...my bad! I often have two or three or elevnty-seven things going on at the same time in my brain and the thoughts get tangled on the way out.

No worries about a minor mistake like day of the week in the posts, though. It's happened to all of us at some time or another, I'm sure.

Foogle you, Guckmail!

...Callie's tutoring Meg? That's adoreable!

Also - re: "other endeavours" - Me too!!!  We've let those two sit for far too long.

Stardate 2365.05.15
USS Peregrine, Bridge - 1417

As the Nav panel winked for attention, Commander Zai glanced in its direction and, with a faint tip of his head and tap of a finger, acknowledged the message. The fingers on his other hand reached for the panel dedicated to engine control and dragged expertly across its surface, bringing the warp engines down. “Captain,” he announced as the Peregrine emerged from hyperspace, “we have reached the calican System.”

“Thank you, Tochi,” Drake responded.

“Our pleasure, sir,”  the Trill returned, his gaze lifting to the viewscreen to take in the expanse of stars, planets, and moons, there.

“Lt Ferrero,” Silas continued at Zai’s back, “locate the navigational beacon, please, and relay the coordinates to the helm.

Once you have those, Tochi, take us there at one quarter impulse.”

“Aye, Captain,” he chorused with the OPS Chief, bringing the Impulse Control System online.

Ferrero located the beacon in short order and shunted them to the CONN while Drake hailed engineering. Upon receiving the coordinates, Tochi cued them into the Nav panel, plotted a course, and made a few calculations. Behind him, the business-like bridge chatter continued…

"Lieutenant Ferrero, once you have the beacon located, please perform a complete system scan,” the Captain directed, ‘It is my understanding that Calican II is the inhabited world here, and our beacon should be well beyond their detection range, but I would like to avoid any probes or similar devices that they may have deployed."

“Aye, sir,” Ander replied with little inflection.

"Very well," Silas mused. "We will do this one by the book. A hopefully rapid repair operation, then out of the system with absolutely no interference with the culture here—in full accordance with the Prime Directive."

“Captain,” the COO piped in almost immediately, “I believe that the Calican’s have launched a long-range satellite. I calculate that it will be within range of detecting our beacon within a few days. Three, to be more exact.”

Should give us plenty of time, Tochi figured, wondering if some consideration might be given to possibly finding a way to cloak the beacon before they left system.

...His calculations complete and course laid in, Tochi pushed the impulse engines up to the requested velocity. “Engaging at one quarter impulse,” he reported, “ETA to the nav-beacon: eighteen-point-two-three minutes.” The view on the main screen panned as Peregrine slid smoothly on to his plotted course.

((OOC: The ETA is based on a few assumptions I made as to the beacon’s distance from our arrival point. If 18 minutes and change seems too long or too short a time, let me know and I’ll gladly change.))

Thank you, Captain.

Spent last night on other endeavours but will do my best to get a post going for this, today.

Out of curiostiy, what's the distance between Peregrine's present location and the inhabited planet in the Calican system?

Cake, of course... Unless you're Nyx; that's a whole other kettle of fish.

Why do birds suddenly appear, every time that you're near?

They Trolli for them in the Baltic Sea, of course.

Why are there only pennies from heaven and not more substantial denominations?

I've said it before and I'll say it again... Hell, I'd spray paint it on a water tower is the can wouldn't freeze solid... I'm soooo glad you're back, Meri! I've missed writing with you!

And, yeah, Megan is fun! For someone who was designed as a "throw away character," in the beginning, she quickly developed into one of my favorites. I'm super happy she survived the dice-roll of doom that wiped out half of FC.

Here's hoping that OPS and ENG have considered this...

...cat-folk are cuddly, adoreable, and dangerous. They tend to garner a bit of attention.

Also- I was just looking at the roster and noticed that we actually have 3 Caitians on the crew. How did I miss that before now?

Oh my! That was certainly entertaining... Poor Aoife!  ...aaaand, now I'm inspired to follow it up with a bit from Megan.

Things like that can sometimes be easy to miss when posts are flying.

...is on the first page of this Q&A thread Alverstar; under the heading "Department Schedules".

...it was definitely watchable (though I do admit to skipping the theme song every single time following episode 1), and I agree that Archer was a much more enjoyable Captain than Janeway (I've been a fan of Bakula for a looooong time, though) and Trip was a hoot! I didn't mind looking at T'Pol, either.

I've even changed my mind where Discovery is concerned of late.

At Roger's recommendation, I may even give Lower Decks a go.

...I have a feeling that our poor Betazoid Doc is gonna end up being an impromptu Counselor, as much as an MD. Apologies in advance, Pekka, my man!

Wrath of Khan and Search for Spock are solid choices for introducing the littles to Trek, I think. Good on ya, Meri!

Wicked

Welcome aboard, Doc!

Great post!

1. Most recently watched TV show: As of this post, WandaVision

2. Favorite Fictional Setting: Drasnia/Audalis

3. Do you wear glasses: For reading on occasion

4. What movie can you watch over and over without getting tired of it: The Equalizer, Boondock Saints

5. Favorite MLB baseball team: Don't have one

6. Pets:  Frankenbeans the pit bull baby

7. Coffee or Tea:  Both. Depends on my mood.

8. Weirdest Dream: It had something to do with ostriches and hats and someone carrying a horse

9.  Baby Yoda or Grogu?  Grogu

10.  Current Temperature wherever you are located?  12 degrees F

11. How did you choose your username for the Inn? Well, I was working on the start of a story called The Tale of the Wishgranter and needed an elvish name for one of the lead characters. So, I plugged my real name into an Elven name generator and it spit out "Eol Fefalas." I was early on in writing that tale when I joined the Inn and figured "meh, why not use that?"

12. Hobbies beside playing at the Inn: Drawing, canoeing, woodworking, piddling around with music (harmonica, drums, a bit of guitar)

13.Favorite character you have played to date (either on the Inn or elsewhere):

Slippers

...you forgot to add a question of your own.

You are correct! The 15th is a Friday.