9-066: Maldemar 732, Oliver’s Cabin

On 211.410 Erin arrives with, “Lizards, we’re puttin’ a whole in my supply cache.  All in a good cause though.”

Set in kCy 133 on Jensen, Hummin in the Deluge is a historically questionable humourous musical take on the re-integration of Jensen into the Dominion after the Enclaver Hiatus.  

Hout Vergrendelen is an Enclaver leader on Jensen with a progressive stance toward re-integration with the Dominion (I Just Want What’s Best).  He barely tolerates his vain, cunning, conniving, and shallow fellow leader Broek Deberg-Hagen, who is opposed to re-integration (Debate).  Broek, on the other hand, is convinced they are in love, despite Hout’s insistence otherwise.  An Overlord’s Envoy, Deborah Selden-Reynard, is sent to Jensen to persuade the colony to return peacefully to Dominion rule (Back Where You Belong).  Hout consults with his friend Kas Bruin (Faith or Fortune) before meeting with Deborah before the formal diplomatic talks (A Game of Chak).  At the talks, Deborah and Hout are at ease with each other and are progressing smoothly through negotiations.  However, Deborah accidentally insults Broek who storms out of the talks, taking her faction with her (Negotiations/Split).  Another leadership figure, Reuben Flores-Millard, brokers a peace between Hout and Broek to present a united front to the Envoy (Conditional Compromise).  After the discussion, Broek laments what seems her lost love (If not Me then No-one!).  Unfortunately Broek’s scheming turns the resumption of talks into a debacle (This is Not Going to Plan!).  After the talks, Envoy Deborah comes to speak with Hout in the famous Jensen Rain Caves.  She wants a peaceful reintegration, lest the Dominion decide to negotiate using the Legion rather than an Envoy.  She uses the setting as a metaphor for the Enclavers’ behaviour in the face of a potential military invasion (Hummin’ in The Deluge).  At the resumption of talks Broek tries more tricks, but Kas and Reuben reveal her deceptions.  Unmasked, she flees the talks and an agreement is reached between the parties (Prosperity! Protection! Reintegration!) At the epilogue, Hout and Deborah express their growing romantic feelings for each other (A Game of Chak/Hummin’ in the Deluge – reprise).         

Also, he’s heard some of those songs before.  He has an excellent memory but was he paying attention to where he was when he heard the music (ie did he form the memory in the first place)?  Let’s Roll IQ and see…