> He picked up his things and headed for the
> meeting room that Lt
> Thompson had set up for group. It seemed that
> the Council would have its first test. He took
> a seat and called Lt. Thompson to request his
> presence in the chambers immediately and waited
> for the diplomats to arrive.
>
> He was not waiting long before a woman entered,
> an Andorian woman. She was wearing the cloths
> of a diplomat, a Starfleet diplomat.
>
> "Good day, Ambassador Golan. I am Commander
> Na'Tral of the Starfleet Diplomatic Corps. I
> am here at the request of the Andorian
> Ambassador to the Federation. May I sit in on
> your council's meeting?"
>
> "You would be welcome to do so," replied Golan.
> "It is nice to see Starfleet taking an
> interest in the Council. While many of the
> Federation's member worlds have
> representatives, we do not have an official
> Federation representative that I know of."
>
> "I would be that representative, Ambassador.
> Thank you for your invitation."
>
> (response)
>
> "It is not good, T'Kresh. I am not sure if
> Aqualish intelligence has received word yet,
> but it appears that there is something going on
> concerning the Venasians. Many of their
> Ambassadors have been abducted. The
> representative on Cardassia Prime has appealed
> for and received political assylum."
>
> T'Kresh did not like what she was hearing.
> First off, the Venasians weren't exactly close
> to the Cardassians. "Has there been any word
> of the reasons for the abductions?"
>
> "There is nothing definite. I have just
> received word from Cardassia Prime that we have
> started moving ships toward our borders. The
> homeworld seems to think that this is a
> Venasian internal matter."
>
> T'Kresh let out a sigh. "I am looking forward
> to hearing what the Council has to say about
> this."
>
> "As am I," Ael t'Khllrenz said as she entered
> the room. "A change in leadership in the
> Venasian empire is not unexpected, given their
> ecosystem turmoil as of late," she said.
> "Still, the suddeness of this coup seems odd."
>
> "I see dangerous repercussions to it. I have a
> feeling this may lead to some sort of civil
> war," stated Golan simply.
>
> "Let us hope it does not come to that." the
> Fleeter said. "Starfleet does not wish to
> become involed in a shooting war between two
> factions of Venasians, but we fear that it may
> be unavoidable.", Na'Tral added.
>
> Just then, a Klingon woman stepped into the
> Conference Room. (OOC: Think of the Klingon
> woman who obtained the Genesis plans in STII:
> TSFS with the attitude of Lursa) "Starfleet
> has always been a little too cautious when it
> comes to battle."
>
The Andorian officer wanted so badly to respond how her heart wanted to,
but her duty got the better of her.
"Welcome. Ambassador..." she said trailing off.
>
> The Klingon woman made her way over to the
> small group of Ambassadors. "I am Ambassador
> Valtris, newly assigned to represent the
> Klingon Empire." She paused for a moment to
> let the statement settled before turning to
> Na'Tral.
>
> "The Federation is openly courting the
> Venasians for friendship, yet, you do not help
> defend them from traitors in their own
> governemnt."
>
"The Federation is not about to take sides in what is clearly an internal
matter without attempting to find out just who the aggressor. It would be a
shame to help the *wrong* people. Besides, I have never said that Starfleet
would not become involved. Just that it would prefer not to get in the middle
of a shooting war. Perhaps diplomacy could work, especially coming from a
united group of the powers in this part of the galaxy. If that were to fail,
then a combined fleet may be the only option."
Typical Klingons. Rush in with some perverted form of macheesmo (sp). But
it did sound like fun...
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