A New Era of The Stars (Captain Howlet)

[Hoots Rowlet]

"You can count on me Nyaa." She said.

You find their leader a strapping strong older man who reminds you a bit of your father.

[Manah]

James

"Greetings", James said, walking up to the man. "I'm James Howlet, captain of the USS Vanquisher", he introduced himself, holding out his hand.

[Hoots Rowlet]

"Jirad Stephens." He said shaking your hand. "Good to see you."

[Manah]

James

"It's a pleasure to meet you. I admire your courage, leading a colony on such a faraway planet is likely to be quite the adventure", he said with a nod. "...Our ETA is a little over 18 days and a half. I have instructed our Security officers to assist with the needs of your people if necessary until we arrive to our destination, so if there is anything we can assist you with, feel free to ask", he explain, folding his arms.

"...Also, we are to return to the starbase in 3 months, which means we will have about a little over a month and a half to assist your colonists on establishing yourselves on your new planet."

[Hoots Rowlet]

"Understood, we thank you very much." He said.

[Manah]

James

"Of course, don't mention it. We'll be looking forward to working with you all", he said with a nod. "Well, take care", he said, taking his leave to head back over to the bridge, and then to his ready room.

[Hoots Rowlet]

You arrive in said Ready Room with no problems.

[Manah]

James

The young man sat down at his desk and tapped a quick command on his desk's control panel.

"Captain's log. Stardate, 87261.4. The USS Vanquisher has departed as intended on its maiden voyage on a mission to escort Federation colonists into the Unknown Regions at the request of my brother, K'han Travis Howlet Jr. Our trip is a long one, 18 days and a half, and we will need to report back to the starbase in three months, which should leave us little more than a month and a half to assist our colonists in establishing their new home on the farthest edges of our civilization", he said, recording his voice onto the device.

"The crew and colonists alike are enthusiastic about both our new ship, and the mission at hand. It is a wonderful ship indeed, with a no less amazing crew, and I am honored to lead it as the first Fae'Rhal captain in the Federation. Our starting duties might appear simple, but I nonetheless intend to ensure our efforts in performing them shall be exemplary."

He ended the recording there, satisfied with the results for the time being, and returned to the bridge.

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10 in Technology to enter a captain's log.

Returning to the bridge afterwards.

[Hoots Rowlet]

You arrive on the bridge to find things are going smoothly.

18 days later you arrive in Orbit over the planet in question.... it is a large jungle biome.

[Manah]

James

"And here we are..." he noted with curiosity. "Ms. Nami, run a scan of the planet's atmosphere, fauna and flora. Dr. Emmerich, I'd like your opinion on said scan as well, especially potential threats. Ms. Mikazuchi, ready your division to assist the colonists in preparing to be transported planetside along with their equipment when the time comes", he commanded.

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6 in Statecraft (Leadership, Captain), split 2/2/2 into Nami's Technology, Otacon's General Knowledge (Sciences and such) and Kagura's Social Skills or Intelligence to organize the colonists and the Security division.

[Hoots Rowlet]

A minute later they give you a dianostic... the planet seems to be largely covered in plant life with animals having evolved few and far beyong sea life. A lot of the plant life to contain chemicals that can easily trigger a variety of reactions in different species.

[Manah]

James

"Intriguing..." he pondered, before turning to Kagura if she was still there. If not, he used his combadge to contact her.

"Lieutenant Commander, according to our scans of the planet's flora, plants on it should be approached with caution. I would advise your teams to keep their tricorders on hand and keep an eye out for problematic chemicals, and encourage our colonists to do the same", he recommended.

He then looked around. "In the meantime, I'd like to lead a team down there to have a look around, and examine those plants ourselves. Perhaps we could identify the most harmful ones and warn our colonists beforehand. Ms. Hawke, I'd like you to come along for your expertise on the matter. Anyone else interested?" he asked.

[Hoots Rowlet]

"Understood, we shall do so right away." Kagura said.

"I'll go Nyaa." Keqing said.

"I could use some time under a real sun." Nami added.

[Manah]

James

"Very well. We'll have a look around and let you guys know when to start coming down", he said to Kagura, before turning to his companions. "Let's go. And let's grab you girls some Phasers just in case, while we're at it. There doesn't seem to be a lot of animal lifeforms out there, but we never know", he advised, leading the way over to the transporters room, stopping by to get the girls a Type II handheld Phaser each.

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Stopping by to get them some weaponry;

then heading over to a transporter room to beam down to the planet so we can have a look.

[Hoots Rowlet]

You beam down to the planet's surface arriving inside a clearing in a large forrest with trees reaching at least 200 feet high.