Before they faced the Delta Quadrant, they had to conquer San Francisco. Follow Cadets Icheb, Maren O'Connor, John Quigley, and their friends and rivals as they fight for the honor of being called Starfleet Officers.
Before they faced the Delta Quadrant, they had to conquer San Francisco. The story of Icheb's, Maren O'Connor's and John Quigley's first year together at Starfleet Academy.
Eighteen-year-old John Quigley has waited a lifetime for an opportunity to get away from his self-destructive mother's cycle of abuse. Starfleet Academy is his dream escape, but when he fails to make the cut, he must decide whether to endure another year of hell in exchange for one more chance.
Winner:
No One Wins All the Time Challenge
It's 2379, and Cadet 3rd-Class John Quigley's Starfleet career is about to end before it begins ... until help arrives from an unexpected source. �Sometimes it's good to have friends -- or friends-of-friends -- in high places.
(Rated T for language.)
Winner: Friendship ChallengeThere's the family you're born with. And the family you choose.
Transitions can be awkward.
March 2381 -- For two and a half years, Maren O’Connor has been the primary source of acceptance and encouragement in Icheb’s life at Starfleet Academy. They’re so close people call them “The Collective” – but what happens when they’re forced to be apart?
(My entry for the "Outside the Comfort Zone" Weekly Prompt)
Cadet John Quigley is weeks away from achieving his hard-won dream: escaping the reach of his troubled, abusive mother by becoming a Starfleet officer.
Breaking free is all he's ever wanted. So why does it hurt so much?
(My entry for the "Under the Weather" Weekly Prompt.)
Companion piece to Separation Anxiety from Maren O'Connor's point-of-view. Inspired by a request from Lil black dog.
John Quigley's life so far, measured by the noses he's smashed in anger -- and those he managed to refrain from breaking.
Written for the April 2014 "Innocence" Challenge
Trigger warnings: Substance abuse, domestic violence, child neglect.
Child, weapon, drone, free, murderer, negotiator, refugee, friend, savior, student, lover, beloved.
Icheb has been all of these things and more in just 23 short years. Here are seven vignettes that tell the story.
Written for the 2014 TToT Ficlet Flashdance Challenge
There are three tests every cadet dreads: The Kobayashi Maru, the "face your fears" psych test, and the survival test. The first one demoralizes you, the second one scares you, and the third one tries to kill you. Make it through all three, and interstellar exploration seems tame in comparison.
When Maren O'Connor takes her survival test, she's determined to last until the bitter, icy end. Still high on her Daystrom win, she's confident that with a bit of engineering magic, she can survive just about anything -- even the frozen hellscape of Earth's North Pole.
Little does she know, she's not just working against the elements -- she's working against a Starfleet Command-sanctioned conspiracy ...
... little does Starfleet Command know, they're not the only ones good at conspiring.
Maren O'Connor has other commitments.
Seven scenes between 100 and 500 words. Some connect, some don't. Just seven random moments in the life of Maren O'Connor, eventual chief engineer of the USS Tesseract.
Written for the Twelve Trials of Triskelion Ficlet Flashdance 2013.
Written for the TToT 2015 Daily Prompt Challenge. One-shots featuring characters from Star Trek: Tesseract and Tesseract: The Academy Years, dealing with certain themes.
Day One: Wisdom
Day Two: Fairness
Day Three: Grace
Day Four: Melancholy
Day Five: Distance
Day Six: Generosity
Day Seven: Perseverance
