SD 53108.12, 0800 hours, February 8, 2376, Flight Briefing Room, Freeman's Island
LCdr. M'Rel has just finished the day's flight briefing when Capt. Samson strides into the Flight Briefing Room and assumes the podium.
"Good morning, Ladies, Gentlemen and Nivran. Lt. Swann will be working a detached mission with Lt. Talbot and the USS Seine. The USS Thames will ferry Dr. Keh'lef and Emissary Klaang to the IKV BortaS crash site in veng BortaS—BortaS City. You will all be armed with Phasers Mk II, worn openly since Klingons expect all military personnel to be armed." She raise a hand in admonition,
"Yes, technically Starfleet is not military, but these old-style Klingons don't see the difference as meaningful—to their eyes, Starfleet officers are warriors and warriors go armed. All weapons will, of course, remain on heavy stun cycle and used only as necessary." She taps her PADD and a standard map-hex appears on the wall-screen. It depicts a mediæval walled city with a river running past it.
"You will note that in the past century and a quarter The surviving crew of the BortaS have grown into a pocket kingdom consisting of the City and a network of towns and villages encompassing several thousand square kilometres. They have conquered a couple of nearby races whom they consider kuve, or servitor races. They do not use tlhIngan Hol, but an archaic dialect called thlIngan Hubbeq. Those who speak daHol will find it incomprehensible save for a few shared words, so please rely on you commbages. We want no miscommunications.
"Note in the centre of the city is the IKV BortaS' command boom, which managed to soft-land intact and more-or-less upright. Klingons being relatively good civil engineers, they managed to restore it to level and built a fortification around it." The scene changes to an ærial view of the command boom.
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