Adventures on Woostri

MC-90 Glory of the Republic

Admiral Sigrism and Minister Conn withdrew themselves to a conference room with the other officers of the MC-90. Among those gathered were three humans, two Bothans, a Gotal, a Sullustan, an Ithorian, five males, and three females. Admiral Sigrism welcomed the others and turned the meeting over to Minister Conn. Lance stood, welcomed them himselves, and simply stated, "I obviously don't know any of you, so before we begin, would each of you please introduce yourself."



A human male seated to the right of Zike stood, "I am General Amad Kyetcus of the New Republic Army, stationed aboard the Glory to coordinate all troop or ground vehicle matters."

As soon as Amad had took his seat, the Sullustan male seated on his right stood. Surprising Lance, the Sullust native spoke Basic, "Good day, my name is Partick Barhison, rank Colonel, and I am charged with overseeing starfighter superiority in and out of battle."

The Sullustan sat and the Bothan female on Lance's right stood. She broke the circular pattern, but maintained rank. "I am Commodore Seji Dhray, commanding officer of the Glory and in your service."

Lance nodded and Seji took her seat once again. The Gotal that Lance had kept his eye on through the meeting stood and addressed the gathered, "I am Yellk Blan, communications officer of the Glory, a captain in the Republic."

Once she sat, Lance interrupted the introductions, "Please pardon me Captain Blan, if you've noticed my concern. I had a unfortunate meeting with a Gotal before I left Coruscant. Please realize that I hold nothing against you personally, merely human nature."

Yellk nodded, "I had sensed your fear, but also your honesty. Thank you, Minister."

Then the other Bothan stood, this one a male, "I am Ensign Noj Meefnar, weapons specialist. I coordinate with General Kyetcus for individual sidearms and also coordinate laser turrets during capital ships battles."

Finally the last person stood, this one an Ithorian female, displaying her stereo voice. "Lieutenant Lohl Nebnet at your service, sir. My duties pertain to sensor systems."

With the introductions over, Lance stood once again and addresed them, "Well, I am Minister of State Lance Conn and for the next several weeks the Glory will be used for diplomatic missions to various neutral systems located throughout the galaxy. For the time being, I am in command of this vessel. I will debrief each of you individually as to what your duties will be when we reach our destination, I believe none of you have been through a diplomatic mission before. However, to cover the basics, we are headed to Woostri in the Sarin Sector. Once we reach the system our ship will not go through standard procedures, since some standards can be construed as an act of hostility. As I stated previously, I will go over that with each of you personally. For now, you're all dismissed."

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Several hours later, Minister Conn had breifed each officer and was now returning to the bridge. Stepping off of the turbolift, he ran into Captain Blan, who was looking for the Minister. "Good day, Captain. May I help you?"

"Yes, Minister. I didn't want to bring this up in front of others, but I could tell you are distressed. Is it about the mission?"

Lance smiled, and that faded into a frown, "Well, it's not about the mission, per se. I ran into some trouble on Corsucant; it appears I have a bounty on my head. I was place on the Glory to allow Intel time to figure out who placed that bounty on my head."

Yellk seemed surprised, but it was hard to tell with a Gotal. "We are glad to have you aboard, Minister. Anything that I can help with, let me know."

"That I will, Captain," Lance said as he continued on to the bridge. The doors slid open and Lance saw the streaks of stars in the viewscreen. "How much longer until we're out of hyperspace?"

Zike turned from his monitor, "Just a couple of minutes actually, I was just about to summon you."

"Excellent. Everyone should be prepared for the exit."

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In the system of Woostri

Klaxons blazing, Supreme Guard Tsuri stormed into the command base, "What's going on?!"

"Sir, we have a New Republic vessel in our system," informed one of the officers.

"What class is it?" Tsuri asked.

"Mon Calamari Cruiser, 90-class Heavy Cruiser. Shields are down and their engines are off. They are not launching any fighters," responded another man sitting at a terminal.

"Is it scanning the system?"

"No, sir. It's not scanning, but there is a squadron of X-Wings on combat space patr..."

"We're getting a transmission, Supreme Guard," interrupted a female observer.

"Patch it through," commanded Tsuri.

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MC-90 Glory of the Republic

"Greetings, government of Woostri. I am Minister of State Lance Conn, representative of the New Republic. We come in peace, hoping to open diplomatic discussions with your great cvilization. Our ship will remain on the fringes of the system until otherwise instructed. We await your response."

Minister Conn shut off the recording device and walked over to where Admiral Sigrism stood, "Is it now a waiting game, Minister?"

"I'm afraid so, Admiral."