CHOICES: A 'STAR TREK' UNIVERSE TALE
Disclaimer:
I don't own 'Star Trek' (don't I wish!!!) 'Star Trek' and the 'Star Trek' Universe, in its many and varied TV, Movie, Comic and Book guises, is the property of Paramount, (along with it's plethora of characters, places and situations), and I'm just a poor fan with an idea for a story set in that Universe.
Ok, that's the Legal Stuff out the way.
Prologue:
This is set a few years after the events in 'Star Trek: Nemesis', and could be considered slightly AU in nature. It is basically a F/F Romance with a slight PG rating for the Adult nature of the situation.
The location is aboard the USS Shenandoah NCC2346-C, a Nebula Class Federation Science Vessel with a mixed crew of Vulcan and Human scientists. She has a mixed crew of Starfleet and Vulcan and Human civilian scientists from The Vulcan Science Academy and The Daystrom Institute.
Our two 'Protagonists' are:
T'Pel, a Vulcan of some 23 years Standard. She is of mixed heritage, being ¼ Human on her father's side. She is of Surak's line and is distantly related to the family of Sarek.
She is a Linguist aboard the 'Shenandoah', and a Lieutenant in Starfleet. A fact that does not sit well with her conservative Vulcan family and she has, as a consequence, not spoken to them in over five Standard years. She is well disciplined, and an excellent Linguist, though the majority of the Humans, and a fair number of the Vulcans aboard consider her a little too standoffish at times.
Tina Hanson, a Human/Romulan half-caste of some 25 years Standard. Her mother is Captain Karen Hanson, Commanding Officer of the 'Shenandoah'. Her mother had a brief marriage with a high ranking Romulan Official during a brief period of mutual détente between the Federation and the Romulan Empire, and Tina was the result. She lived for some 10 years with her father after the break-up of their marriage when she was 10, and was for a brief time an agent and assassin of the Tal'Shiar until her capture on mission some four years previous. Abandoned by the Romulan Govt., she spent eight months in a Federation Penal Colony before having a breakdown. She was released into the care of her mother just over one year ago.