#ep 002

Transcript:

[Narrator] Xue Meng was trembling all over, tears of rage tumbling down his face. [Xue Meng] Mo Weiyu, are you still human? He once… [Mo Ran] He once what? How he once treated you, you should know best! You want to remind me He once beat me black and blue Made me kneel and admit my guilt before the world, Or do you want to remind me That for your sake, for the sakes of bystanders He's stood in front of me, Blocking my plans over and over, Ruining my great work? [Narrator] Xue Meng shook his head in pain [Xue Meng VO] It's not like that, Mo Ran. Think about it carefully, Put down that fierce, ugly hatred of yours, Turn your head back and look. He once guided you in cultivation and the fighting arts, Protected you, He once taught you how to read and write, To recite poetry and draw. He once learned how to make food for your sake With clumsy hands and feet, getting cuts all over his hands. And he once He once waited day and night for you to come back, Waiting by himself from the falling of dusk To the breaking of dawn.

ENSIGN PYAS ILIZON: Cap’n, the instruments read that we’ll be in Terra’s orbit by the end of the week.

CAPTAIN ELIYA ALARICIA: Thank you Ilizon. Officer Merscaron.

SCIENCE OFFICER AGION MERSCARON: Yes, captain?

ALARICIA: Look into the records, and just double check that there have been no investigations or emissions from Terra since the Departure.

MERSCARON: Of course, captain.

ALARICIA: Thank you, Agion.

MERSCARON: KOT’s database shows no records of anything concerning Terra, apart from the ancient history manuals of the Pre-Departure age.

ALARICIA: Well, I guess we’ll just have to wait and see what the planet Terra has in store for us.

MERSCARON: Indeed we will, captain.

ALARICIA: Agion, what do you think is on Terra now?

MERSCARON: I couldn’t hazard a guess, Eliya. If there had been a mission sent before, to see if the planet underwent succession, then I could have at least some idea of what might await us there.

ALARICIA: Come on, Agion. Make a wild guess. For me.

MERSCARON: Only for you, Eliya Alaricia. I suspect that the planet is teeming with life by now. Primary succession should have taken a long time, but ten thousand years is surely enough. I wouldn’t be surprised if there were Sapieniod species on Terra again. I’d also be sorely disappointed.

ALARICIA: Disappointed why?

MERSCARON: Because I’d have thought Gaia would have learned from her first mistake.

ALARICIA: That’s an unusual opinion in the empire of the Sapiens.

MERSCARON: I can assure you that it’s a common one among those who aren’t Sapiens.

ALARICIA: And a dangerous one, I suspect.

MERSCARON: Among some circles. I trust you won’t turn me in for “conspiring against the Sapiens” or whatever they’re calling exercising freedom of speech these days.

ALARICIA: Of course I wouldn’t turn you in, Agion.

MERSCARON: I thought not. Now let’s get some sleep, Eliya. We’ve worried over Terra enough already.

ILIZON: Cap’n, we’re just about to enter orbit around Terra.

ALARICIA: Thank you, Ensign Ilizon. Officer Neertyr, please alert the crew that we are entering orbit.

COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER VILAIA NEERTYR: Right away, captain.

ALARICIA: Officer Merscaron, I’d like you to go down to the tech deck to see Dr. Ur. Make sure that they have sent, or are preparing to send, a probe, to the surface of Terra. I’d also like you to analyze the findings of the probe alongside Dr. Ur.

MERSCARON: As you wish, captain.

ALARICIA: Tirae, you have to come see this. In a moment, we will see the planet Terra, and our eyes will be the first to see it in ten thousand years.

                                         END OF EPISODE 002.

EPISODE NOTES:

Dramatis personae:

Pyas Ilizon | human (Sagacian) | she/her | Ensign on the Regel Explorer TOS-42

Dr. Agion Merscaron | athaenian | she/her | Science officer of the Regel Explorer TOS-42

Vilaia Neertyr | she/her | tyrnan| Communications officer of the Regel Explorer TOS-42

Species:

Homo sapiens sagaci     A strain of human originating from the planets orbiting the star Sagax. They have dark skin, and unusually large eyes. They have little hair, and are incredibly adept at weaving thin cloths from the many flowers on the planets of the system.

Homo vulcanus athaenai (Athaenians)     Athaenians are not technically humans. They are more closely related to Vulcans. They are humanoid, and have the typical Vulcan ears. They also have bat-like noses, and rather big eyes, in varying shades of grey. They hail from the planet Athaena, a planet first colonized by early Vulcan-Sapiens, named after an ancient Sapiens goddess of wisdom and intelligence.