<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/7/7a/AlineMineiro01.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Petra Sabio (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=339078.msg16082563#msg16082563)<br/><strong>Date/Time:</strong>The 11th of March, 9am (GMT)<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Aboard a shuttle en route to the Odyssey<br/><strong>Content:</strong>First approach to the ship<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>The Captain, Tyrone Pryk, and anyone else aboard the shuttle<br/><hr/><br/>Petra's smile for the Captain was unmistakably affectionate - a response of friendship, rather than merely a subordinate being polite to a superior.  Indeed, she looked distinctly intrigued by Elizabeth's last words before attention was turned to the figure in black.<br/><br/>Inclining her head, she offered him a welcoming smile.<br/><br/>"Petra Sabio," she affirmed.  "Of the New National Force."  Her accent was somewhat undefinably 'educated British', with no particular region to the fore.  Her decision to translate her organisation's name certainly suggested a divergence from some of the more stridently non-Anglophone elements of the Norça.  "I am intended to serve as an advisor on matters relating to diplomacy and hostile environments, as well as a point of contact for the Norça on board.  We know that we can take some... adjusting to, for those not accustomed to the abilities some of us manifest.  The hope is that I might be able to help to resolve misunderstandings as smoothly as possible."<br/><br/>So far, so conventionally diplomatic.  But the polite<em>knock</em>upon Tyrone's mind was assuredly not conventional.  No hint of threat or malice to it: instead, a manifestation of the lowest tier of genuine telepathic ability - a simple request that even a Neutral could reject, to open a connection with 'Mindspeak'.  In a manner no one else could perceive, the Norça liaison had just identified an Auxiliary Mode of likely interest to the Ministry representative.<br/><br/>Out loud, she continued her amiable introduction.<br/><br/>"Though, as the captain has intimated, I am indeed a specialist in what is commonly termed 'assimilation': I can 'store' formatted bioware within my noetic signature.  That standardly includes Vacuum Assault and Reconnaissance Gear, which - in simple terms - can make me a rather handy person to have around in dangerous situations.  And though 'immortality' would be stretching things a bit, I<em>am</em>more durable than most even among the Norça.  Part of my role is to stand between the crew and peril, if need be."