He stood before it, staring. The damn thing just stood right back, looking innocuous. The voice in the back of his head that Leonard liked to ignore told him he was being ridiculous. These kinda things happen sometimes. The rest of his brain adamantly yelled back that this was the goddamn flagship of the Fleet! You don't let mistakes like this ( Read more... )

Shift seemed to last much longer than normal. Gaila's mind kept wandering back to Scotty's bizarre behavior. She tried again and again to remember what exactly had happened during the spores incident, but her mind was a complete blank. At least he's promised to explain, she thought, even though he's obviously dreading this conversation. She ( Read more... )

He hadn't intentionally put off getting his updated physical on the enterprise. And if he had a subconscious aversion to having a physical he was, obviously, unaware of it. But it had continued to slip his mind. David should have no qualms about any sort of doctor's visit. He'd probably had more doctor's visits and physicals than many on the ship. ( Read more... )

In the quieter times when no single task was particularly urgent, it was nice to take a moment to enjoy the sounds of everything running smoothly; the blessed absence of shouted arguments and wailing sirens. They were still a little short-handed - another ten engineers would be perfect, but at a pinch he'd happily settle for four - but everything ( Read more... )