Yakky learns on of the rules of proper etiquette.
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Wide-eyed, Yakky sees there is a Bollyck on board, grabs a spear, and thrusts it at Gerek, but Lasper reaches up and grabs in in mid-thrust, stopping it from puncturing. Yakky yelled, “What the blatz is a Bollyck doing here?! And why aren’t you trying to kill the monster?!” Lasper asked Gerek, “Are you a monster, or do you have a name?” Gerek said, “Gerek.” Lasper then asked him, “Gerek, do you promise not to harm my crew in any way, as long as they don’t try to harm you?” Gerek said, “Yes.” Lasper turned to Yakky and said, “Yakky, please, don’t stick that polearm into our guest.” Yakky looked at the spear and said, “Why? Is it not pointy enough? Do you have a sharper one?”
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Kill first, ask questions later.
Lasper the friendly host.
Good one.
I’m guessing there’s some tragic history here.
I like Lasper.
Shh. No one ask why a spaceship in a technologically advanced society has a pole arm just sitting there on the bridge waiting to stab someone.
Traditional paraphernalia of Lasper’s culture, like having the Swiss Guard dress in Renaissance-era uniforms and carry halberds.
Because long, pointy sticks will never be useless. It’s like, the first sign that a being is sentient: Not just waving a stick around, but sharpening one end of it and using it to hunt. Which gives more protein, which encourages brain growth, which leads to BETTER pointy sticks, etc.
Because this technologically advanced civilization has banned more than one of any more advanced personal arm per ship. So if the rest of the crew wants any chance at all of fighting off pirates or other threats that don’t follow the rules then pointy sticks are their best option. Especially where the target in question is immune to lasers.
Although, personally, I’d probably just set my ship up to be able to crush any and all intruders with the artificial gravity… Hand-to-hand combat is just so gauche compared to simple things like explosive decompression and electrified door-knobs…
Nothing gets the point across like the tip of a spear directly beneath your chin.
The GOB has prohibited guns, remember?
Lasper, or more likely Gerek, is going to need to come up with a protocol for meeting people familiar with the long-standing prejudice against Bollycks. Preferably one that doesn’t require much arm movement, which will be taken as hostile no matter what the gesture. Oh, and single fingers are NO GOOD.
Holds up middle finger as his culture does. “You are numba one!” STAB! URK! whyyyyy;(