Posted by Ensign Ashlyn Trenton (Security Officer) in Ensign Ashlyn Trenton: On-boarding Check In, Chief of Security

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Cassidy Abrams (Chief of Security) in Ensign Ashlyn Trenton: On-boarding Check In, Chief of Security

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Cass opened her mouth and then shut it quick, her thoughts forming quick to avoid as much awkwardness as possible. “We’ve had some rather intense away missions. You can expect to be in the rotation for those assignments, but I will always choose skills above most other things. Seniority isn’t everything. Umm, other than that, we do patrols and get the occasional interpersonal dispute that gets passed onto counselling usually. Expect chaos, hope for boring,” Abrams said with an automatic wink, before cursing herself.

“As for my downtime, it depends. I try to spend it with my partner when I can, but he’s pretty social too, so we’re often hanging out with friends and stuff.” She shrugged. “I like sports, but dislike water ones, so don’t expect me to join anything there. But that parkour class sounded like fun. My friend Vora might like it too. She’s all into rock climbing and stuff, though she’ll tell you she’s not at all graceful,” Cass said with a light laugh.

Abrams, COS

Trenton’s smile slowly stretched across her face, she hadn’t considered that more people on the Europa would be interested in her Parkour program given the limited interest on the Challenger. This would be a great opportunity to really go all out with her program and she was more than eager to share it. “I know this is off-topic, but may I tell you about the Trenton Park program I wrote for parkour?” Her eyes lit up with an eagerness that was uncommon, she didn’t take pride in a lot of her work considering it all necessary. This program, on the other hand, was something she truly enjoyed and she wanted to share it with almost desperate energy.

“Absolutely!” Abrams said, folding her arms on the desk. Regardless of her unease with Trenton’s forwardness, she was genuinely interested in the program and intended to take part.

Trenton showed a gitty sort of excitement that made her look more girly than usual as she took back her PaDD to bring up the details of her Trenton Park program. “Trenton Park is a 23rd-century dystopian city based on the Cyberpunk genre of the 20th century. The city is broken into three classes, the minimalist oppression of the High Class where everything is made up of neat soft corners and clean lines, massive skyscrapers, and several aerial trams to keep the upper crust from having to interact with the lower citizens. The middle class is the most densely populated and generally takes up a centralized section out to the edge of the city. It has the highest traffic volume and presents excellent climbing, jumping, and dodging opportunities. Here you also see the heaviest signs of the oppression from above, armed guards, patrol robots, and a heavy police presence. Then you have the lower city and slums where you would encounter the less pleasant persona of the seemingly pristine city. It’s also where there is a drastic change from the ‘Minimalist Cyberpunk’ style to the ‘Chaotic Cyberpunk’ style. More large machinery, obvious signs of mechanical upgrades on people, that kind of stuff. Here you also get good practice for parkour on low surfaces so it’s safer for the less experienced runners.” Trenton took a moment to run through some of the artistic images on the PaDD to go along with her descriptions.

“That’s just the setting, there are three roles available in the program: ‘Socialite’ for those that just want to enjoy the setting and have a drink or food with friends, ‘Jumper’ for those that want to learn Parkour in a safe and sturdy environment, and ‘Runner’ for those that want to take part in the programs internal game. The program is set to allow for the replication of themed food and drinks using standard replicator protocols so it’s not like the program is giving out free food and stuff. There are even places for the Socialite to design clothing and accessories within the theme of the program that can then be forwarded to the replicator system. This allows you to ‘test’ the things created first before you generate them for decoration on the ship. For the Jumper, there are programmed instructors and cordoned areas for learning how to do parkour safely. They teach the various jumping skills and how to take falls so you minimize how much you get hurt. There are also safety protocols in the program to prevent you from getting extremely hurt if you take a long fall. Still hurts though, I did dislocate my shoulder when I tried to catch myself to stop a free fall.” Ashlyn chuckles lightly before continuing.

“The Runner is where the bulk of this program really shines. There is a game built into the program where all the runners can work as a team or opposing teams to try to gain control of the city by stealing data cylinders from other sections of the city. The section with the most Cylinders can challenge the central tower to try to capture the overseer and thus conclude the program. This mode is also what allows the guards and police to chase after you so you can have something to dodge and avoid. There is still a lot more I’m working on to add to the program, like a point system to encourage people to do more parkour both in and outside the program. The best part is I only got the Engineers mad at me once! I…uh…may have blown a few relays trying to change safety parameters to let me build 20-50 story tall buildings that you could jump off of.”

Trenton released a happy sigh, “To be fair, I did have a lot of help making this. Engineers that didn’t want me blowing relays or melting iso chips, science cadets that had more research into the Cyberpunk genre than I had, and a slew of people willing to test the program. All in all, the program is in version 0.75 build 1287, so it’s not done and still has plenty of room to grow. It’ll be a real blast once it’s complete though it’s fully enjoyable now.”

• Ensign Ashlyn Trenton
  Security, USS Europa

Cassidy laughed. “Sounds about right,” she said with a grin. “But all the best things are often collaborations. And I’m happy to help test it out. Though… if my friend Vora comes along, she may want to skip the lower city, so I will warn her about it ahead of time and she can decide either way. But give me a head up when you’re running it, and I will be there.”

Leaning back, she returned to her more serious demeanour. “Now, unless you have any other questions, I do believe you have some settling in to do. I will post the new schedule tomorrow morning.”

Abrams, COS