Star trek: Darkside Base

He walked onto the command deck and looked around; it was a large oval room with an expansive view screen. There was a line of work station lining the back wall with tow station standing out for tactical and science. There was a circular computer control desk in the middle of the room with two chairs, where the captain and the first officer could monitor all activities. Admiral Janeway looked up from the control desk as he approached her and she greeted him warmly with a smile. She was the one who recommended him for promotion to Lt Cmdr when they returned from the Delta quadrant.



“Cmdr Vorik. I must say it’s good to see you again.” She said shaking his hand. “I haven’t had much opportunity to see the old Voyager crew since we got back.



“I hope you have been well admiral. I am most impressed by the technology that has been incorporated here. Most of the interfaces I have not seen before.”



“This base is a prototype unfortunately a Romulan war bird tried to test its durability. Repairs are being made as we speak. I think Captain Torchescue is in the shuttle bay helping with repairs.”



Janeway led Vorik down three floors and finally to the expansive shuttle bay on the south side of the base. The bay doors were badly damaged and the walkway above the bay was broken in three places. Two of the shuttle crafts were damaged beyond and the third might have been salvageable. A figure was hanging upside down and the left side of the walkway working at a control panel. Vorik recognized the familiar black braided hair hanging down and the occasional cursing as she got hit with the sparks from the panel. He couldn’t help but stare at her for a moment as he walked closer and memorize her figure. She had filled out a bit and added on some muscle tone to her back. Vorik had always had a certain curiosity with the female figure but nothing beyond mild artistic curiosity. He kept this fact quiet for obvious and logical reasons. For some reason though he had always had a particular fascination with Alexandra’s form. He often wanted to paint her in the nude but making such a request would have been inappropriate and out of the question still he wondered and that fact alone bothered him more than anything. Setting these troublesome thoughts aside he walked up the stairs to the left side of the walkway with Janeway.



“Well I brought you your first officer as promised Captain.” Jane way said cheerfully.



Alexandra looked over to the two approaching figures and righted her self then met them at the head of the stairs.



“Thank you Admiral. It’s good to see you again.” After acknowledging her superior officer first, she turned to Vorik with a warm smile. “My goodness Vorik you are a sight for sore eyes.” She patted him on the shoulder affectionately. “I can’t tell you how happy I was when I heard you got back to the Alpha Quadrant a year ago. You ready to raise some hell like old times buddy?”



“I was never party to hell rising in the past.”



“Of course you weren’t Vorik. It also wasn’t your idea to put my failed chemistry experiment in Dr. Nolar’s coffee back in the academy. I mean tell the truth. Vulcans can’t lie.”



Vorik simply looked at her and raised an eyebrow at her. Janeway was struggling not to laugh and decided to break the two of them up.



“Are you sure you two are going to be able to work like this?”



“Don’t worry Admiral. Vorik and I share a very Shakespearean wit. Trust me; he is thrilled to see me again.”



“Alright then. I am going to back aboard the Yanaran. I have to get back to Starfleet and let them know that the base is now operational and ready to go.” She started to turn then looked back. “Good luck to all.” With a wistful look Janeway left the shuttle bay.



Alexandra led Vorik to the turbo lift and as they rode the lift to the engineering level she stole a quick appraising look at Vorik. His face had filled out and his shoulders were broader. He looked more muscular and polished and looked down right handsome. After they had met in school Vorik had been the subject of quite a few fantasies of hers but once they became friends she buried those fantasies, it was one of the few rules she never broke. Never become romantically involved with your friends. They stepped off the turbo lift and both of them had to stare at the expansive planetary generator that took up most of the room. It was an experimental generator that tapped directly into the planet’s core and drew massive amounts of energy to fuel the weapons and other systems. Martin Lowell was shouting orders at an ensign as he came near the two and it was obvious to both of them he was having the time of his life playing with the new toys.



“I have never seen such a bloody great piece of engineering as this. I am completely gob smacked at this.” Alexandra grinned as she listened to his thick cockney accent and took them lovingly through the basics of the generator. “You wouldn’t believe how little of the planet’s core energy is used to power this bloody great beast. This planet is in its prime so this baby could stay powered for at least 200 years. It starts with a catalytic…..”



“I think I’ll leave the more technical details for later Martin. I do have the rest of the base to see and senior departments and I am sure they are as impressive as this is.” Alexandra interrupted knowing that like most engineers this one would drag her into a lengthy discussion that would leave her head warped. Martin understood and told them not too politely to bugger off and let him get back to work. Their next stop was sickbay. Alexandra and Vorik picked their way through the crates of medical supplies to the Doctor who was at his desk reviewing the medical records of the personnel already on base.



“How are you finding the medical bay Doctor?” Alexandra asked.



“Quite satisfactory. I might expand the lab a little later on but this will do very nicely.”



“Doctor, I have to ask this. You look like you should be near retirement. Why did you take this assignment?”



“I was wondering when you would ask me that actually.” Holis said with a chuckle. “It’s very simple really. This is currently my 8th host and every host I have had has worked in one medical field or another. Be it Psychology or exobiology, I have worked in them all. Having the combined knowledge of 8 lives in the medical field makes one invaluable what ever your age. My assistant Doctor Kelva goes on away missions that might be a bit to strenuous for my age; he is an excellent field medic.”



“That is most impressive Doctor.” Vorik said appreciatively.



“Thank you Commander. I wanted to know if you both would like to join me for dinner tonight.”



“Why thank you Doc. We would be glad to join you.”



“Excellent. Oh I am going to be beaming over to the colony a little later and the colony leady want to know if you could join me so he can meet with you captain.”



“I can do that. I understand the colony leader is a bit of a hard case so I better get it out of the way now. I’ll meet you in transporter room 4 in 2 hours.”



The Doctor nodded his approval and went back to work. Vorik and Alexandra made the rest of their rounds and finally ended up in the lounge for a drink.



“This place is enormous. I really don’t know if my personality is big enough to fill it.” Alexandra said tiredly



“I don’t think you are expected to fill anything with your personality, just command the base efficiently.”



“You really know how to stroke a woman’s ego don’t you?” Alexandra said after taking a sip of her spiced coffee.



“The duty of the first officer is to assist and remind the captain of his or her duty not to stroke anything.” Vorik said nonchalantly



Alexandra spluttered her coffee and set it down slowly on the table in between them.



“I am going to pretend really hard that you didn’t understand how that came out.” Alexandra stood and stretched. “I have to go meet the doctor or I am going too be late. Think you can handle things here?”



“I am more than capable of keeping the base running smoothly while you are away.”



“Good. I’ll see you in a few hours then.”



Alexandra left the lounge and walked the corridors to the transporter room. As she watched the various people going to and fro in their various duties. She was beginning to like her new command very much; it was unique and new and had a lot of potential for disaster or greatness. This command was balancing on a knife’s edge being so far away from Federation support, on one side it was the Romulans on the other it was unknown space. She walked into the transporter room and gave a curious look to the doctor when she saw two technicians working in an open panel in the control stand.



“Apparently there have been some power fluctuations in the transporter grid from the attack.”



“Is it alright to beam over or should we take a shuttle?”



The technician stood up and wiped his hands on his coveralls.

“I think we have it stabilized now captain. We patched in the auxiliary power grid just in case.” The technician said as he adjusted the controls.



“Well just as long as I get that same fuzzy feeling when I transport.”



The doctor and I got onto the pads and the technician engaged the transporter. Everything was going normally when just before we completely dematerialized Alexandra heard the technician shout something but she couldn’t hear what is was and the very last thing she felt was a stabbing pain in her head then nothing.





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