense to Ele'er. If the government fell -- if, in fact, two governments fell in succession -- that would leave the Romulan Star Empire in chaos.

Mother resumed playback.

A HORNY SWEARENGEN posted:

the dune buggy chase in Nemesis was the best Trek

The Little Kielbasa posted:

I thought the federation capital was San Francisco.

Squizzle posted:

star treks.......the final frontier.....these are the starship, voyager.......

reignofevil posted:

Fun fact Troi was actually betazoid and this poo poo about the spots is just that, bullshit! Author ain't even gettin the aliens right!

nine-gear crow posted:

Star Fleet Headquarters is in San Fran. The capital is in Paris. Don't asky why. Gene was weird

Squizzle posted:

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"We're getting off the subject a bit," Velisa said.

"Not really," Sovan said, "because my problem isn't with the solution that Starfleet came up with, it's that Bacco agreed to it without any hesitation or consultation."

Shanthi shook her head, "That is incorrect. Ambassador Spock spoke before the council in order to--"

Sovan laughed. "Ambassador Spock? First of all, Spock hasn't been a proper ambassador for ten years. He's been living on Romulus on an unsanctioned mission--"

"Actually the mission was sanctioned," Ra-Yalix said. "The council endorsed Spock's endeavor to achieve unification between the Romulans and the Vulcans."

"And never mind the fact that Vulcan is part of the Federation." Sovan shook his head. "That doesn't make him the right person to consult on this solution, if you ask me. Plus, what about the fiasco with Tamok"

Councillor Nitram said, "Ambassador T'Kala was responsible for deceiving the president and the council into believing that Archpriest Tamok was coming to the Federation for an audience with us."

"Yes," Sovan said "and a consultation with an actual Romulan spiritual leader might've been a bit more useful than one with a rogue ambassador with an agenda."

"Sovan--" Ra-Yalix began, but the Bolian would not stop talking. Ele'er found him to be very rude.