Star Trek: Starbase 777 - etd-engineering

Tavek wasn’t sure what to think about finally being on an away mission again. This was his first since.. well, the whole prison debacle. And the first ever in his new body. In a way, he was kind of excited, like maybe something would finally go right for a change. He hoped it would, at least.

The last major away mission Edgar had gone on had been… interesting, to say the least, so receiving the notification that he was to head over with the rest of the chosen group on this one was quite the surprise. He wasn’t quite sure exactly what his role was today, but Fatum I seemed gorgeous from the viewscreen, and he couldn’t think of a more Starfleet way to spend a day or five.

“Oh hey, Ed!” Tavek had spotted him pretty much instantly, having cameras for eyes was kind of good for that. He walked on over, and he was slightly less tall than he’d been in the club now that he wasn’t wearing platforms. “I’m thinking this’ll go better than last time we were off 777, right?”

Holy shit, had Tavek just appeared out of nowhere? Or had he been that lost in thought? “Hey!” He seemed to perk up, “I, uh… I really hope so, at least! Although it’s a pretty low bar.”

“The bar is where those guys should go.” He said, referring to their captors. If hell existed, they’d belong there. “But anyhow, how’ve you been? This little trip should be interesting.. I hope it won’t be boring, at least. I’ve been bored enough recently.”

“Yeesh, yeah…” He chuckled, rubbing the back of his neck, and trying not to think to hard about being sent to Tal Shiar prison, “And I’ve been A-Okay, man. No complaints on my end. But— yeah, honestly, I’ve been bored, too. Cut my own hair, and everything.”

Coming through the doors was the impressive form of the 5 feet tall woman in her yellows. That same smile that seemed to sit unchanged on her face no matter the occasion and that nearly jumping pace with every step. “Mooooorning fellow engies! Slept well?” Garcia, of course, in all her glory.

“Garcia!” He exclaimed, grinning and turning towards the source of the cheerful greeting, “How’s it going?” Okay, maybe this wouldn’t be that bad. He liked these people, they’d probably make it fun!

”Just as lovely as ever in these away mission mornings! Is everyone ready?” She looked around not really caring if she might be scaring an ensign or two with her excited mood. “Got your boots? Your water and snacks? Don’t forget the coat kids, we might get some chill weather uhm Eddie?”

Tavek also turned, equally excited to see Garcia. He liked her, she was so positive. Any mission with someone so positive would probably turn out well. “Ready as I’ll ever be.”

Maya was in the end of chugging down a can of energy drink as she made her way to the Eventide's engineering. "Hello hello peeps!" Maya greeted everyone with smile. Working around the station is nice, but she felt her place was inside the Eventide. She paused for a bit at the sight of Garcia along with the other junior officers, which sparked something in her mind as she turned to Garcia. "Mama Duck." She jokingly said as she disposed of her can in a replicator, no drinks around beyond that point

“Hell yeah.” Ed nodded, “And I think the uniform’s warm enough.” He only barely overheard Maya’s statement, but grinned at the notion. All of the senior engineers wound up having a gaggle of juniors to watch over, therefore definitely earning them the parent duck title.

"And Allan is Gay Papa Duck." Does that mean the security people are geese? Geese are scary and they fight people. But aren't gooselings white? Why is the plural for Goose, Geese, but the plural for their babies is Gooselings and not Geeselings. Adult ducks are white, like adult geese, but some may even be brown and green, like Mallards. Are swans geese? or are geese a kind of swan? they do go honk honk and peck people when they're mad... or is it just the Canadian ones? Why can't they be as nice as normal Canadians? Poutine? These are some of the many questions that hop around Maya's mind whenever there isn't much work to do. For the best of her knowledge, no one here is a telepath. Thank prophets for that. "Hehehe..." Maya casually chuckled as she gave Ed's head a lil pat. "Duck."

“Quack?” He raised an eyebrow, watching her pat his head with mild confusion and quite a bit of amusement. Gay papa duck was quite funny though, in its own way, and he was sure he wouldn’t be able to look at Allan for a while without thinking about it.

Shocei wandered in, seeming almost surprised to find engineering through the door. Ignore the signage outside. She had the disadvantage of never being on this kind of ship, and the time crunch of a new post. To say she looked tired was polite. She carried a large thermos of what smelled like coffee and a drifted over to stand in a place that seemed out of the way. It might be a minute before she fully booted up.

She smiled even wider. Yeah, she was Mama Duck! “-Ling.” She completed as Maya patted Edgar. “Our Ed might have gotten his much deserved promotioooon…” Taking a few steps closer to the man she opened her arms as if asking “feeling like a congrats hug?”. “But he is still our little junior!”

“I’m a grown adult…” He mumbled, a bit sheepish, but very much accepted the hug anyways. Hugs were awesome. “But it is what it is. This is gonna be a good time, I think.” He chuckled, “I mean, this is a good chunk of the engineer dream team. Plus a new person or two!” He glanced to, and grinned over at Shocei.

"Quack." Maya confirmed with a nod. "Yes, Garcia. Ed's a big boy now." She joked with a chuckle before she turned over to Shocei and gave her a wave "Hello"

Shocei took a solid minute to realize she was being referred to. Once the mental request had been filed with the muscles in her face, she turned to the noise and smiled. "Oh hi. Sorry, still adjusting to the time. Did you ask me something? Did anyone?"

“Just saying hey.” He nodded, fiddling with a loose piece of hair that he hadn’t quite gotten used to yet, “You’re Shocei, right?”

In the thick of the Engineering team appearing onto the Eventide was Vanik. He hadn’t been on an away mission in quite some time and was very eager to have been assigned to this mission. He followed the crowd in and took a spot at a console dealing with the warp core and nodded to his fellow engineers as he passed theough. “Greetings, all. Hello, Shocei, Ed. It is good to see you on this mission.”

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Watching everything go down, Tavek had to laugh a little bit. Maya was funny too, even if he didn’t know her too well, and if Ed was okay with her, he was too. With his fellow engineers, he was comfy enough to joke around. “Hey, am I too tall for a head pat or something?” He laughed.

"Quack." Maya happily said as she gave Tavek a head pat as well. Everyone deserved at least one "Would you like a hug as well?"

“Quack.” He repeated, matching her tone and cadence as best he could. It was one of the fun parts about being an android. He took a moment to deliberate on the whole hug thing, but he decided that he did want one. “Uh.. sure!” He said with a little smile.

Jayri would’ve floated through as she headed to a work station. Not too noticeable, not too unnoticeable. Merely keeping to herself and the PADD she clutched in her hands.

"Nice." Maya said as she gave Tavek a hug. As she did so, she also tried to reach over to give Jayri a pat in the head as she made her way to her work station. "Quack." Oh the joys of being an Engineer

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“Vanik! Good to see you, dude, I had no idea you were coming on this one!” Ed moved to greet the other, “We’ve got the whole gang on this one.”

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Vanik offered a ta'al to Ed, and to the rest of of the Engineers. "Indeed. It has been many months since my last mission. I am grateful to the commanding officers for placing me on this one. I am interested to see what we encounter, and I will be assisting with the warp engines as we travel." He nodded. "The gang.. is all here." He briefly glanced over to Lt. Cdr. Umali giving people head pats and hugs and quacking and raised a curious eyebrow. He found her methods of crew morale boosting untraditional, but quite effective.

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"Quack." Maya said as she gave Vanik a head pat as well. This is fun. Surely helps with not thinking about what would happen next, if anything were to happen next, anything bad that is, which hopefully there wont.

He blinked. "Greetings, Commander." There was a very small pause as he blinked again. "Quack." Said in the most neutral Vulcan tone.

Shocei watched all of this with an expression either of passive judgement or active effort to try and understand. The coffee seemed like it was slowly kicking in as she perked up like a neglected houseplant. Eventually she came up with, “Well, do we have a brief on this one? We’re going to a colony, if I’m remembering correctly.”

"Quack" Maya nodded to confirm Shocei's question as she also, gave her a pat in the head. "Probably a supply run and support. I know starfleet helps the colony around with that, but doesn't happen too often."

Watching the officer approach, she ducked out of the way of being pat. She speaks firmly, but doesn’t seem particularly upset or offended. “No thank you, please don’t touch me.”

"Oh... Quack..." sad quack. but Maya understood. Paco also had this reaction when Maya tried this with him once before

”Well considering I arrived at 777 and you were already here….” Garcia made a pensive face while staring at Maya, then smiling as she finished her thought. “That means you’re technically more senior, so that means I also deserve a pat! So you can pat me!” She pointed towards the top of her brown wavy hair, stuck in the ponytail as always.

She shrugged and drifted over to a console to check her assignment. “It’s not personal. Is there anything that needs done while we’re underway?”

“I’m pretty sure we’re off until they actually land, unless something breaks.” He shrugged, “For now, I suppose we can enjoy the view and prepare ourselves for some fresh horrors.”

"Quack." And the pat to Garcia's head was the last one she would give before some of the engineers left for the away team and the moment she lost to Paco in rock, paper, scissors which designated her as the one to remain in the ship. In all honesty, Paco looked excited to this anyway, so she was happy for him. And now Maya had to hold down the fort in the engine room, and more importantly, annoy Shane.

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