Objective III: Things Old New Again
Rothana System
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Tyrias' red eyes watched the data this Flight Leader transmitted to them. The Chiss' countenance was as placid as clear lake on a spring eve. Others had heard the verbal part of the conversation, and no doubt their eyes were cast in her direction even if only for several seconds until they determined she wasn't making any hasty responses. It could all be a trick.
It could, but the station hadn't sat still while some 'temporal anomaly' floated by and slingshot them into the future. There'd always been a risk. Nothing about what had transpired had been routine. Thirty years as a little longer than Tyrias, herself, had hoped. Shorter than it could have been, of course, seeing how they'd never dealt with anything quite like
that.
"There are wounded aboard, and there are energy fluctuations from our... return," Tyrias replied back after she'd scanned through the history dump.
"Medical transports? We could do to arrange transports for others aboard that are not duty personnel. They could use a planet under their feet."
Interrogation? One look over at the sensor technicians and recalling the contents of the pad seemed to support the story this Flight Leader Daz Sason had provided. No, there'd be precious little they'd get from interrogating those that departed the station. Tales of the conflict that'd isolated them at the end. The phenomena that engulfed the station. The Time of Trouble between then and now, and the strange visions that anyone could take a lifetime to decipher. Their state secrets had come and gone in value, and those with lasting secrets like herself wouldn't succumb to interrogation.
"Our repair crews may have need of materials and parts to repair damaged systems as well." Perhaps they would volunteer to offer whatever the station identified as a need? The station hadn't even been that old when it was 'lost.' It might not be cutting edge technology, but the galaxy's rate of development rarely or drastically changed. A civilization ten thousand years showed its age more than anything. This Confederacy should see the value in keeping the station around; and it would prove something familiar for those aboard to look to for the time being.
The real challenge was figuring out how Tyrias was going to talk to someone in charge, and what she was going to do next. At least for the time being she'd remain the commanding officer of the station, but eventually there'd be matters of chain of command -- who was it she reported to, and did they consider her an admiral, a captain, or a liability?