On the Holodeck [Open]

[whistles_loudly]

In a way, Pike was glad that Kirk was no longer on the Enterprise. He was sure, once he managed to get his holodeck project up and running, the only person that would be using it more than him would be Kirk. Sure, Picard's Enterprise was nice, but in Pike's opinion, it paled in comparison to his own ship.

When the Holodeck doors opened, Pike was greeted by the sights and sounds of the Enterprise he captained for much less time than he originally thought. It was almost perfect, aside from the smell, but how does one program a smell into a computer program?

If anyone wandered into the holodeck, they'd find one very nostalgic Pike looking out of the 'viewscreen' at his favorite part of the solar system, Saturn and it's rings.

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[the_tailor_spy]

He had wandered in, prepared to load up his usual 'work' program, one for designing fabric without wasting any of his replicator resources.

But he sees the other man, and stops.

"Ah, it appears I am in the wrong holodeck. Do excuse me."

[whistles_loudly]

Pike hadn't seen an alien that looked anything like the man that stood before him at the moment, and he supposed that made sense. In his time the Federation hadn't come out nearly as far as they had now. He was probably part of those 'met later on' species.

But Pike offered a friendly smile, "It's not a problem at all. It's a big bridge."

A big, white, bridge.

[the_tailor_spy]

"That it is," he said, looking around. "Very...bright, though one has to admire the style."

[tript]

Trip entirely forgot his manners at finding himself on the bridge of a futuristic-looking ship, with a view of Saturn.

"This is the biggest bridge I've ever seen," he breathed, still amazed by it. Although he hadn't seen many, so that didn't say much.

As much as what he could see was interesting, he went over to the nearest console and tapped a few buttons.

[whistles_loudly]

Now Trip Tucker was someone Pike was familiar with, at least the history book version of him. He never thought he'd ever have the ability to meet anyone else from the original Enterprise crew besides T'Pol and Jon Archer. But the person that kept that ship running for the very first Federation Mission in space , was amazing to him.

"USS-Enterptise, NCC-1701, she's the Flagship."

[tript]

"Of course she is, with a name like that." He looked up and grinned, comparing the name and number with the Enterprise they were currently on, and coming up with the right answer about the rough age of this one.

"I'm glad there's always going to be an Enterprise in Starfleet."

[impossibilities]

Walking into the holodeck, not expecting anything but the grids of the holomatric, Grainne looked up from her PADD in surprise to find it already occupied. "Ah..." Walking from one ship to an entirely different one was a little bit, just a tiny bit, jarring, but she recovered quickly.

"Ah, excuse me, I didn't realize someone was using the holodeck..." It's a soft apology, but she looked around, curious at the surroundings. She hadn't known ship simulations were available, and then she caught sight of Saturn and openly stared.

[whistles_loudly]

"It's okay."

Then Pike caught sight of her staring at Saturn, "It's pretty isn't it?"

[impossibilities]

"Aah... yes. And a bit frightening. I've never seen it up this close." She blinked, then looked at the space around it and felt a little bit of vertigo. Going near the viewports had gotten her at least a little bit more used to the view of space, but it still reminded her from time to time of the Tower. The planet really helped keep her focus though, and that it was a simulation.

"At least, an image of it up this close. I've seen it many times in the sky."

[oneahn_ayesh]

Ayesh walked into the holodeck, having not realized anyone else was in there. She wore her usual off duty clothes, which meant a quilted black jacket and pants, and a thin shirt, her knapsack over her shoulders. She moved with the balanced ease of someone trained to fight. She was child short, but her face was mature, and there were silver threads in her dark hair.

"Computer," she started, then realized she was not alone. "Never mind," she said, then she bowed deeply to Pike. "My apologies."

She had seemed startled when she noticed him, but it vanished almost immediately, leaving her face a smooth and expressionless mask. Nothing about her betrayed any emotion.

[whistles_loudly]

"It's okay. I probably should have turned the privacy settings on."

In truth, he didn't particularly want to. He was proud of his ship and proud of his work to recreate her.

[oneahn_ayesh]

She nodded once. "They are useful. I can leave you be, if you wish to engage them and have the time to yourself."

[myks]

Myka really did enjoy spending time on the holodeck, mostly because she loved to learn new things. She was passing one of the holodecks when she noticed the light on, but no privacy settings so she stepped inside.

"Oh wow," She breathed out looking around. She saw Pike then. "I'm sorry.... I can go."

[whistles_loudly]

Pike smiled a little, he probably should have remembered to set the privacy settings in the holodeck, but he was proud of his ship, and in some small way wanted to show her off.

"Saturn's my favorite." The way he said it conveyed that she didn't have to go at all.

[myks]

Myka took his speaking to mean that it was safe to enter the Holodeck more fully. She glanced around curiously, only having read about this ship in the databases in the archives.

"I like the moons on Jupiter personally, but Pluto doesn't get enough love in my opinion," She said, walking down the ramp to stand off to the side facing the screen.

"So this was your ship?"