Turn 30 - Even While We Sleep…
“I repeat, this is Griffin’s Roost Imperial Aerospace Control to unidentified Jumpship. Identify yourself and your purpose in this system.”
You nod at the proposed wording, then scribble an addition. A few moments later it was broadcast.
“I repeat, this is Griffin’s Roost Imperial Aerospace Control to unidentified Jumpship. Fully identify yourself and please state your purpose in this system. Repeat. Fully identify yourself and please state your purpose in this system.” a short pause, then… “Detta är Griffins Roost Aerospace Control till oidentifierat fartyg. Identifiera dig själv fullständigt och ange ditt syfte här.”
You hope the giggle translated translation isn’t a mistake…
A short time later, thanks to transmission lag, you receive a response.
“We are The Free. We are recharging our drive here and will move on upon completion. We have no intention of approaching closer to your planets than this.” came the terse response in heavily accented English this time. “Any attempt to approach us will be considered a hostile act. We do not start fights, dirtbound, we finish them, do not challenge us.”
The last bit is said with a definite sneer in the tone, as if the speaker is contemptuous of you.
You nod to the comm tech who loads up the pre planned response in the event of these ‘Free’ responding the way you suspected they would.
“Be aware that the last Jumpship to make use of that point was from the Draconis Combine, and we drove them off.”
You pause a moment, wondering whether or not to make an offer you’d already considered.
[] “If you run afoul of the Dragon, know that you’ll have a safe harbor here.”
[] “We would rather have peaceful contact with you than not, but will respect your privacy. Is there anything you would need that we could provide?”
[] Write-in
QM Note - Same rules as before! Let me know what you think of this in the discord, if I should do this for these sorts of interactions in the future or just allow the tone you've set to guide a larger update.
