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An interesting series of events allowed me to trick a Klingon into giving me some information I’ve been after. I had run into him when he was in the middle of some kind of treasure hunt, and I may have given his method of searching a little…constructive criticism. He sarcastically challenged me to do better, mockingly offering the information as incentive. He didn’t think I’d take him up on his challenge, but I was able to convince him that he’d given his word and it would be dishonorable to go back on it. Ironic, isn’t it? Like taking candy from a baby, as humans might say.
My first order of business was to gather information on the item he was looking for using means he didn’t have access to. I listed possible locations of this item and went over them one by one with the Klingon so he could tell me where he had already searched. The process was long and wearisome, but the Klingon’s patients surprised me. Whatever this item was, he seemed to think that finding it held some sort of significance to his family honor. He wouldn’t tell me any more than that.
After we had narrowed the possibilities down to five locations on one planet, we set about the task of searching for the item. Things went better than expected, save for one…mishap. There was a slight discrepancy in the information I had gathered, and it lead us to look for something that, well…wasn’t there.
We continued our search until there was only one more possible place we knew to look. If we didn’t find the item there, then I would have had to withdraw from the search without the information. We had to destroy two alien ships just to get to the location (note: trying to talk sense into a Klingon who’s just coming down from a battle high isn’t advisable) but when we arrived, we found that my information was correct. The item was at that location, and the Klingon never would have known to look there if not for me.
I may have done a bit more gloating than was warranted but I think I was well within my rights.
True to his word, the Klingon gave me the information he had promised: details about the politics surrounding the House of Duras and the Federation’s involvement. (Of course, I didn’t take him for his word, and it took some questioning before I was satisfied that he wasn’t giving me false information.) Unfortunately, it probably isn’t anything my superiors don’t already know, but it satisfied my own curiosity. The only point he wasn’t clear on was how Gowron supposedly single-handedly stopped us from providing supplies to the Duras party. There’s no way he could have figured out a way to best our cloaking technology…obviously there was more involved than what the klingon knew. But I decided not to press the issue. The Klingon’s patients had run out and it was time for me to withdraw anyway…
The whole escapade was well worth the answers that the Klingon’s information provided me, but it’s certainly not something I would care to repeat.
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How long have they had this feature? Where have I been? XD
Anyhoo, here's a snippet from Tal'kaela's personal log that I posted on tumblr a while back. Figured I'd post it here, too. (I'm trying to remember to post things here... XD)
Description from tumblr:
Sketches of an RPG my brother and I had going the other day. In response to my Romulan character, Tal'kaela, deciding to create herself from a cosplay plan, my brother now has a klingon character who seemed to just write himself. Maybe it's our inner sibling rivalry...? XD
Anyway, he was playing LoZ:Wind Waker, looking for one of the last pieces of heart. I offered to help him look, and next thing we knew, we were both in character going on some kind of wild treasure hunt. I couldn't help but sketch a few scenes from the escapade.
On tumblr: [link]
Anyway, this was good!