USS Cherokee 
Time Keeps on Slippin’, by Steve Weller, Part 9
12001.05

Starring_
Steve Weller as CO_Ayidee, Lowaferth and Producer
Dawn Freeman as OPS_Nash
Zach Farland as CNS_LtJg_Daniels
Pablo Delsoglio as CIV_Capt_Marek
Absent
None
Leave of Absence
Topper Loghry as CTO_LT_Q`ten
Trish Yarborough as CMO-McIntyre
Ship's Log, Stardate 12001.05.  The crew is currently touring the Anarch world to try and learn what this world is really like.  There is an old expression, you can't really know the Earth until you get your hands in it.  I suppose that phrase started on Earth.

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Host Lowaferth says:
:Leading the Cherokee crew through the fields to the farms.::  All: Our agriculture is built around 3 plants.  The plants each provide nourishment and aid to each other, and that helps them grow much more plentiful than other crops.  We call them "The Three Sisters".

CIV_Capt_Marek says:
::watches the plantation::

Host Lowaferth says:
All: Getting the food supply allowed us to spend a lot less time finding food, providing us the ability to work on...less essential tasks.  Like the arts and sciences.

CNS_LtJg_Daniels says:
All: It's very pretty here.

Host Lowaferth says:
All: did your worlds have similar advances to allow you to move forward?

Host Lowaferth says:
CNS: It is what we know, but there are other areas.  We try to think that each area has its own beauty.

CIV_Capt_Marek says:
Lowaferth: Many cultures of the quadrants have gone by the same process of evolution. Agriculture seems to be the key of development for countless races.

Host Lowaferth says:
CIV: That is good to know, we assumed other worlds would follow the same path, if they developed to this level.  Now that we know we are not alone, we would like to learn more of what is out there.

CNS_LtJg_Daniels says:
Lowaferth: On Earth several events progressed the human race such as the steam train and the industrial revolution.

CIV_Capt_Marek says:
Lowaferth: Curiosity is amongst one of the most universal characteristics of most of the cultures and species.

Host Lowaferth says:
CNS: For us some advances happened in a "race" of sorts, with more than one mind or group of minds trying to be "the first".

CNS_LtJg_Daniels says:
Lowaferth: That happened on Earth too country competing against country, company versus company... we call it the rat race.

Host Lowaferth says:
CIV: I would think it almost a requirement.  Otherwise, that free time created by advances would simply go to waste.

CIV_Capt_Marek says:
Lowaferth: Of course. Intelligence is a gift that must not be wasted, and also be used with logic.

Host Lowaferth says:
CNS: You make it sound a lot more vicious than it was for us.  There were rewards for being first, but all benefit when society moves forward.  It is for the good of the people that we move forward, yes?  To let future generations live better?

CNS_LtJg_Daniels says:
Lowaferth: I'm talking Earth's history.  Today Earth is different.  People aren't ruled by money and monetary gains, giving people time for the arts and science, like you.

Host Lowaferth says:
CIV: Logic and reason travel the river of time together, like 2 boats linked by a chain.

CIV_Capt_Marek says:
Lowaferth: ::raises an eyebrow:: Indeed, I must say I concur with that statement.

Host Lowaferth says:
CNS: that’s good, struggle sharpens the blade, but cooperation sharpens the aim behind it.

Host Lowaferth says:
All: How do your people learn to work with others so... ::Looks at each of the group.::  different?  Our people took centuries to learn to work with others with a shared past.

CNS_LtJg_Daniels says:
Lowaferth: A lot of communication, some compromise and a whole lot of understanding.

Host Lowaferth says:
CNS: Compromises, as in making concessions?

CNS_LtJg_Daniels says:
Lowaferth: Yeah, kind of.  Things are discussed and a solution is reached that every one can be happy with.

Host Lowaferth says:
CNS: Like the Peacekeeper taught.  Perhaps we are not as different as we first thought.

CNS_LtJg_Daniels says:
Lowaferth: I agree.  Our histories differ but, the end result, we aren't that different at all.

Host Lowaferth says:
CNS: Indeed.  Through this gate is one of our farms.  All are pretty much the same, using the same techniques our people have used for centuries.  We tried new ways, but always came back to the proven methods.  They meet our needs, today and for the future.

ACTION: Lowaferth opens a large gate.  Through it can be seen rows of plants.  Tall ones planted with 2 varieties of smaller ones.  Workers work the plants with hand tools.

CNS_LtJg_Daniels says:
::Looks around the farm:: Lowaferth: I don't know much about farming although I have had experience driving a tractor but about the farm, this looks like a nice one, very neat and well organized?

CNS_LtJg_Daniels says:
Lowaferth: Are the three plants you mentioned are they for eating?

Host Lowaferth says:
CNS: Yes, they are foods, traditional basis of our society.  There are other foods we've found, but these maintain their place and, honestly, we could live without the other ones.  These are staples.

Host Lowaferth says:
::Waves over a farmer.::  Farmer: Just for a minute, Relthor.  I want to show our guests the traditional tools.

Host Lowaferth says:
All: This is a traditional hoe, made in the ancient ways.  Certainly we could make them easier with modern technology, but most of our people understand that keeping a link with their past also links them to the future.

INFO The hoe is made of wood with a stone blade on the end.  The blade is a shiny black.

Host Lowaferth says:
All: the shaft comes from the people of the hills, who lived where we now are.  They cultivated the trees to grow straight, giving them better tools.

Host Lowaferth says:
All: The blade is made of Kanien, from our brethren of the eastern mountains.  It is as hard as steel, and holds a keen edge.

CNS_LtJg_Daniels says:
Lowaferth: It looks very efficient.

Host Lowaferth says:
CNS: It does the job it is meant to, but we know modern blades and tools could work easier.  It is more about keeping a link with our past that keeps it in use.

CNS_LtJg_Daniels says:
Lowaferth:  We like to stay connected to our past as well but we keep outdated things in a museum.

Host Lowaferth says:
CNS: Museum?

CNS_LtJg_Daniels says:
Lowaferth: A place of historical objects and works of art.  There are other kinds of museums but...

Host Lowaferth says:
CNS: Ah, I think I understand.  Like our clan homes.  Places where the valuable items of the people can be stored and shared.  Each of our clans has one in their...how would you say, origin town?

Host Lowaferth says:
All: Would you like to see more here?  We could visit our schools next if you would like?  Or my clan home?  Or would you like to see somewhere else?

CNS_LtJg_Daniels says:
Lowaferth: We want to see it all so, lead on.  ::Smiles::

Host Lowaferth says:
All: No preferences to your next sight then?  Well then, let us head to the school.  The students are eager to see you.

CIV_Capt_Marek says:
Lowaferth: How about a tour for a typical city of yours?

Host Lowaferth says:
CIV: We could walk the town first, certainly.  The school is in the middle of town, in the town hall.

Host Lowaferth says:
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