Test Drive #7 - Ten Forward and Captain's Yacht

[ten_fwd_mods]

Option 01. Ten Forward: The first thing you see is a bar. A large, lively bar filled with many different faces and many different smells, sights and sounds. This is Ten Forward, the Enterprise's off-duty lounge; feel free to get acquainted with your fellow travelers and try to find somebody who's in charge: this is your new home now, after all...





Option 02. The Captain's Yacht: Oooh, you sneaky stowaway! You've found yourself in a very exclusive part of the ship: Captain Picard's personal craft, used for short jaunts when a shuttle just won't do. (One must retain some decorum, after all.) It may not be as large as the Enterprise itself, but there are sure to be some surprises aboard once people start snooping.


[OOC: The Captain's Yacht is located at the very base of the Enterprise's saucer portion, so if you put someone in there you can also play them trying to get back to somewhere they know!]

Comments

[aster_planetes]

Half-way through his explanation, she feels her attention wandering and tries to bring it back. She repeats his words in her mind, trying to get them to stick. Not now, mind.

Captain Picard. All right.

"I...suppose I should ask," she says, her hooves shifting a little awkwardly. "Is everyone human?"

[1st_starfighter]

Alex has had that response before. It's okay!

"No. The Federation is made up of at least two or three dozen different races. Humans seem to be most of Starfleet, but we are not all of it, by far." He grinned at her. "May I ask, and tell me no, if it offends somehow, but what race are you?" He knew the legends of centaurs, but she seemed nice, so he was predisposed to discount them.

[aster_planetes]

It is less him and more how her mind works, particularly when there are so many things to look at.

Her teachers despair over her, they really do.

"I am a centaur. Not human." Then she sighs a little relief. "So I'd guess that they would be use to those with different body-shapes?"

[1st_starfighter]

"That's pretty cool. I wonder if Starfleet has any others like you, or of a similar kind." He hmmed.

"I think so. I'm sure they can adapt current things or create new stuff to accommodate you." He had to believe any spacefarring culture would want to do that. "Probably another thing to ask whoever shows up and greets you." And something for him to ask so he would know, next time.

[aster_planetes]

"Hopefully they can. Otherwise this is going to very quickly become very awkward."

She pauses.

"Has anyone ever been sent back?"

[1st_starfighter]

"I can imagine. If they can't, I'll do it myself. I learned a lot about engineering, and I'll requisition what you need myself." He nodded.

"I think so. But it seems almost random, like Q is playing some sort of, well, game. But not telling any of us the rules." And that annoyed Alex, a lot.