[Planet, Abandoned City]
Awen glanced up for a moment, watching as the Talaxians moved up the road towards her at a steady pace. Part of her wanted to move out of sight so she could continue exploring without being interrupted, but there was a good chance they had already seen her. With the bland colors throughout the city, the black and blue of her uniform likely stood out.
Her eyes moved back down to the tricorder and she opened up the scan settings to adjust them. Just as she was beginning to do so, she heard a voice.
"See anything you like?"
Eividx gave a generous smile towards the Bajoran. They did not expect the Federation to explore this far out already, and it did put a bit of a hamper in their work... but Geefix did give explicit instructions. He was sure to get some praise from the leader with this haul they were bringing in.
"Geefix said that there was a group of Federation coming down, but I honestly didn't believe it. Voyager is practically a legend at this point. But, it proves that all legends come from truths." he said, glacing down at her comm badge, and the tricorder in her hand.
"Those are interesting devices you have... I would trade anything you want in my stores for them."
Raising an eyebrow, she listened to the Talaxian while tightening her grip on the tricorder slightly. At this point, Awen had a couple options - mainly either try to get rid of the Talaxian or accompany him to his shop to see what he had. Regardless, she wouldn't be trading him StarFleet technology, but he didn't necessarily need to know that just yet.
"Well, he was right; we're here," the Bajoran replied, confirming the obvious. She stepped closer to get a better look at what they appeared to have. Mostly their current load of goods seemed to be various technological devices, though Awen didn't recognize them. Presumably they had some kind of scientific value, if they still worked. As she looked, her attention was drawn to a house off to her right where another group of Talaxians were coming out of a house with various artwork and furnishings.
Turning back towards the Talaxian who had spoken to her, she said, "To be honest, I'm not really sure what it is you have here. I've not seen this kind of technology. Does it still work?"
Awen was curious as to how long they'd been retrieving items from the city. Would there be much left for her to explore that hadn't already been looted? Scientifically, she still felt the urge to explore and perhaps find out who had lived here and why they left. But she also knew they were there to....check...on the Talaxians.
"Have you found anything particularly interesting here? It looks like this city was abandoned at least a few decades ago. How did you learn of it?" Awen went ahead and asked him several questions. The more she learned the better.
Without looking at her tricorder, which she now held down at her side to hopefully draw less attention to it, Awen pressed a button with her thumb. It would start up a new scan with the adjusted parameters. If she did end up leaving the city for now, at least she'd have another scan of it first.
OFF: Tag Tekin, soft tag away team
(BTW, I was thinking that the city belonged to the Drayan. Mem Alpha says they were brilliant scientists and engineers, but ended up going through a reformation and withdrawing to their own system. Doesn't have to be them, but the situation could've been similar - a race that was good with technology but ended up going back to their home system.)