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Darkened Stars - Chapter 14

Darkened Stars - Chapter 14

Stardate 29364.1 - May 13, 2352 - 06:15:00

Looking down at the unconscious Orion captain, Rain couldn’t help but wonder if she might have been mistaken to use the claim of melding as a threat against Keiko. Because she had only the barest inkling of an idea about how to even go about it.

But it was too late to back track on that now lest she lose the image she was building up, so she'd have to at least try, a...

Cerulean Stars - Chapter 80

Cerulean Stars - Chapter 80

Stardate April 12, 2371 - 21:47:31

“Am I right in assuming you would be D'Ghor of House D'Ghor?” Quark asked the Klingon on the other side of the com link as he did his best to lean into the generally unjustified reputation his people had.

“Of course.” D'Ghor confirmed with a growl of annoyance. 

“I thought so, you have that look of grandeur about you.” Quark offered with a fri...

Cerulean Stars - Chapter 79

Cerulean Stars - Chapter 79

Stardate 48278.6 - April 12, 2371 - 16:32:00

Receiving a priority call from Jadzia to meet her in the infirmary certainly hadn't been on the list of things Raine had expected to have happened today, but here she was rushing to the Trill woman's quarters.

Walking into the treatment room, Raine was surprised to see a worried looking Sisko already there, the man standing next to a biobed with a very unhappy lookin...

Cerulean Stars - Chapter 78

Cerulean Stars - Chapter 78

Stardate 48277.6 - April 12, 2371 - 07:46:00

Waiting for Jadiza to respond to the com link, Quark couldn’t help but idly wonder how just how much more complicated this current situation could get.

“Quark?” The trill woman put forward with a hint of confusion in her voice as her image appeared on the screen. “What are you doing on Qo'nos?”

“That's kind of what I was hoping to talk to...

Darkened Stars - Chapter 13

Darkened Stars - Chapter 13

Stardate 29364.0 - May 13, 2352 - 05:22:00

Keiko leaned over the table wearing only an apron and smile as she sliced the freshly baked apple pie into slices with a mek'leth.

Carefully pulling out a slice, she offered it to Rain, and the small of freshly baked apples filled her nose as she reached forward to take it. The mome...

Cerulean Stars - Chapter 77

Cerulean Stars - Chapter 77

Stardate 48276.2 - April 11, 2371 - 21:15:50

“I really think it's time you explained everything.” Quark said to Grilka as they walked back through the door of her manor. 

“You do not need to know.” Grilka stated with a shake of her head that left Quark suspecting the Klingon woman hadn’t been paying nearly as much attention to what was going on in the meeting hall as he had.

“I...

Cerulean Stars - Chapter 76

Cerulean Stars - Chapter 76

Stardate 48275.7 - April 11, 2371 - 15:07:55

Loophole abuse was normally something Quark could respect, it meant whoever was attempting it had read and understood enough of the rules to figure out a way around them. However there was a stark exception to that respect, and that was in the case of a loophole being abused in a way likely to screw him over. 

“What!?” Grilka growled as her hand went to dagg...

Darkened Stars - Chapter 12

Darkened Stars - Chapter 12

Stardate 29363.3 - May 12, 2352 - 23:13:00

Having been a big fan of Lower Decks, the family name Tendi was instantly recognizable to Rain. But of course, things could never be as simple as they appeared on the surface, as it was not a member of the Prime universe Tendi family that she was dealing with, but a member of the Mirror universe one.

Which should mean that most of the Tendi family here would be conside...

Cerulean Stars - Chapter 75

Cerulean Stars - Chapter 75

Stardate 48274.9 - April 11, 2371 - 08:07:00

“Did you sleep all right?” Raine asked somewhat nervously as she sat across from the older Vulcan woman.

“The accommodations were acceptable.” Na'Tal offered as she watched the steeping pot of tea sitting on the table between them. 

An awkward silence settled in between them, and Raine had to clamp down on her sudden urge to begin fidget...

Darkened Stars - Chapter 11

Darkened Stars - Chapter 11

Stardate 29363.0 - May 12, 2352 - 20:35:00

The local branch of the Klingon Imperial Information Network was an interesting thing, not dissimilar to the internet from Rain's original world in that you could find pretty much everything in it. However, unlike the Asari's original world, it was stratified in a way that...

Cerulean Stars - Chapter 74

Cerulean Stars - Chapter 74

Stardate 48265.4 - April 7, 2371 - 20:54:00

Checking over the bar’s daily profits at the end of the day was honestly one of Quark’s favorite little rituals. And one he had made sure to continue with even though it no longer represented the majority of his daily income for the sheer joy that came from handling the hard currency involved.

“Bars closed.” Quark offered as the sound of footsteps told him a p...

Cerulean Stars - Chapter 73

Cerulean Stars - Chapter 73

Stardate 48253.1 - April 3, 2371 - 09:09:00

“According to Quark.” Odo began as they stood in front of the second floor entrance to Quarks. “The Klingon Kozak pulled a knife on Natima when she stopped by the bar after she finished helping the Chief fix a problem with the station's communications array.” 

“The B...

Darkened Stars - Chapter 10

Darkened Stars - Chapter 10

Stardate 29361.1 - May 12, 2352 - 03:54:00

Looking out at the very traditional Japanese compound, Rain was fully willing to admit she kind of hated the owner on sheer principle. Because it was exactly the type of place she would want to live if she could, and now they had ruined that for her.

A careful survey of the location had led the Asari to learn her early act of destroying the Yamaguchi's building in cent...

Cerulean Stars - Chapter 72

Cerulean Stars - Chapter 72

Stardate 48248.8 - April 1, 2371 - 19:29:00

Holding up a dress in each hand, Raine looked to the two women sitting on her couch sipping synthehol drinks.

“So what do you think?” She asked them as she held each of the dresses up in front of her in turn. “The red halter, or the white tea-length?”

“For a first date?” Keiko offered with a smirk. “The white tea-length.”

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Cerulean Stars - Interlude - Paperwork

Cerulean Stars - Interlude - Paperwork

Founder Report

Author - Lieutenant Commander Raine Brooks

Primary Encounter Stardates - 48220.1 to 48220.6

Section 1

To prephase things, it's important to keep in mind when reading this that this was a telepathic encounter, so everything experienced was interpreted through the lens of my own mind.

That out of the way, the Great Link ...

Cerulean Stars - Chapter 71

Cerulean Stars - Chapter 71

Stardate 48221.4 - March 22, 2371 - 19:27:00

There were a number of things Raine was dreading now that she had melded with the Great Link. 

The days worth of paperwork where she would have to spell out in exacting detail everything she experienced, which was a lot harder than someone who has never experienced psychic contact would likely think, since it involved putting words to things that in some cases j...

Darkened Stars - Chapter 9

Darkened Stars - Chapter 9

Stardate 29359.8 - May 11, 2352 - 16:28:00

Rain dropped what she was carrying and rushed over to check the two women, the sheer amount of blood surrounding them painting a grim picture even if the lack of breathing hadn't.

Checking their pulses, she let out a whimper upon finding no response, and she fought back the sudden urge to run off to her room and curl up in the closet. 

After all, t...

Cerulean Stars - Chapter 70

Cerulean Stars - Chapter 70

Stardate 48220.6 - March 22, 2371 - 12:27:00

Benjamin Sisko hadn't been sure what they would find upon landing, his theories had ranged from a hopeful 'telepathic first contact with a friendly species’ to the pessimistic 'three dead senior officers and no idea what happened’.

What he hadn't expected was his normal dour Chief of Station Security acting like Jake after a dabo girl gave him a pretty smile, his...

Cerulean Stars - Chapter 69

Cerulean Stars - Chapter 69

Stardate 48220.4 - March 22,  2371, Time: 10:42:00

The female changeling lifted her hand from the golden ocean that was the Great Link, turning a look of almost eager anticipation to Rain as she rose fully back to her feet from the crouching position she had taken.

“The link has been informed of your desire and is prepared.”

Which Raine knew could mean anything from it being prepared t...

Darkened Stars - Chapter 8 

Darkened Stars - Chapter 8 

Stardate 29218.4 - March 20, 2352 - 22:25:32

Rain stared dumbfounded at the honest to god black clad katana wielding ninja that had just broken into her bedroom through one of the somehow jimmied open metal shuttered windows before the feeling of cool wind on still wet skin reminded the Asari just what her current state of dress was.

“You know what.” She told the almost surprised looking ninja as it stood ...

Cerulean Stars - Chapter 68

Cerulean Stars - Chapter 68

Stardate 48220.2 - March 22, 2371 - 09:00:00

As sketchy as her memories were of various small details after all this time, she honestly didn’t know if the disagreement between the male and female Changelings on whether Odo was ready or not had been a thing that had actually happened when events were just pictures on a television screen.

But it was an interesting enough occurrence that Raine was left wondering...

Cerulean Stars - Chapter 67

Cerulean Stars - Chapter 67

Stardate 48218.6 - March 21, 2371 - 19:00:00

The sound of the ship going to yellow alert pulled Benjamin Sisko from pondering whether or not to finish the lackluster philly-cheese steak sandwich sitting on a plate in front of him.

“Sisko to Bridge.” He began as he tapped his combadge. “Report?”

“Chief Odo just stole a shuttle with Major Kira and Commander Brooks on it, and there is a ...

Cerulean Stars - Chapter 66

Cerulean Stars - Chapter 66

Stardate 48198.9 - March 14,  2371 - 14:21:50

Starfleet’s current charts of the Gamma Quadrant extended out to about a sector from the Bajoran wormhole, which amounted to a radius of roughly 20 lightyears. Not the most auspicious start Raine knew given Starfleet had had nearly three years to work at it, but it was what it was.

The Karemma homeworld, which was their current destination, sat roughly 10 lig...

Darkened Stars - Chapter 7

Darkened Stars - Chapter 7

Stardate 27612.6 - August 12, 2350 - 14:22:00

Rain stared hatefully at the name being displayed on the monitor by her identification chit, wishing nothing more at the moment to hunt down the Cardassian that had misspelled it and dropkick him between the legs so hard his descendants would feel it.

“Are you sure there’s no way to get it changed?” She begged Jel’ang, the Klingon woman having thankfully wait...

Cerulean Stars - Chapter 65

Cerulean Stars - Chapter 65

Stardate 48196.8 - March 13, 2371, Time - 19:58:00

“I'm a little confused, Commander.” Quark started as he stood in front of Sisko’s desk. “You want me to go with you to the Gamma Quadrant to help you locate the Founders?”

“It sounds like you’ve got the gist of it already.” Sisko told him, knowing the Ferengi was their only real connection with the Dominion outside of a single prisoner whose pre...

Cerulean Stars - Chapter 64

Cerulean Stars - Chapter 64

Stardate 48196.2 - March 13, 2371 - 14:42:00

Debriefing the rest of Deep Space Nine's command staff on the various things they hadn't been able to tell them about over subspace had taken the better part of the afternoon, after which Sisko had instructed Raine to familiarize Bashir, Dax, and O'Brien with the Defiant's layout and systems.

“She was originally going to be a testbed for the type 18 shuttlepod.” ...

Darkened Stars - Chapter 6

Darkened Stars - Chapter 6

Stardate 27611.3 - August 12, 2350 - 02:59:16

The feeling of something pointy digging into Rain's stomach dragged the Asari back to consciousness, and she let out a groan as she forced open her eyes in spite of the general feeling of lethargy that seemed to encompass her to see a recognizable armored backside and legs that were hard at work running towards some unseen destination.

“You recover.” Jel'ang excl...

Cerulean Stars - Chapter 63

Cerulean Stars - Chapter 63

Stardate 48187.4 - March 10, 2371 - 09:37:00

Due to the unfortunately large amount of work Raine had been saddled with by Commander Sisko and Admiral Toddman, she had yet to actually have a chance to meet any of the Romulan team outside of Sub-commander T’Rul. 

Though from those members of the Defiant’s crew that had, the Asari had learned that they seemed to be generally standoffish outside of issues ...

Cerulean Stars - Chapter 62

Cerulean Stars - Chapter 62

Stardate 48166.4 - March 2, 2371 - 17:39:00

The Emergency Medical Hologram was a true marvel of modern Federation technology, and Raine had wanted one for the Defiant the moment she had realized how stupid it was to have only a single medical specialist on board.

Also she was just a general fan of Voyagers Doctor and had always considered the fate of the other EMH's in Starfleet to be a colossal waste of resour...

Cerulean Stars - Chapter 61

Cerulean Stars - Chapter 61

Stardate 48118.9 - February 13, 2371, Time: 09:33:00

Before Wolf 359 Elizabeth Shelby had been one of Starfleet's big up and coming officers, and their foremost expert on counter Borg tactics. Mainly because Raine had resolutely refused to utilize her metaknowledge about the Borg in any sort of capacity out of fear that they would assimilate that information from a Federation or other source.

After Wolf 359 Eli...