#chakat — Public Fediverse posts

"...and with that ten percent gain in warp field efficiency, we should be able to shave ten hours off our travel time to the Theta Ionus system."

"That's excellent news! Great work as always, Nexus."

Once again, Nexus felt that familiar urge to smile, but also at the same time to remain stoic, and just nodded to hir Caitian captain. "Thanks," the black-furred stellar foxtaur replied, glad that no one could see the way hir tail was twitching behind hir.

As the meeting turned to other topics, Nexus returned hir gaze to hir PADD, but looked past it as shi retreated once more into hir thoughts. Shi hated how often compliments on hir work felt good, but at the same time made hir want to run and hide somewhere. What shi did wasn't that special, as far as shi was concerned; shi was just doing hir job.

Which reminded hir, shi needed to have a talking with that ensign on Gamma shift tonight before shi went to bed. His shift reports had been haphazard lately, leaving details and other important things out. Other people not doing their jobs properly was always one of the things guaranteed to ruffle hir fur, though thankfully that was a rarity among Star Fleet. Perhaps he was just absent-minded-

"Nexus?"

The question quickly pulled hir back to the world around hir, and shi felt a moment of panic as shi quickly tried to piece together what shi had missed. Hir vulpine ears ticked backwards a moment, but shi'd long ago learned how to keep a neutral expression even when hir inner turmoil threatened to overflow, and that practice was coming in handy once more.

The display in the center of the table showed their antimatter pod status and, reaching out, shi quickly paged backward and forward, noting the other queries made, hir mind racing to put it together.

"Just wanted to double- check," shi said as a cover, "but yeah, we should be fine for another few weeks, then we'll need to pause to rebuild our stocks."

Captain M'Rel nodded, then rose, the golden-furred female felinoid resting her hands behind the small of her back. "Then I'll not keep the rest of you any longer, as we all have things to get back to. Dismissed."

Feeling a sense of relief, Nexus stood alongside the other senior staff, and padded out into the hallway, where shi was quickly joined by jir Companion, Swiftwind, who also happened to be the ship's primary helmsman.

"Nice save," shi whispered softly, "I don't think the Cap noticed you zoning out."

"Was it that obvious?" Nexus replied, hir ears actually half- folding this time.

"Only to one who knows you well," shi replied with a reassuring smile, and a lick to the cheek. "Oh, and a touch of empathic talent doesn't hurt either."

As Nexus felt relief flood hir once more, hir snow leopard chakat Companion gave hir a bigger grin and a clap on the back, hir blue eyes almost seeming to twinkle with mischief. "Gotta run, Ensign Vasquez needs shuttle training, and I don't want to disappoint. I'll catch you tonight, love."

Nexus narrowed hir eyes as Swift turned to go, beginning to get a sinking feeling in both hir stomachs, though at least this time it wasn't about hirself. "You'll be sticking to the actual approved training program this time, right?"

Swiftwind just smirked, flicking hir tail and tossing a wave over hir shoulder as shi padded away towards the turbolifts.

"Right!?"

#microfiction #smallstories #writing #chakatverse #chakonaspace #foxtaur #chakat #sliceoflife

"...and with that ten percent gain in warp field efficiency, we should be able to shave ten hours off our travel time to the Theta Ionus system."

"That's excellent news! Great work as always, Nexus."

Once again, Nexus felt that familiar urge to smile, but also at the same time to remain stoic, and just nodded to hir Caitian captain. "Thanks," the black-furred stellar foxtaur replied, glad that no one could see the way hir tail was twitching behind hir.

As the meeting turned to other topics, Nexus returned hir gaze to hir PADD, but looked past it as shi retreated once more into hir thoughts. Shi hated how often compliments on hir work felt good, but at the same time made hir want to run and hide somewhere. What shi did wasn't that special, as far as shi was concerned; shi was just doing hir job.

Which reminded hir, shi needed to have a talking with that ensign on Gamma shift tonight before shi went to bed. His shift reports had been haphazard lately, leaving details and other important things out. Other people not doing their jobs properly was always one of the things guaranteed to ruffle hir fur, though thankfully that was a rarity among Star Fleet. Perhaps he was just absent-minded-

"Nexus?"

The question quickly pulled hir back to the world around hir, and shi felt a moment of panic as shi quickly tried to piece together what shi had missed. Hir vulpine ears ticked backwards a moment, but shi'd long ago learned how to keep a neutral expression even when hir inner turmoil threatened to overflow, and that practice was coming in handy once more.

The display in the center of the table showed their antimatter pod status and, reaching out, shi quickly paged backward and forward, noting the other queries made, hir mind racing to put it together.

"Just wanted to double- check," shi said as a cover, "but yeah, we should be fine for another few weeks, then we'll need to pause to rebuild our stocks."

Captain M'Rel nodded, then rose, the golden-furred female felinoid resting her hands behind the small of her back. "Then I'll not keep the rest of you any longer, as we all have things to get back to. Dismissed."

Feeling a sense of relief, Nexus stood alongside the other senior staff, and padded out into the hallway, where shi was quickly joined by jir Companion, Swiftwind, who also happened to be the ship's primary helmsman.

"Nice save," shi whispered softly, "I don't think the Cap noticed you zoning out."

"Was it that obvious?" Nexus replied, hir ears actually half- folding this time.

"Only to one who knows you well," shi replied with a reassuring smile, and a lick to the cheek. "Oh, and a touch of empathic talent doesn't hurt either."

As Nexus felt relief flood hir once more, hir snow leopard chakat Companion gave hir a bigger grin and a clap on the back, hir blue eyes almost seeming to twinkle with mischief. "Gotta run, Ensign Vasquez needs shuttle training, and I don't want to disappoint. I'll catch you tonight, love."

Nexus narrowed hir eyes as Swift turned to go, beginning to get a sinking feeling in both hir stomachs, though at least this time it wasn't about hirself. "You'll be sticking to the actual approved training program this time, right?"

Swiftwind just smirked, flicking hir tail and tossing a wave over hir shoulder as shi padded away towards the turbolifts.

"Right!?"

#microfiction #smallstories #writing #chakatverse #chakonaspace #foxtaur #chakat #sliceoflife

"...and with that ten percent gain in warp field efficiency, we should be able to shave ten hours off our travel time to the Theta Ionus system."

"That's excellent news! Great work as always, Nexus."

Once again, Nexus felt that familiar urge to smile, but also at the same time to remain stoic, and just nodded to hir Caitian captain. "Thanks," the black-furred stellar foxtaur replied, glad that no one could see the way hir tail was twitching behind hir.

As the meeting turned to other topics, Nexus returned hir gaze to hir PADD, but looked past it as shi retreated once more into hir thoughts. Shi hated how often compliments on hir work felt good, but at the same time made hir want to run and hide somewhere. What shi did wasn't that special, as far as shi was concerned; shi was just doing hir job.

Which reminded hir, shi needed to have a talking with that ensign on Gamma shift tonight before shi went to bed. His shift reports had been haphazard lately, leaving details and other important things out. Other people not doing their jobs properly was always one of the things guaranteed to ruffle hir fur, though thankfully that was a rarity among Star Fleet. Perhaps he was just absent-minded-

"Nexus?"

The question quickly pulled hir back to the world around hir, and shi felt a moment of panic as shi quickly tried to piece together what shi had missed. Hir vulpine ears ticked backwards a moment, but shi'd long ago learned how to keep a neutral expression even when hir inner turmoil threatened to overflow, and that practice was coming in handy once more.

The display in the center of the table showed their antimatter pod status and, reaching out, shi quickly paged backward and forward, noting the other queries made, hir mind racing to put it together.

"Just wanted to double- check," shi said as a cover, "but yeah, we should be fine for another few weeks, then we'll need to pause to rebuild our stocks."

Captain M'Rel nodded, then rose, the golden-furred female felinoid resting her hands behind the small of her back. "Then I'll not keep the rest of you any longer, as we all have things to get back to. Dismissed."

Feeling a sense of relief, Nexus stood alongside the other senior staff, and padded out into the hallway, where shi was quickly joined by jir Companion, Swiftwind, who also happened to be the ship's primary helmsman.

"Nice save," shi whispered softly, "I don't think the Cap noticed you zoning out."

"Was it that obvious?" Nexus replied, hir ears actually half- folding this time.

"Only to one who knows you well," shi replied with a reassuring smile, and a lick to the cheek. "Oh, and a touch of empathic talent doesn't hurt either."

As Nexus felt relief flood hir once more, hir snow leopard chakat Companion gave hir a bigger grin and a clap on the back, hir blue eyes almost seeming to twinkle with mischief. "Gotta run, Ensign Vasquez needs shuttle training, and I don't want to disappoint. I'll catch you tonight, love."

Nexus narrowed hir eyes as Swift turned to go, beginning to get a sinking feeling in both hir stomachs, though at least this time it wasn't about hirself. "You'll be sticking to the actual approved training program this time, right?"

Swiftwind just smirked, flicking hir tail and tossing a wave over hir shoulder as shi padded away towards the turbolifts.

"Right!?"

#microfiction #smallstories #writing #chakatverse #chakonaspace #foxtaur #chakat #sliceoflife

"...and with that ten percent gain in warp field efficiency, we should be able to shave ten hours off our travel time to the Theta Ionus system."

"That's excellent news! Great work as always, Nexus."

Once again, Nexus felt that familiar urge to smile, but also at the same time to remain stoic, and just nodded to hir Caitian captain. "Thanks," the black-furred stellar foxtaur replied, glad that no one could see the way hir tail was twitching behind hir.

As the meeting turned to other topics, Nexus returned hir gaze to hir PADD, but looked past it as shi retreated once more into hir thoughts. Shi hated how often compliments on hir work felt good, but at the same time made hir want to run and hide somewhere. What shi did wasn't that special, as far as shi was concerned; shi was just doing hir job.

Which reminded hir, shi needed to have a talking with that ensign on Gamma shift tonight before shi went to bed. His shift reports had been haphazard lately, leaving details and other important things out. Other people not doing their jobs properly was always one of the things guaranteed to ruffle hir fur, though thankfully that was a rarity among Star Fleet. Perhaps he was just absent-minded-

"Nexus?"

The question quickly pulled hir back to the world around hir, and shi felt a moment of panic as shi quickly tried to piece together what shi had missed. Hir vulpine ears ticked backwards a moment, but shi'd long ago learned how to keep a neutral expression even when hir inner turmoil threatened to overflow, and that practice was coming in handy once more.

The display in the center of the table showed their antimatter pod status and, reaching out, shi quickly paged backward and forward, noting the other queries made, hir mind racing to put it together.

"Just wanted to double- check," shi said as a cover, "but yeah, we should be fine for another few weeks, then we'll need to pause to rebuild our stocks."

Captain M'Rel nodded, then rose, the golden-furred female felinoid resting her hands behind the small of her back. "Then I'll not keep the rest of you any longer, as we all have things to get back to. Dismissed."

Feeling a sense of relief, Nexus stood alongside the other senior staff, and padded out into the hallway, where shi was quickly joined by jir Companion, Swiftwind, who also happened to be the ship's primary helmsman.

"Nice save," shi whispered softly, "I don't think the Cap noticed you zoning out."

"Was it that obvious?" Nexus replied, hir ears actually half- folding this time.

"Only to one who knows you well," shi replied with a reassuring smile, and a lick to the cheek. "Oh, and a touch of empathic talent doesn't hurt either."

As Nexus felt relief flood hir once more, hir snow leopard chakat Companion gave hir a bigger grin and a clap on the back, hir blue eyes almost seeming to twinkle with mischief. "Gotta run, Ensign Vasquez needs shuttle training, and I don't want to disappoint. I'll catch you tonight, love."

Nexus narrowed hir eyes as Swift turned to go, beginning to get a sinking feeling in both hir stomachs, though at least this time it wasn't about hirself. "You'll be sticking to the actual approved training program this time, right?"

Swiftwind just smirked, flicking hir tail and tossing a wave over hir shoulder as shi padded away towards the turbolifts.

"Right!?"

#microfiction #smallstories #writing #chakatverse #chakonaspace #foxtaur #chakat #sliceoflife

"...and with that ten percent gain in warp field efficiency, we should be able to shave ten hours off our travel time to the Theta Ionus system."

"That's excellent news! Great work as always, Nexus."

Once again, Nexus felt that familiar urge to smile, but also at the same time to remain stoic, and just nodded to hir Caitian captain. "Thanks," the black-furred stellar foxtaur replied, glad that no one could see the way hir tail was twitching behind hir.

As the meeting turned to other topics, Nexus returned hir gaze to hir PADD, but looked past it as shi retreated once more into hir thoughts. Shi hated how often compliments on hir work felt good, but at the same time made hir want to run and hide somewhere. What shi did wasn't that special, as far as shi was concerned; shi was just doing hir job.

Which reminded hir, shi needed to have a talking with that ensign on Gamma shift tonight before shi went to bed. His shift reports had been haphazard lately, leaving details and other important things out. Other people not doing their jobs properly was always one of the things guaranteed to ruffle hir fur, though thankfully that was a rarity among Star Fleet. Perhaps he was just absent-minded-

"Nexus?"

The question quickly pulled hir back to the world around hir, and shi felt a moment of panic as shi quickly tried to piece together what shi had missed. Hir vulpine ears ticked backwards a moment, but shi'd long ago learned how to keep a neutral expression even when hir inner turmoil threatened to overflow, and that practice was coming in handy once more.

The display in the center of the table showed their antimatter pod status and, reaching out, shi quickly paged backward and forward, noting the other queries made, hir mind racing to put it together.

"Just wanted to double- check," shi said as a cover, "but yeah, we should be fine for another few weeks, then we'll need to pause to rebuild our stocks."

Captain M'Rel nodded, then rose, the golden-furred female felinoid resting her hands behind the small of her back. "Then I'll not keep the rest of you any longer, as we all have things to get back to. Dismissed."

Feeling a sense of relief, Nexus stood alongside the other senior staff, and padded out into the hallway, where shi was quickly joined by jir Companion, Swiftwind, who also happened to be the ship's primary helmsman.

"Nice save," shi whispered softly, "I don't think the Cap noticed you zoning out."

"Was it that obvious?" Nexus replied, hir ears actually half- folding this time.

"Only to one who knows you well," shi replied with a reassuring smile, and a lick to the cheek. "Oh, and a touch of empathic talent doesn't hurt either."

As Nexus felt relief flood hir once more, hir snow leopard chakat Companion gave hir a bigger grin and a clap on the back, hir blue eyes almost seeming to twinkle with mischief. "Gotta run, Ensign Vasquez needs shuttle training, and I don't want to disappoint. I'll catch you tonight, love."

Nexus narrowed hir eyes as Swift turned to go, beginning to get a sinking feeling in both hir stomachs, though at least this time it wasn't about hirself. "You'll be sticking to the actual approved training program this time, right?"

Swiftwind just smirked, flicking hir tail and tossing a wave over hir shoulder as shi padded away towards the turbolifts.

"Right!?"

#microfiction #smallstories #writing #chakatverse #chakonaspace #foxtaur #chakat #sliceoflife