Test Drive #7 - Ten Forward and Captain's Yacht

[ten_fwd_mods]

Option 01. Ten Forward: The first thing you see is a bar. A large, lively bar filled with many different faces and many different smells, sights and sounds. This is Ten Forward, the Enterprise's off-duty lounge; feel free to get acquainted with your fellow travelers and try to find somebody who's in charge: this is your new home now, after all...





Option 02. The Captain's Yacht: Oooh, you sneaky stowaway! You've found yourself in a very exclusive part of the ship: Captain Picard's personal craft, used for short jaunts when a shuttle just won't do. (One must retain some decorum, after all.) It may not be as large as the Enterprise itself, but there are sure to be some surprises aboard once people start snooping.


[OOC: The Captain's Yacht is located at the very base of the Enterprise's saucer portion, so if you put someone in there you can also play them trying to get back to somewhere they know!]

Comments

Re: Option 1 - Warning - possible swearing/violence.

[the_blood]

"Some territories or provenances have a Warlord Prince who isn't the only Warlord Prince, but the dominant one who holds responsibility for it, on behalf of a Queen."

Re: Option 1 - Warning - possible swearing/violence.

[not_gaheris]

That surprised Telemachus. "I'm sorry? I don't understand. I'm not sure that would be possible for Nietzschean Prides. The Matriarch is responsible for assuring the Pride's continued superiority and has the final say on prospective mates."

Telemachus remembered Jillian bringing him before their Matriarch, doing the genetic scan, weighing his worthiness, skills and successes. "Does your Queen not have a similar function? Or is your Queen more of a state figurehead? Ruling law and order?"

He understood not all societies had the same focus on reproduction and genetic superiority that Nietzscheans had.

Re: Option 1 - Warning - possible swearing/violence.

[the_blood]

She just stared at him. "Your leaders choose couples against their wills?" she asked, horrified. "I may come in to settle a situation if a Warlord Prince has staked a claim and has become too violent while waiting for the woman's decision, but to order two people together would be akin to r****ing them both!" She was horrified.

Re: Option 1 - Warning - possible swearing/violence.

[not_gaheris]

"The woman chooses her mate. The male may be chosen multiple times by multiple women, but he has the opportunity to refuse. Likewise if the woman believes the male is unworthy, she has the option to leave the marriage and take the children. In addition the woman control her family and breeding--but it is our Matriarch that decides if the male is worthy of the female who wants to claim him. The more women who want to marry the man, the more likely the Matriarch will view him as an acceptable provider and worthy. The more women choose me as their husband, the more children I have and the better I can strengthen the Pride. "

It was all very matter-a-fact to Telemachus. There was no one in the Known Worlds who didn't know Nietzscheans and Nietzschean society.

Re: Option 1 - Warning - possible swearing/violence.

[the_blood]

"There is no Blood female who would ever marry a male who would expect the right and freedom to also be with other women," she said slightly coldly, "in Blood society, fidelity is one of the things that a man brings to the marriage contract." There would be no question of a romance between her and him now that she knew this view. She knew Queens were allowed by Blood law and culture to take multiple lovers, to have a Consort as well as others, but it was rarely done in Kaleer, and would never be done by her personally. She had no interest in a male that wasn't fully hers. She had little interest in males to begin with.

"A male who steps outside that line, WILL loose their children, no might about it, Paternity would be denied."

Re: Option 1 - Warning - possible swearing/violence.

[not_gaheris]

"I do believe you have it backwards. It's the females right to chose me, not my right to chose them. "

Not that he thought it would make a difference. He knew humans didn't share the Nietzschean view of marriage, Dylan himself had trouble getting over the loss of his fiancee Sara. He himself had been struck a blow recently, with the death of Lousia, who he had just met but believed they could have a future together, and the assumed deaths of this wife and children.

"You would deny paternity and weaken your Pride over that? In Nietzschean society, they are all legitimate marriages. Unless the Matriarch disapproves." Rhade didn't see a problem with even sleeping around, as long as a child wasn't produced by the act, the Matriarch wouldn't have an issue.

Re: Option 1 - Warning - possible swearing/violence.

[the_blood]

"We do not see it as any weakening of the family for a woman to asset her rights," she said firmly. "Couples who do not wish to be exclusive should not marry and should not have children."

"Of course the Blood in Terelle saw things somewhat differently," Theiorn said, in the interest of fairness.

"And where are the ones who believed that way?" she snapped at him. "Dead. Not even in H***, Prince, Dead. Because that belief was twinned with the corruption of Blood society that spewed forth from Dorthea."

"Like her belief in the complete subservience of males?" He asked.

She snarled at him. "I will not be caught in that trap, Prince. I do not believe in the complete subservience of ANYONE! I also do not believe in slavery!"

Re: Option 1 - Warning - possible swearing/violence.

[not_gaheris]

Telemachus had to object to that. "I am not anyone's slave. I am my own man, and like my Captain I chose my own destiny."

Although his own genes and the acts of his great grandfather weighed on him and his own actions, as well as through the viewpoints of others. He knew they were constantly comparing himself against Gaheris, whether he was viewed as a hero or a traitor. Telemachus did his best not to cover his face with his hands, realizing he was starting to talk like Dylan too. He was spending too much time with the man. His excessive optimism and catch phrases were like a disease. Contagious.

Out of curiosity more so than the need to continue a fight, Telemachus asked a question. "Do I assume you also don't think pessimism is a survival trait? You should talk to my Captain, he hates Nietzscheans more than you seem too."

Re: Option 1 - Warning - possible swearing/violence.

[the_blood]

"I do not hate Nietzscheans," she said simply, "I just find what you described of a marriage to be something I have no interest in," she said simply. "I reserve feelings like hate for things that require it. Your cultures are not our own. Had you tried to live that way in a Blood territory, you like as not would not live long. But here we are not in our own Realms, we cannot judge you. So long as you do not try to pull a Blood female into that lifestyle either unaware or against her will, we have no quarrel in this regard."

"Except perhaps over a warm mug of Yarabrah beside a fire on a cold Winter's night," Theiorn said, musingly.

She rolled her eyes.