this is the test I left land for

[reogulus]

title: this is the test I left land for
universe: AOS
pairing: Pike/Number One
author:reogulus
rating: G
wordcount: ~1,400
disclaimer: Not mine, not real, not used for profit
summary: James T. Kirk isn't technically the first Starfleet cadet to pass the Kobayashi Maru.
notes: Uh, I blame introductory for everything except for my writing.

Comments

[ariadnechan]

I love it all except that she has the post for the lungworms of the other :(

But awesome fic!

[reogulus]

thank you, i'm glad you liked it :)

the lungworm part came from the original script of the reboot, as sulu was the replacement in the movie. so basically pike's helmsperson is one instead of sulu, haha

[ariadnechan]

I supposed as much, but i would love that he choose her as his helswoman, because she will be her first officer soon.

But i really love the story!

[taraljc]

OMG THIS IS MADE OF AWESOME.

[reogulus]

i'm just gonna lie down and freak out over the fact that you actually read and commented on this okay
i mean thank you for reading and commenting

[taraljc]

Are you kidding? I read just about everything that gets posted to the comm :) it makes me want to go back and finish my still-unfinished Number One on the Yorktown epic.

[reogulus]

i'm just glad to be a part of the 99% you read :DDD
MOAR NUMBER ONE BADASSERY IN SPACE YES PLEASE I'D LOVE TO READ THAT

[janice2002]

Thank you for this nice Pike and Number One story.
I hope there will be more Pike/One stories to come. Wonderful couple!

[reogulus]

thank you too!
trek fics in general don't come easy for me, but i'll give it my best :)

[lullabymoon]

This is just so much awesome!!!! ♥

[reogulus]

glad you liked!

[introductory]

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wearing the command gold can feel like the result of standing under a shower of piss for too long

This line, okay. This line. And:

“This mission was not meant to be a winnable one for a starship captain who limits their skill set.”

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Oh gosh okay so I love One's solution to the Kobayashi Maru and I hadn't even considered it, and just. FLAILS. I know this comment should be about a thousand times longer but I just keep scrolling up to re-read and I can't even stop. One asking to be failed! I cannot even begin to explain how happy their exchange makes me. And One knowing that Pike passed her because he would have done the same thing -- just look at Pike in STXI, going off on his own and making Kirk first officer; he is so not the very model of a regulation captain -- and he wants that quality on his bridge (and that lovely face on his face) and he can tell her real smile from a fake smile only minutes after meeting her and my shipper heart is imploding, I tell you!

[reogulus]

hai i love you

you do not want to know how much time i spent on the kobayashi maru article on memory alpha okay. one's solution is inspired by sulu's solution from a spin-off novel (he basically didn't want to risk starting a war so he aborted the mission and left), except i think one would be more original than that (no offense to hikaru, it's not his fault that the author of that book ran out of good ideas when it was his turn).

but i do love the novel's account of how scotty and chekov approached their kobayashi marus ughhhh