Retaking the Test

Posted originally on the Ad Astra :: Star Trek Fanfiction Archive at http://www.adastrafanfic.com/works/595.

Rating:

General Audiences

Archive Warning:

No Archive Warnings Apply

Category:

Gen

Fandom:

Star Trek: Phoenix-X

Character:

Oroku Seifer, Aeris

Additional Tags:

Humor, Kobayashi Maru, Starfleet Academy

Language:

English

Series:

Part 44 of STO Phoenix Compendium

Stats:

Published: 2017-07-05 Words: 267 Chapters: 1/1

Retaking the Test

by Hawku

Summary

"I'm full of new-bound, muscle-clenching energy, and it's that pure will that'll catapult me into implausible success." - In the early 25th century, during their Starfleet Academy days, Seifer and Aeris take the Kobayashi Maru test again.

Notes

Author's notes: This was written in July 2017 as a silly entry into a one-off Star Trek Online forums thread someone created about taking the Kobayashi Maru test. This jumps my main, Oroku Seifer, back to his Cadet days, sometime before the year 2409 (before STO starts).

"Retaking the Test"

Cadet Oroku Seifer - Starfleet Academy

The Trill stood outside the simulator room with his teammates, as the Kobyashi Maru Simulator Test was being prepared.

"You think you even stand a chance with this?" Aeris deadpanned in Seifer's general direction.

Shrugging, Seifer replied, "I've just inherited the most daring Symbiont ever. It's fought the Borg, travelled through time, and fought countless holographic skeletons."

"Your previous host also left Leola Root Tart wrappers all over his ship, and caused a whole fleet of vessels to be caught in a giant molecular reversion field which turned everyone young again," Aeris added.

Pausing, before the opening doors, the Trill concluded, "Well, it's time to turn my luck around. I'm full of vigorous, new-bound, muscle-clenching energy and drive and it's that pure will and charm that'll catapult me into implausible success! I'll even be Captain sooner than some alternate universe Kirk would, I assume."

"Yeah!" Aeris high-fived him as they both entered with the group and took their stations at the Bridge of the holographic civilian freighter Kobyashi Maru.

Seifer stood at his Captain's chair proudly, opening a Leola Root Tart in pure confidence. "Computer! Begin scenario! Give me all that you've got!"

"Acknowledged," the computer replied activating the setting with displayed Klingon starships on the viewscreen only seconds before the entire simulation went dark. "Test failed. Please arrange to try again in four to six weeks."

The Cadet clutched his face in pure frustration. "Ugghh!! Noooo! The tart was supposed to be an apple! Everyone knows that??"

"Man, this test just keeps getting harder every year," commented Aeris.

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Table of Contents

Preface

Retaking the Test

Afterword