<div class="floatleft">(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/9a/ac/13/9aac13acec7d0c12801da6ae61f4ab48.jpg)</div><strong>Character Name:</strong>Arik Soong<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Redemption - Angel's Rest<br/><strong>Tagging/Mentioning:</strong>Anatole Kir-Je / Open<br/><strong>NSFW Warning:</strong>None<br/><br/>Arik's eyes slowly took in the immensity of their stardock, pondering all of the related machinery and personnel that allowed such things to function. Truly the humans had accomplished much in the last couple hundred years, catching up to and surpassing some other space faring cultures who had been doing the interstellar 'thing' far longer.<br/><br/>A new figure approached and Arik quickly identified the man out of the corner of his eyes, pulling up pertinent information in his system. As if reading his mind, Anatole called it an amazing feat of engineering and then posed some questions. Arik gave a small nod, quickly interjecting, "If it were further away it would take even more energy to ship things here from the surface, while from here it takes relatively little energy to reach a higher-" But he quickly cut himself off, realizing the question may not have been one that was actually looking for an answer but perhaps rather simply a conversation started.<br/><br/>If he noticed the faux pas he made no indication of it, simply offering the man a smile and a nod when he introduced himself and Arik though it proper to do the same since the man had just offered up his own name even though it was most likely fairly obvious that each of them would already know who the other was. "Captain Arik Soong," he offered as he turned towards the man, "It is a pleasure to meet you."<br/><br/>"As for the Ambassador, I am still awaiting more information," he said, "But records seem to be showing he is not currently here on station but I do not have the full details." Arik frowned slightly but quickly let it pass, figuring they would receive information before they were ready to leave.<br/><br/>"Have you been enjoying the ship?" he asked as he looked over the small social area of the ship again, noting that two other crewmembers had arrived as well.