driftfleet | attempting to engineer new things doesn't always end well

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attempting to engineer new things doesn't always end well

Who: Ezri Dax and you!
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Caprine
When: 6/5

[Awhile back, she'd toyed with the idea of building a replicator in the hopes of making clothes and more palatable food available to the fleet. And it had taken since about then for Ezri to find all the parts she would need. It might not be incredibly efficient at first but she could improve it gradually once she finished.

Off and on over a couple weeks, she worked at it in the cargo bay and, today, she turns on her communicator with a smile.]

I've been working on a little project lately and I should finish today, I thought I'd share my progress.

[She sets it down, tilted towards the device she's working on and gets back to work. About ten minutes later there's a loud BANG and the immediate area starts filling with smoke. She's quick to smother the cause and then mutters a curse.]

I've been a scientist and and engineer- that should have worked.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[No, he never has to worry about being stabbed \o/ ]

That is good to hear. It would be a shame for such an exquisite building to vanish into history. Though with it housing the royal family, I don't think it would really go anywhere.

[Who doesn't know about the French Revolution for 100 points. ]

[Oh. Oh dear Lumiere.]

I'm not sure it's housing much of anyone actually. There are no royal families on Earth anymore.

[He'll just remain in blissful ignorance. It's fiiiine. ]

...None at all? What happened to them all?

...Not even England? [Those snobby bastards are always around. ]

I'm sure descendants still carry on but United Earth doesn't need different countries and families vying for power. So after First Contact and the formation of United Earth, they're lead by the Prime Minister.

Oh, how...interesting. [So weird. SO WEIRD. ] So there is...one person? In charge of all of Earth?

More or less. Each country has a leader to handle politics there but the Prime Minister handles the affairs of Earth in general.

What an interesting way to run things. And there is no in-fighting because of this?

None. At least not anymore. Global unification is necessary for members of the Federation. And, I think, after World War Three, conflicts among the countries of Earth came to a halt.

...There were three world wars????

Unfortunately. [She won't mention the Eugenics Wars being tacked onto WW3.]

After that though, the only wars Earth was really involved with were with other species.

[Best not, his mind is blown enough as it is. ]

So...with other planets? [Earth, can you stop fighting all the damn time? Come on. ]

[She feels a little bad.]

A couple of them. Otherwise, conflicts that come up by my time are the Federation and Starfleet against other people. [Can't stop won't stop]

[At least he likes learning? There's that. ]

So your people are military as well? [He's trying, he really is. ]

[Definitely helps.]

Not really. We'll fight if we have to but we try to be... above that? If we can.

I understand. You mostly exist for peace, no? That is...a noble duty to have.

We try to. The entire point of symbiosis among our culture is to learn and understand more, to experience new things. We can't exactly avoid war but we aren't go to seek it out.

That sounds like quite the wonderful way to learn. That way, nothing ever gets lost, memory is a living thing then. It can't really die or be forgotten. It's...very nice.

[He nods.]

Good. War never leads to anything good, if you can avoid it, it is the best course of action.

And none of us are ever really forgotten, we live on in our symbiont.

[She feels like he'd manage in Starfleet pretty well. Not entirely sure what he'd do though.]

It doesn't but sometimes they give us no choice.

I am glad for that. To think, hundreds of years from now, you can still live on in someone else. That means that beautiful smile of yours will never be forgotten, hmm?

[Anything with diplomacy. He's got a Grade A in calming moody royals down. ]

No. Sometimes, it is the only option left. A shame, but that's how it is.

[Her cheeks go a little pink.] I hope the next Dax inherits that. Everyone says they can see Jadzia in my eyes.

[They could use more diplomats.]

It really is a shame. So many good people end up lost.

[Oh, how he adores that. ] Truly? Then they are fortunate to have such lovely eyes carried onward.

[The charming will never stop, but at least it's genuine. ]

It truly is.

[Did he want the blush to stay? Because it is.] At least I know they're lovely.

[It'll just make her sad he's a candle.]

[Yes. Yes he does. ] Oh yes, they are très jolis. I could look at them all day and never tired of them.

[Oh good because the blush probably won't fade for awhile now.] I don't think I've ever heard anyone say that before.

No? [He sounds genuinely surprised by this. ] That is practically a crime. I will have to make up for it by letting you know every day.

[He's not even kidding. She will get that message in her inbox now every damn day without fail, ]

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