So, I've been busy with DAL work.  Creating shop inventories, motivations, and clues.  Thank goodness for the Harry Potter Lexicon!  Poor Wayne had to hear me vent my frustrations about Phoenician weather wimps at one point this weekend.  All he had wanted to talk about was the Paladium session I missed and check on the status of my DAL work. 

 

So, I hear that the premiere of Stargate:  Atlantis was good.  I'm hoping that will hit syndication like SG1 has so that I'll be able to watch it.  I'm enjoying the Jonas season which is in syndication now. 

 

Eventwise, Friday was Monte's Star Trek:  Star Fleet Academy (powered by Feng Shui) campaign.  Each of us was separately attacked by a gnarled horror tentacle while in the shower.  It turned out that the tentacle was just a mechanical piece of salvage from our survival mission.  It was being used in a prank by older cadets who had also once been through the ordeal. 

 

We were put aboard the USS Hathaway to get more shipboard practice, shadowing officers while they were doing their jobs.  Eventually, we docked with DS9 for supplies and were given a week's leave.  We explored the Promenade, and at my character's suggestion booked a tour of Bajor. 

 

During one portion of the tour we entered a primative enclave, where possesion of technology could get you in trouble.  They even had a major jamming signal covering the entire enclave.  We took a Bajoran boat down the river into it, and stopped at a small village (who main economy was obviously centered around the tourist) for the night.  When a Ferengi was caught pickpocketing, a Bajor threatened him.  That caused the Ferengi's  Klingon friend to defend him.  Fiona cornered the Ferengi as he tried to escape during the confusion.  Meanwhile, my character looked around to see if this distraction was being used by anyone else.  That when he noticed another Bajoran watching him, who turned away when noticed. 

 

After the authorities arrested the brawlers, Fiona had the Ferengi pay both of the combatants' fines using his illgotten funds.  Meanwhile, the Bajoran who had been watching me passed by my table and whispered that he wanted to talk.  A few minutes later I joined him outside, and our small talk was cut short when he touched my character's face and declared that his Pah was strong.  It was then that he discovered that the Bajoran was a member of the Bajoran governement asking him to rescue one of the sacred Orbs from the technophobic enclave members.  He claimed that they kept the Orb to themselves rather than share it with all of Bajor, letting no one see it.  Treaties prevented the Bajoran government from directly involving themselves with its freedom, but indicated that a few Star Fleet cadets working on their own accord would be likely forgiven their rash actions. 

 

When questioned how that didn't conflict with the Star Fleet regulations against interfering with primative cultures, the government agent pointed out that these Bajorans were members of the UFP and living on a technological world.  He also pointed out that the jamming signal showed that they did use technology when it suited them.  So fully convinced, the team was gathered.  When the group started dragging the government agent supplied boat to the shore, we were suddenly come upon by arrows!  The primative Bajorans were shouting anti-technology slogans as they massacred the people in the village.  Our two other security cadets were killed, but we killed a few of the Bajorans as well.  Then we headed on down the river. 

 

When he called it a night, Monte told us that the name of this episode is "The Orb of Darkness".  Nooooo!!!  We headed down a river in search of treasure among technology-rejecting primatives.  Monte has seen both movies, so I'm fairly certain that I'm not missing his inspiration for this storyline.  We're so doomed!

 

Hmmm..it's late.  I'll post more later.  In the meantime, here's a little quiz I borrowed from jada_marnew:

From Go-Quiz.com