Alex Rory Rogan is looking for some peace of mind. (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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ten_fwd2016-01-01 10:06 pm
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Dream a Little Dream
Who: Alex Rogan and OTA
What: Thinking, being sociable, and generally being Alex.
Where: Ten Forward
When: Evening
Status: Ongoing
Rating: TBD
Alex Rory Rogan was humming to himself, and enjoying himself. He had been studying, of late, and trying his best to see how close he could come to Starfleet Engineer certified without actually taking the course. The PADD full of old Enterprise data and specs helped, a lot, as did what information was commercially and imperatively available in the Federation. Alex was also starting something new, trading a little bit of time as a speaker on certain forums for some credits, and in turn investing those in a few ideas he had. He knew that likely those would go nowhere, but he had to try.
In the meantime, today, he was not studying. His PADDs, several still active, lay scattered about his table. In the center, the finishing touches being applied by his steady hands, was a scaled-down model of the Enterprise D. It wasn't an exact duplicate of a standard model of the ship, instead incorporating some of what he had learned of the other Enterprise. That made it interesting to wonder what would work and what wouldn't
It rested on a dock which was charging it's batteries as he finished tightening some components. Then, after one more inspection, Alex lifted the control device and pressed the red start button. With a hum, the Enterprise rose from the dock, anti-gravity thrusters propelling it away and into the air.
As he had before with previous models, Alex sent the ship above the crowd of people's heads, well, most of them. He called an apology as he narrowly missed the head of a Edoan, who just grinned, now being used to this. The Enterprise slowly did a urn over his head as he checked the controls, then started forth along the length of the room. Flying stately just under the ceiling, Alex split his attention between watching it directly and watching the PADD screen which showed the views form two mounted cameras on the model. This allowed him to maneuver it as if he was in the cockpit.
He grinned. This was awesome!
What: Thinking, being sociable, and generally being Alex.
Where: Ten Forward
When: Evening
Status: Ongoing
Rating: TBD
Alex Rory Rogan was humming to himself, and enjoying himself. He had been studying, of late, and trying his best to see how close he could come to Starfleet Engineer certified without actually taking the course. The PADD full of old Enterprise data and specs helped, a lot, as did what information was commercially and imperatively available in the Federation. Alex was also starting something new, trading a little bit of time as a speaker on certain forums for some credits, and in turn investing those in a few ideas he had. He knew that likely those would go nowhere, but he had to try.
In the meantime, today, he was not studying. His PADDs, several still active, lay scattered about his table. In the center, the finishing touches being applied by his steady hands, was a scaled-down model of the Enterprise D. It wasn't an exact duplicate of a standard model of the ship, instead incorporating some of what he had learned of the other Enterprise. That made it interesting to wonder what would work and what wouldn't
It rested on a dock which was charging it's batteries as he finished tightening some components. Then, after one more inspection, Alex lifted the control device and pressed the red start button. With a hum, the Enterprise rose from the dock, anti-gravity thrusters propelling it away and into the air.
As he had before with previous models, Alex sent the ship above the crowd of people's heads, well, most of them. He called an apology as he narrowly missed the head of a Edoan, who just grinned, now being used to this. The Enterprise slowly did a urn over his head as he checked the controls, then started forth along the length of the room. Flying stately just under the ceiling, Alex split his attention between watching it directly and watching the PADD screen which showed the views form two mounted cameras on the model. This allowed him to maneuver it as if he was in the cockpit.
He grinned. This was awesome!
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"How long have you been aboard the good ship Enterprise?"
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"A few months now, spent most of it trying to figure out how to get back to where I was, which was apparently a waste of time. So if I'm here it's time to get to know the natives I guess." She shrugged and gestured for a server. "And how about you Alex? Having fun here in deep space?"
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"How do you like it, here? And yeah, a lot of us keep trying to figure things out, but so far nothing works." He rubbed his face. "We have time travelers and wizards and scientists, and... lots of people trying." He shook his head. "Someday, it'll work."
He grinned at her. "Hell, yes! I mean, I didn't really leave much behind. I'd left home long ago, and only visited once in a great long while. And I had recently retired from anything like a normal job, so... while I wish i hadn't been sleeping for 300 years, I kind of dig learning all the new things, and the new tech here."
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"I know that feeling, there wasn't anything left for me when I got pulled to this freaky castle place. And well looks like anything there isn't going to be brought here. Beginning to think that I have some kind of magnet for weird places." But this guy slept for 300 years? "You look well rested though." There was that grin again.
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"Maybe so. At least this weird place has some awesome people in it?" And he chuckled. "Yeah. I felt like I had just woken up from a nap. A bit of a shock, really, to find out how much later it was. I'm pretty sure most of the people I knew wont come here."
He tapped his p.a.d.d., then shook his head. "I like it here, though. The tech, the things to learn, and the people." He grinned at her, warm. "And you? What've you been doing to stay occupied?"
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"It does, I haven't really gotten out much. I got used to being sort of a loaner before. Being social is kinda of new." Omega didn't count and church...well whole other thing there.
She watched him and his obvious enjoyment of all things new and techy. "I've been working out a lot. I am, I was a soldier back home. I spent some time in this other place before here. It was..just weird and totally not anywhere as advanced as this place. I keep waiting for another world change or something." Jesus, she really hadn't been doing much of anything.
"And now that i say it out loud that sounds pretty pathetic."
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He canted his head to the side, thinking. "Well, if you would like, you can always bother me." He flushed. "Er, if you like. I can always use new friends."
He waved a hand at her. "That's not pathetic. We all take different amounts of time to adjust. I still sometimes don't believe I'm here."