"I am already very pleased with the fact that you are willing to give us a place to live, on your station, Mr. Rugal. I don't expect you to give us access to your systems as well. What you arrange between your superiors and Starfleet, is not my business, of course."

OFF: I assumed we were in your embassy office already?

*Leans back and smiles.*
"I'm as ready as one can be."
*Glances over to Marcet and Rugal, hoping they will say the same.*

"Thank you, Ambassador. I must say that it is very much an honor for me to be here, and my journey to your station today, will be told and retold, over and over again, among my people, until it has become a legend... General Zentox who was the first to meet Commander Burma, the Messiah of the Loxian Goddess Tazay! And he came with a message of hope for our people, that one day we can all live in freedom on our homeworld again! Statues and temples will be built in his name! And from generation to generation, it will be told over and over again... that I followed the Messiah to the home of the Loxian Gods... station Avalon!"

OFF: you'll understand all this when you read the latest mission topic in the forum "USS Skytoucher" on Avalon Division board. Basically, Cmdr. Burma and the Skytoucher had given asylum to some Loxian Exiles who were attacked by Loxian Government ships. And now the Loxian Exiles look at Burma as some sort of God or Messiah :P

"Hmm... I am intruiged... Tell me more about what you mean with a presence on the station?"

OFF: its your call http://expansionfleet.sparks.priorweb.be/ikonboard/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'> As long as the negotiations dont need to be delayed http://expansionfleet.sparks.priorweb.be/ikonboard/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>

"Greetings, Mr. Siren. This Embassy is certainly an impressive place... Here we sit, two humans, one Cardassian and one Loxian, total different cultures each, and yet talking in peace. I take it as a good sign from our Goddess Tazay, that perhaps good fortune will come for my people. So, Mr. Marcet, I have always known the feared Admiral Rugal to be in command of Vontak Nor, but he is not there any longer? Who runs the station now?"

"Mr. Logens has stated this correctly, admiral. And in name of the Loxian Exiles, I am grateful for the support you are granting us. I hope a ship is available to bring us back to the Dark Passage?"

"I am aware that my people will be reluctant, at first... but when I have talked to them, and have told them that this is the will of the Gods and the Messiah of the Gods, they will abide no matter what."
*Then he looks at Admiral Rugal as well and awaits his response.*

OFF: since you apparently are able to post often, are you interested to create more characters in other divisions, by any chance? http://expansionfleet.sparks.priorweb.be/ikonboard/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>

"Thank you, ambassador."
*Then he looks surprised at Rugal.*
"You are willing to allow us space to live on Vontak Nor? That would be magnificent... the conditions to live in would be much better, and we would be much safer too. I thank you greatly, Admiral Rugal. Perhaps an age of peace between your people and mine, may start with these negotiations. Who will be in command of Vontak Nor then?"

OFF: this is the moment for Marcet to take command of the station, unless Rugal wants to return there and take command himself.
OFF2: And by the way, john logens: this offer was made by Rugal on my request, because its necessary for the storyline and because we havent got extremely much time for these first negotiations. Even so, that doesnt mean the negotiations arent over yet. Logens, now its your turn to negotiate how Starfleet can help the Loxian exiles in the form of food supplies and such. http://expansionfleet.sparks.priorweb.be/ikonboard/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>

*Zentox eyes Marcet suspiciously.*
"Alright... I suppose you were only defending yourself. After all, we harassed you with raids more than enough too, but what else could we do? It was our only chance to survive and get supplies. Now that I think of it, I haven't seen you Cardassians around for quite some time, as if your station Vontak Nor has gone dead. What has happened?"

"I certainly hope to explore your wonderful station later on... But one thing I am missing... where are the statues of the Great Warrior Commander Burma, and his assistant Robinson? They are the greatest warriors the Gods have ever sent to help us! Ah, but one day when our homeworld will be free again, we shall make huge statues for them, and build large temples!"
*Zentox sighs, and his anxiety turns into sadness.*
"Our homeworld free again... our people free again... It seems to have become a dream that will only be that - a dream. Ambassador, our people have lived under the domination of a very strict government for many generations now. This government does not allow anyone to oppose them. That is how I got exiled, because I didn't think they way they did, I didn't say the things they wanted to hear, I wasn't who they wanted me to be... They murdered my wife in front of me, and my kids were both taken away from me and were fully brainwashed... And I was exiled from the only home I ever knew... Me and many others retreated therefore in the asteroid field of the Dark Passage. We are pirates, I admit, but it was our only way to survive in that barren place where we had to hide all our lives from the Loxian government... All I want to see is my people living free again... That families can be reunited, that our people may go back home one day, and still stay who they are. No more government that dominates our way of living, our culture, our personalities, our freedom.... And to my people, I am a mighty, fierce general of which now already tales are told... but in truth, I am weak... I can't save my people all the time, I can't give them their home back... We're too weak. And I admit, ambassador, without the help of your people it will never change."

*Zentox carefully walked into the embassy office of the station. It had taken him awhile to find it, even though people and the ship's computer had given him detailed directions. The station was so large, so many decks and corridors and halls and rooms... He had only recently come aboard this huge station, when the USS Skytoucher docked and the ship's commanding officer was called for debriefing. Cmdr. Burma had suggested him to go by the Embassy for formalities and such. Zentox was not used to such a large station, he had lived most of his life in the asteroid field of the Dark Passage, in small ships only...*
"Greetings, I am Zentox, Loxian General. Is this the Embassy or did I get lost on this station once again?"

OFF: Rugal has disappeared again, just assume he's with us all the time until he wakes up to post again :P

"Thank you, Mr. Logens. It was a very rich experience for me, to visit this station and meet all these magnificent people, though short the stay was. I hope I may yet be blessed with another opportunity to visit this place again in the future."
*Then he faces Marcet and Rugal.*
"I believe the Skytoucher is waiting for us, so let us return there."
*He nods friendly at admiral Montrell as he leaves the embassy.*

OFF: Marcet, Rugal and Zentox now continue on the USS Skytoucher forum (Avalon division) in the new mission topic.