Posted by Ensign Ka’sora Pru’moa Daveyla (Science Officer) in Lounge- Plotting Shenanigans (open)

Posted by Ensign John Striker (Security Officer) in Lounge- Plotting Shenanigans (open)
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“My erm… Friend from the academy thought it’d be funny to reprogram my marital arts holodeck program. It was only when I got up off of the floor and my opponent spoke to me in his voice that it became clear. Guess I owe him one now.”

“Now I’m even more curious,” she said.

Striker pointed a finger and waggled it between the two padds Ka’Sora had been concentrating on.

“I err.. hope I wasn’t interrupting anything important?”

• Ensign Striker (security)

Her smile lit up her eyes. “Oh, I’m just writing notes about things I want to share with my mother and brother back home. The rest is just brainstorming.” She gestured with a graceful flick of her hand t the table. “Please feel free to join me, John.” He had given his first name, so she gladly used it.

~Ensign Ka’Sora

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Striker took a seat… This was the first time he’d actually felt relaxed since his arrival.

“What’s home like for you, do you get back much?”

Striker sipped the root beer and placed the glass cup down carefully.

• Ensign Striker

“That is a big question, but the second part is easier to answer. In short, no, trips home will be exceptionally rare from here on out. I had the fortune of being home for two months after my graduation from the Academy and it was very much needed. But while I was at the academy, I did not have the opportunity to visit. My planet, Zahara, is a long ways from Earth and even farther from where the wormhole opens in the Alpha Quadrant.” Ka’Sora could have kept going but wanted to see what he made of that first.

~Ensign Ka’Sora

Striker nodded slowly taking in the science officer’s words.

“That’s pretty far out.... So what made you choose this side of the wormhole?”

It suddenly dawned on Striker that given the opportunity to explore a whole whole new quadrant within an organisation such as Starfleet would appeal to him too.

• Ensign Striker