Gaila was in an excellent mood. She'd been apprehensive about the welcome party, but it had gone well. Very well. She certainly hadn't expected the Aian officers to be so charming and attractive. Sex always put her in a good mood, and she had too much energy to simply return to the ship and sleep, so she grabbed a few bottles from her bureau, ( Read more... )

Sitting in the back of the shuttle as it prepped to lift off from the hangar bay and take them down to the planet, Scotty stifled a yawn in his sleeve and tried valiantly to look more awake than he felt. It didn't seem to be working out all that well. One day they were going to have a mission schedule that didn't clash horribly with his sleeping ( Read more... )

The air was one of breathless anticipation as all off duty personnel - military and civilian, Aian and Marosi - lined the viewports to watch the Starfleet ship come in to dock. Murmurs raced through the watching crowd at her strange design, at the unfamiliar words emblazoned across her hull ( Read more... )

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... )

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... )

It had been a rather long day. A frustratingly high number of minor malfunctions made it impossible to finish the efficiency tests for the dilithium chamber on time, and she'd ended up staying in engineering for two hours after her shift had ended. It didn't help that the ensign who was assisting her didn't exactly seem to know what he was doing ( Read more... )

Gaila was always a bit skeptical of Federation diplomacy, and something about this mission bothered her. She wanted to believe that they would do the right thing - whatever the hell the right thing was - but she was immensely glad that Scotty was committed to finding out what was going on down there... by whatever means necessary ( Read more... )

Adrian was starting to think he'd been stationed at Utopia Planitia for far too long. He'd got too used to being able to go home to a real bed and real food at night. Not to mention those had been four glorious years in which he hadn't had to do an eight-hour shift at the helm. Helming in transit wasn't in any way difficult, but it had to be the ( Read more... )