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08/03/10(Tue)19:22 No.11511418For some reason, as he entered the commands into the computer to fire (with its atrociously childish sounds as the buttons were pressed), Flavius' mind flashed back to his first day on the Enterprise, a week ago.
He'd been in the galley, and despite these Federation values of "acceptance," no one sat at the table with him. Admittedly, no one else wore constant battle armor, was eight feet tall, and required three chairs and entire side of the table.
After a few minutes alone, looking over a PADD of Starfleet protocols the Brother-Captain had advised him to read, the dark-skinned Tech-Priest wandered over, and sat across the table.
"Hiya!" he said, extending his hand. "Name's La Forge."
"Greetings." Commander Flavius shook the hand. Fortunately, he'd had experiences with regular Guardsmen, and knew to use a fraction of his strength even when unarmored. As it was, in full armor, La Forge was lucky Crusher wasn't needed.
"May I ask you something, Tech-Priest?" the commander asked casually.
"Uh, sure."
"Why are you so... unaltered? I am aware cybernetic enhancements are considered standard and necessary amongst the Omnisessiah's chosen, but while my own experiences with them have been limited, it was my impression that having nothing except artificial eyes is conisdered to be the barest of minimums."
"Uh... in the Federation, engineers don't normally have artificial body parts unless their real ones are destroyed somehow."
"Oh. I assume you lost your eyes in battle? Perhaps with the Klingons?"
"No, uh, I was born blind."
"Ah." The room fell silent as they did; apparently, everyone was listening to their conversation. Flavius poked at the "replicated meat" and "synthehol." He suspected it was a good thing that one of his chapter had been sent, and not a Space Wolf.
"So tell me, commander, what, uh, 'chapter' you're from?"
"I am Battle-Brother Marcius Flavius of the Imperial Fists." |