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Side Sim - Holodeck

Posted April 12, 2019, 10:19 p.m. by Lieutenant Sural (Chief Engineer) (Gene Gibbs)

Posted by Lieutenant Sural (Chief Engineer) in Side Sim - Holodeck

Posted by Ensign Oliver Pierce (Engineer) in Side Sim - Holodeck

Posted by Lieutenant Sural (Chief Engineer) in Side Sim - Holodeck
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Sural did not find the holodeck ‘entertaining’. Entertainment, he had come to realize, was something that Terrans and other races indicated they required for various reasons. Most of which took up valuable time. He had ever been humored, if humor was something he could substantively define - more like pondering the irony - of the meaning of the Terran word for entertainment. It originated from an old Terran language that, roughly, meant ‘prevent or barr’ from ‘entering’. Thus entertainment was an acceptable form of action in which they were prevented from entering into their appropriate destiny. Or so Sural had concluded. When he had posed this suggestion to his podmates at the Academy many years ago, one had replied in his Texan drawl, “Surrie, there is an old earth proverb y’all should take to heart. All work and no play makes a Vulcan a dull boy. Or something like that.”

=^= Ensign Pierce, if you are available, would you please attend me in Holodeck 2? =^= Some might suggest that what Sural was considering was entertainment. Sural, of course, would logically consider it to be ‘team building’.
- Sural, CE
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=^= Of course, Lt. Sural! =^= Oliver nearly shouted as he banged his head against the bottom of the shuttle he was finishing up working under. After his vision came back into focus he continued, =^= I’ll be there right away… =^= He did have a couple more things to do, but the phrase ‘Attend me’ sounded like an order.

Oliver quickly made his way to Holodeck 2, his uniform still covered in grease and not tided up at all. He entered, trying to look as natural as possible, which really just made him look nervous. “What, uh, what can I help you with, sir?”

Oliver Pierce, Eng

Sural’s back was to Oliver when he entered, apparently standing there staring into the grid like form of an inactive holodeck. Some seconds passed before he turned slowly to observe the ensign. The problem with a Vulcan is their own strength in a sense - that of a consummate poker face. However, at the same time, if he could be considered to look a touch uncomfortable this was the time. “Mr Pierce, thank you for joining me. I was recently reminded of a time in the Academy where I was in a discussion around ‘fun’.” He appeared to have some trouble with that word. “At the same time I would like to get to know you more. I have researched holodeck patterns of different crews and my findings are that 72% of the time any given person or group will gravitate toward a single program. A favourite as it were. Indeed in my own example, my percentage is 81.6% in activating the same program.”

“I would like, if it is permissible to you, to share your .. favorite. In turn it would please me if you would share mine with me at another time. “

Sural

Oliver was slightly taken aback at the suggestion made by his department head. ‘Taken aback’ was perhaps too strong a word, but surprised certainly wasn’t. It was an odd request, but it had a clear vulcan logic to it; Sural likely didn’t realize that such a request in such a way would be considered strange and maybe even rude to a human. Still, Oliver managed to - somewhat - regain somewhat his composure and stammer off, “I- I- I suppose! I mean I guess I might have a suitable program. I don’t know about a ‘favorite’, but… suitable.”

The ensign walked over to the interface screen on the inside of the holodeck and commanded quietly, almost whispering, “Computer display list of my top five most used holodeck programs.” Oliver actually made a slight, but less than non-obvious attempt to hide the panel with his body. He wasn’t a secretive man by nature, and he felt strange telling a lie, even a white lie, to his direct superior, but his most used program was… private, to be sure.

Ensign Pierce’s taste in holodeck programs was actually quite varied. In fact, the only reason the top program held its top spot was because most of his time was diluted in other programs, contrary to the norm that Sural’s research had uncovered. With a chirp, the computer displayed the list alongside how often the ensign used the program as a portion of overall holodeck time.

  • Crash001 - 15.9%
  • Battle of Little Round Top - 15.4%
  • Detective H. Boiled - 10.1%
  • An Interactive Guide to Mechanical Hand Maintenance, featuring Genghis Khan and Richard Nixon - 9.7%
  • Mystery Fantasy Theater 4000 - 9.1%

Oliver cleared his throat, “It seems I spend more time at Little Round Top most other places.” He forced a smile, “I hope you like old Earth history.”

Oliver Pierce, Eng

Sural waited patiently. In part he was aware of ‘human’ nature that they had elements of ‘privacy’ that they wished to keep. Still, when it came to holodecks, Sural was surprised at how many were solitary in nature - even with his own - rather than communal. He had not been on board that long and had not yet sought out the other 19 Vulcans aboard the Mythology vessel. He should, though, he considered as he waited for Oliver to choose one of his. For a ‘human’, the favorite tended to be fluid - being whatever it was at that time.

“My Earth history is limited,” Sural replied. “I have read of an general overview of Earth history from various perspectives of the empires in their day, though the details of such I am lacking. What is this Little Round Top?” His tone showed interest; indeed the title was intriguing. “Is this your title or a place in Terran geography?” he asked.
- Sural

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