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sixwordstories2013-07-23 02:34 pm
fine_young) wrote in sixwordstories2013-07-23 02:34 pm
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*Recited:* O Rose, thou art sick!
I fear I'm only passably knowledgeable regarding poetry.
I admit, I have always been something of a Renaissance man. It's a poem worth knowing, though, and not too long.
O Rose thou art sick./The invisible worm,/That flies in the night/In the howling storm//Has found out thy bed/Of crimson joy:/And his dark secret love/Does thy life destroy.
O Rose thou art sick./The invisible worm,/That flies in the night/In the howling storm//Has found out thy bed/Of crimson joy:/And his dark secret love/Does thy life destroy.
William Blake, yes.
But I forget myself. I am Hannibal Lecter, and you are?
But I forget myself. I am Hannibal Lecter, and you are?
Warren Matthews. My apologies again. The 18th century ... I realize that this might seem odd to say, but it's rather older history for me than for most individuals.
This is where you either believe me or lock me up as a loon, I suppose.
I'm not from this time period.
I'm not from this time period.
I've got better reason to be lock up than you do, trust me.
When are you from, if I may ask?
When are you from, if I may ask?
Give me a second, Gregorian years aren't something I think in as much... er, last I checked back home, it was late into the year 2386.
*He chuckles.* Discovered aliens yet, or are we still alone in the universe 426 years later?
If it helps, Earth is, at my time, merely one world in a coalition known as the United Federation of Planets. First Contact was centuries ago, some time after...
...after World War Three. I'm with Starfleet, the exploratory and peacekeeping arm of the Federation.
...after World War Three. I'm with Starfleet, the exploratory and peacekeeping arm of the Federation.
Another one. *If he were the type to have an open, honest face he'd wince. As it is an eye glitters redly.* As if two weren't enough . . .
Ah, peacekeeping. Yes, I've seen that. It rarely goes well, and neither does exploration. Especially for the locals, in either case.
Ah, peacekeeping. Yes, I've seen that. It rarely goes well, and neither does exploration. Especially for the locals, in either case.
Right. The Age of Imperialism. I don't know if you'll believe me or not, but the concept of interference in other worlds and cultures is highly abhorrent in Starfleet. It's actually our Prime Directive to not interact with pre-faster-than-light cultures.
No matter what you think of them?
I do hope it works. *The slightest of sneers.* But somehow I doubt it.
I do hope it works. *The slightest of sneers.* But somehow I doubt it.
Personal opinions shouldn't enter into it. We're not God, and a culture has the right to develop as it sees fit, just as we were allowed to.
Early in the Federation's infancy, 'Uplifting' a pre-warp civilization did happen.
And it resulted in disaster those times.
Early in the Federation's infancy, 'Uplifting' a pre-warp civilization did happen.
And it resulted in disaster those times.
Even if it was based on torture? Or if it had no incest taboo and practiced cannibalism? How wonderfully restrained of you.
Do tell.
Do tell.
Humanity had these same traits in some of their earlier civilizations and eventually worked past them.
The species that were uplifted might have been technically capable of understanding the technology given to them, but they had not reached the usual level of cultural evolution that goes along with such development. Being advanced more than they should have been simply gave them, in their opinions, newer and better weapons in their on-world conflicts.
The species that were uplifted might have been technically capable of understanding the technology given to them, but they had not reached the usual level of cultural evolution that goes along with such development. Being advanced more than they should have been simply gave them, in their opinions, newer and better weapons in their on-world conflicts.
And if they never did? Surely your precious Federation must include at least one culture in which funerary cannibalism is practiced.
Giving a primative a gun, but no lessons about using it. Yes, I see.
Giving a primative a gun, but no lessons about using it. Yes, I see.
Some, I'm sure. There are over one hundred and fifty species in the Federation currently. Still, joining the Federation means that while the planet is still mostly sovereign, they nonetheless are expected to hold to certain laws established by the Federation Council, similar to the old British Parliament or the United States Congress.
Most of these laws pertain to basic sentient rights through the Federation Constitution and Judicial Code.
Also, the incest taboo is one that could potentially be irrelevant, depending on how a species reproduces.
Most of these laws pertain to basic sentient rights through the Federation Constitution and Judicial Code.
Also, the incest taboo is one that could potentially be irrelevant, depending on how a species reproduces.
Non-sexual reproduction? I wonder how that would change a culture . . . fascinating.
As long as it only denies such things as rape, torture and murder I suppose it's not too restricting.
As long as it only denies such things as rape, torture and murder I suppose it's not too restricting.
Pretty much. There are also things to prevent certain caste systems from forming.
Thanks to current technology, poverty and disease, and thus the crimes related to it are gone. A replicator can provide clothing, food, and even basic materials for construction and the like. Its fuel is easily gathered and retrieved. The only things really traded for, that thus retain an economic value are items used on a large scale, mostly starship components like dilithium crystal, which can't be replicated, and certain metals or radioactive elements.
Thanks to current technology, poverty and disease, and thus the crimes related to it are gone. A replicator can provide clothing, food, and even basic materials for construction and the like. Its fuel is easily gathered and retrieved. The only things really traded for, that thus retain an economic value are items used on a large scale, mostly starship components like dilithium crystal, which can't be replicated, and certain metals or radioactive elements.
Slavery, you mean.
I hope there are medical replicators, organ donation is bad enough on one planet without it being the wrong one. And that you can get ingredients as well as full meals, if cooking is a hobby.
I hope there are medical replicators, organ donation is bad enough on one planet without it being the wrong one. And that you can get ingredients as well as full meals, if cooking is a hobby.
Both. Agricultural sciences are also advanced enough to keep farming and the like in business still. One of the more famous captains in Starfleet comes from a family of vintners in northern France, actually.
Perhaps I should come visit your time, then. Get a bit further away from the second great war.
Experimenting with the replicators might be fun, if nothing else. *Maybe he could get them to replicate his favored meals . . .* And I'd like to meet an alien, the more inhuman the better. See if there are differences in--well, various things.
Experimenting with the replicators might be fun, if nothing else. *Maybe he could get them to replicate his favored meals . . .* And I'd like to meet an alien, the more inhuman the better. See if there are differences in--well, various things.
The more inhuman ... I know of one that's silicon-based instead of carbon. That's probably the most inhuman species we've met, short of one known only as Species 8472.
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