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Star Trek The Next Generation The Gift: A Star Trek SI
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We are still largely in the main prologue of the story...when SI Adam goes back to the Enterprise in a few weeks the main plot kicks in. This is all mostly just setting stuff up.
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It's an unparallelled view. Even Kirk was impressed with it. And it's not like he needs THAT apartment, there were similar jetson style towers in the sightline.
LOL, I was trying to find a video of the layout because that curved fireplace is wild, but instead I got a video essay that argues that Kirk's home in SF was more likely to be a condo, considering the museum grade decorations.
Like the video was dull as dishwater but I watched the whole thing.
Kirk's Condo
LOL, I was trying to find a video of the layout because that curved fireplace is wild, but instead I got a video essay that argues that Kirk's home in SF was more likely to be a condo, considering the museum grade decorations.
Like the video was dull as dishwater but I watched the whole thing.
Kirk's Condo
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I promise the things that the SI does in this will be paid off. There is a plan to the madness lol. Also in this SI these are generally things I would do in real life if this happened. This is how I'm attempting to approach this.
Exactly so. It's a beautiful view and the rent is great.
Chapter Nine: Shelby
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Over the course of the next two weeks, I am introduced to the members of Shelby's twelve person team. Experts from various different Starfleet operations, etc. As Admiral Hanson mentioned, I don't have the specifics of Data and Geordi's coding...so we do our best to create a topological anomaly from scratch. We have some very talented people on this team---should have expected nothing but the best from Shelby. The initial results are promising. The virus introduced via drone wipes out approximately 75 percent of the Collective. The Borg attempt to counter it but since it is self-replicating---each attempt to assimilate it--further affects the collective. Shelby's not satisfied though.
"The problem is the Queen's coding continues to resist it. Since we know next to nothing about how her program works...she's able to somehow still protect herself and a small fraction of drones."
We've been working together late this week. Staying well after hours while the others have left.
"75 percent of the collective along with all six known transwarp hubs is pretty damn good Lieutenant."
"Not good enough, Adam."
I grin.
"That's the first time you've called me by my name Lieutenant."
"Is it? I'm sorry, must be tired."
"Computer, what is the time?"
"It is 22:45 hours."
"14 hour day. Are you hungry at all? I'm starving."
Shelby who has been leaning over the console for an undetermined amount of time, while I've been sitting, turns around to face me and smirks. It is this moment where I realize that she's damn hot...
"Are you buying, Mr. Young" she asks
I stretch while getting up out of my chair.
"I don't have any credits unfortunately---I've only been eating and drinking from the replicator since I got here."
Shelby's face drops with genuine shock.
"You mean you've gone nearly two months without eating any real food?"
"Yeppers."
She puts her PAAD down and takes my hand.
"We're gonna change that right now, let's go."
"Where are we going?"
"We are going to Tokyo."
"What's in Tokyo?"
"You'll see."
We head to the main transport pad and beam over to Tokyo. They're 9 hours ahead of us so while it is dark and mostly quiet in San Francisco...it is currently 7 in the morning in Tokyo and the city is bustling already. It is breakfast time here but we head to a Waygu Teppanyaki place which brings a smile to myself. I've always wanted to go to one...I'm killing two birds with one stone as I've always also wanted to visit Japan. We walk into into a huge modern building and are greeted by an elderly woman. Shelby and her exchange words in Japanese and we're escorted to a booth seat.
"I used to eat here during the weekends, while at the Academy. The owners have known me ever since."
"You've picked up the language?"
"Coming here so much, I fell in love with the city, then decided to explore the island more on my days off. My first posting was at Daystrom."
"I didn't know that."
"Ahhhh, so you're not god."
"Far from it."
"You're a fascinating person Adam. I'm sure you've heard this before, but you must be still dealing with how...strange this all must be to you. A month ago you were in a different reality, doing whatever it is you do, and then bam...you're suddenly in one of your favourite shows, interacting with people you've seen on a screen."
"Yeah, it's been a bit of a roller coaster ride for sure. The shrinks must've had a field day with you."
"Oh I think they were giddy when they got a hold of me for sure. Counsellor Xing though was a blessing in disguise. Our sessions have been productive. I can't believe that I'm here though, I suspect that I'm going to feel like this for a while longer."
"More than likely. I've been impressed that you've worked so well with us. For a civilian you've kept up with us. You didn't strike me as a scientist when I first saw you."
"Yeah I get that. I'm a big nerd so some of the technological terms were familiar with me. I've seen the screens and know LCARS...but in reality I just barely grasp most of what is said. The practical application of it--still is beyond me. Although I've started reading technical manuals. If I'm taught, I learn pretty fast."
"I look forward to putting that to test..."
"I'm sure you will. As I'm sure you were briefed on before they sent you to recruit me, but I only know things about people that were shown on screen, or considered at least loosely canon in the books. It also depends on the person or how fleshed out they were by the writers. You're an open book to me."
"I've been called a lot of things, by a lot of people, but never an open book. What were your expectations of me?"
"An ambitious, career driven, hard ass. I'm glad to see that I was partially correct." Elizabeth laughs. It's a hearty laugh.
"I am assuming that they never showed my...softer side. Or to put it in other words, ME."
"Not really. The only downtime we see you have is a poker game." I need to be careful. I'm going to let slip some major spoilers. she chuckles at that.
"Playing with the senior staff no doubt. Did I win?"
"I believe you did, yes."
"That's good. Ah here it is. You're going to love this."
Even the veggies are cooked to perfection. Diced and grilled perfectly with a minimal amount of seasoning just for flavor. The Waygu beef is literally like butter, melting almost as soon as I attempt to bite it. No effort needed. It is absolutely like heaven.
"This is fucking the best steak I've ever had."
"Every person in the world should have an experience like this."
"What about vegans?"
"They're missing out."
"Not having any wasabi?"
"I can't handle the spice. My stomach is weak."
"They can give you a hypo for that."
"No thanks. I've never liked wasabi anyways."
"That's too bad." she says a little cheeky
A thought then enters my head that I never expected. I am considering doing normally that i wouldn't do. I'm literally in a new fresh situation. Risk is our business as Kirk said.
"So uh, thank you for dinner, this was amazing. I've always wanted to experience teppanyaki, and Japan."
"You're welcome...what are you doing when we get back?" she surprises me by asking
"Probably sleeping. What did you have in mind?"
After desert which is a slightly melted vanilla ice cream drizzled with mango sauce and is NEARLY as delicious as the main course was, we transport back to Elizabeth's apartment and she grabs me hard and begins to strip off my clothes. I reach around her neck and unzip her uniform, we kiss a couple of times, and she pulls down my shorts and proceeds to go down ah that...area....oh boy.
Over the course of the next two weeks, I am introduced to the members of Shelby's twelve person team. Experts from various different Starfleet operations, etc. As Admiral Hanson mentioned, I don't have the specifics of Data and Geordi's coding...so we do our best to create a topological anomaly from scratch. We have some very talented people on this team---should have expected nothing but the best from Shelby. The initial results are promising. The virus introduced via drone wipes out approximately 75 percent of the Collective. The Borg attempt to counter it but since it is self-replicating---each attempt to assimilate it--further affects the collective. Shelby's not satisfied though.
"The problem is the Queen's coding continues to resist it. Since we know next to nothing about how her program works...she's able to somehow still protect herself and a small fraction of drones."
We've been working together late this week. Staying well after hours while the others have left.
"75 percent of the collective along with all six known transwarp hubs is pretty damn good Lieutenant."
"Not good enough, Adam."
I grin.
"That's the first time you've called me by my name Lieutenant."
"Is it? I'm sorry, must be tired."
"Computer, what is the time?"
"It is 22:45 hours."
"14 hour day. Are you hungry at all? I'm starving."
Shelby who has been leaning over the console for an undetermined amount of time, while I've been sitting, turns around to face me and smirks. It is this moment where I realize that she's damn hot...
"Are you buying, Mr. Young" she asks
I stretch while getting up out of my chair.
"I don't have any credits unfortunately---I've only been eating and drinking from the replicator since I got here."
Shelby's face drops with genuine shock.
"You mean you've gone nearly two months without eating any real food?"
"Yeppers."
She puts her PAAD down and takes my hand.
"We're gonna change that right now, let's go."
"Where are we going?"
"We are going to Tokyo."
"What's in Tokyo?"
"You'll see."
We head to the main transport pad and beam over to Tokyo. They're 9 hours ahead of us so while it is dark and mostly quiet in San Francisco...it is currently 7 in the morning in Tokyo and the city is bustling already. It is breakfast time here but we head to a Waygu Teppanyaki place which brings a smile to myself. I've always wanted to go to one...I'm killing two birds with one stone as I've always also wanted to visit Japan. We walk into into a huge modern building and are greeted by an elderly woman. Shelby and her exchange words in Japanese and we're escorted to a booth seat.
"I used to eat here during the weekends, while at the Academy. The owners have known me ever since."
"You've picked up the language?"
"Coming here so much, I fell in love with the city, then decided to explore the island more on my days off. My first posting was at Daystrom."
"I didn't know that."
"Ahhhh, so you're not god."
"Far from it."
"You're a fascinating person Adam. I'm sure you've heard this before, but you must be still dealing with how...strange this all must be to you. A month ago you were in a different reality, doing whatever it is you do, and then bam...you're suddenly in one of your favourite shows, interacting with people you've seen on a screen."
"Yeah, it's been a bit of a roller coaster ride for sure. The shrinks must've had a field day with you."
"Oh I think they were giddy when they got a hold of me for sure. Counsellor Xing though was a blessing in disguise. Our sessions have been productive. I can't believe that I'm here though, I suspect that I'm going to feel like this for a while longer."
"More than likely. I've been impressed that you've worked so well with us. For a civilian you've kept up with us. You didn't strike me as a scientist when I first saw you."
"Yeah I get that. I'm a big nerd so some of the technological terms were familiar with me. I've seen the screens and know LCARS...but in reality I just barely grasp most of what is said. The practical application of it--still is beyond me. Although I've started reading technical manuals. If I'm taught, I learn pretty fast."
"I look forward to putting that to test..."
"I'm sure you will. As I'm sure you were briefed on before they sent you to recruit me, but I only know things about people that were shown on screen, or considered at least loosely canon in the books. It also depends on the person or how fleshed out they were by the writers. You're an open book to me."
"I've been called a lot of things, by a lot of people, but never an open book. What were your expectations of me?"
"An ambitious, career driven, hard ass. I'm glad to see that I was partially correct." Elizabeth laughs. It's a hearty laugh.
"I am assuming that they never showed my...softer side. Or to put it in other words, ME."
"Not really. The only downtime we see you have is a poker game." I need to be careful. I'm going to let slip some major spoilers. she chuckles at that.
"Playing with the senior staff no doubt. Did I win?"
"I believe you did, yes."
"That's good. Ah here it is. You're going to love this."
Even the veggies are cooked to perfection. Diced and grilled perfectly with a minimal amount of seasoning just for flavor. The Waygu beef is literally like butter, melting almost as soon as I attempt to bite it. No effort needed. It is absolutely like heaven.
"This is fucking the best steak I've ever had."
"Every person in the world should have an experience like this."
"What about vegans?"
"They're missing out."
"Not having any wasabi?"
"I can't handle the spice. My stomach is weak."
"They can give you a hypo for that."
"No thanks. I've never liked wasabi anyways."
"That's too bad." she says a little cheeky
A thought then enters my head that I never expected. I am considering doing normally that i wouldn't do. I'm literally in a new fresh situation. Risk is our business as Kirk said.
"So uh, thank you for dinner, this was amazing. I've always wanted to experience teppanyaki, and Japan."
"You're welcome...what are you doing when we get back?" she surprises me by asking
"Probably sleeping. What did you have in mind?"
After desert which is a slightly melted vanilla ice cream drizzled with mango sauce and is NEARLY as delicious as the main course was, we transport back to Elizabeth's apartment and she grabs me hard and begins to strip off my clothes. I reach around her neck and unzip her uniform, we kiss a couple of times, and she pulls down my shorts and proceeds to go down ah that...area....oh boy.
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