
Nyco looking even more stern than usual in the light of her flashlight beam

Nyco looking even more stern than usual in the light of her flashlight beam

“They were guarding crates of…batteries?”

Nyco’s face appreciation post

Nyco looks permanently peeved at everyone and I love it

Isn’t answering a distress call what got us into this mess in the first place? Ah, but we are Starfleet, and that’s what we do.

Well, hello there Thion.
From everything I’ve read and heard, I thought Vulcan would be unbearably hot and dry, but it is actually really pleasant. It’s quiet here. Peaceful. The wind wraps around me like a comforting embrace, and the dirt cushions my feet as I climb. It’s difficult to imagine anything bad happening, from the warmth and solitude of a high place on Vulcan.

“How soon will we be on Vulcan, Jalyr?”
“Not long, now, Captain.”
Nyco grinned privately behind the Bajoran’s seat at the console, remembering how not so long ago, they were both practicing at the Academy flight simulators for hours.
“Don’t crash it.”
Jalyr Sol tossed an irritated glance back at her, before wiping it back off his face in favor of his more professional, concentrating stare, “Of course not, Captain. I’m an excellent pilot.”
“I couldn’t resist teasing you.” Nyco took her seat next to him, “after all, I remember the first time we flew together in the holodeck.”
Jalyr groaned, “don’t remind me!”
“Hey, Sol. It’s just us here for the next half hour or so,” Nyco smiled at him, “Relax. This assignment is going to be a breeze compared to the last one.”
“It better be,” Jalyr grumbled, but the tension left his forehead, “the last one put me in sickbay for a week. Not that I am complaining. It was my own fault for saving your life. Prophets know I’d do it all again. Don’t think I wouldn’t. In fact, I probably will have to, at some point.”
Nyco frowned, “don’t go looking for trouble.”
“Of course,” Jalyr shrugged, “like you said, this mission should be easy.”

The new bridge crew of the Pioneer. Captain Nyco, the holographic Thion, the Cardassian science officer Linesa Ghemor (grandniece of Tekeny), the Bajoran first officer and Nyco’s best friend Jalyr Sol, and the Ferengi engineer Firing (it was his default name ok, I had to keep it).

We met the Borg.
It’s only my first day and I have lost Captain Quincy to the Klingons, nearly lost the ship and my best friend, and engaged the Borg.
So much for calm.