TEST DRIVE #16 - Turbolifts and Ten Forward

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Option 001. Trapped in a Turbolift: This space travel thing is new to you, and you're starting to think the ship is purposely out to get you. A turbolift is just a grandiose name for an elevator, which should be the safest way to travel after all! But someone out there is out to get you, you're sure of it. Because the next thing you know, the lights flicker and the lift grinds to a stop. You're trapped, with whomever was unlucky enough to be in the lift with you.

It could be hours before you're rescued. These turbolifts span the entire massive ship, and don't just travel straight up and down. No, they can travel horizontally, vertically, sometimes even diagonally. You could be stuck between any deck now. There is a small access panel on one of the smooth walls, but how good are you with getting these things to work? Let's not forget that sudden stop tossed everyone around a little, and people could be hurt. Time to put your emergency thinking cap on, and make friends with the people beside you fast. You could be the only way back to freedom.

Conversely, you could slide that pack of cards out of your pocket and start a rousing game of gin rummy. Really it's up to you.







Option 002. Ten Forward: You have no idea what just happened. One minute you were home, minding your own business, and now you're on a spaceship in the middle of a crowded room! It looks like a bar. There are people eating and drinking, some in uniform, others not. Some are clearly aliens, and some of the food is looking rather strange too.

You've managed to land in Ten Forward. A long bar with barstools and a bartender span one side of the room, with a bank of strange computers on that same wall. It looks like people are ordering food and drinks from them. Tables are sprinkled throughout, and the far wall is nothing but floor to ceiling windows with a view out to space. It looks like a nice lounge, low conversation making the room hum.

Better ask some questions and find out where you are, or just tap the closest person on the shoulder and try to make friends. The bar is open.

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Olan'atar | Star Trek OC | Ten Forward

[hallowedarethefounders]

Olan'atar was on his way to the transporter room for his mission. He was supposed to rescue some old professor from Earth, who'd been abducted, from what he'd guessed from some overheard conversations. He didn't know the specifics, which was odd, because he was usually told about the missions. Something was off.

He was turning a corner when he found himself...

... in what looked like the main lounge of a Galaxy-class starship. Olan'atar knew because he's been there in a few holodeck simulations back at the Academy. But this time, it couldn't be a holodeck simulation. He hadn't been anywhere near holodecks on his way. Besides, it looked like a 2360s Galaxy-class starship, looking brand new at that, rather than a modern refit.

"What in the name of Odo is this?"

Hi there! :)

[mr_laforge]

"Whoa!" Here's the thing nobody talks about around here: when people are suddenly zapped on board without warning, they're just dropped wherever Q decides to drop them. Like straight in the path of the Chief Engineer.

He overcompensates for the speed he was traveling by pulling back, data PADD smacking him in the chest and then clattering to the floor. He sighs, bending down to pick it up. "Sorry about that. I wasn't expecting y..."

The friendly chuckle leaves his voice pretty quick, as soon as he's back on his feet and facing the new arrival. Jem'Hadar? Here? Geordi tenses, stuck between his fight or flight instincts and wondering just what the heck is going on.

Re: Hi there! :)

[hallowedarethefounders]

Whoa, indeed. Olan'atar apparently appeared right in front of someone on the ship. He almost jumps, only his training barely stopping him, and instinctively takes a menacing stance for a second, before remembering he's on a Federation starship, and therefore there's nothing to fear from people here. He relaxes, realizing he might have scared the poor guy out of his skin, and recognition hits him.

"Adm--" Oh, wait, he's only a Lieutenant Commander. "Commander LaForge?"

He is on the Enterprise. The D.

Founders.

[mr_laforge]

Geordi's brow knits together in surprise.

"You know who I am?" he asks, fighting to keep his voice at an even keel.

OK, he can work with this. He knows that Q has brought people here from future timelines before. Heck, there's even a Borg on the ship. So he very, very cautiously relaxes.

[hallowedarethefounders]

Looks like the ship's reputation hasn't quite reached the crew's ears yet.

"Yes. I'm from the future, it looks like." More like, he's in the past now. Same difference.

"You're all very well-known in Starfleet. You've become admirals, ambassadors and there's even a professor among you, but I think all this is to be expected. I can't say much more. Temporal Prime Directive, you know."