The mess hall was unusually crowded this shift. Saval sat down at a table with a cup of strong black coffee to ponder why that was. Maybe there was some work being done in other departments that required more exertion and burned more calories than average, making more people hungry right now. Or perhaps there had been some slight shift in the ( Read more... )

He had his voice back. Of that he was eternally grateful. He was also grateful that looking over the diplomatic mission files didn't make him want to smash his fist into a wall anymore. His fist flexed subconsciously as if the member was flourishing in its usability again. Yes, David was grateful for a great many things. But he hadn't had a chance ( Read more... )

((Probably a bit after this))

David snorted awake. He didn't know where he was at first. The room seemed foreign. Then his mind began to clear out some of the cobwebs. The last visages of a dream that had him riding a wave on a California ocean with a banana instead of a surfboard disconnected from his memory like cotton candy being doused with ( Read more... )

It was one of life's great mysteries, Adrian thought, that it was possible to ace every test the Academy threw at trainee pilots and still be completely unable to master a simple racing game. He swore under his breath as he braked too late and smashed into the wall that ran alongside the track ( Read more... )

Coming off a quiet shift in Engineering, Robert was looking forward to the buzz of activity and potential conversations he'd no doubt find in the mess hall. A ship of four-hundred could never be absolutely quiet, after all, and he had a knack for finding good conversations. Or at least good people to talk to. Whether or not he failed at the ( Read more... )

This wasn't Saval's usual shift, but he didn't particularly mind. He'd otherwise just have spent the night reading and playing chess with himself, and it was an interesting change of pace, working with people he didn't ordinarily work with ( Read more... )

They dropped out of warp at the edge of the Ravanna system at 10:42 ship time. Adrian would freely admit that he'd been anticipating the moment since he came on shift nearly three hours earlier. The chance to take the ship in on sublights to the coordinates where their Aian escort would meet them was a very welcome one. Caretaking while she was at ( Read more... )

Zan had always liked reading about other cultures' forms of entertainment. He'd been surprised to learn that Vulcans had any, and a little disturbed by how many traditional Andorian games required some form of weaponry ( Read more... )

Okay, starships were harder on her than she thought. She was in need of sunshine and probably dirt at this point. The best she could do was the holodeck, which she knew had a few rock climbing programs and for now, that would have to do ( Read more... )

Adrian awoke warm, contented, and generally feeling that all was right with the world. It was a good feeling. Mind pleasantly blank, he drifted, still not yet quite awake ( Read more... )