Deck-25-antimatter-storage

USS Odyssey

Deck 25 (R&R) [Destroyed] / antimatter-storage

MT 07-Oct-20 02:14 AM

*It was a storage room so it was empty and all of the staff are either on leave or nowhere to be seen in the room. He had his PADD in his hand as he walked in, he looked around and the sight amazed him, he had never been to a place with so many antimatter, the sight amazed him so much he just stood there in awe.*

@Lt. JG Immikie Ritztekoo

Lt. JG Immikie Ritztekoo 07-Oct-20 02:22 AM

*The door would open behind Bacharudin and in would walk the short long-eared alien who had recently taken position as First Assistant Engineer. She clasped her hands together as she walked left and then right, looking over at all the antimatter kept in storage.* “Huh! This is a lot!” *She said to herself, before mumbling away in her kind’s language a little too quietly to hear clearly beneath that stove-faced helmet of hers.*

MT 07-Oct-20 02:29 AM

*Rudy stood at around 5'11 and being a human he didn't have any special attributes on his body, he wore a neatly worn uniform, the red stripes indicate his department, although some other department shared the same colour. He was quite surprised when someone entered the room behind him, he turned himself and saw it wasn't a human nor anything he had ever seen before, long eared alien wearing a, what he assumed as, a steel helmet and the uniform of a starfleet officer. He didn't know their gender.* "Hello there...." *He approached the creature and as he came nearer he saw the insignia and he repeated his words again but this time with the proper addressing* "Hello there Lieutenant" *He put up a friendly smile, the lieutenant might see it odd, all other officers are on leave and there Rudy was wearing a full uniform with his insignia, holding his PADD in his hand, he was like an inspection officer.*

Lt. JG Immikie Ritztekoo 07-Oct-20 02:35 AM

*The Lekrikoo looked up at Rudy and smiled from behind that “stove faced” faceplate, which did leave her face somewhat visible. She smiled at him and nodded quickly.* “Junior grade! My name’s Immikie Ritztekoo, but I’ve been called Ritzy before. New First Assistant Engineer! I came to get acquainted with my new faculties...” *Immikie looked the man up and down and noticed how formal he looked, and made an effort to stand with a bit straighter a posture, folding her hands behind her back, or at least she did for a moment before reaching a hand up to shake. The claws looked blunted at least.* “I hope I’m not interrupting your duties!”

MT 07-Oct-20 02:45 AM

*He kept his smile on his face trying to look friendly, he wasn't the type of man who would just put up a grumpy face like someone he once met in the medical bay.* "Junior Grade, but still Lieutenant in the means of addressing as per starfleet code." *He replied back with a slight chuckle, he was quite surprised the lieutenant replied with his full rank first then introducing herself.* "I am Ensign Bacharudin Habibie, but I'd rather be called Rudy, especially for a superior officer like you." *He added, he looked at the short being, trying to get the sense of the lieutenant, she was the first Rudy have ever seen in his life, he was not sure what she was, xenobiology wasn't really his thing.* "Of course you're not Lieutenant, everyone's on shore leave, I'm just looking around at this beauties" *He reached out his hand and shook the lieutenant's extended hand, he could feel her claws but good thing was they were blunt, and one more thing that stood out to him was the lieutenant's posture, it somehow changed to mimic his, but he dismissed it.* "Good thing Engineering finally have their own Assistant Chief, I thought Iron Forge was going to run it on his own." *He said chuckling, it was a joke of course, he knew command wouldn't let that to happen.*

Lt. JG Immikie Ritztekoo 07-Oct-20 02:52 AM

“Oh- I didn’t mean for you to call me by my full rank! I was just trying to be playful! Eheh, heh...” *The Lekrikoo lady chuckled a little awkwardly, scratching the back of her... Helmet?* “I just want to make an impression that you all don’t need to be all formal with me all the time. This is actually my first assignment as First Assistant Engineer, so while I’m excited, I’m also nervous... But, where I’m facing some uncertainty in how to best get along with a whole new crew, what I am unflinchingly confident in is my capability as an Engineer! I hope Iron Forge likes me; he’s going to have to deal with me quite a bit! Mm, heheh! Also, I’ll keep Rudy in mind. Rolls off the tongue easier! Not that I’m not fluent in English, I just tend to trip over words sometimes- and don’t get me started on tones! Heheh.”

“Eheh... I’m sorry- I’m talking way too much. What do you do around here?”

MT 07-Oct-20 03:03 AM

*He waited for her to finish her.. Speech? Anyway he waited for her to finish, not that he SAS bothered by it, not at all actually, he kinda liked the idea of talking to people especially when they talk to much, it's always fun.* "It's just an old habit of mine Lieutenant, many of the officers onboard this vessel always said that I don't need to be formal at all time but then again I'm just an ensign and most of the officers I knew are either Lieutenant Junior Grade or just a full blown Lieutenant." *He said to her in a very casual manner, his friendly face stayed the same through and through, his hand kept on holding his PADD, while his right hanging free by the side.* "You don't need to be nervous Lieutenant, think of it as First Assistant Engineer is just a title, it always helps, and in my opinion Ma'am, it is just a title, we all do our duty down here regardless of our ranks. Besides being nervous will bring misfortune like hesitation" *He replied back on her concern over her new assignment, all he said was true in his eyes, he didn't lie or anything, his tone was stable didn't even change to the slightest.* "Don't need to be sorry Lieutenant, I'll get the hang of it" *He chuckled lightly* "I'm just an ordinary Tactical Officer ma'am" *He replied*

Lt. JG Immikie Ritztekoo 07-Oct-20 03:14 AM

*Hearing what Rudy had to say about her rank being more of a title might make some people feel upset, but it had the opposite effect on Immikie. She even gave a hop or two with a big smile on her face! Clasping her hands together, she almost went on another speech, but she kept it lower down-ish this time.* “I love the way you see it! That’s how we see it on Cartrefflyd; Rank and title’s little more than just what job you’re doing, and everyone’s gotta do-o their job! You don’t need to worry about me hesitating- as soon as a problem pops up, expect me to be working on getting it fixed as fastly and rightly as possible. That’s also how we did it back home too! And also how it needs to be done here- lots of people counting on us keeping it going clean and smooth and rightly down here.” *Immikie calmed down a bit and took a less energy-brimmed tone, speaking with more of a relaxed casual air now, folding her arms.* “Well, you might be an ordinary Tactical Officer to you, but to me we’re equal parts, equal value. Everyone’s a cog in the big machine, and all those cogs need to spin proper no matter how big or small... Though I’ve noticed that a lot of folks take that whole “cog in the machine” analogy as a bad thing, for some reason...?” (edited)

*Okay I did say she was going to be less speechy and immediatly went for being speechy, but bear with me here, she’s gotta slow down a little sometime right?*

MT 07-Oct-20 03:26 AM

*It wasn't as much as a speech really, Rudy was also doing a speech albeit he paused every now and then, but all and all he enjoyed talking to her this far.* "I believe we're on the same page Lieutenant, and I am sure you will do just fine I don't even have any worries in my mind, everyone posted on this dreadnaught has a special set of skills." *He grinned, the ship was one of them most advanced ships ever put into service by starfleet even though it was built almost two decades ago.* "Some people, especially us humans don't like to be called cogs, but most of them are just people that are blinded by their own minds, but again I cannot blame them, we are a very emotional species." *He was talking about species, probably it was the right time for him to ask the lieutenant her species, since he never saw one before.* "Lieutenant, may I inquire, what species do you come from? i have never seen a species like you before in starfleet, even in the academy." *His tone changed from casual to curious, his face changed from casual to curious too, he was intrigued by it.*

Lt. JG Immikie Ritztekoo 07-Oct-20 03:35 AM

“Oh! I’m Lekrikoo. There aren’t many of us around Starfleet as most of ‘em are comfortable staying with Cartrefflyd... That’s the name of the place we live... Or places, I should say. It’s a fleet of ships! Some small... Some big... Couple *really* big. I was born and first worked on E-5, a ship that built the real big parts for other ships when we had enough to make a new ship! Made machinery when not doing that.” *Immikie reached up and pulled her worn helmet off her head and held it up, turning it around to show the lower right side of it where some kind of rectangular insignia with five lines cutting into the bottom right corner about halfway up the shape could be seen.* “I walked into the Academy all cocky-like thinking that’d make it a breeze, but *man* did it kick me so hard in the tail I still feel sore! Metaphorically. I learned a lesson in the difference between thinking with your hands, and thinking with your head those days...”

“... But man I still can’t get over how different it is here than it is in Cartrefflyd! It’s... Kind of... Eh, I don’t know how to put it...” *Immikie sighed, ears drooping.*

MT 07-Oct-20 03:46 AM

*He chuckled hearing her academy story, his curious face changed back to the more relaxed and casual one like the previous one. His curiosity was answered, the way they live was interesting in his mind, he couldn't imagine living on a ship since birth even though nowadays countless starfleet citizens are also born and raised on starships.* "My Academy years weren't quite like yours lieutenant, my father is still serving Starfleet as a Commander, he told me everything he knew about the academy, so I came a little bit more prepared" *He recounted his academy past, he belayed the fact that he was one of the brightest students to have graduates his high school, well schools if you count his primary and pre. Even in the Academy he was still one of the brightest cadets, but he didn't like to say that he was that, it was just not in his blood.* "What's wrong with Cartre... Umm, I don't know how to pronounce it, what's wrong with it? By the sound of it, it seems quite an intriguing place, or places to live on. It's pretty much like children that are born whose parents are serving onboard this kind of starfleet vessel." (edited)

Lt. JG Immikie Ritztekoo 07-Oct-20 04:00 AM

“Oh, nothings wrong with it! I love Cartrefflyd; Car-Tre-Fleed. Everything I am now came from home; that’s why I keep this dinked up bucket! It’s who I am- and pretty much a religious thing, even though we don’t really have religion! I guess it’s just... Well, I grew up being taught things very differently than the way Starfleet runs it. I’ve adapted of course, and Starfleet culture comes before my culture... With some exceptions...” *Immikie knocks on her helmet after putting it back on,* “but I can’t help but feel the weight of those differences putting a little bit of distance between me and people sometimes... Like that doctor earlier! He seemed so bothered by my simple presence, it was... Oh- you’re not the ship councilor! I should be making a better show of emotional reign-in than this! My bad, heheh! Eheh... I wish people wouldn’t trip over me though. *Thats* annoying.” (edited)

MT 07-Oct-20 04:12 AM

"Born and growing up on Earth never gave me the view some people have about other cultures, not that I don't like other cultures or see Terran culture as a superior culture above all, I just haven't got myself exposed to outside culture." *He exclaimed, he has been standing and looking down at her for awhile so since they were just chatting along and getting to know each other he'd just gonna sit down on the steel floor of the storage and leaned his back onto the wall* "If you don't mind Lieutenant" *He looked at the lieutenant, while sitting down changing his posture, he was off duty so he wasn't supposed to be all formal, besides they were talking things irrelevant to their duties, for now.* "Which doctor Ma'am? The Chief of Medical?" *He let out a laugh as soon as he made that guess.* "He's always like that Lieutenant, no one I know have ever made him smile, grumpy as always" *He laughed again and it was his last laugh wiping the little tears of his eyes.* "I'm not the ship's counselor but trust me I don't think your presence going to be a burden at all, if it does why are you here with those pips on your collar and that insignia on your chest?" *He pointed out the two distinctive starfleet insignias on the lieutenant's yellow-grey uniform.*

Lt. JG Immikie Ritztekoo 07-Oct-20 04:25 AM

*Immikie sat down cross-legged on the floor when she saw Rudy do it, and she pulled her helmet off of her head and put it in her lap so that she could cross her arms over it.* “Oh I don’t think I’m going to be a burden either- in fact, I think picking some Lekrikoo talent to help work this ship was a pretty smart pick, though I’ll save the rest of *that* bluster for *after* I do something worth it! Eheh. Still! I can handle being different, even if it is a little lonely sometimes. If I wanted power, rank, prestige, or any of that stuff- I’d stay on Cartrefflyd. I’m here because I knew that if I stayed home, I’d never go anywhere else... And after pissing my pants thinking we were all about to get shot to bits for that incident during First Contact? Well yeah, it might’ve been scary for that first week or two, but afterwards... Well, I don’t know if you’ve read up on us at all, but that was the first time we’ve had positive alien contact in a *really* long time that didn’t end in someone trying to kill us or betray us. Something like that makes you want to experience who that other person is, you know?”

“... And don’t laugh at me for being that scared, I was a child.”

MT 07-Oct-20 04:35 AM

"This is, believe it or not, my first time ever knowing about your species Lieutenant, I'm not really into learning xeno life back in the Academy and as you may know your species is considered... Well, no offense, minor in the federation's categorization, and as you know we only required to know and read major species in the federation." *He answered her somewhat of a question, again he never chose any xeno studies, only those that were required to knoe for a starfleet cadet.* "Don't worry lieutenant I've seen worse, there was this one time I saw a cadet peed his pants in a Holodeck training back on my cadet cruise." *He chuckled* "By the way Lieutenant, back when you were at the academy, what specialty did you choose to partake?" *He asked curiously, changing his face to his previous curious face.* (edited)

Lt. JG Immikie Ritztekoo 07-Oct-20 04:45 AM

“Pff- Listen, if you pointed at a species who’s entire civilization is just a big fleet of big ships and tried to call them ‘major’ compared to you all with a ton of colonies and planets and stuff, I’d probably thing you were wrong! Eheheh. Hey, we know how politics works. Lekrikoo don’t care about being a big political power or anything like that; we just do what Lekrikoo do! But, yeah. I know my reasons for being here aren’t exactly glorious, but it’s the truth; I’m here simply because I want to be part of a world I didn’t otherwise know existed. If Starfleet was the same as Cartrefflyd, I’d be disappointed! Mheheh... Oh! My academy courses? Well I handled through engineering and got my butt kicked by Warp Design and Statistical Mechanics. I also did Warp Theory and Robotics; that last one was the easiest though. Lekrikoo dont have technology that takes your hands off the task as available as you guys do, but while you might say that makes us less effective, that just means we have a more intimate understanding of the stuff we’re getting our hands on! What about you?”

“Ugh, talking about the amount of time I spent rolling around in the academy makes me feel old... And I’m still in good breeding years! Granted in the next decade or two I’ll probably be saddling up for augmentations... But- Nevermind all of that, tell me about your courses!”

MT 07-Oct-20 05:04 AM

"As of me I don't even care about politics, your cause is reasonable in my eyes and I hope we humans don't treat you as just small furry beings that couldn't think, cause *boy..* there is a lot of us that do." *those humans who did set a bad example for humans, that was why he personally disliked them, but he can't disliked them so much as if he put himself in their way of defining intelligence, it's reasonable.* "My courses were boring compere to you Lieutenant, I always wanted to go for engineering, but I wanted to make my father proud so I picked Tactical over it. First course I picked was 'Leadership' one of the must pick extra course, but my first major course was Strategy and Tactics, second was Tactical Analysis my third was Command and Control, and last fourth was Survival Strategy, though I didn't rank one or two when I passed it in the first half of year three but I was in the top six in all classes expect survival, got out at eleven. The end of year three was especially challenging for me, my father recommended me for the Advanced Tactical Training, only about sixteen out of sixty or so passed the course. Took a cadet cruise onboard USS Intrepid and now here I am talking to you." *He recounted his past in the Academy.*

Lt. JG Immikie Ritztekoo 07-Oct-20 05:15 AM

“And while you all do that, I’ll show you guys that us Lekrikoo aren’t as chaotic and rowdy as we seem! Quite the opposite, actually... Though I doubt Starfleet will ever allow two crew mates to smack their heads together as a greeting.” *Immikie snickered, but then quieted herself down to listen to Rudy talk about his history both in the academy and their prior posting without interruption, nodding along the way and speaking up after they finished.* “Sounds like you’ve got a talent for it then, with how high you’re saying you scored! Honestly? I feel a little weird having a higher rank than someone who passed a leadership course with flying colors... But Starfleet ranks work differently that way! I used to be posted on a science vessel called Evening, but uh... It crashed. Us in engineering stopped it from being fatal, but... *phew* it was a rough several weeks. Stuck on a world with a toxic atmosphere, making sure the warp core didn’t blow us all up and trying to keep what was left in the ship pressurized... I had to work outside and my protective equipment broke on me; I’d be dead if I wasn’t Lekrikoo. We’ve got a pretty hardy constitution, Y’know! Don’t challenge me to a drinking contest~.” *Immikie snickered, looking towards the door.* “We worked together to turn what should’ve been an ‘everyone died’ situation into a... Less fatal but still kind of fatal situation. I was told I did a good job, as were the rest of us... But we still lost people. I’ll work my fingers till they bleed before anything like that happens again while I’m around- you can bet that.”

“... Can we go somewhere more comfortable?”

MT 07-Oct-20 05:25 AM

"Well, I didn't pick the Command major that's the first explanation, and second, I just graduated about a year ago maybe even less, we know we can't just jump from Cadet to Lieutenant or something equal." *He doubted that he will ever be promoted in a very short amount of time, even if he stayed with his work effectiveness, he thought it would take him at least a year and a half if he would ever be promoted.* "I know it's bad but I must say, it sounds adventurous, challenging and I like challenges, and well besides the whole life and death situation I'd probably craving for experience such as that." *He chuckled, he wasn't kidding when he would want to be in a situation like that but it would be in the best of all if that kind of situation didn't happen to this ship.* "Well my quarters is always empty, my roommate hardly come around to our quarters, don't know why, or we could go to your quarters if you wanted to, either way I'm fine."

Lt. JG Immikie Ritztekoo 07-Oct-20 05:29 AM

“Oh don’t get me wrong, I felt a thrill I’ve never felt before in my entire life! There was something *exhilarating* about it... But if I’m gonna feel that feeling again, I’d rather it not come with a funeral afterwards. Granted it was also terrifying... But uh, I’m alive now? So that’s good! Eheh... Oh, I was thinking about going to whatever recreational spot you guys have on this ship. I’m cool with the rooms, though! I haven’t met my roommate yet so I don’t know how they’d feel about guests...”

MT 07-Oct-20 05:37 AM

"Well we could go to the arboretum on deck five or we could go for post observation lounge also on deck five, again either way I'm fine with it" *He tried to remember the decks of those things he just mentioned, due to his coma he had never visited them before and the only times he had visited deck five were today and a month ago when he boarded the ship the day the unfortunate incident involving him and the fever took place.* "Since you're the lieutenant and is superior to me please.. You choose" *He grinned*

Lt. JG Immikie Ritztekoo 07-Oct-20 11:48 AM

(I was rping in my phone in bed and I fell asleep my bad)

Lt. JG Immikie Ritztekoo 07-Oct-20 07:08 PM

"Oh I hate being given the burden of choice for things like this!" *Immikie playfully whined, getting up with a small chuckle.* "Well, I've spent *plenty* of time looking at stars... I suppose the arbor... Uh... Ar-bor-ee-tum, Arboretum! Right. Yeah, that place works! Don't get me wrong; space is fun, but i'd never been on a planet before in my life until i went to join the Academy. Nature's got it's charms, even if I prefer ship life."

@MT

(figured id ping you to let you know im home now)

MT 07-Oct-20 07:15 PM

"Well being first assistant you will have a lot of decision making in the future ma'am" *He chuckled lightly as she chuckled, he listened to her and she chose the arboretum, he hadn't been there before so this is going to be his first and safe to assume her first too.* "Very well then," *He slowly stood up getting his balance, supported by his two hands, it's been awhile since he stood, humans are fragile. He looked down at her and put up his smile again.* "Let us then, as they say it in earth ladies first" *He chuckled gesturing her to go first, but then he remembered, she was new to the ship.* "Belay that, I'd assume you don't know in which part of deck five is it on do you?" *He chuckled lightly* "Come" *He gestured her to follow him as he head for the door.*

(It's totally fine, and thanks for the ping haha

Lt. JG Immikie Ritztekoo 07-Oct-20 07:19 PM

"Oh, those decisions I'm absolutely good with! Throw whatever engineering problem you've got my way and I'll start giving you my answer before you even finish saying "what do we do?" But, ask me what kind of food we should get that night? You've got me trapped waist-deep in indecision! Nheheh..." *Immikie went out the door when Rudy offered despite what the man had just said was indeed true. Instead of wandering off she at least stopped and waited for him to exit, before following herself.*

MT 07-Oct-20 07:22 PM

*He went out and caught up to her, from the storage room through the hallway (skipping hallway channel) straight for the lift.*

Lt. JG Immikie Ritztekoo 07-Oct-20 07:24 PM

*And she went straight for the lift with him!*

Narrator BOT 22-Jan-21 06:01 AM

*This area is almost entirely destroyed.*

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