S&S&ST Chapter Seven: A Sweet Scene
Outline
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Jim and Bones together in Engineering class.
Some time later, a situation occurred which gave Jim Kirke greater reason to respect Dr. McCoy. Everyone in Scotty’s seventh period Engineering class was staring at the board in some confusion, trying to solve a difficult problem. Well…everyone except for Kirke, who was immersed in his latest equations of the Kobayashi Maru.
When McCoy casually mentioned that ice rings can only be seen at twenty-two degrees to the moon, Jim’s elbow slipped off the desk. He leaped to his feet, babbling excitedly about internal thermostat regulators. “Scotty,” he exclaimed, “I think I’ve got it!” The other cadets jeered at him, saying that a student who was too scared to take the Kobayashi Mari would never be able to solve a problem as hard as this.
Meanwhile he had run up to the virtual chalkboard and started writing frantically. Only McCoy stayed silent and watched him without a word and saying nothing. And though he smirked a little at the obvious enthusiasm, he gave Jim the best compliment he could, which was his undivided attention and the taking of notes.
Two fevered minutes later, Kirke threw down his stylus. “And there you have it, folks,” he announced, “We have achieved warp speed. I repeat, we have achieved warp speed.” All the other students simply stared at him in shock, but Bones positively beamed.
The bell rang and everyone hurried to gather their possessions and dash to their next class. McCoy made a point of going to Jim. “You did good, Jim,” he said, “No one thought you could do it, but you proved us all wrong.”
“Thank you,” he answered, and he meant it, “but really, I could never have done it without your input.” (Of course it was merely thanks from an academic standpoint.)
They went their separate ways and neither of them noticed how Mr. Scott’s smile grew as he programmed the warp factor regulator and considered how he could throw this unlikely pair together more often in the future.
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Jim and Bones together in Engineering class.
Some time later, a situation occurred which gave Jim Kirke greater reason to respect Dr. McCoy. Everyone in Scotty’s seventh period Engineering class was staring at the board in some confusion, trying to solve a difficult problem. Well…everyone except for Kirke, who was immersed in his latest equations of the Kobayashi Maru.
When McCoy casually mentioned that ice rings can only be seen at twenty-two degrees to the moon, Jim’s elbow slipped off the desk. He leaped to his feet, babbling excitedly about internal thermostat regulators. “Scotty,” he exclaimed, “I think I’ve got it!” The other cadets jeered at him, saying that a student who was too scared to take the Kobayashi Mari would never be able to solve a problem as hard as this.
Meanwhile he had run up to the virtual chalkboard and started writing frantically. Only McCoy stayed silent and watched him without a word and saying nothing. And though he smirked a little at the obvious enthusiasm, he gave Jim the best compliment he could, which was his undivided attention and the taking of notes.
Two fevered minutes later, Kirke threw down his stylus. “And there you have it, folks,” he announced, “We have achieved warp speed. I repeat, we have achieved warp speed.” All the other students simply stared at him in shock, but Bones positively beamed.
The bell rang and everyone hurried to gather their possessions and dash to their next class. McCoy made a point of going to Jim. “You did good, Jim,” he said, “No one thought you could do it, but you proved us all wrong.”
“Thank you,” he answered, and he meant it, “but really, I could never have done it without your input.” (Of course it was merely thanks from an academic standpoint.)
They went their separate ways and neither of them noticed how Mr. Scott’s smile grew as he programmed the warp factor regulator and considered how he could throw this unlikely pair together more often in the future.
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine