Hi, Bethan here again. It’s been five years since the incident with the asteroid. Recently our crew has managed to increase our ship’s capacity, so we now have room for a total of 24 passengers, rather than 20.
Something incredible happened recently. We entered a new solar system and encountered an alien species for the first time! They are a humanoid species and call themselves Traneans. They have pretty much the same body shape as humans except for two antennas on their head. Their most fascinating feature is the ability to shift the pattern of their skin like a chameleon. They can choose seemingly any color and pattern they want. Unfortunately, they seem to be aggressive towards outsiders.
We send a message to Earth to tell them of our discovery, then gather on our ship to discuss what to do next.
Eventually, we decide to send two crew members down to negotiate with the Traaneans. Naturally, the captain is one of them, and I am chosen to be the second. The others say my personality traits make me the perfect ambassador.
Luckily, we are ale to convince the Traaneans that we mean them no harm, ad the allow us to land the Albion on their planet and stay with them for some time to get to know them better.
I’m so glad I got to be a part of this experience.
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We’ve been living in Traanea for about a year now. It’s been fascinating learning all about the Traaneans and their culture. We’ve made friends with one family of five in particular. Since we can’t pronounce their names, they allow us to use the English translations of them.
The head of their household is a female Traanean who we call Violet (she was named for the color of her skin a birth). She is 190 years old (the average lifespan of a Traanean is about 200, although the oldest age a Traanean has been recorded to live too is 250, so this is considered elderly, but not shockingly so). She used to be an ambassador for her planet but is now retired.
Violet’s son, who she lives with, is named Carnelian. He is 105 yeas old (middle-aged for his species). He works as the head of the guard for the Traanean monarch. He is basically the Traanean eqivalent of what we would call a knight.
Carnelian’s heart-song (the English translation of the Traanean word for a husband or wife) is a 98-year-old Traanean woman named Weaver (again, this is considered middle-aged for their species). Wanderer is a scientist who studies aliens and how they are similar and different from Traanean’s (so she was quite excited to meet us, as you might imagine.)
Carnelian and Weaver have two children together, both boys. They struggled to conceive a child at for a long time before having their first son.
Their oldest son is six years old (despite their longer lifespans, Traaneans mature from infant to adult at about the same rate humans do, so a Traanean six-year-old is very much like a human six-year-old). The English translation of his name is Wanderer. Since our arrival here, he has become best friends with Aaron and Henri. Wren goes to school much as a human child would, though he is also taking beginner’s lessons in hand-to-hand combat, as he wants to be a king’s guard like his father someday. He is quite fascinated by the pictures and videos of Earth’s animals we have showed hum and is often changing his skin tone to reflect the patterns of Earth’s animals. His favorite animals to mimic include zebras, tigers, and leopards.
Carnelian and Weaver’s second son was actually born while we were living on Traanea and is currently 3 months old. We call him Wren.
[name_m]Albion[/name_m] Ship’s Population/Families + Traanean Friends
1 year after landing on Traanea
DGM: [name_f]Zenobia[/name_f] [name_f]Ariadne[/name_f] Flowers (63)
DH: Menelaos [name_m]Alexandros[/name_m] Levenntis (36)
DW: [name_u]Harper[/name_u] [name_f]Paige[/name_f] Leventis (nee Flowers) (36)
DD/DS: [name_f]Kassandra[/name_f] [name_f]Zoe[/name_f] “[name_f]Kassie[/name_f]” Leventis and [name_u]Aidan[/name_u] [name_u]Micah[/name_u] Leventis (13)
DS/DS: [name_m]Aaron[/name_m] [name_m]Constantin[/name_m] Leventis and [name_m]Alexandros[/name_m] [name_m]Theodor[/name_m] “[name_u]Alex[/name_u]” Leventis (5)
[name_m]Zachariah[/name_m] [name_m]Odysseus[/name_m] “[name_m]Zach[/name_m]” [name_u]Carter[/name_u] (27)
[name_m]Adrian[/name_m] [name_m]Miguel[/name_m] Gonzales (27)
DM: [name_f]Pandora[/name_f] [name_u]Riley[/name_u] “[name_m]Pan[/name_m]” [name_u]Quinn[/name_u] (24)
DS/DD: [name_m]Henri[/name_m] Achilleas [name_u]Quinn[/name_u] and [name_f]Persephone[/name_f] [name_f]Kendra[/name_f] [name_u]Quinn[/name_u] (5)
[name_f]Bethan[/name_f] Anaxandra Fields (23)
[name_f]Penelope[/name_f] [name_f]Primrose[/name_f] [name_m]Hawthorn[/name_m] (22)
DGM: Violet (190)
DHS: Carnelian (105)
DHS: Weaver (98)
DS: Wanderer (6)
DS: Wren (3 months)