Chain 201: Star Trek

Chain 201: Star Trek

Location: NCC-1701 USS Enterprise
Age: 33
Identity: [-50] Human, Stowaway (Drop-In)
Drawbacks: [+600] Anomaly Magnet, That's My Q

[Free]      Skill: Diplomat
[50/1550]   Adaptable
[350/1550]  Incomparable Reputation
[650/1550]  Miracle Worker: Diplomat
[950/1550]  Certain Mitigating Circumstances
[1550/1550] Rank Insignia: Lieutenant Commander

Ten years aboard the Enterprise. Or five, anyway, considering the five year mission and all that. Not something I honestly expected, but perhaps the fates smiled upon me. Well, as a relative thing. Apparently the insanity that the Enterprise got up to was understated, if anything - some of the crew was rotated onto and off of the ship on its various visits to Federation stations, though I ended up doing my best to talk us all out of problems when they came about. And boy, did they ever come about.

One of the bigger divergent points was that I ended up being tapped to head to the surface of a particular planet when the navigator and the captain disappeared from the bridge of the ship. Trelane was the one at fault, and he twigged to me being interesting immediately, laughing when I told him that I was just along for the ride. Things progressed and I didn't give any particular spoilers, because the results likely would have been not to anyone's liking, but... well, when you get the attention of a nigh-omnipotent being, it's not something that goes away.

Trelane's godfather visited me after that, and we had... many discussions. And, being a human yet having power beyond most of them, I was chosen as a representative of humanity to prove that its existence was worthwhile. My ability to see across time amused Q, though he pointed out that even if he wasn't able to easily think outside of three dimensional terms he'd know because I knew, so cheating was against the rules. And there were a great many things that were changed. I kept most of my otherworldly abilities under wraps, of course, though Q's "tests" often made me want to do otherwise - but really, the only major difference was that I cut down on the pointless deaths a bit, things otherwise going as they would have for the crew.

However, I maintain that one time of him tricking me into thinking that I was back at home was dirty pool, especially when the end result was the senior staff learning that I could do magic but didn't because something something prime directive.

After the Enterprise's first five year mission concluded, there were a few exciting events that happened. The incident with V'ger, which I didn't touch with a ten foot pole other than to do my job... but after that last bit of insanity, I transferred out. It turned out that I had attracted attention within Starfleet as well, however, in particular the attention of a part of Starfleet that didn't officially exist (but did actually already exist in this universe). I found this quite amusing, all considered, but a lot of what I did here was a matter of cleaning up their act. To paraphrase what I said in the last iteration of this universe I visited... Section 31 may be a necessary evil, but that doesn't mean that their sins are excused. If they must do evil, they should do the least possible amount.

Beyond that? Once I'd transferred off the Enterprise, I played up the part of introducing various things that made life in the Federation easier. I'd claimed the invention of medi-gel, which saved many an away team's life and worked surprisingly well on phaser burns, but there were many other things. Protein resequencing is nice when you're on a ship, but figuring out how to produce the equivalent of hydromiel and lembas bread for rations makes for much more palatable ration packs. (Thanks, Articial Alloys!) And giving a few nudges where I could to make better transporters was not unwelcome either - it's amazing what you can put together when you've got enough intelligence to put a polymath to shame. Not to mention omni-tools; sure, they didn't see widespread use while I was there, but they were useful enough in the field, if nothing else. Each a small change, but enough small changes can become a large help in the long run.

Also, before the end, Q took me to the mirror universe only to be disappointed that it didn't create a copy of me. It's okay though; the two of us called it a mulligan, then spent a week on vacation, sightseeing.

Sure, he's a pain in the ass, but he's a pretty good guy, that Q.