• Published 28th Mar 2012
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Observer Prime - RoseluckyCinor



A man must observe a new planet for possible interstellar contact.

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Date. 20th of March, 4317. It’s been two years since I’ve seen this planet, at least, since I thought I saw it. Oh man, I’m so excited that the words are just jumbling around in here.

*Sigh

Gotta recollect myself here. Okay. It’s day one of Operation Contact. Most of the envoy went to Location Alpha to the castle. I was sent to Location Beta to meet some locals, and I must say, it seems daunting.

The Federation scientists gave me some tech to do it. I’ve got…

*Rustling

Like this, a translation device. It’s got data on over 100 of the allowed Federation languages, not to mention Imperial Common. Tomorrow is the day which I go into the town proper. A ship dropped me here with supplies at the edge of a forest about a click from the town.

Manifest says I have food for a month and ample material for ‘meeting’ with the locals. Now I can’t bring the recorder with me lest the locals think I’m crazy talking to myself. Of course, the boys back on base told me I was crazy, can you believe that?

After the simulation I could never get over the feeling of someone looking at me. They said it would go away within a month, buuuut it’s been two years and I feel it sometimes. Sometimes it gets worse but it’s mostly okay now. I bet it was all the hustle and bustle of the city on Terran-V. So this place should be like a vacation.

You know, I should get to sleep now, I have an early morning tomorrow. This is Observer, signing out.

~~Chat Closed~~


Date. 21th of March, 4317. Everything turned out… pretty bad. Yeah, the language isn’t in the database at all. So talking to them was out of the option. Luckily, however, I know some stuff. So to prove that I wasn’t a moron I started to show them some common math formulas. I used Pythagoras’ Theorem on the triangle. The manual on Interspecies contact said that every creature knew that.

I first showed it to the Alpha Male when I found him. Up close he was majestic, A fine blue coat and rainbow hair. His body was finely toned too. As I drew the triangle he just looked at me. After a couple of minutes of gesturing and pointing he turned and flew away.

It seemed like a good idea to show it to the Beta Male, perhaps he would understand. I was in luck with that one. He was with the female of the group and as I drew the triangles he started to do a little dance and said words in their language. I put my hands to my throat to show that I didn’t understand. He nodded and beckoned me.

I learned a lot today. They have large supplies of books and what not. The Beta Male left me a book which I have my modest computer translating to Imperial Common, should be done for tomorrow at the earliest. Once I have the written language it’s only a matter of time until we can talk.

I was able to spend the rest of the day with the group I gave note to earlier. Mainly Blue, Purple, Orange, Yellow, Pink, and White. This, of course, allowed me to follow the main goal of my mission. Further Observations! During what I called lunch, I noted a distinct lack of meat products; in fact, there was none to be found at all. I would like to say that they are confirmed vegetarians.

They, they, they. What was the name scientists gave them? Oh yes, equum superior. I think I’ll call them ponies. It’s certainly easier and seems more correct. Let me just check on the translation here…

*tapping of keys*

Hmm, got a few words here and there. Mare… magic? Strange, but it will be easier to learn when it’s done.

I really don’t have much to talk about right now. After lunch they showed me around town a little bit. Maybe it would be prudent to explain the general goal here. It’s to foster a friendship between foreign species, equum superior, and the Federation. Or so I’ve been told.

I’m going to let is finish translation and I’ll get back to you on that. Observer out.

~~Chat Closed~~