As Ranma and Ayeka were talking about why the Juraian princess was in the system, the Collective was busy trying to assimilate the Ryu-Oh. Even though Ranma was seriously considering the option of handing the ship back to Ayeka he didn't stop the assimilation process. After all, the more the Borg could learn about the technology used in this dimension the better their chances of survival would be.
By this point almost the entire outer hull of the Ryu-Oh and most of its corridors had been infested with Borg nanoprobes. The Borg were baffled about why anyone would create a spaceship out of wood. However, the Collective was willing to admit that the wood that the Ryu-Oh was made out of wasn't ordinary wood. Besides the fact that the wood was stronger and more durable then most steel alloys, the wood was extremely suited to channeling large quantities of energy. What made this even more fascinating to the Borg was the fact that the wood seemed to be best suited to channel energy that seemed to be similar to Chi.
After a few milliseconds of consideration, one of the drones approached the trunk of Ryu-oh. The Borg had left the actual tree alone before now so that they could analyze the ship. Now it was time to see just what was so special about this tree. According the database the tree was the heart of the ship. Naturally this sparked the Borg's curiosity since in their experience the 'heart' of a ship usually referred to a ship's reactor or it's bridge.
When the drone's arm sensor touched the bark of the Ryu-Oh, Ranma felt his conscious shift. Instead of facing Ayeka, Ranma was looking at an attractive blue haired woman with red eyes and a slightly annoyed look on her face. Tsunami folded her arms across her chest and said, "I can understand your curiosity. But really, do you have to poke and prod the Ryu-Oh?"
Ranma was extremely nervous and he drew on all the knowledge of the Collective to try and figure out how he could talk himself out of this new trouble. The Borg had several encounters with muliti-dimensional beings before and generally considered it best to leave these creatures alone. Some muliti-dimensional beings like the Organians the Borg could handle using their technology. Others, like the Q, the Collective could only annoy. All and all the Borg treated these higher level beings like many people treated a sleeping lion.
In a very polite and respectful manner Ranma said, “Please forgive this regrettable mistake. We did not mean to intrude upon your territory. My drones were merely trying to understand the vessel that recently attempted to attack us.” Usually Ranma would never lay it on this thick, but he had his subjects to worry about. If it took begging and pleading to make Tsunami happy after this little mistake then Ranma was more then willing to revise and improve upon the Crouch of the Wild Tiger.
Tsunami looked at Ranma and a small smile crossed her lips. One thing was for sure, the boy care a lot more about his people then his predecessor did. The Juraian goddess then said, “I am willing to forgive you this transgression Ranma of Borg. However, you must do something for me to show that you are truly sorry for disturbing me.”
In the back of his mind Ranma was starting to get a little nervous. While he’d do pretty much anything to insure that his subjects were safe, the Borg leader really hoped that this task wasn’t something like an arranged marriage. Ranma gulped and said, “What do you want me to do?”
Tsunami smiled and said, “Ranma of Borg. I want you to-”
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