keeps_a_cool_head

[In the time since he was released from Zero, Scorpius has been spending the majority of his days in the library. The availability of knowledge from other universes is too irresistable to ignore, and much of his time is spent cataloging facts and figures he feels may be useful to him in the coming time]

The enormous accessibility of resources even to known prisoners on this ship continues to amaze me. I wonder if I might entreat on a warden who would be able to provide a personal databank? It's far easier than writing notes by hand.

Additionally, I would be interested to learn if anyone has bothered to map out the Barge's destinations ahead of schedule, or started to plan for each flood and port we encounter. It seems to be on a rotating cycle.

And there are still concepts I come across every day whose meanings continue to elude me. I have seen...[He pauses to double-check the name he's written down] Abbott and Costello's 'Who's on First' three times and each subsequent viewing leaves me more perplexed.

John, if this data reel is any indication of your species' intelligence, I don't know whether to feel superior or afraid.

[Private to Catra]

Have you tracked Crichton's meal cycles yet?

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keeps_a_cool_head

Scorpius. Only the one name.

Many different ones - some of which were capable of faster-than-light travel. My own command carrier is fitted with a Hetch drive which permits it. However, if you were to travel aboard, say, a Leviathan like the one John Crichton uses, you would instead use a method called Starburst, which is faster but can be more unpredictable.

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logistical

Mr. Scorpius. I am Spock.

I would be interested in studying your Hetch drive. Do you recall its schematics?

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keeps_a_cool_head

Just....Scorpius. If you would, please.

I do. Very well, in fact. Are you interested in a trade?

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logistical

I would be. What do you propose?

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keeps_a_cool_head

A simple exchange. My schematics for the Hetch drive. Yours for whatever technology is involved in generating warp speed.

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logistical

I will consider your offer.

Do you have any other interests in the sciences?

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keeps_a_cool_head

Much, yes. I try to learn all I can in order to prepare for every eventuality. However, lately I've begun tailoring my studies to a few narrow fields of interest. Faster-than-light travel being one of them.

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logistical

Might I inquire which fields, specifically?

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keeps_a_cool_head

Wormhole technology is my primary focus at the moment. But in between I have begun to investigate the possibilities of neural interfacing and reading, as well as the behavior of Leviathans in starburst. And there are one or two species I have my eye on that are a sort of side-project.

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logistical

Which species in particular?

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keeps_a_cool_head

Humans and Scarrans. Before arriving on the Barge, I had only met one human before this. But the species is wholly fascinating. I did not know how many were like John.

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logistical

Humans were one of the four founding races of the Federation. Is your interest in biology?

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keeps_a_cool_head

Biology and psychology. Much of their culture still eludes me, but I have time in which to study it more carefully here.

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[Holy crap it's Spock! The voice. It has to be! He's heard of a Kirk being here a while back, so he know's it's possible. Holy crap! What does he even say? Well, considering who Spock is talking to.]

I'd be careful just how much you tell Scorpius. He doesn't plan on using whatever he learns for anything peaceful.

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logistical

I intended to research further before confirming any trade, but if you have information, I would prefer to hear it as promptly as possible.

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neverfeltbetter

My name is John Crichton, and Scorpius is an enemy of mine.

[He figures Spock will appreciate being made aware of the bias. Better to get it out now before Scorpius can try twisting it back on him later.]

That being said, what I can tell you about him is still the truth. He's after wormholes. He intends to weaponize them, and use them to commit genocide on a race known as Scarrans.

He's made no effort to deny it. You can ask him yourself. But be careful.

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logistical

Caution is in my nature. Mr. Crichton.

[He very much appreciates being made aware. More information is always best before forming a conclusion.]

What of his interest in... Leviathans?

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neverfeltbetter

Beyond the fact that I live on one.

[He frowns, thinking if he should say. But it is Spock.]

They are living ships, partially organic. The Peacekeepers had a project...

You see, Leviathans have no weapons. The Peacekeepers attempted to genetically engineer them with weapons. But, only one ever lived. That's the one I was living on before I came here. I'm sure he'd find it valuable to his cause.

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logistical

He has expressed an interest in you, personally.

[Which Spock is beginning to find a bit disturbing, honestly.]

Your tone of voice suggests "Peacekeeper" to be a misnomer. May I ask why?

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neverfeltbetter

Because there is nothing peaceful about them. They are a militant race. You know Nazis? Kinda like that, only throw in some communist brainwashing to go with it. Add an entire fleet of war ships and they become a big frelling threat to peaceful space.

[He shouldn't really be surprised that his name came up. And yes, disturbing is a good word for it.]

His interest is not in me, but what he can get from me. What I'm not willing to give. He's willing to do anything to change that, and I do mean anything.

[He'll let the dark tone in his voice suggest that Scorpius has already tried a few less than savory things to get his way.]

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logistical

I am familiar with Earth's history.

[There's a very faint edge to it; this Spock has only just faced Khan, and there are two many parallels that he feels annoyed and uncomfortable thinking about. Add that to the fact that he's feeling at all.]

You have access to or knowledge of technology he does not possess. Hence his interest in human psychology?

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neverfeltbetter

Yeah. And he's just itching to crack my brain open to get at it.

[And just recently he'd tried, literally. Which makes hearing that Scorpius is asking around about human psychology concerning in ways he doesn't really want to think too hard about.]