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Post by ~ Atsumari ~ on Mar 23, 2017 2:35:01 GMT -8
Yuka Layton Ed Lawson Renae McKenzie DFS Lavie – Mechbay DFS Lavie – Ready Room August 3rd 4566
Yuka gets a call from Zoe on the bridge. “Middleton to Captain Layton… All senior staff are prepared and waiting for you in your office.” Ed then replied “We can do the testing later anyway… It would be better as I can program the drones to actually give you a challenge so I can see the full power of you and he together.” Ed seemed to have changed especially when her just got up off the ground after being pummeled by his assistant. “From the reports seeing you two in action will be divine…” Renae seems to almost be ready to hit her boss again but then Ed says “Admiral; it was nice to finally put a face to a name… Sorry for intruding on you all… That just tends to be how we work.” Renae backs down on doing her boss in again and then walks over to RINZ pulling out a datapad. She seemed to be deep in review of something now. Ed saluted them both then returned to his assistant. Yuka took S’iraa and the guards back to the bridge and then entered the Ready Room with him. Upon entering the bridge the guard announces S’iraa’s presence as was typical. The duty officers snapped to attention. Yuka waited by the door to her Ready Room preparing to enter but waiting for any ill-mannered gestures and the like from the officers outside; there was none so she entered the room waiting for him to follow behind not announcing he was with her as if seeing if her Senior Staff were as polite and formal as the junior officers.
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Post by sceptile403 on Mar 23, 2017 12:52:01 GMT -8
kirin dragmawl DFS Lavie - heading to the mech bay august 3rd 4566
kirin starts to head towards the mech bay as his sneezing starts to get worse. i wounder what is making me sneeze as he thinks to himself
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Post by Rockyeahh on Mar 23, 2017 16:24:00 GMT -8
Koto Kengori DFS Lavie – Ready Room August 3rd 4566
Koto sees the Admiral and the Captain enter. Koto stands up in an instant and salutes. "Admiral on deck!"
[TAG: every other officer sitting down do this, or fuck it up somehow and enjoy the brig.]
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Post by aqace100 on Mar 23, 2017 16:39:57 GMT -8
Scott Johnson DFS Lavie – Ready Room August 3rd 4566 Salutes the admiral and offers him a cup of "nine lives cofee" after finishing the saluting
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Post by siraa on Mar 23, 2017 17:42:35 GMT -8
S'iraa walked in noting the other gathered officers, he gave a nod as they saluted and politely declined the Coffee as he informed the offering officer he was not a drinker of it. He easily towered above everyone in the room, evident by his need to duck to get through doorways but being unique as he seemed to feel on board this particular ship didn't depend on size, but the individual. "Please, continue." He side stepped to allow the Captain to pass him and bring things to order.
He could see out the window his own ship which but some measure of ease, he didn't like being away from it.
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Post by ~ Atsumari ~ on Mar 23, 2017 19:09:44 GMT -8
Yuka Layton Thomas Petell James Ross Eric Fisher Lumi Trouve DFS Lavie – Ready Room August 3rd 4566
Lumi enters the room after those two enter. She was overseeing the bridge as Zoe’s shift had ended. Yuka gestured for everyone to be seated then she started by introducing the Admiral. “This is Rear Admiral S’iraa from the Dreadnought… He has been sent to oversee the transfer to command and the other ceremonial things we will be doing today. Today’s meeting will just be to go over how things will work for that…” She begins to go over the protocols for the event and seating arrangements for each department along with related information. Upon completion of the meeting it was time to make preparations for the ceremony.
The Doctor, Ross and Eric headed to go get their departments in order. Yuka has Lumi return to overseeing the bridge. Yuka heads with the Admiral to the ceremony area. They arrive in the large dock bay where shuttles usually landed. It had been converted into a stage and seating. Sophie was going over the details of the event with some officers who were from the station in charge of getting things ready. People started to head out soon after that and S’iraa and Yuka were directed to their seats on the stage.
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Post by ~ Atsumari ~ on Mar 24, 2017 15:59:51 GMT -8
Yuka Layton Lumi Trouve DFS Lavie – Ready Room August 3rd 4566
Yuka looked around the room and noticed all of the crew members were seated and prepared. By this point she and S’iraa were joined by Sophie, Lumiere, the training officer that is assigned from Trinity to the ship and one of the command officers from the station. Upon everyone being confirmed as ready the station’s command officer stood and went up to the podium then he began to speak; as he did so the crew stood and saluted. “You may be seated; today we continue with tradition of working to defend the ideals of the Federation and to seek out new life and new civilizations in addition to this we work to enforce the law and ensure that all are treated equally. As part of this new ships and new command staff come and go however it is rare to have a moment such is this where we are able to christen a revitalized ship and provide it a young qualified commander who can help to move forward the ideals of our great alliance of races. Now a word from Rear Admiral S’iraa the Executive Officer of our new Task Force.” The Commander stepped aside.
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Post by tugar on Mar 24, 2017 16:29:14 GMT -8
MCO Aidan Thornton DFS Lavie – Ready Room August 3rd 4566
Aidan cleared his throat and started, "I'd like to have a roaming 4, with four Marines in the shuttlebay. Two stay on permanent guard, two roam with the party, with my final pair on station where the ceremony will take place. Security will then have the luxury to roam where needed or supplement us." He wanted to add something derogatory, but discretion being the better part of valor.
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Post by dragonedge on Mar 25, 2017 4:17:22 GMT -8
Lars Neills Shogun DFS Lavie - Ready Room August 3rd 4566
Seated and prepared to witness the impressive stature of the astounding Caitian Admiral. It has been a while since Neills laid eyes on a Caitian. A rare occurrence but he was excited to see one. Contained within a conventional suit and tie which he actually manifested with the help of his scarves. Mixing the coat jacket with the pants along with the scarf shirt. Quite impressive to detail. Still, he rather remove the formal garment as he felt the tie was choking his very existence, along with the formal shoes that felt like a ton. Nevertheless he did his best to stay still and be as polite as possible. Maybe no one could notice his fidgeting.
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Post by siraa on Mar 25, 2017 11:09:05 GMT -8
S'iraa took to the stage before the gathered people, there were many of them and he tried to play the part he was given. Moments like these were proud ones to remember, someone has proven themselves worth of a command and this was just one such occasion where he himself would be the issuing officer.
"When I first took command of a ship I remember looking out the window, understandably when you see me now I am a large individual, to me most things are small but when I saw my ship I was the one that felt small. Sitting in the chair for the first time feels inspiring, the power at the finger tips, the command of a ship and all its technologies but with it comes a great responsibility. A ship is a statement, it's presence a threat or a reassurance. It's Captain the driving force of the men and woman that serve upon it. It is sometimes easy to forget why we do what we do, but we have to remember we have a code, of honour, integrity, duty and courage to do the right thing, at the right time and let history be our judge." S'iraa paused to let the moment pass before he pulled up a PADD.
"All hands, attention to orders. From Starfleet Headquarters Office of the Admiralty, to Captain Yuka Layton. As of this date you are requested and required to take command of the starship Lavie. Signed, Rear Admiral S'iraa. Date August 3rd 4566." S'iraa turned to hand the PADD to Captain Layton. "Computer, transfer all command codes to Captain Layton." The Computer cherped that codes had been transferred.
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Post by ~ Atsumari ~ on Mar 25, 2017 11:24:50 GMT -8
Yuka Layton
Drydock 3; Staging Area attached to the DFS Lavie – Deep Space 741
August 3rd 4566
Yuka stood and took the padd then she nodded to the admiral saluting him. “ orders received acknowledged” she then said a brief statement “ A crew is a family… each with its own unique traits and abilities and will every crew is different every commanding officer also be different. With that said our goals and ideals are the same and these traditions are a fine start to a new journey. We are in a unique position to be able to serve our countryman and those who seek our assistance… always remember our primary purpose though… to seek out new life and new civilizations, to protect those who need protecting and to trek boldly into the unknown.”
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Post by siraa on Mar 25, 2017 11:27:32 GMT -8
With his part done he double tapped his badge. During the course of his speech the U.S.S. Dreadnought had fallen into position alongside but a small ways off from the Lavie. Upon his signal the Dreadnought began a fireworks display to celebrate the moment.
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Post by ~ Atsumari ~ on Mar 25, 2017 11:35:31 GMT -8
Yuka Layton Sophie Archer Staging Area August 3rd 4566
The ceremony part of things was over. The station personnel who set up all of this up saluted. Upon everyone returning to their seats Sophie stood and want up to the podium. " Fleet command has provided your ships new captain with orders. These orders are set to begin in the morning and you all will be heading out at that point. Take this time to mingle amongst yourselves and get prepared for the time ahead..." she said as she dismissed to the group.
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Post by ~ Atsumari ~ on Mar 25, 2017 12:18:37 GMT -8
After the ceremony and after everyone had return to the ship Yuka was one of the last people to arrive back on board. She decided to go speak with Ed about what they had talked about earlier. Upon entering the mechbay “I have an idea… Why don’t you show me what he is currently capable of…” Ed said to Yuka.. “He can pilot himself.” Yuka replied then Ed responded again “But if you knew anything about engineering of a system even a living system such as this… Certain functions are locked to the pilot’s instruction… Meaning you… His full abilities cannot be unlocked without his pilot… And your two’s love story never hurt anything.” Yuka turns around at the mention of that. “What was that?” “It is obvious with what you two did at the station… Come on we are not one of the largest war technology companies in the galaxy because we sit on our asses and don’t gather intelligence… We even have our own PMC… Your superiors didn’t mention that though did they; playing ball with you and your crew might be pretty interesting.” Renae finally interjects “Sir you shouldn’t be doing this.” Ed smirks “And what is that I am doing Miss Renae…” Ed replies to his assistant. “Eh… I basically married him so it’s not like I care if people know we are together… That is how relationships work you lecher… How about you be a good boy and just do what you are here to do; improve RINZ.” Yuka replied curtly. “If you want that then you must show me what he can do… On your own… We can set up a test environment so I can see what needs improved in both him and you…” “… me- hang on… I don’t need any improvements…” “So, you say after changing that…” Ed said referring to her breasts. Yuka seems to be letting his comments not get to her. Renae seems to be getting perturbed by her boss’s complete disregard for tact though; talking about someone else’s sexual exploits, lover and breasts as if this was an everyday occurrence. It pissed her off. “You are only a few years younger than love and-“ Renae’s fist met the back of Ed’s head and he feel to the ground with the force of her punch. “Seriously… Quit it!” Renae replies angrily. Yuka giggles “He did deserve it though ey RINZ…” Yuka said asking the giant mech. “It would have been better if she hit me.” Ed says pained. This results in Renae stomping on him. “You want a display of what we can do… Alright… We have a night before we must leave… I bet RINZ and I could show you a thing or two as well…” She said winking seductively but just teasing him and his assistant to get a response. Renae lets out an annoyed sound “Are all you people this… deplorable?!” “I’m only being a tease because it sets men off… Like I told RINZ… Men are easy…” Yuka said seeming sure of herself. Ed remained on the ground in awe of this exchange. “Anyway if you two want to see actual testing you should stop trying to trigger me and we should get started…” Yuka added. Yuka had changed into her flight gear. She looked at herself in the mirror. She was in a sort of form fitting body suit with an added layer over it. It was designed to provide temperature control, protection from a vacuum, integration into RINZ systems and light body armor. To her though it looked like some fan service suit designed by some anime nerd perv. While in the locker room she asked through the door “ what the hell is the point of this thing anyway…” “ it’s designed to provide support to your body during G forces as well as provide temperature control, with the helmet prevent exposure to vacuum, provide vital monitoring for your unit and even though it’s not much it provides light body armor. It doesn’t look like much but we designedly that way on purpose.” “honestly this looks like it could improve your sex appeal…” “that’s not exactly the point behind it but I guess if you really care of me then yes; it can… in your case even with your old cup size you'd still be quit-“ Renae smashes Ed in the face again. He screams in pain as she kneed him in the chest while he is on the ground “have you heard of sexual harassment you asshole!?” She yelled. “You two fight like a couple…” Yuka comments as she opens the door and comes out. “And if you kill him we can’t do the test or get upgrading done…” Yuka said as she headed for RINZ. The locker room came out directly to the shuttle bay and mech bay. Yuka entered RINZ and began making preparations. There was still slight damage to the armor but everything else was in acceptable condition. One of his weapons was still missing but he could fly, move and use his secondary weapons thanks to her preventing them both from getting killed on the planet.
<start sim>
momoss [10:44 AM] RINZ booted up and moved his posture to standing position as he walked over to the testing area. "We are going on a mission?" Rinz asked
risaxseph [11:14 AM] "it does indeed look that way. This is just a test to verify what needs to be fixed and what he and his people can improve... it's obvious he's a perv though..." Yuka said. She began to power up the remaining weapons. Ed deployed some drones outside the ship. "targets have been launched and activated..." he said over com. Renae then came over com. "You are clear for launch."
momoss [11:17 AM] RINZ launches off the ship flying with his boosters. His systems detect all the target drones in space and through combat programming instincts Rinz reaches for his plasma rifle.
momoss [11:30 AM] (going home got that vto)
risaxseph [11:32 AM] (all right. I have some things I need to deal with anyway.)
[11:32] < pause sim>
risaxseph [12:29 PM] Just going to get lunch. Let me know if you want to continue later.
risaxseph [1:14 PM] <resume sim> Ed turns on the first program set. "Alright you two... The first set of enemy units should be pretty simple target practice... As we progress enemies will get harder... The first couple rounds you shouldn't need any assistance from RINZ physical form..." Was he trying to say RINZ couldn't help; kind of odd since he had control of his body; how was she to lock him out of controlling himself. She proceeded anyway with Ed's instructions. She used the auto-guns on the mech and eliminated the targets quite easily. Ed sent a second wave; these ones were moving targets but still did not return fire or anything of that sort. She made easy work of them too... The third set was beginner level fighting; like killing ants. They died pretty easily too... Level four... She managed to have RINZ dodge but the progressing harshness of their attacks meant she started falling in to what Dale taught her. She still manages to kill the enemies but it actually was a little bit of a challenge. "Right; two modes left then... This one is their hard setting; t he last one I release their interlocks and allow their AI to take full control as if this were an actual combat scenario"
[1:16] In this fourth mode there were also six targets. "Are you trying to kill me?!" Yuka whines as they start firing for direct hits and weak spots on RINZ. Now would be an opportune time for him to get involved.
momoss [1:17 PM] Rinz starts to take passive control of himself. Even though Yuka is still essintially telling him where to go with the cockpit controls, he takes the liberty of dodging fire while staying around the same area
risaxseph [1:20 PM] Four of the drones take up a formation and heads for them. Renae then says over the com "Sir; don't you think having her fight without the units actual body controlling himself is a bit mean... These are parts of his functions its like your tying their hands behind their back." "Point taken... Use of full force is authorized." He said as Yuka wished she had a sword when two of the drones just do a flyby as if teasing them.
momoss [1:23 PM] Rinz growls as if grumpy, turns around and breathes a firey blast at the drones closest to him and engages the drones at will shooting with the plasma rifle and if they dare to get too close, he will slash at them with a kick or punch them, whichever fits the situation.
risaxseph [1:29 PM] The fire breath damages one and Yuka targets the other with a flare. It bursts into flames. The damaged one is then destroyed by an autogun. RINZ destroys another with a plasma beam cutting through the other two that were in a formation. The last two head in firing for the cockpit. Yuka activates the jump booster sending her and RINZ high up in space though it did cause some G force; she saw now why she had that suit. RINZ was designed for this; her body could only take so many Gs without some type of support. She fires the autoguns as a distraction so RINZ could take out the last two.
momoss [1:32 PM] Rinz shoots his blaster at the last 2 being able to hit them with his computer assisted aim
risaxseph [1:34 PM] "All targets destroyed." Renae said over com. "Alright; now for this..." Ed deploys the last combat drone; this one looked like a small mech. It was fully equipped and ready to fight. "Main system engaging combat mode." Its computerized voice says over its intercom. It pulls out two machine guns and takes aim at them. Yuka takes control of deploying countermeasures and dodging so RINZ can focus on actually fighting this guy.
momoss [1:36 PM] Rinz strafes to the sides with this jets while firing back at the mech. He analyzes that this seems to be a ranged specilized mech and decides not to play on its terms and go in close range to attack with a swift kick to its chest plate
risaxseph [1:39 PM] It throws its machine guns out to space and goes to try to grab RINZ leg but its too slow. Its machine guns were turret-like in nature though and they begin to fire. Yuka forces them both backwards to avoid the fire then targets the guns with her autoguns and destroys them. The mech drone is floating away as it was kicked. It uses its boosters to stop itself from floating away and begins to thruster toward RINZ pulling out two small blades from a side panel that opened.
momoss [1:44 PM] Rinz tosses his blaster to the side going full on melee mode. He takes a defensive stance, he knows he has no melee weapon at the moment since he lost his main one on his homeworld. He will need to improvise. He has read a bunch of material on martial arts and decides to access that knowledge to counter the movements of this mech as it attacks. The mech was fast but Rinz with his twitch muscle reaction augmented by cybernetics was faster, especially for his size. He performed 5 quick strikes at various spots of the mech in an attempt to disarm it.
risaxseph [1:50 PM] He managed to give Yuka and opening by engaging in hand to hand combat with the mech. It did not seem to expect what was about to happen. a split second after RINZ used martial arts Yuka fired the autoguns into the center of the mech. This successfully tore a hole in the front of the mech. She fired again and succeeded in putting a rather large hole in it. Yuka then uses the thrusters to pull them both back and the mech explodes. Upon completion of this Ed has then return to the mechbay. THey collected the data they needed to make improvements and repairs. <END SIM>
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Post by tugar on Mar 25, 2017 18:35:16 GMT -8
Cpt Yuka Layton MCO Aidan Thornton Lumiere "Lumi" Trouvé August 3rd 4566
Yuka was sitting in the holodeck. She was wearing a pink short sleeve shirt and a frayed skirt. The holodeck program was set to a Midsummer day.
Aidan walked in, Simple jeans, boots, and hunter green button-down short sleeve shirt. He set a small stack of canned German beer, popped open the half liter can. It's inner lid pulled open so you smell the beer more easily. "Real stuff, not synthegargle." Taking a long pull on the beer he gave her the option to grab one. "Oh; it's you... There is also an assortment of different types of liquors in the lounge. One of the previous captain of the ship hated the idea of synthe anything so she made sure there was some on board..." she turned to face him still sitting. She wasn't too much into beer but she took what she is given so she grabbed one anyway and opened it. "so how are your people faring... anything interesting happening?" She is trying to make conversation. She took a drink.
He ignored the barb, most people didn't light up at his presence. "My marines are fine, I had to rough a few of them up mentally, just to get the chain of command burned into their solid rock skulls. They'll polish up nicely in time." Draining the first, as it was a lighter beer, he popped the second and slowed down the pace. "What about the improvements? Did we get extra parts? I don't wanna break down in.....unfriendly territory."
Yuka grinned at the breaking down comment. "our chief engineer is too insane to let this ship break down he would probably end up creating some new engine out of spare parts found lying around some astroid field... from the report I got from Fleet yards they made some pretty good improvements and they managed to get our replicators working again... not to mention they're having us test out some new engine... I wonder if the thing will even work but it's not like they would send us out on a mission without testing it first... so then some of your boys gave you problems?" She asked.
She continued to drink while waiting for his response. Beer had gotten much better since her time.
"Did infiltration for a few years.. Wet work doesn't make a happy soul long term. I have a dummy file, most wouldn't notice. I put stuff in there so I know who opened the file if things happen. They were sloppy. So we had extra training since wall to wall counseling is illegal or at least frowned upon. I have to ask....hows' married life treating you?" When she glanced up he offered "Small ship."
She stared for a moment "uh... well news travels I guess... we've both been so busy that I have really not had much time to see him... all that training and plus he said he wants to try and be an engineer... he's still learning though and hasn't even applied for a commission so I don't know how that work... other than that I have no complaints... I honestly expected there to be not a lot of time between us because commanding takes a lot of time... but I'm preaching to the choir here..." she said as she finished her first then added "abusing fellow officers who failed to follow instructions may be a violation of policy but that didn't stop one of our previous captains from threatening to shoot someone..."
She grabbed another beer.
"Shooting someone is completely dependent on circumstances." he said plainly. "I don't berate much. I will train them within an inch of their lives if they don't shape up, that I have the power to do. Once they learn respect, I can untighten my hold when I know I can trust them. Until then REAL tight leashes. But back to the topic. I've been married for longer than I care to remember, but we're separated right now. Mostly because I was hard wired in Marine mode it's always been hard for me get the time for family. I spent way more time with Marines and crewmates than I ever have with my wife and daughter. I should have asked for a few years at the training depot, that I might be able to talk Carol into. My advise on marriage is simple. Marry someone that when all the intimate stuff is done, your left with a friend."
"... I think that is what he wants... I was the one who even proposed... he said in his culture marriage doesn't even exist... but he agreed so that's a plus... this must be so weird for you... like... reporting to a "little" girl... by comparison I'm like 20 years younger than most COs..."
"Not gonna lie. Will take some getting used to. FIrst time I met you, I thought you aren't that far removed from my daughter's age. Didn't seem like a good sign. I bet there are liquors in the lounge older than you are. " he quipped, wondering is she knew it was a taunt.
She winks. "some of the deck plating is probably older than I am."
He smiled, "I think the plating has us both by a few decades. But in the grand scheme, I support you not matter my personal feelings, as long as the ship is first. No ship, no mission. This is no different than a hardened infantry sergeant breaking in what amounts to, pardon my direction, a butterbar."( Ensign)
"Eh... well I mean like a year ago I was still in the 21st-century and preparing to work on a graduate degree... i'm by all means no soldier but with the training they've given me they've least morphed me into something that looks like a soldier... then again the three weeks of torture from an AMC drill sergeant... i'd rather not make 15 laps around the ship again for pissing him off..."
She finished her second beer.
"The presidents office must think I'm something unique otherwise they wouldn't have done this..." she paused then continued. "I saw an entire civilization destroyed right in front of me... i'm actually wondering why they don't assign psychologists to the ships half the freaking people on board need to be medicated for some form of PTSD... or at least they should be I'm surprised most of these people haven't gone mental. Needless to say I'm going to be looking to you a lot for advice and support because I can have all the training in the world but that doesn't make up for experience"
"Roger that Sir. Seen more friends buried than I care to count. My job is to support you in any way I can. Is there something in particular you had in mind?"
"fleet command hasn't assigned me an executive officer... no disrespect to Lumiere but having the ships avatar be executive officer for any major period of time would be a horrible idea... I need someone I can count on to ensure my people don't get themselves killed or do anything too stupid..."
"Plus having you close would be good because getting a man's advice on relationships will be helpful because I am a depressive naïve person who believes in love... that's not exactly realistic... well I guess command does have some kind of a brain they assigned you to save me from myself..."
That unsettled him a little. He didn't really want to be ships counselor to the Captain, though he'd done that before. " I have no problem being your XO, Sir. I might have a problem with some of the Fleet types." Thinking for a minute, he said, "Lumi can you come here please?" The holographic form of the ships AI appears. "people are finally calling me by my name!" She says enthusiastically. Yuka then says "do you mean our insane Doctor who needs to be put in the brig... our chief engineer who wants to make weapons of mass destruction or our chief of security who... well he's special..." (edited)
"Bring your body it's creepy knowing that you exist twice..." Yuka said. Lumi nods and stays there until her human form gets to the room which does take a few minutes but you can still talk to her until she comes in herself.
"Oh my god, "he stopped himself short of ogling her, but not by much. "Um...Lumi do wish people would take you more seriously?" She winks. "I think he's being serious dear..." Yuka said.
Lumi asked, "oh... take me more seriously as in my human form or everyone treating me like I'm still an extension of the computer... even if I am it's kind of mean treating a life form like it's an object..."
"Yes, but in more general sense, on how you're perceived. For example if the Captain or Senior staff calls for you to appear, is this how you are seen?" "Uh... holographically yes... I can change my appearance though." She said as her hologram disappeared. Her human form was in a Trinity uniform. (basically it's a spec ops uniform...)
"A simple suggestion would be to appear in more formal manner during a person's duty shift, especially if they are in uniform. I'd also add something less....overtly sexly and still be feminine. A simple patterned sundress. No doubt about your appeal, but less.....obvious."
"I could just keep my holographic self in uniform." She proposed.
"Instead of showing up as helpful apparition, make them deal with you on your level."
"i've never understood why people treat her badly... she's a warship if you really pissed her off she could kill you!" Yuka said with a smirk
"that would be against my programming though... i'm not allowed to target Federation personnel or installations without my commanding officer's permission." "People have grown used to treating ALL things they don't agree with or understand with less than respect. Stand your ground so to speak. We could make her an honorary Marine and see how they respond when she shows in dark green. Though I doubt any uniform would do much to hide those curves." (edited)
Yuka giggled "and to think she's attracted to me... how does that even work anyway..." "well prior to having this human body I still had a personality... The artificial intelligence program was created to feel emotions as it would allow the ability of my command and control mechanisms to relate to my human crew."
"... I still don't understand but I probably never will computers like you didn't exist where I came from..." "Plus you're a person now so I guess that really doesn't matter..."
"I was given the rank of lieutenant by command upon being put in my human body." Lumi explains.
"Then you should be treated accordingly unless that rank is honorary. Is it?" Aidan offered.
"No... I do have the equivalent of the entire ships database inside my head... I actually know things that only commanding officer's should now but obviously I'm not at liberty to discuss any of that." "You'll only be given the treatment you allow, if that makes sense." Popping open his third. "Do you drink beer?" He loathed to waste good spirits on an AI but thought the gesture was needed.
"... alcohol... to be precise a form of ethanol... nope I've not had this before." She takes one and sits on the other side of Aidan. "Well we're having a party aren't we..." Yuka said without emotion
"Back to the point. This is our honeymoon so to speak Sir, you've been vetted and my record speaks for itself. I'll trust you unless I find reason to otherwise not. That's honest. I won't expect anymore from you than I expect from my Marines. Don't fight unless you have to, then kick that bastard square in the teeth. Simple logic. I'll talk all day if it prevents a fight." Looking over to Lumi he had to consciously staring at her ample bosom and forced himself to look her in the eye. No doubt her AI already told her what he looked at. "Lumi, don't take the crap. Make them treat you properly or they can rely on automated ship systems." (edited)
Yuka finishes her second. There was one more left. She looks at him as if seeking permission to take it. "isn't the goal of our unit diplomacy primarily I mean granted yes we're not normal Starfleet personnel but we aren't exactly supposed to murder everything we find either... our job is to negotiate solve problems without force but obviously because we are what we are people typically see us as a war organization..."
He hands her the last beer . "We can get reinforcements if needed Sir. Is it murder if they pull a knife or disruptor on you? No...self defense of ship and crew. Not the same at all."
Lumi didn't mind his attention to her appearance... he's at least treating her with courtesy so she was OK with that. Yuka opened the last beer. She also noticed him eying Lumi. "she is pretty good at that alluring thing isn't she...."
"A little too good in my opinion. Plus she's young enough to be my daughter. A tad creepy. For me at least" "with how they teach AMC pilots we are honestly just as bad ass as your Marines except that we don't have to use their training all that often I could probably kill the guy across the hallway with this beer can... strength isn't everything... but considering pretty much half the people on the ship could murder an entire city... it's obvious this organization is tactical in nature but we are still Starfleet."
"how do you think I feel I mean she's human now but I was being hit on by a ship...Talk about creepy."
Lumi liked being the center of attention for once. Aidan said, "That I can chalk up to AI. They learn like we do. Like a kid that asks what do you do when the door is closed. Just curious. She just has better goods to entice you to teach her."
"Teach her you say" Yuka said poking her in the hip.
tugar [9:25 PM] "NOT NOW."
Yuka rolled her eyes " so you like her..."
Lumi taps Yuka on the head "no."
"i'm just teasing people." "Bad Yuka-chan."
"Didn't I tell you to stop calling people stupid nicknames before?" "But you're being mean"
"You go around long enough, you take the nickname given, there is always a worse one around the corner." Aidan commented.
"Alright... I'll stop..." Yuka said apparently her fun was killed. Lumi was staring at her now. Yuka proceeded to drink the rest of her beer. Lumi then said "besides even if he did like one of us it would be inappropriate one your his commanding officer to I'm basically the ships control system and despite age not exactly appropriate..."
Looking at Lumi,..."you have the ability to change your appearance. I assume in holographic form only."
"I can change my hair and eye color... Yuka's VX is a Prototype feature that she doesn't really use much that allows her to change her clothing at her whim... it basically works like a teleporter..." "why do you think I don't use it it's experimental... rather not lose my clothes entirely..."
"Never mind." He dismissed the thought of her standing in as his wife to tease the new Marines. "A famous Earthman, a couple thousand years ago said something I took to heart when it came to marriage. Most people go in with eyes half open, get married and then their eyes are fully open. They should go into marriage with eyes open, and then shut them half way." He paused, "don't sweat the little stuff. Though little stuff may be different for you, Sir."
"... I am married to a giant reptilian cyborg with a human body... I don't think there's any little stuff with him but he doesn't care about anything... at least not anything normal humans would care about he's a giant..." "A cute giant though... and his human body is nice." Lumi added. "It's funny how easy men are though... I mean you trip them down a flight of stairs and they want you more... eh..." Yuka said, then added. "You think they would take being tripped down stairs as a flat no but apparently not." (edited)
Aidan almost laughed. "Men are many things. Most men don't do subtle. Just a hint. My wife had to follow me to three bars. I figured I'd find out her name. AFTER someone pointed it out."
"If you were my age I would stalk you too..." Lumi commented. Yuka seemed to agree but kept that to herself. "She's lucky to have you" Lumi said. Aidan offered, "I think I was the lucky one in that."
Lumi finished the beer. It was all gone now.
"What was that quote?" Aidan pondered. "Below 18 she's protected by law. Over 60, she's protected by nature. Anything in between is fair game." The two girls stared at each other.
"Old movie. Sorry."
"I thought you were making an innuendo..." Yuka said
tugar [9:52 PM] Aidan almost fell for the trap his own dirty mind has set, He decided to be more genteel. "With most men, that would be a given. So to we take this party to the lounge or order in?"
"... eh... I like it here... but harder stuff is there..." Yuka whines. Lumi teleports the three of them to the lounge.
it was currently empty because most crew were still stowing their gear. Aidan walked behind the counter. "This is a new crew, partially new ship, new people. This is a special occasion. What is your particular poison Miss Yuka. Sake? Aldebaran whisky? Scotch? Wodka? The bottle with the most dust?"
"That." Yuka said as he said the oldest. "Dealers choice..." Lumi said
Pulling out a bottle near the back, he grabbed a nearby towel and wiped the label. Some kind of brandy. Letters look Bolian. Sniffing it tentatively, he grabbed two then three glasses. Pouring out two fingers on each glass, he handed each woman a glass before taking his own. Holding his up glass, he eyed the purple fluid with suspect but it smelled okay. "To the Lavie and her new adventures." He clinked with each female, then downed the glass in a one gulp.
The girls do the same "So where we going?" Aidan asked. "Where do you want to go?" Yuka asked.
"I meant the ship. Super secret hush hush?"
"Rescuing some intel Officer..."
"They said we should not have much resistance. it doesn't even make sense why they are dispatching us..."
Ummm....is there a good reason we aren't already underway?"
"we aren't scheduled to leave until the morning..." "all personnel and systems are accounted for so really we could leave at any point." Lumi adds
"Really it's only that the dockmaster told us to not leave until morning..." Yuka commented
"i'm not fond of departing at midnight but technically we could if they would allow it."
"Is the operative someone we dislike so we delay saving them? Otherwise why not leave now, screw the dockmaster." the Marine said with distaste.
"... I like him" Lumi said
Trying to be humorous Aidan quipped, "I'm just not doing any driving until morning. Draining his glass,"now to find something to wash the taste of the brandy out of my mouth."
"Well... let's drink our lives away..." Yuka takes the bottle and pours more
Lumi has the repaired replicator create food. She then sets it on the bar. "You'll both be in a drunken stupor but oh well..."
"He don't kill the joke babe." He almost smacked her on the ass. The Bolian brandy was making him a little crazy. There was bottle of Irish whiskey. "More like it. " He
(Traveling) Yuka saw and took another drink then refilled her glass. "As you would say my dear... "yummy"" she said seductively in a teasing manner. Lumi just shakes her head.
Aidan shakes his head. "Oh please. I hate public displays of lust. I'd say get a room, but you'd probably do it. Well someone needs to be able to yell at people in the morning." He drained the last finger in his glass and set it down. "Ladies, good evening, otherwise I'll drain that bottle and couple others." He stared too long at Lumi in a mix of emotions, turned started towards the door.
"I'm more sober than both of you..." Lumi replied.
"I had a head start since we weren't going anywhere. A lapse since I try and stay more or less sober." AIdan told the AI.
Yuka closed the bottle and took her last drink "so much buzzkill... but I guess we can stop... I think a lapse in judgment sometimes is a good thing..." she said
"Agreed. Now isn't the time. Maybe later." Turning to Lumi, he lost what little sense he had left with the brandy. "You're too young, your mom shows up, watch out." He winked at her. "Stay and drink, Sir Yuka." He laughed at that. "Sir Yuka, I'll be fine by morning."
"..." Yuka seemed disappointed that he was leaving but as was things... by year of birth she outaged him by thousands of years but whatever. Lumi sat there eating. "Fuck it, I'm staying. Lumi, no more alcohol. Put on some smooth jazz or something. A coffee would be a good idea."
"So you want me to be the designated "no hanky panky between co and xo shipgirl."" She said jokingly. Yuka laughed "wait... wait... what... you think..." she blushed "he is married... even I am but ours is an op n relationship..."
"Besides I just met him... your the only one who thinks I'm that slutt..."
"A month ago"
"No..." Yuka simply said
Lumi thinks "I hope they pass out..." She gets Aidan coffee as he requested. "chauffeuring drunks... the things I do for love..." she mumbles
"Can you look like my wife? he asks Lumi.
She accesses personnel records and changed hair and eye color. Yuka changes clothes to a white dress with that implant. Aidan a little too drunk to notice the change.
"Not now. I wanna use you to tease my marines, but you clean up nicely."
"We could do more than tease..." Yuka comments... "I bet Ed could make me able to do that too..." She mumbled
"File that away for future refer...use." He turned to Yuka, music playing in the background. "No one here but us monkeys. Wanna dance?"
"You two are too drunk I'd be taking advantage..." Lumi said. She had only had one drink and a beer. She was still sober. Yuka put the drinks away.
"You can't take advantage of the willing." Aidan slurred slightly.
"... seriously..." Lumi replied. Yuka left the room.
"Okay....what just happened? "Know what? Never mind. Can you teleport me to my room? That would be awesome." Aidan asked, having a moment of clarity thanks to the coffee.
"Um... okay... if that is what you want" Lumi does as was asked.
"Yesh, thank you. Good night."
Yuka came to Aidan's door mumbling to herself. It has been a couple minutes and so she pressed the call button. Lumi went back to her room since she thought they were both in their rooms. She was not connected to the ship now so she could sleep.
Having taken some pills to help with the overnight effects of the alcohol and some water, Aidan was settling into sleepwear when the door chimed. He padded over to answer it and saw Yuka with a look of apprehension on her face. "Y..Yuka? Come in." He allowed her entrance to the dimmly lit room.
She entered the room still in full effect of her alcohol. "Did you have fun?"
"Well yeah. It started off as just a talk and we had a few laughs. You left rather quick. Is everything ok?" He was getting more sober by the second, more from fear than anything.
She looked at him this look of jealousy combined with a bit of inadequacy. "Everyone likes the well endowed ones..." she said coldly.
"Okay...sit the fuck down. Computer. Hot chocolate with milk." He guided her to the nearby couch then retrieved the single mug. Handing it to her and making sure there was no question in his response, he said in a well used father's voice. "Drink this, then tell me what the hell you're talking about."
She does as she's told. She then feeling a little less off starts to speak. "Um... well; all men do this... even he looks at other girls like they are better... You all think small chested women are not good enough..."
He sat down beside her, brushing a lock of hair out of her face. "Let me tell you something. First off, men, human men anyway, are hard wired to look. It's millenia of hunter gatherer instincts. You meet that right person, their interest is never going to diminish as they fall in love with who you are, and not the size of your rack. These days anyone can have a simple surgery, but that doesn't change the person. If it does, then they aren't being true to themselves. Is this RINZ we're talking about?"
"Yes... and... you wanted to dance with her..." Yuka said fidgeting... it was highly evident that she didn't think very highly of herself.
"One, you're married and so am I. Or am I THAT irresistible? Two, I wasn't that worried about stepping on her feet." He waited for her to absorb the information.
"Well... uh... that's where this... in his culture their relationships are open... he said that was a stipulation of him agreeing... so I'm basically competing with everyone..."
"I... use to be an A cup..."
"I'm going to do something, but this is for informational purposes only. You get me?"
"Ok..."she whispered softly.
" He took her hand and helped her to her feet. Using his implant he had the computer put on one of his favorites. Moonlight serenade. "May I have this dance, Yuka?"
She nodded then put her hands in his letting him lead.
He enfolded the small woman against himself, leading her through the steps in a slow fashion, careful to enfold her as much as his large arms allowed. "Anyone that needs a woman to be something else, doesn't deserve her." He let that sink in. "Plus, any man that would turn you down, needs to have his head and or pulse examined." A minute or two went by. Mentally he shook himself as her perfume was arousing parts of him that would not go unseen. He used the opportunity to unfold slightly hoping she hadn't noticed, but being slightly tipsy, not long enough. "Lastly, have you talked about it? Being an alien he may not understand. I would not like an open relationship. One woman is enough crazy for me." he joked. "At least, the right one is. I think that's the point."
She moved quite well with him like she had done this before. She blushed for a moment then she spoke "... He is so different and he just lost his people... I can't be so cruel is to give him any kind of ultimatum... he needs me whether he sees it or not..." she didn't seem to care he was aroused by her. It actually made her feel a little better.
"Just don't lose yourself by giving up everything that would make you happy, just to keep him interested. Not worth it. He'll have to find his own way. Hopefully he's smart enough to realize you're special enough to warrant the attention you deserve. You're a starship Captain and it's about damned time for you to believe in yourself like you want all of us to."
"I've got... like nobody thought and... I can't just be alone forever... I almost killed myself a few years ago because my only friend and boyfriend left me for college... it's like I'm strong when fighting people or behind my shell but deep inside... I just... want to be cared about..." she started to hum in tune to the music
"Of course you do. I will leave a dance card slot open for you always. I won't pretend it isn't hard. I went through some dark times, even after I got married. What I will do is be here for you. No matter what."
She blushed again. Him being this nice to her reminded her of Julian. She seemed to be lamenting past memories of her past lover whom would be long gone now. "what do you mean by it isn't hard... did something happen to you?" She asked
"I did black ops infiltration, and was good at it. No one is good enough to not have killed a few people in the line of duty. Hopefully not on the same mission." He left the rest unsaid, until he added "We all tend to have a demon or two somewhere."
"I... see... I wish my sensei were in this time... he always had answers but he was a war veteran... my adoptive family hired him to teach me etiquette and how to defend myself... they basically tried to make me their trophy daughter after my biological parents were killed... I was partially blind until I arrived here..."
"You can seek my counsel anytime, Yuka." He instinctively held her face in one hand. Tempted to do more, though he wondered about being killed by a jealous mecha.
She looked into his eyes as if giving him approval. "It's okay." When he didn't move, she goes in to kiss him as if rewarding him for something .
He leans in, grabs a handful of dark hair in his clenched fist, pulls her close and whispers, "if circumstances were different, I'd show you how a woman should be treated. Don't settle for less than that, and don't think I'm not tempted, but I love my wife. Until that isn't an option, I have to pursue that. "
"I understand... I only wish I had met you in a different time or place... You care and seem to be genuine...plus your handsome... if only..." the last part was a passionate mumble.
"Don't make this harder on me. If you're leaving, leave now." Leaving the other half unsaid.
"I don't want to..." she said her hands instinctively moved to holding him in an embrace. This felt good to her; she couldn't help but wonder if her action would push him away. She hoped not.
Responding to her embrace, he forced himself against her hard, making sure she felt everything she was getting into. "Computer, lights out."
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