01-23-2025, 06:31 AM
Cassidy tugged at his end of his sleeve as he hustled down the Starbase corridor. The dress uniform’s stiff fabric tended to snag on the joint of his cybernetic arm. He’d removed the right sleeve from most of his clothes when he lived on Riani, but attitudes in Starfleet were different. Nobody ever looked twice at his implants, at least not at first. Cybernetic augmentation was commonplace enough.
People in Starfleet only tended to turn a bit pale when they found out that he’d replaced his arm and eye voluntarily. Associations with the Borg had made that type of procedure unfashionable, to say the least. Of course, his spine replacement was very much not voluntarily. That was another, more painful story.
As he stepped into the observation lounge, he glanced at the officers already gathered and mingling. He felt a strange weight of responsibility for them. He’d treated hundreds of people on his previous posting aboard the USS Reyes, but this was different. These weren’t just patients, they would be his friends and crewmates too.
He spotted a woman who he recognized as the captain standing by herself. Might as well introduce himself now. He was due to meet her hours ago.
“Apologies for my lateness, Captain,” Cassidy said, extending his metal hand. “I was supposed to arrive two days ago, but my last patient on the Reyes was going through a difficult labor. I’m happy to say that dad and his six polyps are happy and healthy.”
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People in Starfleet only tended to turn a bit pale when they found out that he’d replaced his arm and eye voluntarily. Associations with the Borg had made that type of procedure unfashionable, to say the least. Of course, his spine replacement was very much not voluntarily. That was another, more painful story.
As he stepped into the observation lounge, he glanced at the officers already gathered and mingling. He felt a strange weight of responsibility for them. He’d treated hundreds of people on his previous posting aboard the USS Reyes, but this was different. These weren’t just patients, they would be his friends and crewmates too.
He spotted a woman who he recognized as the captain standing by herself. Might as well introduce himself now. He was due to meet her hours ago.
“Apologies for my lateness, Captain,” Cassidy said, extending his metal hand. “I was supposed to arrive two days ago, but my last patient on the Reyes was going through a difficult labor. I’m happy to say that dad and his six polyps are happy and healthy.”
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