It was late night ship time, most of the crew sleeping in preparation for the start of the away mission in the morning. Adrian was fairly sure he was meant to be sleeping too. Even after all this time, though, he still tended toward insomnia the night before a mission. So it was that rather than sleeping he was in the shuttle bay, checking over the ( Read more... )

It was the day before the Ravanna mission and everyone was busy preparing for their assignments. M'Ress was going to be the primary communications officer until Lieutenant Uhura assumed her normal duties. As well as this distinguished role, however, M'Ress still had her regular duties in the Communications Lab. One such duty was running errands ( Read more... )

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... )

Donnie had been pacing in front of Nurse Chapel's door for five minutes. His hand was jittery as he held the container making a shkshkshk sound from the multicolored candy sprinkles inside. He didn't even know if she'd remember why the sprinkles mattered. She probably wouldn't get the reference at all.

Donnie had also been muttering to himself. He ( Read more... )

While the welcoming party had been fairly indictive, Christine believed of what they would expect on this mission, it had been anything but welcoming. Trying to shake off the negative vibes that had caused and better preapre herself to really start working tomorrow, being the ship's liason for Leonard's away team, Christine found herself after the ( 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... )