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.

Comments

[destinysbitch]

"Timelines and time travel cause issues, and there is an organization that monitors it, here. With Q being his big bold self, the last thing I need is the DTI getting involved."

Wesley disliked them, a lot.

[techno_galen]

"This happens often, then?" Galen sounded surprised, which was rare for him. He'd seen a lot of things, but never time travel. At least until he arrived here, but he had been assuming it was a rare occurrence.

[destinysbitch]

"In this universe, all too often. So much so that certain ships get bad names for having such incidents happen too much." He chuckled. "Not that most people know about them."

He had experienced far too many himself, and this latest one was just another crazy one in the list. He wondered how his mother was doing. If he was here, it was likely his younger self was not. He shook his head.

This whole situation was trouble. "Now to just try to figure out why. And how to reverse it."

He moved to the wall and replicated a current timeline uniform in his size using his remembered pass code. Without pips. He began to transfer pips from one uniform to the other.

[techno_galen]

"I think I prefer my universe," he concluded, while watching Wesley change his pips. Although being able to travel to the future would be useful Especially here, where he didn't know enough about the universe to predict what might happen.

Although it seemed like this was the person to stick close to. Although not literally. For now, he turned away, so Wesley could change without being watched. He took the time to examine the room and the data he'd recorded. There was nothing of use yet, but it may be in the future.

"I heard that Q enjoys causing chaos. That is all the why he needs." And he was in control of all these people he'd displaced. Galen wondered if he was in league with the Shadows.

[destinysbitch]

"I don't blame you, but I've become fond of this one." Wesley shifted over one, then hesitated, not sure how many he should transfer. Damn, this was already complicated. He needed to talk to Data... or his mom. One of those.

Wesley changed, sliding his tools and the other items he had been carrying into the new uniform's concealed pockets, then patting everything smooth. Perfect.

"I think he is mostly bored. He seems like a child who wants excitement. That's how he always acted, anyway."

[techno_galen]

Galen turned when Wesley had finished, as if he'd been looking. In reality he'd just been listening closely. "A bored child with power can be dangerous."

All this activity from someone more powerful than the average human made Galen think. "You have a plan for convincing Q to stop."

[destinysbitch]

"Exactly. And Q ia always dangerous." Wesley had always thought so, even as a kid. He only hoped he could come up with something to do.

Wesley blinked at the other man, then grinned. "A plan? Maybe... 12% of a plan. But I'm going to need time and information to fill it out. Hence the room, and the change in uniform. For now, I'm stuck here, but I don't plan on being stuck here forever."

And he had his mother's stubbornness.

[techno_galen]

"I dislike being stuck," Galen commented. He really disliked someone else being in control of his life, especially when he wasn't given an opportunity to air his opinion.

"If you require any assistance, I am available." He didn't say where he could be found or how he could be contacted. Techno-mages found people they wanted to see, not the other way round. To make sure he could find Wesley, he flicked a probe the size of a speck of dust onto his new uniform.

[destinysbitch]

"I think most do." He wasn't fond of it himself. Wesley might like this ship, but it wasn't his time. This could get very bad before it got better.

"Thanks." Wesley wasn't sure how much he could trust this guy, or if he could even help, but it never hurt to have more allies. He stuck out a hand to shake the man's hand. "I'll remember that."