[Captain's Log:] Pre-arrival at Alemar III

[tea_earlgrey_hot]

"Captain's Log, Stardate 43517.0: After a long delay in completing our mission to Alemar III, the Enterprise has finally come into orbit directly above the drilling facilities and welcome center run by Dr. Sk'Amor and her crew. An away team lead by Commander Riker has been dispatched to see the scientists safely to their destination. Due to the intense electromagnetic field surrounding the planet, beaming down is not an option, so all supplies and personnel must be transported by shuttle. The field also interrupts regular communications between the away team and the ship, which makes waiting for the shuttles to return particularly arduous, given our current troubles with The Q.

Commander Riker has managed to get a message through to the Enterprise, informing us that Dr.'s Sk'Amor and Nantor wish to thank us for the Federation's assistance in undergoing their current objectives, by opening up their facilities to guests for the next few hours. According to Commander Riker, they are quite insistent. Almarians value hospitality and gift-giving as signs of friendship, and refusing could be interpreted as an insult. Against my better judgment, I have allowed some guests to travel to Alemar III in the returning shuttles, where they will join members of the original away team who have remained behind. My hope is that the brief sojourn to the drilling facilities will stave off the growing unrest of some of our trapped guests, as well as solidify relationships between the Almarians and the Federation for years to come."

A ship-wide announcement has been made to all guests aboard the Enterprise. Alemar III is largely uninhabited, but the facilities run by Dr. Sk'Amor are very nice and expansive, safe for guests to tour. Someone will be happy to show them around for a few hours, if they would like to disembark.

They will be leaving from the main shuttlebay on Deck 4 in two hours.


[ooc: Arrivals post to follow in about two hours. Picard isn't hanging around to thread, but if there were any players who wanted to establish their characters as leaving the ship, feel free to use this post to write your exit, or to say goodbye to loved ones who are hanging back on the Enterprise. Only those who signed up for the game plot will be leaving the ship.]

Comments

[never_felt_better]

"Hell, I'm sorry Aeryn, is my inferior human anatomy inconveniencing you?" he mumbles, face first into the couch. Compassion: she's still gotta work on it.

It's not as bad as some of the crap he's been through since landing on Moya, but touring an alien planet would be a hell of a lot more fun if he wasn't sure the only thing he'd be seeing is the inside of their bathrooms. Assuming they have bathrooms. They have to have bathrooms, right?

"Listen, I don't think I'm going anywhere for another couple of hours at–ugh," he starts, cutting himself off when a wet burp roils to the surface. That... that was unpleasant. He keeps his fist in front of his mouth for a few more seconds, until he's sure he's not going to toss his cookies again. "—at least. If you want to go down to the planet, you should go without me."

It's not her first rodeo. Hell, he's surprised she even wanted to wait for him.