Re: USS Mongoose - Captain's Ready Room
"Thank you. You've made some very good points," Captain th'Valla said.
"They do seem to have ritualized this Hunt. We have no way of knowing just how intelligent their prey is, but it does occur to me that they might be intelligent enough that one of them sacrifices itself for the Hunt so that the others will be left alone."
"They might be intelligent but without any civilization or technology other than a herd mentality. That keeps them from finding an alternate solution."
"Likewise, the Hunters have ritualized their Hunt to the point where they don't or won't consider an alternate solution either. Who knows how many generations this has been going on for."
"Anyway, please keep all this in mind for when we encounter them the next time. Since they seem to live somewhere here in the Expanse, I think it is inevitable that we'll run across them again. Hopefully, we'll be able to establish a better dialogue when we do."
"We can now continue with our mission, and everyone can resume normal duties. At 10 hundred tomorrow, though, I would like a report from all department heads on what we've learned about the Expanse so far."
"Dismissed."
((OOC: Not sure we have any Department Heads left, though, so the reports can be done 'off camera'.))
As everyone filed out of the Ready Room, Anther joined Eclipse.
"I'm not sure we've discussed this yet," he said to her, "but I'm assuming that you would like to return to your own universe. I suppose if you were escaping from something that might not be the case, but from what you've said, I don't think that's what you are doing."
"So, my questions are: do you have any idea how to go about that, and do you need help from us? Secondly, is there a time factor involved? Will you start getting sick if you remain here too long?"