[Planetside:] On Risa, gearing up to lead his team out

[mr_laforge]

There are a lot of dirty jobs Geordi La Forge ends up doing for the good of the Enterprise. Luckily, this doesn't happen to be one of them. OK, the prospect of walking 32 kilometers over uneven terrain while leading a small team isn't exactly a vacation, but when Captain Picard asked him to beam down to Risa to check out some readings the Enterprise picked up on dilithium crystals, Geordi wasn't about to start complaining.

He's stationed outside one of the resorts, in uniform but with a more comfortable pair of boots on, waiting for his team to arrive. He has a small pack slung over his shoulder, along with his tricorder and phaser on his hip. He has instructed everyone to bring some food and water, and a bedroll in case the unexpected happens and they are forced to camp out for a night before heading back. Hopefully everyone comes prepared.

In the meantime, no one will blame him if he takes in some of the sights, right? And maybe even enjoy an island drink? Virgin, of course. He is on duty, after all.


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[a_quick_study]

"On my planet, we didn't either, until I came to Earth," he says, raising his voice a little so Sam can hear. "But ... I wouldn't trade exploring for anything."

He'd joined the Stargate Program as a way of trying to help his own people not destroy themselves through ignorance of the world out there, but it turned into so much more. He'd had no idea of the potential that was out there until he saw it.

He grins at Sheppard.

"You're the first person I've met here who's even heard of them."

What Sheppard says next makes him frown, though. "We haven't sent anyone to anywhere called Atlantis. That's out of an Earth myth."

[truth_is_cold]

The conditions of Brandenburg Tor had been similarly modified as Risa's, so it was actually good that the conversation shifted to deviate some darker, more resentful thoughts.

"I've been to nice worlds. I've been to harsh ones, as well."

He knew the attachments to engineering in this universe, but he talked freely anyway. The Augments weren't something that should be allowed to compromise his pride. While similar, there were key points to their histories that were different. His people were their own. The didn't live as Khan's men.

"My people were engineered with the idea that we could settle harsh and distant worlds, to bring civilization with us. Many of our colonies are meant to be homely and comfortable, so this isn't completely foreign to me." Atlantis, though? He knew the Earth tale. "I'm named for a figure in Camelot. Many Earth myths have basis in some historic fact. Even when glorified they have value. 'You, whom I have always loved and never found, you whom I expected to see at the end of the rails beyond the horizon.'"

For a Nietzschean, he far favored Nietzsche and Dawkins over Rand but she still had her moments.

[immutablysam]

Sam glances back at Geordi, 'his' reactions showing signs that Sam is catching everything said, even those typically possibly difficult for human ears to pick up on, given the distance, terrain and noises of them all moving.

"Yeah, I've been reading some of your history logs. Lots of question marks. But according to what I read, women get the right to vote in 1919 on your Earth... I'm from 100 years before that. Midwives are about as close to learning medicine as women get. Far as I can tell, your world and mine ain't quite the same. No dirigibles in 1776 in your history, few other things... but lot of similarities."

And back to the differences and culture shock bits. "Earth was getting a little small. Time off the ship, anyway, I don't mind it. Wouldn't mind going on a lot more of these missions. Drop me just about anywhere. I'm thinking about trying out for your security or something anyway, so I can get my knives back as it is."

Mention of Atlantis gets a quirked brow. "We found some old notes and legends, spent a long time trying to figure out where it might have used to be. Never did find it.

[empathic_pathfinder]

"Atlas Shrugged." Terzen says, to Gaheris, and a smile. "Gaheris... Yes, Sir Gaheris of King Arthur's Round Table, if I remember correctly? Or a squire to his brother, Sir Gawain, depending on where you read."

He glances back at mention of Atlantis, that being a part of Earth Mythology he missed, before his attention goes back to Gaheris.

"Arthurian Legend was one of the pieces of literature I read at Starfleet Academy." He clarifies.