Chris was in a good mood, jovial and relaxed, cracking jokes with the other members of staff who were nearby, catching up on reports. Perhaps foolishly, he had allowed himself to think that it was going to be a relaxing day and nothing bad would happen — it was ironic that Spock, of all people, kept being the one to remind him not to jinx anything — and then the first report of hallucinations was sent along to his padd.
On its face, there could be any explanations for that. The Enterprise sees many odd things out in space, a horse or a bear might be strange, but was probably ultimately harmless. (The fox he was suspicious about, especially if it allowed people to pet it. He wasn't going to say anything just yet, though, preferring to bide his time until he had more data.)
The space sharks came later. At first, he had thought perhaps it was a gormagander, mistaken by a crewmember who wasn't familiar with the giant cosmozoan on account of how rare they have become, but once the creature that was following them was put up on the view screen, Chris's hopes died. ]
What the hell is that thing?
[ That thing, apparently, is just the first in a whole flock of them, and it isn't long before they have to put shields up to protect the nacelles from being devoured by fucking space sharks.
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Chris was in a good mood, jovial and relaxed, cracking jokes with the other members of staff who were nearby, catching up on reports. Perhaps foolishly, he had allowed himself to think that it was going to be a relaxing day and nothing bad would happen — it was ironic that Spock, of all people, kept being the one to remind him not to jinx anything — and then the first report of hallucinations was sent along to his padd.
On its face, there could be any explanations for that. The Enterprise sees many odd things out in space, a horse or a bear might be strange, but was probably ultimately harmless. (The fox he was suspicious about, especially if it allowed people to pet it. He wasn't going to say anything just yet, though, preferring to bide his time until he had more data.)
The space sharks came later. At first, he had thought perhaps it was a gormagander, mistaken by a crewmember who wasn't familiar with the giant cosmozoan on account of how rare they have become, but once the creature that was following them was put up on the view screen, Chris's hopes died. ]
What the hell is that thing?
[ That thing, apparently, is just the first in a whole flock of them, and it isn't long before they have to put shields up to protect the nacelles from being devoured by fucking space sharks.
Space sharks. ]