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The Unfamiliar Part 3

The crew of the Enterprise come face to face with the Torvath.

Overview

Warp required1
Operations level30
Warp for completion24
Warp via superhighway1
Completion via superhighway24

Costs & rewards

Mission rewards

Tritanium
Objective ID890,196,040
Amount140,000
3★ Raw Ore
Objective ID890,196,040
Amount10,000
3★ Common Refined Gas
Objective ID890,196,040
Amount50

Locations

The Unfamiliar Part 4

Objectives

Objective 1

ObjectiveTravel to the Exchange Alpha system.
DestinationExchange Alpha

Objective 2

ObjectiveEnter Torvath territory.
DestinationGorvagh

Objective 3

ObjectiveStand before the Torvath leader.
DestinationGorvagh

Objective 4

ObjectiveBeam Picard back to the Enterprise.
DestinationGorvagh

Objective 5

ObjectiveReturn to Federation space.
DestinationP'Jem

Dialogue

Mission dialogue

Objective ID
1,623,253,758
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Picard
Dialogue
Thank you for receiving us, Torth. I must say, your rooms here are breathtaking. This whole building is spectacular.
Objective ID
1,623,253,758
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Torth
Dialogue
Yes. I dare say you must be unused to such a sophisticated fusion of form and beauty.
Objective ID
1,623,253,758
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Picard
Dialogue
I think you would be surprised, Torth. My people also enjoy a passion for art and architecture.
Objective ID
1,623,253,758
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Torth
Dialogue
I doubt to the same degree, but no matter. You are at least possessed of quite a surprising intelligence. To have built and mastered your interstellar ships is quite a feat. Were you helped?
Objective ID
1,623,253,758
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Picard
Dialogue
Helped?
Objective ID
1,623,253,758
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Torth
Dialogue
Were your people contacted by some higher-evolved species who decided to give you a helping hand?
Objective ID
1,623,253,758
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Picard
Dialogue
No, we, ah, we learned these things on our own.
Objective ID
1,623,253,758
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Torth
Dialogue
Oh. Well done.
Objective ID
1,623,253,758
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Picard
Dialogue
Although later, as we spread across the stars and encountered other intelligent species, we did pool and share knowledge, growing our understanding of the universe, finding new friends…
Objective ID
1,623,253,758
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Torth
Dialogue
You allied yourselves with alien species? You did not fear subjugation? Or perhaps you subjugated them. Is that what you mean? Do you intend to subjugate the Torvath? You will not find such a task easy.
Objective ID
1,623,253,758
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Picard
Dialogue
No, not at all. The Federation – the United Federation of Planets – is not guided by any kind of expansionist zeal. We merely seek to explore, to seek out new life, new civilizations, and to make new friends.
Objective ID
1,623,253,758
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Torth
Dialogue
United Federation of Planets? How big is this Federation?
Objective ID
1,623,253,758
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Picard
Dialogue
It’s true that we encompass a large segment of the Alpha Quadrant…
Objective ID
1,623,253,758
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Torth
Dialogue
Yet you claim not to be guided by thoughts of expansion. Your actions say otherwise.
Objective ID
1,623,253,758
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Picard
Dialogue
No one is forced to join the Federation, and those that don’t simply carry on living as they ever did. We still endeavor to maintain cordial relations, however. They are still our neighbors.
Objective ID
1,623,253,758
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Picard
Dialogue
I’m sorry, Torth, but I cannot help but notice you appear in some discomfort. Are you alright?
Objective ID
1,623,253,758
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Torth
Dialogue
My apologies, Captain Picard, but you must understand, to me, you are quite a loathsome presence.
Objective ID
1,623,253,758
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Picard
Dialogue
I… I’m sorry.
Objective ID
1,623,253,758
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Torth
Dialogue
Do not be. It is not your fault you are what you are. However, I feel we must draw this first meeting to a close. I am feeling distinctly nauseated.
Objective ID
1,623,253,758
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Picard
Dialogue
I see. Very well, I shall return to the Enterprise. However, before I do, I would ask one thing.
Objective ID
1,623,253,758
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Torth
Dialogue
Ask.
Objective ID
1,623,253,758
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Picard
Dialogue
I want us to keep talking. Albeit over comms, if that is easier for you.
Objective ID
1,623,253,758
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Torth
Dialogue
This is… acceptable. Now, please, Captain. You must go. I can bear it no longer.
Objective ID
1,623,253,758
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Picard
Dialogue
Alright, Torth. Picard to Enterprise. One to beam up.
Objective ID
1,986,650,477
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Picard
Dialogue
Data, you’ve been scanning this system since our arrival. Have you encountered anything that might give us some clue as to who the Torvath are?
Objective ID
1,986,650,477
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Data
Dialogue
I believe I have, Captain. The worlds here are full of towering cities of the most spectacular architecture, a great many of which seem to have been constructed with visual aesthetics in mind.
Objective ID
1,986,650,477
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Data
Dialogue
In fact, monuments and sculptures abound across most city streets, themselves designed to ensure wide open spaces and a feeling of easy flow. There are an impressive number of parks and contained forests.
Objective ID
1,986,650,477
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Data
Dialogue
The Torvath seem to possess an extremely sophisticated culture that embraces both art and technology. I have only just dipped into their entertainment channels, but it is fascinating.
Objective ID
1,986,650,477
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Data
Dialogue
The Torvath value music and literature above all other expressions.
Objective ID
1,986,650,477
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Picard
Dialogue
Well, this all bodes very well. A society capable of such feats of imagination must be a civilization we can reason with, or at the very least, find some point of commonality.
Objective ID
1,986,650,477
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Data
Dialogue
I beg your pardon, Captain, but I am afraid there is more to it than that.
Objective ID
1,986,650,477
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Picard
Dialogue
Go on.
Objective ID
1,986,650,477
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Data
Dialogue
Much of the Torvath’s artistic and cultural output is extremely, shall we say, ethnocentric. It honors and eulogizes the Torvath above all others to the point of institutionalized xenophobia.
Objective ID
1,986,650,477
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Data
Dialogue
Indeed, it sees the other as something corrupt and unreliable, something to be feared and reviled, a threat to Torvath purity, which they equate with universal purity.
Objective ID
1,986,650,477
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Picard
Dialogue
I see I may have to revise my earlier assessment.
Objective ID
1,986,650,477
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Data
Dialogue
There is no “may” about it, Sir. You must. This system also contains a number of enslaved worlds, with the inhabitants forced to live in concentration camps and to work in labor camps.
Objective ID
1,986,650,477
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Data
Dialogue
The Torvath barely acknowledge these people as living things at all.
Objective ID
1,986,650,477
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Picard
Dialogue
Thank you, Data. This is not going to be easy, Number One.
Objective ID
1,986,650,477
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Riker
Dialogue
You said it.
Objective ID
1,986,650,477
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Data
Dialogue
Captain, we are being hailed.
Objective ID
1,986,650,477
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Picard
Dialogue
On screen.
Objective ID
1,986,650,477
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Torvath Official
Dialogue
Alien vessel. It is the wish of the Torvath High Command that you attend our glorious Leader in their palace rooms. It is their wish that you attend immediately.
Objective ID
1,986,650,477
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Picard
Dialogue
I see. Well, indeed, there is no time like the present.
Objective ID
1,986,650,477
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Torvath Official
Dialogue
Very good. Transmitting coordinates now.
Objective ID
1,986,650,477
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Picard
Dialogue
Thank you.
Objective ID
1,986,650,477
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Torvath Official
Dialogue
Do not keep the Leader waiting. Out.
Objective ID
1,986,650,477
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Picard
Dialogue
Well that told us.
Objective ID
1,986,650,477
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Troi
Dialogue
Whoever that was, Captain, they could hardly bear to look at you. You were making them physically sick.
Objective ID
1,986,650,477
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Picard
Dialogue
Thank you for reminding me. It’s such a boost to my confidence. Alright, Mr. Data, you have their coordinates. Let’s not upset our hosts any more than we have to.
Objective ID
1,986,650,477
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Data
Dialogue
Very good, Sir. Preparing to engage impulse.
Objective ID
1,986,650,477
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Picard
Dialogue
Make it so.
Objective ID
241,689,124
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Picard
Dialogue
A fleet of Federation ships has arrived at last. We can finally head out and make contact with the Torvath for ourselves.
Objective ID
241,689,124
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Riker
Dialogue
Where do we find them?
Objective ID
241,689,124
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Picard
Dialogue
According to Taros, the Torvath made themselves known to the Wahven vessel when it entered an area of space lying just beyond the Exchange Alpha system.
Objective ID
241,689,124
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Riker
Dialogue
So, what’s our plan here? I imagine we’re not just going in head-first. We don’t want to risk what happened to the military research vessel.
Objective ID
241,689,124
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Picard
Dialogue
No. No, I think our best approach here is to make primary contact from the relative safety of Exchange Alpha. Close enough to send a request for permission to enter their space on a diplomatic mission.
Objective ID
241,689,124
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Riker
Dialogue
Given what they did to Fulriit, do you think the Torvath will be open to diplomacy?
Objective ID
241,689,124
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Picard
Dialogue
That has to be our first approach, Will. While we might view the Torvath response as excessive, it was still a response. They didn’t just set out to lay waste to another system. We must consider that.
Objective ID
241,689,124
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Picard
Dialogue
Perhaps a simple sign of respect will make the Torvath more conducive to dialog.
Objective ID
241,689,124
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Riker
Dialogue
I hope you’re right.
Objective ID
241,689,124
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Picard
Dialogue
As do I, Number One. Alright, let’s not dillydally any longer. It’s time we introduced ourselves.
Objective ID
241,689,124
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Riker
Dialogue
Yes, Sir.
Objective ID
241,689,124
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Riker
Dialogue
Okay, you heard the Captain. Set a course for Exchange Alpha. Move out!
Objective ID
424,470,370
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Picard
Dialogue
How long ago now since we sent the Torvath our request to meet?
Objective ID
424,470,370
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Riker
Dialogue
Over an hour. They may not answer at all.
Objective ID
424,470,370
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Data
Dialogue
Sir, we are receiving a transmission from Torvath space.
Objective ID
424,470,370
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Torth
Dialogue
Greetings, creatures. I am Torth, leader of the Torvath.
Objective ID
424,470,370
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Picard
Dialogue
I…
Objective ID
424,470,370
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Riker
Dialogue
Captain! What’s wrong?
Objective ID
424,470,370
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Picard
Dialogue
I… Sorry, Will, just a momentary stab of existential dread. Their augments. For a moment, I thought they were some new breed of Borg.
Objective ID
424,470,370
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Torth
Dialogue
Captain… Picard? Yes? Is anything the matter? You appear troubled.
Objective ID
424,470,370
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Picard
Dialogue
My apologies, Torth. I’m quite alright, I assure you. We are happy you have responded to our hails. Might I assume your people are amenable to a meeting?
Objective ID
424,470,370
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Torth
Dialogue
We are… not against it.
Objective ID
424,470,370
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Troi
Dialogue
Excuse me, Captain.
Objective ID
424,470,370
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Picard
Dialogue
What is it, Counsellor?
Objective ID
424,470,370
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Troi
Dialogue
I’m not sure, Captain. Torth seems very reluctant. I sense an almost pathological distaste coming from them. I think they find us… repulsive. To a very high degree.
Objective ID
424,470,370
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Picard
Dialogue
Interesting. I wonder if that revulsion motivates their actions. Only one way to find out, of course. Torth?
Objective ID
424,470,370
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Torth
Dialogue
Ah, Captain. You have returned your attention to me once more. Your people have an unusual way of communicating.
Objective ID
424,470,370
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Picard
Dialogue
My apologies again, Torth. We were just discussing, ah, bureaucratic matters. First contact is very important to us. We want to make sure we do everything correctly.
Objective ID
424,470,370
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Torth
Dialogue
I understand. Very well. You wish to enter Gorvagh.
Objective ID
424,470,370
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Picard
Dialogue
Gorvagh? This is the name of your system? Then yes, we would like to enter Gorvagh. There is much we wish to discuss with you.
Objective ID
424,470,370
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Torth
Dialogue
Permission is granted. You may access the Gorvagh system.
Objective ID
424,470,370
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Picard
Dialogue
Thank you. Then we shall join you presently. Picard out.
Objective ID
424,470,370
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Picard
Dialogue
Data, set a course for Gorvagh. Engage.
Objective ID
890,196,040
Phase
dialogue_end
Character
Picard
Dialogue
What is it, Will? You seem concerned.
Objective ID
890,196,040
Phase
dialogue_end
Character
Riker
Dialogue
It’s the Torvath, Captain. It’s clear to me they would attack the Federation today were it not for its apparent strength.
Objective ID
890,196,040
Phase
dialogue_end
Character
Picard
Dialogue
Yes, perhaps.
Objective ID
890,196,040
Phase
dialogue_end
Character
Riker
Dialogue
They fear us. Hell, they hate us. They don’t even try to hide it, but that fear may not be enough to stop them from attacking. In fact, it might just provoke them.
Objective ID
890,196,040
Phase
dialogue_end
Character
Picard
Dialogue
I agree, Will. I wish it weren’t so, but I agree.
Objective ID
890,196,040
Phase
dialogue_end
Character
Riker
Dialogue
The Torvath are a nationalistic power bloc. They do not like the idea of a powerful alliance of aliens encroaching on their sphere of influence, especially one so different, one so… diverse.
Objective ID
890,196,040
Phase
dialogue_end
Character
Picard
Dialogue
Then perhaps we can teach them otherwise. We can show them what the Federation truly represents, what it does for those within it, show them that there is nothing to fear.
Objective ID
890,196,040
Phase
dialogue_end
Character
Riker
Dialogue
Lead by example? You know me, I’m all for that. But if it’s all the same, I might just prepare for a fight too.
Objective ID
890,196,040
Phase
dialogue_end
Character
Picard
Dialogue
We may all need to do that.
Objective ID
890,196,040
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Picard
Dialogue
Is this better, Torth?
Objective ID
890,196,040
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Torth
Dialogue
Yes, thank you. While it is still difficult to look at you, it is much easier to breathe without your particular odor permeating my sense membranes.
Objective ID
890,196,040
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Picard
Dialogue
I am happy to accommodate you in any way, Torth. That is the way of the Federation. We value and respect other cultures.
Objective ID
890,196,040
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Torth
Dialogue
Most progressive I am sure.
Objective ID
890,196,040
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Picard
Dialogue
Torth, I’m afraid I must ask you something.
Objective ID
890,196,040
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Torth
Dialogue
Go ahead.
Objective ID
890,196,040
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Picard
Dialogue
Why did you so lethally attack the Fulriit system?
Objective ID
890,196,040
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Torth
Dialogue
They invaded our space.
Objective ID
890,196,040
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Picard
Dialogue
One ship hardly counts as an invasion.
Objective ID
890,196,040
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Torth
Dialogue
It always starts with one ship when it comes to creatures such as yourself. We were not prepared to take any chances.
Objective ID
890,196,040
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Picard
Dialogue
You took a chance with us.
Objective ID
890,196,040
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Torth
Dialogue
You made yourselves known to us. We were expecting you. You must understand, Captain Picard, we do not like outsiders, much less trust them.
Objective ID
890,196,040
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Torth
Dialogue
Finding some of them flying around our territory as though it belonged to them was… disturbing. We wished to ensure it did not happen again.
Objective ID
890,196,040
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Picard
Dialogue
By killing innocents? You must understand, Torth, for us, that was an unconscionable act of violence.
Objective ID
890,196,040
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Torth
Dialogue
While I am sure they felt something akin to pain, it cannot be anything like the Torvath experience of pain. Aliens are different that way. Your sensibilities are underdeveloped. However, we are sorry.
Objective ID
890,196,040
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Picard
Dialogue
That is something. Thank you, Torth. I am sure this will at least go some way to helping smooth things over with my superiors. Though we have a lot more work to do.
Objective ID
890,196,040
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Torth
Dialogue
Work? What work would that be?
Objective ID
890,196,040
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Picard
Dialogue
I think it would be a good idea to establish diplomatic relations between the Torvath and the Federation.
Objective ID
890,196,040
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Torth
Dialogue
I see.
Objective ID
890,196,040
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Picard
Dialogue
You disagree.
Objective ID
890,196,040
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Torth
Dialogue
I am not sure. However, it would be a good idea for you to return to your Federation, anyway. Your mere presence has caused great upset amongst my people. Your absence would calm matters.
Objective ID
890,196,040
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Picard
Dialogue
Alright, Torth. We’ll leave, but I will choose to take this first meeting as a first step towards a potential new friendship.
Objective ID
890,196,040
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Torth
Dialogue
You are welcome to do so. Goodbye, Captain Picard.
Objective ID
890,196,040
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Picard
Dialogue
Goodb… Oh, he’s gone. Alright, Mr. Data, set a course for the P’Jem system. There’s somebody there I need to talk to. We’ll collect Dr. Crusher on the way.
Objective ID
890,196,040
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Picard
Dialogue
Engage.