#np-07

Human Delegate Enclave

Ah, humans. The people who started this project - literally, in the sense of those in the encampment below, and figuratively, as in the visionaries at the Terrene Protectorate.

Those from the encampment below I asked to represent their race where reluctant and self-effacing at first, which told me they'd do a better job than some blaggards I met in the Academy...

When I gave them the catalog of fittings to look through they were like second-stage spawn given a bigger tank - excitedly pointing out what they thought looked best and delighted when I said money was no object. I may have also added one or five pictures to help them feel more at home...

I'm very much looking forward to bringing their race back onto the galactic stage, unified and refreshed, as it should be.

Frögg Delegate Enclave

Mind your step, please - despite my best efforts to keep the place warm, steam to keep the Fröggs' skin from drying out tends to condense at the extremities of the enclave, rendering the floor a slipping hazard to those not of an aquatic nature.

Despite learning the Frögg sign language, I'm still mystified by how their race organises itself. I know they are fully cogent about their reason for being here and that they are fully willing to execute their duties on behalf their race. They've not been shy about sharing much of their culture, about their fascination of items from other races and how they delight in decorating their homes in a smorgasbord of such. Yet I cannot fathom how, without apparent light-speed comms or spacecraft, they can communicate between their diaspora. And they are not inclined to reveal this either.

Regardless, they are a stalwart race, disposed to fully deliberated thought in their considerations. They are excellent teachers, patient as the wave that crumbles the cliff. And they value clarity - of their own place here, of our collective purpose, and of ensuring that all are aware of everything that is transpiring in regards to it.

Truly, a venerated people.

Student Dorms

It has been... invigorating to meet the wave of new recruits, eager to get started in their studies and continue the work of the Protectorate.

Perhaps too eager, for they all wanted to move into their dorms before I've even built training rooms or acquired lecturers for them. Still, it's encouraging that they want to meet their team members this early in the process.

As a bonding exercise, each team has been dispatched to various known settlements for light helper duties. Some of my crew and my friends from the outpost have been sent along to keep an eye out for trouble.

Each team is made up of those who've I've assessed for the basic roles of Soldier, Medic, Mechanic, and Engineer, with the outstanding two team members made up from the other roles of Chemist, Tailor, and Janitor. We can look at specialisations within a role once I've got lecturers and a curriculum.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to oversee the hiring of lecturers for my eager little tadpoles.