Interstellar Relations, Monday, 6th Period

[hera-rises.livejournal.com]

She wore her favorite suit to class today, and was standing at the front of the classroom as the students entered. Her arms were folded across her chest, one elbow propped upward, a cup of coffee held not unlike the torch on the Statue of Liberty. Well, except not that high -- maybe about shoulder-level. She waited for class to begin with a mischievous gleam in her eye.

"If you'll come in and take your seats from last time," Roslin said, gesturing with her coffee cup, "we'll get started."


The bell rang to signify the beginning of class, and she continued. "Last week we did budget submissions and got to know the fellow inmates in our cells." Her lips twisted into a lopsided grin. "Today, we get down to business. Your scenario is this: To this point, the United States, nor the Kingdom of Manticore have never heard of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol. Yet, after the last Cylon war ended badly, ships full of refugees have shown up in the solar systems nearby. You now have a first contact situation on your hands -- compounded by the fact that these Colonists have no other place to go."

It wasn't the best scenario she could come up with, she reasoned, but it was at least a timely one, and one very pertinent to her time on Earth. Now let's hope neither one shoots first and asks questions later...

"As I mentioned last week, I'll be circulating, filling in for those roles we can't cast. I'll also be giving you little bits of information. They may or may not be true. It's up to you to figure that out -- pry it out of your adversaries, if necessary -- and decide whether or not to act on it." She glanced at her watch. "You have one hour starting... now."

Laura then began to make her rounds through the classroom. She also began wishing she'd ordered the venti instead of the grande.


[A few OCD threads coming up. There will be a place holder for a later action for everyone to react to. ETA: Posted in the right place now.

ETA2: Please wait for the OOC thread. LJ seems to be giving issues, so it might be a bit.]

Comments

Re: Colonial Cell

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Anders snorted. "Yeah, right. There's, uh . . . no sign of them even thinking about coming back in your time, is there?"

Re: Colonial Cell

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

"No way," Cally said. "They've still been totally quiet."

Re: Colonial Cell

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Maybe they all, like, got a computer virus and . . . nah."

Re: Colonial Cell

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

"Virus taking out the Cylons," Cally laughed. "Not that's a good one."

Re: Colonial Cell

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Could happen," Anders mumbled. "It's about as likely as me trying to take out whole bases of them with four other people, but still."

Re: Colonial Cell

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

"So we're good," Cally said. "Right?"

Re: Colonial Cell

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Good? With?" Anders shook his head. "I can't figure out if it'll be better or worse for us if we don't look like much of a threat."

Re: Colonial Cell

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

"You don't think Earth would just be all 'Let's just kill them all', right?"

Re: Colonial Cell

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Depends on where. Like . . . Papua New Guinea? Probably not. The U.S. might be a different story, though," Anders said, still a bit diffident.

Re: Colonial Cell

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

"Yeah," Cally said. "But when we appear in orbit... we're gonna be dealing with who, the UN?"