Host TO-Weller says:
USS Cherokee 11010.03 Curious  Part  6
Starring 
Trish Yarborough as TO-Weller, and Executive Producer 
Steve Weller as Captain Tio Ayidee, ADM_Makim, and SO_Bush
Zach Farland as Commander Garrison Wells and MO_Monroe
Dawn Freeman as Commander Kyleigh Nash 

Leave of Absence
Rob Bindels as Lieutenant Konrad Zdunowski 

Host ADM_Makim  says:
@Admiral's Log, Stardate 11010.03, Rear Admiral Razer Makim recording.  We are on our way to relieve the Cherokee in the pushing back of the still unidentified invaders who destroyed our outpost.  I am hopeful that we will arrive to find that the situation has not deteriorated, but if it has, we are ready.

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Host SO_Bush says:
::On Bridge, monitoring the status of the wormhole while trying every trick known to get the aliens to respond.::

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
::on bridge::

Host TO-Weller says:
::reporting to the bridge::  XO:  Sir, TO Smith is under the weather.  I am reporting for duty Sir!

XO_Wells says:
::On the bridge, waiting to see how fast the bugs learn to talk to us, wishing it had been us who had learned to talk to them but, grateful just the same::
TO: Fine, Weller, take your station, please.

Host TO-Weller says:
XO:  Aye Sir!  ::walking over to Tac-1 and keying in her code::

XO_Wells says:
OPS: Are they still trying to make audible words for us?

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
XO:  It's a slow process.

Host TO-Weller says:
::interested in what the XO just said and wonders if she should make it known she is telepathic?::

XO_Wells says:
TO: Give me a report on the aliens, what are they doing, in space as well as on the planet.

Host SO_Bush says:
All: I'm not sure it's for us.  They are bugs, their generations probably only last a few weeks based on scans so far.

Host TO-Weller says:
XO:  Sir, they are stilling holding dead stop at the previous position.  Other ships have landed on the planet, however, none have taken to the skies again.  Sir, in case you don't know and I am sure you haven't had a chance to pull my records, but I am telepathic.

XO_Wells says:
TO: Maybe they realized they need to talk to the welcoming committee before settling in too much.

ACTION: The images switch to images from Starfleet Academy and images of an older, frail Cait at a desk.  These images appear to be through Ayidee's eyes.

Host TO-Weller says:
XO: Sir, if the SO is correct, maybe the communication problems are because they are short lived.

XO_Wells says:
TO: And, you think that telepathy might help you communicate with the alien's?  You can sure try, if you like.  I'd think they would pass on knowledge.  Gee, you'd think bugs that big would live longer, maybe they haven't advanced in medical science as far as they have in space travel technology.

Host TO-Weller says:
XO:  I can pick up their garble, but nothing makes sense as yet.

Host TO-Weller says:
::sighs::  XO:  Thank God, for us at least.  Can you imagine the trouble we would have if they had our technology?

XO_Wells says:
SO: Can you tell what they are building on the planet?

Host SO_Bush says:
XO: Not sure on the Queen's lifespan yet, I was referring to the drones.  Some sort of shelter.  Bug Eyes is...I mean Entomologist Buyrice thinks it's a hive.

XO_Wells says:
OPS: Then it's the queen we want to talk to.  Try hailing her ship, keep at it until they answer, however long that takes.

Host TO-Weller says:
OPS:  What has the Universal Translator come up with?

XO_Wells says:
SO: Beetles building a hive?  They act more like bees than beetles.

Host TO-Weller says:
XO:  That is what it sounds like to me also Sir.

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
XO:  I've hailing for some time.

Host SO_Bush says:
XO: Why's the Cap'n recalling the Academy?  Not to mention whoever else that old Cait is?

MO-Monroe says:
*XO*: Sir, I thought you'd like to know, the Captain's eyes are open, he still is non-responsive and our link up to his dream center is still functioning. He seems to be staring at a LCARS display, near his bio-bed.

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
TO:  From what I can tell, it's a very simple language, something like one would see from a being from stone age technology.

XO_Wells says:
*MO*: Thanks, Janet.  Do you think he wants to use the computer or is it the aliens who want him to use the computer for them?

Host TO-Weller says:
OPS:  Thank you,, at least I don't feel so inept.  If the UT can't figure it out... ::lets her sentence fade off;:

ACTION: An image appears on the screen of a book filled with blank sheets.

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
TO:  It'll work out eventually...I hope.

MO_Monroe says:
*XO*: I have no idea, Sir.

Host TO-Weller says:
XO:  Are we supposed to write on it or perhaps they are?  Some kind of alphabet listing maybe?

XO_Wells says:
All: Perhaps someone wants to use the computer to fill up those blank pages in the book?

Host SO_Bush says:
XO: Any idea if the Captain can hear what's happening around him?  Or see?  I heard he's not responsive, but that's the physical end.

XO_Wells says:
TO: But, we have to be careful who we let use our computers.

Host TO-Weller says:
SO:  You think maybe it is the CO trying to communicate with us?  Explain please.

XO_Wells says:
SO: If he's looking at a console, is he seeing or are they?

Host TO-Weller says:
XO: Excellent thinking Sir.  We don't know who is doing what at this point.

Host SO_Bush says:
TO/XO: Sort of both, maybe.  We can see what he's seeing in his dreams, but we don't know if it's his idea of what to see or theirs.  There's gotta be a way to figure out what's behind the choices.

XO_Wells says:
TO: Let's try writing a text message, see if they can decipher it.

Host TO-Weller says:
XO:  Wonder what would happen if we showed them the effects of bug spray?

XO_Wells says:
OPS: Can you add some text to what we see on the view screen?

XO_Wells says:
TO: It might make them feel like they'd been threatened.  And they'd be right.

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
XO:  Sure.  ::she inputs the word "HELLO"::

Host TO-Weller says:
XO:  It might also get their attention and show them we don't take being invaded lightly.  :;grumbles about people who think negotiations work better than a great big stick::

XO_Wells says:
OPS: Good start.  Someone said the alphabet, write that too.

ACTION: After a bit of delay, an image of a Starfleet officer in Blue opening an office door and holding out his hand in greeting.

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
XO:  Which alphabet, the standard Earth English or what?

Host TO-Weller says:
XO:  Numbers are universal, perhaps that?

XO_Wells says:
::Sees man on view screen:: All: Any idea who that is?
OPS: Yes, let's go with what we know.

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
TO:  Okay.  ::she type 0 thru 9 with each number being on a separate line::

Host TO-Weller says:
::stares at the screen::  XO:  No Sir, but I am new.  Only been with... Sir, I will search Starfleet records now.  ::taps her console::

MO_Monroe says:
*XO*: Sir, we saw the text hello down here.  When it flashed on the screen, the Captain saw it and it did register and imprinted on his brain.

XO_Wells says:
TO: Numbers I thought of that too.  I guess Mrs. Nash just signed on to be the bugs elementary school teacher.  Someone get her an apple for her desk.
*MO*: That is interesting.  We will try to send them more like it, hand scripted letters, words and maybe even numbers.
ALL: It's like Sesame Street for bugs in here.

ACTION: Images of planets appear on the screen, first 1, then 2, then 3, all the way up to 9.

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
ALL:  I show that  man in Blue is now a retired Starfleet Academy Counselor.  He's Cmdr. Frank Winston.  He mainly gave out the initial Psych Evals to the new Cadets who enter the Academy.

Host TO-Weller says:
XO:  Sir, I have the file now.  The computer identifies him as a retired Starfleet Academy Counselor.  His name is Commander Frank Winston.  He usually gave the initial Psych Evals to new Cadets at the academy, 15 years ago.  It looks like he may have given the Captain his.

XO_Wells says:
SO: That must be our solar system, nine planets.
OPS: Was he the one who evaluated Tio?

Host SO_Bush says:
XO: Not ours.  Numbers are wrong, all rock, inhabitable types.  I think they were counting back.

Host TO-Weller says:
XO:  Yes Sir he was the one.

XO_Wells says:
All: Now we seem to be seeing things from Tio's history.

Host SO_Bush says:
XO: A greeting from his memory, right after we sent them a hello.

XO_Wells says:
All: This is all about how they learn and how we all learn to learn together.  We should keep doing what we are doing.
OPS: I want you to teach them the English language, Mrs. Nash.  Communication is your deal, think of it as the same as teaching your kids reading and writing.

Host TO-Weller says:
XO:  What are we doing?

XO_Wells says:
TO: Keep an eye on them, their building, flying patterns and the queen.

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
XO:  Are you sure you want to compare it that way?  ::smiles::

Host TO-Weller says:
::smiles to herself, she could show them a photon torpedo::

XO_Wells says:
OPS: It seems that basic, starting from day one in school.

Host TO-Weller says:
XO:  Aye Sir, I will know if they, well whatever they do I will know about it.

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
XO:  Well, teaching children actually begins much earlier than when they go to their first classroom.

Host SO_Bush says:
XO/ OPS: Tabula Rosa, blank slate.  At least in terms of language.

XO_Wells says:
*MO*: Is it that the aliens see and hear whatever the Captain does?  Does it work both ways, he can't talk to us but can he with them, maybe using the computer some how?

XO_Wells says:
OPS: Well, start there.  There are a lot of preschoolers out there, some were literally born yesterday.
TO: Do we know exactly how the aliens killed the people on the planet and outpost?

Host TO-Weller says:
XO:  No Sir, we have no direct information other than they are dead.  All we could detect was weapons fire.

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
XO:  I suppose.

XO_Wells says:
TO: Weapons fire?  From their ships or did they come face to face?

Host TO-Weller says:
XO:  It appears to be ship fire.

Host SO_Bush says:
XO: We do still have Commander Mastak on board and the rest of the survivors.

XO_Wells says:
OPS: I dunno, send them several kids books, Dick and Jane, Dr. Seuss stuff like that, maybe pictures will help them learn faster.

XO_Wells says:
SO: Oh right, did we talk to them yet?  They didn't tell us how their crewmates died?

Host SO_Bush says:
XO: I wasn't on the Bridge at the time, but ship rumor mill says all they knew was they got ambushed.

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
XO:  I know, I'll send them the children's book on the English alphabet and how to from words from it.

XO_Wells says:
TO: So, they have some pretty serious weapons then.  But they no little else except space travel technology.  How do they function?
OPS: Great, books are good to learn to read books, send a dictionary too, I dunno.

Host TO-Weller says:
XO:  Their weapons are centuries behind ours.  It was the sheer numbers of the weapons fired Sir that got us.  A dictionary is a great idea!

XO_Wells says:
TO: You mean I finally got one right? ::Smiles::

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
TO/XO:  Okay you two.  A dictionary it is.

Host TO-Weller says:
:;chuckles::  XO:  It seems you have had several right today.

Host SO_Bush says:
All: Gotta be a more direct way.  They don't seem to speak, but they have to understand some things.  Has to be a way to get those ideas into their heads.

XO_Wells says:
TO: I'm totally confused, my skills are based on talking with others.

Host SO_Bush says:
Self: I'm assuming that's where their brains are, after all.

Host TO-Weller says:
SO/XO:  I can try to project images, if someone will tell me what to project?

XO_Wells says:
OPS: Hey, that thing you said, about kids learning from day one.  Its because they hear the words, they have no COM cause they can't talk but they can hear, can we get them some of Earth's broadcasts, shows that do a lot of talking but say very little.  What do you think?

Host SO_Bush says:
TO: Isn't that what Commander Nash is already doing?  Or were you thinking something different?

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
XO:  That's a possibility.

Host TO-Weller says:
SO:  You are right.  Just thought that if they got it twice, one from another source it might mean more.

XO_Wells says:
OPS: Try it.  We can send them audio visual material.  To bad we don't have time to create an holographic kindergarten teacher to send to the queen.

Host SO_Bush says:
TO: But projecting the images, how else could you do it?

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
::she sends audio visual programs that are geared for teaching children.::

XO_Wells says:
All: It could be that they are doing any way they can, learning through the Captain and getting into our ship's files and Starfleet’s, so if they want to learn we will teach them, at least how to communicate anyway.  Then they'll be able to understand, "go away".

Host TO-Weller says:
ALL:  I can send telepathically if someone will tell me what image they want sent!

Host SO_Bush says:
TO: To the aliens or...the Captain?!

XO_Wells says:
TO: Tell them we tend to frown on new beings in our neighborhood killing our citizens.

Host TO-Weller says:
XO:  I can try to send to either or both.  Want me to try the CO first?

XO_Wells says:
All: This is very typical of bugs, they often invade places they aren't wanted.  They just build there homes, using materials from anywhere, regardless of if its somebody else's home they take take take, I'm not sure they understand doing it any different even if we could tell them "bad Buggies".
TO: Sure, go for it.
*MO*: We are trying some telepathy stuff with the Captain, monitor carefully please, will ya, Janet?

MO_Monroe says:
*XO*: Aye, Sir.

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