Challenge #10: Postcards from the Future

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Challenge #10: Postcard from the Future

Yesterday's topic--the aftermath of Narada--brought the angst, as roflolmaomg  showed Kirk smiling through the tears and sangueuk shared a quiet, heartbreaking moment in the captain's quarters in Space Dust.

So it's Monday, right? The most annoying day of the week, right? So how about a little time-traveling brain teaser for our

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[lindmere]

I'm going to kick it off with a personal one and say that Spock does meet with Jim again (or maybe simply sends him a message) and advises him never to give up command of a starship. This seems like the single most important thing he can do to ensure his future happiness. It also doesn't amount to anything more dangerous than career advice, especially since so many other things will have changed anyway.

One of the (few) things I liked about the movie novelization was the moment when Spock realizes, after the mind meld, that Kirk is thinking about something that's hurt him as a result of Nero's incursion. He doesn't realize what it is at the time, but I can see the knowledge that Nero killed Kirk's father adding to his burden of guilt. What better way to make amends than ensuring Kirk's future happiness to the extent that he can?

[zerrah]

I'd hope that Spock!Prime would do that. At the very least, I think he would try to talk Jim out of it if the younger man did try to give up command.

[yeomanrand]

I'd like to hope that Spock Prime would mention the need to find a cure to Xenopolycythemia for McCoy.

Other than that -- I'd hope from his experiences with the Guardian of Forever* that Spock would keep his mouth shut. Perhaps send messages with cryptic clues, but he knows how devastating even a small change in continuity can be, and he and Nero have created a huge one, with reprecussions that rippled backward as well as forward in time (you explain the fact that McCoy's got the hazel eyes in this universe, or Chekov & Nyota being older than they should be [just for starters -- and let's not even get started on the Eugenics wars, without which there can be no Khan] without life before the incursion of the Narada having been affected by the upcoming paradigm shift).

He no longer knows how the future is going to go, as his younger self observed on the bridge of the Enterprise when positing how the Narada came to be. Therefore, the wisest thing for him to do is be as quiet on the subject of the potential future as possible

[weepingnaiad]

Totally agree on the xenopolycythemia because it's unlikely that the Enterprise would cross those folks again at just the right time and I can't see Spock letting something like that go.

And, yeah, I think Spock would keep quiet, no matter what Starfleet wanted, although from a fiction perspective, it'd be so much more fun to have him out there... tinkering. :D

[yeomanrand]

Unfortunately, I think he would come to the conclusion that tinkering is illogical.

Which is to say -- I agree there's fun to be had with the tinkering, but alas. :)

[lindmere]

DAMN you women know your TOS canon.

I hope he'd also tell them about the spread of the neural parasites, since they wipe out a bunch of colonies and kill Sam and Aurelan Kirk (assuming they exist in this universe).

[emiliglia]

Agreeing with yeomanrand on the xenopolycythemia. I wish I could remember who wrote the fic where Spock Prime gives them the cure.

I don't have any real ideas besides that it pisses me off that Spock Prime robbed Scotty of his revolutionary warp transporting equation. So maybe he'll point Scotty in a direction of something else that he achieves?

[yeomanrand]

Yeah, that was kind of annoying, to have Spock do that.

On the other hand, turnabout is fair play, and Scott pulled the same thing on the inventor of Transparent Aluminum, so...

[zerrah]

Haha, I remember being upset for Scotty when I saw that in the movie. XD And when Spock does it again Scotty will be like, no man, you can't do that to me! GET OUT OF MY ENGINE ROOM.

[roflolmaomg]

"You do not yet know of a planet where Officers are required to copulate with fellow Officers, but I warn you; any attempts at humor from the Captain do not fool anyone. Be prepared to experience endeavors previously unknown to the human race." And it's not so bad, after the first go, he doesn't add.

JK :D

[lindmere]

I'm doing my best to recollect this episode and failing, which is too bad because it sounds awesome. Which one is it?

[roflolmaomg]

LOL IT'S NOT--

at least, I don't think it's a real episode.

[lindmere]

Ah, one of those--the kind that exists only in your head. Yes, I'm familiar with those episodes :)

[sangueuk]

This prompt is hurting my brain. Just saying.

Does this count as a fill. *offers sexual favours*

I'll have to sleep on this one because I'll need to in order to make sense of half your comments. *stares*

*goes to bed*

[lindmere]

You got double bonus points for that gorgeous story you wrote...GO TO BED.

Plus, things are getting silly (see icon).

[yeomanrand]

Hey! Silliness is critical when dealing with these things.

Although I will confess it's my fault.

I brought up Spock's Brain.

[sangueuk]

Silly? now I want to stay up! *kicks time difference* I always have to go to bed just as things are getting silly - no fair. Actually, I have something in mind. It's entirely philosophical and will make your brains hurt. It WILL! Until tomorrow, my lovelies!

Question is, can you hold your collective breaths that long? XD