I can't believe I forgot to post this on Threshold Day! IYKYK!

[xenobotanist]

 -      The Star Trek AU Meme      -
You are now a native of the Star Trek universe and bound to its laws. Let's get to work!


Choose Your Adventure! (Roll 1 to 14!)

1. Away Mission!

You've just beamed down to an unexplored planet. Is it inhabited? Is it habitable? Just be sure not to break the Prime Directive
 

2. First Contact!

You are about to make the first, official contact with an alien civilization. Whether you are seeking them out or they are seeking you out, try to make a good impression.
 

3. Battle Stations!

All hands to battle stations! Shields are at full power and weapon systems are prepared for combat.
 

4. Red Alert!

Something has gone wrong! It is an all out emergency but what is it? Has something happened in engineering to cause radiation to flood the ship? Are you being boarded? Either way, hope you survive the experience!
 

5. Shore Leave!

Exactly like it says on the tin. Maybe you're going to Risa. It's time to settle down with a nice drink and relax. If you're alone, try picking up Horga'hn.
 

6. Holodeck!

You have some free time. All of time. All of space. All of everything. What's your program of choice?
 

7. Lost in space!

Something terrible has happened. Maybe you're in a shuttle that's lost most of its power and now you're adrift. Maybe said shuttle crashed landed on an unknown planet. Whatever it was, you now find yourself lot. Let's hope you know how to send out an intergalactic SOS!
 

8. You Do Need an Education!

You've just enrolled in the Starfleet Academy. Located in San Francisco, this educational facility preps all that have been accepted. It's a lot of work. Study. Study. Study. However, that doesn't mean there isn't time for the occasional hijinx.
 

9. Stations in Space!

It is a station in space. Space is all around. Maybe you're a resident or it is a temporary point until something better comes your way. Maybe you live on board a vessel that is about to dock. Maybe it'll be a nice change of pace.
 

10. Wild Card!

Pick whichever option you like best. I bet you thought this would be at the end. Well, it's not.

 

11. Tribbletastic!

The terrific thing about tribbles is that tribbles are terrific things. Their insides are made of stuff, their bottoms are made of the fluff. But the most terrific thing about tribbles is that tribbles are everywhere. It would be a tribble shame if they got into any important systems.

12. Q-who?

You're a member of a nearly omnipotent, immortal race of beings who have mastered the ability of time-travel and transformation. Maybe you're one of the 'almost respectable' ones. Maybe you're a trouble-maker. Either way, what could go wrong?

 

13. SmörgåsBORG.

They are the Borg. Resistance is futile. Either you're facing a boarding party or you and your crew accidentally ran into them. Maybe you'll be assimilated and need to be rescued. They're a bit like zombies, only they don't want to eat you. They just want to assimilate you and add your distinct uniqueness to themselves.

14. Mirror mirror on the wall...

Yo dawg! We heard you like AUs so we put an AU in your AU so you can AU while you AU.  It's a mirror universe where the bad guys have goatees and the blondes are now brunette. You might recognize the face but they may not be the same person you know.

 

 

 

 

Comments

Lt. Kate Cordello - Original - OTA

[xenobotanist]

[ Familiar with all timelines and series. Assumed CR is a-ok. ]

Dr Ryan Dalias | EOS 10 Podcast | OTA

[commanderforehead]

[ Already have an AU post for him that has some Star Trek ideas! Familiar with all the classics (TOS / TNG / DS9 / VOY) and have watched all of Picard and some of Disco, SNW, and Lower Decks. ]

Delia Battista ✨ Star Trek OC ✨OTA, 21+ for any shipping or smut

[attackpatternbattista]

[Willing to go with whatever.]

Logan | Fable 3 | OTA

[ridofthethrone]

[Albion as a kingdom ruling a few small planets, which has only relatively recently started reaching out officially to other races/factions. Logan is sent as a diplomat/explorer to get a better sense of the universe on Albion's behalf, with an ulterior quest of investigating if the Darkness is Albion-specific. Potentially sticking as closely to the Federation as possible without being an official member. Happy to throw ideas around/change details.]

nahla ake ★ star trek

[purehope]

( anything goes! )

good luck?

[threeisapattern]

Stiles has gotten something of a Reputation(TM) in his time growing up on Starbase Beacon. Not for being a bad kid or a bad student; he's actually quite smart and pretty in-line with Starfleet ideals. You can probably thank his dad, who was the chief security officer of the Beacon, for that. No, he's just very good at getting into Situations. Kidnapped multiple times, technically died once while being sacrificed to a sacred tree on a nearby planet, possession by a malevolent millennia-old entity that used his body to kill people, and there was that time almost everyone forgot he existed while he was trapped in another dimension.

But who here doesn't have a Past, right? That's practically the one thing that defines this entire generation of Starfleet Academy students. And so far, Stiles has been doing pretty good, aside from some reports of snarking at professors and shit. Kids stuff. So it's kind of a surprise when he suddenly "freaks out" on Caleb Mir - a fellow student he's previously gotten along fine with - and ends up in a physical fight that results in multiple broken bones on both sides.

He took a trip to medical before being called into the Chancellor's office, so aside from lingering soreness from rapid healing, he's not doing too bad. Aside from, uh, everything else about this situation. "If I just say it won't happen again, can we pretend this didn't happen?"

this is beautiful

[purehope]

Nahla had known that the smooth start wouldn't last forever. There were tensions with the War College, something that she was handling steadily, but having hundreds of students in close quarters was bound to bring up tensions. The location would never change that -- people came from all walks of life. Different backgrounds, cultures, or even habits took time to find common ground with.

It had started well, aside from mild disagreements. Teething problems and kid shit. It was fine. And then the fists flew.

She'd been curled up with a book in her office when the reports had first pinged across her desk. Her conversation that had followed with Lura had thrown around various ideas, ranging from consequences to more drastic actions, and she'd had the cadet sent to her office.

Reading his file as she waited, Nahla knew he was one of the cadets she'd not personally encountered yet, though there'd been good reason not to. He'd started well, studied, and came from an easier, Starfleet background. If you overlooked the stranger parts of his file, which likely wouldn't make it onto the records his future Captains saw (it wasn't something you'd want first known about you).

When he enters her office, she's by the fire, standing as he approaches. There's a quick shake of her head, her hands spreading out before she speaks.

"Not a chance." And then Nahla gives a quick gesture with her head to the seat in front of him, expecting him to sit.

"How about we start with why it happened? Was this a "he said something to piss me off" or did you roll out of bed on the wrong side?"

:3

[threeisapattern]

The way his face twitches at the two suggestions of what might have happened makes it pretty clear that neither of those options are things that he would consider to be very... him. He's a snarker, not a fighter, and typically if he woke up on the wrong side of the bed then his weapon of choice would be sarcasm. Not fists.

But it used to be that if he was in trouble, he was facing his dad or a number of other officers who would typically refer him to his dad. Not the Captain/Chancellor of Starfleet Academy. Nepo baby.

He sits as indicated and takes a second to orient himself, glancing down at his hands to check that everything's... right. Two thumbs, eight fingers, everything arranged correctly. It's not an absolute guarantee that this is real and not a dream, but it's pretty good.

"Look, I didn't... I didn't mean to punch him. I know that sounds stupid because my fist hit him, but I was actually not trying to get in a fight."

[purehope]

Nahla walks around her desk as she listens to him, leaning against the back of her chair, her arms stretched across it.

"Then give me something that would hold off your expulsion."

She throws out the words partly as shock value, and partly to make sure he's listening, that he knows that this is serious. When his first hope was brushing it off, she wanted to be certain he would take notice.

Expulsion wasn't actually in the cards, even if Lura had floated the words. Nahla would fight for all of her cadets, as she had already against Caleb's stupid actions. One fight wasn't enough for that end, but she didn't want it to be a path he went down. She wanted him to think and excel.

"Cadet, you threw the first punch. Why?"

[threeisapattern]

Right. Right. This is serious. He knew it was serious, obviously, but he can't help that he's more used to threats that aren't actually going to go too far because they're coming from his dad and not a Chancellor who has no reason to protect him. Nepo baby.

The problem is, telling the truth also seems kind of likely to get him expelled for being mentally unfit to be here. So. There's that, too.

"It was a kind of reflex."

[purehope]

As Nahla tilts her head, her expression is the picture of are you fucking kidding me? Sure, she understands that impulse (perhaps not personally against Caleb Mir, but who hasn't once thought about hitting someone because they just needed it), but what she can't believe is that he's throwing it out there as his excuse.

That's a lie. Nahla absolutely can believe it; she'd just hoped he'd have been smarter than to use it.

She spins her chair towards her, releasing a heavier sigh as she sinks into it.

"Not cutting it." She puts her glasses on before drawing the padd that's on her desk towards her, a tap on it activating it as she lists it, looking over the file she'd left there. Not that she needed to, she'd memorised the details, but it was for show. "The Doctor's report highlighted just how many bones were broken between you. That's not just a reflex." Her eyes flick up to him, the padd lowered back to the desk.

"Give me something real. It might help." At least with the consequences he'd be dealing with. Lowering the hours of menial labour was always hopeful.

[threeisapattern]

"Well, it wasn't a reflex after he hit back. That was just a fight."

He rubs a palm over his face as he internally waves goodbye to any chance he had of getting through this without Consequences(TM). Not just menial labor consequences, but like - people digging around in his head consequences. (There wasn't a chance of that anyway, though, was there? Not once his dad found out.)

(It's not like it would be the first time he's been forced into counseling against his will, anyway. And weirdly enough, looking at the Chancellor now, something pops into his head that was said to him during one of those sessions: if you're going through hell, keep going.)

"I was being literal," he says quietly. "I didn't mean to punch him. I didn't see him. I thought - something else was there. And when I realized what had actually happened, he'd already reacted."

[purehope]

She listens. It's one thing that's easily overlooked about Nahla, though that's often by design. Nahla's quiet, letting the cadet speak. Though her expression remains neutral, there are a lot of things that race through her head as he describes it, pieces from his file, things she'd known about others in the past.

The silence that stretches out once he's done speaking is likely a little torturous, but she's getting her thoughts in order.

And then she nods, accepting the explanation. It doesn't mean he walks away with zero consequences, but Nahla does believe him.

"I've read your file. I assume what you saw was something you've experienced before?"

It's a detail she won't push on more than that, not asking him to explain what he saw, just taking it at face value. She understands how trauma can linger, how it can shoot back up unexpectedly.

"Should I be concerned that it happens often?"

Mohinder Suresh || Heroes

[splice_of_life]

(Any series/timeline is fine.)

Joe Saturn -OC- OtA

[damnedduke]

[[Has the holodeck produced a living hologram of a Dixon Hill character again? Or is this cold blooded gangster a Vulcan entrepreneur with ties to the other side of the Neutral Zone? Lord knows, but nothing goes together like Star Trek and noir. Down for all props except Battle Stations and Academy. Info here!]]

benedict sorellin-lancaster | the cinder spires

[warriorborn]

[ info. would definitely be in security. ]

Dr. Jack Abbott - The Pitt - ota

[comfortindarkness]

((Jack is CMO on a ship or a station, veteran of any one of the Federation's many wars/skirmishes that cost him his leg. But he's a capable and amicable doctor. Come bother him in sickbay or anywhere else))

Rowan O'Cleary | OC | OTA

[medicalling]

[I would be interested in an AU where the future has come and maybe because of Vulcan arrival or any other species, some of the magical creatures that lived undetected (mostly) among humans have been outed. So he's a known 'Species: Daoine Sidhe' that either works at a fleet base, academy, or is being asked to tour a ship for a potential assignment for an expedition, or is already on a ship out in space, maybe freaking out a bit because wtf, home is so far away. I'm pretty open to the concept of future stuff for him, so hit me up.]

Telrim | Animorphs OC | OTA

[inside_job]

[A few possibilities here, but maybe the Yeerks have recently run across the Federation (and nearby Alpha Quadrant powers) and are cautiously scouting them and their technology out to see what they can use in their own war - plus keeping a low profile while they figure out how how (and who) to invade in due course. Telrim could be posing as an innocent trader/wandering civilian, moving from place to place while she gathers intel and Interesting Science Things to smuggle home. Maybe interesting people, too, if the opportunity arises...

Alternatively, maybe her people's initial attempt to infiltrate got blown wide open by a plucky Starfleet crew already. After the Feds showed up for a very sternly worded First Contact, Telrim's one of a few Controllers still allowed in their space under supervision, partly so the Federation can try to monitor/study the Yeerks and nudge them to be slightly less evil space neighbors.]

Yang Cheng | To Be Hero X

[zerotrust]

Captain John Sheppard | Stargate: Atlantis | OTA

[ferriswheelsandfootball]

[From one Star franchise to another. Anything goes!]

Usa Tsukino || Sailor Moon AU || OTA

[pink_is_back]

(ooc: She's just shown up on a very ancient piece of technology that looks like an ark flying through space. Weird how there's air. Must be a shield of some kind.)

Keiko Miura/Randa | Monarch: Legacy of Monsters

[donetogether]

[She's a monster hunter scientist (possibly a civilian scientist, possibly a science officer) who went missing handwavy amount of time ago and was probably thought dead a only to turn back up. Surprise! Voicetesting.]

Cassandra de Rolo | Critical Role

[ofwovenstone]

[I have an AU for this, flexible and non-series specific. She's Betazoid/El Aurian, and either a politician, in intelligence, or even possibly a cadet, depending on when in the Star Trek timeline we're aiming. I'm happy to explore them all.]