Tell Me More About Sopek I Beg You

LOOK AT THIS BEAUTIFUL CONCEPT ART FOR THE USS ERIDANI STARSHIP OMGGG

I made concept art the bridge of the USS Eridani for @startrek-eridani which is a concept for a Star Trek Series. Thank you for letting me design this! I hope you like it!

Plus close ups:

Reposting my boy

Lieutenant junior-grade Sopek

Sopek was born to a high standing Vulcan family, due to his mother, T'Pring, being a part of an historically aristocratic clan and retaining these ties despite her marriage to Stonn, a member of a more humble family. This upbringing in ShiKhar’s high society and status as an only child encouraged his haughty and vain personality, in that subdued, high-class Vulcan way. 

Due to their own experiences with arranged bonding and the social fiasco of the Koon-ut Kal-if-fee, Sopek was not bonded as a child, with T’Pring refusing to force her child’s mind to be tied to someone he could not choose himself, for his own logical reasons. Many elders of his clans disapproved of this choice, but Sopek was confident that he would be able to secure a bondmate in case he should undergo Pon Farr before having found someone. 

A fairly talented telepath, he enjoyed showing off with people as a young child. 

As a teenager, he became a very big fan of Spock, in all the irony that he was his mother’s ex-betrothed, and against his parents’ wishes, he joined Starfleet at 17 due to how much Spock inspired him. He completed the science program in the fast track, focusing the astrophysics speciality with certain tangential studies, graduating in two years. 

During this time, he also started a club for Human Studies, in an attempt to palliate his lack of knowledge concerning human references, behaviours and media. Staying at the Academy longer would most likely have helped him more, but in his stubbornness he maintained that he could uncover these concepts through logical means. Each semester, Sopek coerced a human student, mostly Terrance Riley, to review the club’s findings and grade them. This research was not very conclusive, and by the time that Sopek was assigned to the Eridani at 19 as a lieutenant junior-grade, he remained fairly ignorant about human culture. 

At Starfleet, he did not share his parent’s or clan’s name to avoid plummeting his chances of getting assigned to the Eridani due to Captain Saavik’s close connection to Spock and the fact his own mother incited kal-if-fee on him.

His posting in Dr. David Marcus’s science team came with a learning curve about behaviours, and his egotistical attitude was taken down a few notches during his time on the Eridani. 

Dr. David James Marcus, science officer and head of the science department

Son of the renowned scientist Carol Marcus and then Commander James T. Kirk, he was born in 2263 in Montréal, but later lived on various starbases and scientific outposts with his mother. Carol Marcus took the decision to raise her son on her own after her separation with Jim, before she even gave birth to David, as she found Kirk’s career to be incompatible with parenthood and feared that her son would follow in his footsteps and leave to explore the dangers of space.

David was homeschooled for his primary and secondary education, with tutoring in all the necessary fields by many of his mother’s colleagues. Considering this and the fact that they moved a lot for Carol’s research, David did not have many friends growing up. He went to college and completed a double major in xenobiology and astrophysics, before getting his doctorate in particle physics. He then joined his mother’s research team on Project Genesis. At this time of his life, he was very cautious of the military, believing Starfleet, while affiliated with the research of the Genesis Project, would attempt to steal and use the technology in nefarious ways.

His first meeting with his father James Kirk was a shock, but he quickly realised how alike they were, both determined, intelligent, caring yet stubborn men. Following the event on the Genesis planet, namely his death and revival, David suffered from many medical consequences due to the Genesis effect healing his body, yet causing nerve and muscle damage, which left him disabled. His symptoms are similar to epilepsy, migraines as well as mobility issues, which arise when standing up for extended periods, for example. He resorted, after his year long recovery on Vulcan, to use orthotics braces to facilitate his movements and prevent pain and mobility issues.

While still preoccupied by the possibility of corruption in any organisation, he decided after his recovery to pursue a career in Starfleet, to his mother’s dismay. Part of his reason for joining the fleet is a desire to do better with his wide scientific knowledge, mostly after how his impatience caused many deaths with project genesis. He still doesn’t always trust Starfleet, and also wants to use his presence in the fleet to prevent use of new technology in ill manners. As such, he is strict about protocols, as well as safety precautions in the science department he runs. Along with that, David’s upbringing among scientists and on various space stations did not allow him to make many friends, and his friendship and sibling bond with Saavik also motivated his career choice. His very sheltered life as a teen and young adult, on research labs and space stations, also awakened a desire to discover what’s out there, and to be on the front line of scientific discovery.

When he began the procedures to enter Starfleet Academy for for command, field science and space training, Saavik had to plead her case with the Admiralty, both because of his scientific fraud regarding the addition of proto-matter in the Genesis matrix, but mostly because most of the Admiralty believed his disability to be too great of a liability on a spaceship. That never deterred him, as he believed that he could achieve a space posting and was ready to put in the effort to achieve it.

In 2287, he became a part of the science team on the Enterprise-A, serving on his own father’s ship. This assignment allowed father and son to get closer, but David never got to build as strong a bond with Jim as the one he had with his mother. When Saavik was transferred from her post as helmsman of the Enterprise-A to the Eridani, he put in a request to join her. He was refused until 2291, when he joined Eridani’s science team as lieutenant.

He was outspoken, unafraid of telling what he believed, as well as quite stubborn. David was also very passionate about his many projects, and very enthusiastic about the new discoveries Eridani can make out in space.

By the time that Eridani departed for her five year mission in 2296, David was 33 years old, a lieutenant-commander and Saavik had named him her science officer and head of the science department. Despite Carol’s mistrust of Starfleet, she is very proud of her son’s achievements.

Head communications officer Lt. Velann, read her bio here:

(Ooooh Sopek is so down bad for her)

Another Eridani post? Within 24 hours of the last one?

@startrek-eridani

Dr. Joanna E. McCoy, read more about her here:

(And yes, her middle name is just as horrendous as her dad’s)

Alright, I’ve finally gotten around to doing some fanart for “One (1) Daily Shoulder Pat” by @android-and-ale of Selarie and Jim- if you haven’t read this story, I HIGHLY recommend you do!! It’s got comedy, angst, sexy Vulcan OCs, a great plot, and so much more! I hope I’ve done slight justice to the Vision, including Jim’s silly little shortened robes lol. I frankensteined some Vulcan script to make the word “dorli”, or “honorable” for Selarie’s robes.

Click for better image quality !

Lieutenant junior-grade, Demora Sulu, helmsman

Daughter of Captain Hikaru Sulu of the U.S.S. Excelsior, Demora Sulu was born on March 24 2273. A bright and enthusiastic young crew member, her family ties made her close with many members of the crew of the NCC-1701 Enterprise. Her father, of course, but also Lieutenant Pavel Chekov, whom she considered as an uncle, as well as Nyota Uhura, who was named as her godmother. She was a close friend to Anton Pavlovich Chekov, and was secretly a bit disappointed that he decided to pursue a career in the junior ambassadorial corp rather than Starfleet. 

After graduating from Starfleet Academy in 2293, she was assigned as helmsman of the Enterprise-B on its launch. Having been on board during its disastrous rescue attempt of the El-Aurian ship and accident with the temporal energy ribbon was a very difficult experience for her. Following this event, Saavik also got closer to Demora, having only briefly met her at gatherings of the old Enterprise crew that they both happened to attend. 

Not only is Demora used to feeling like she has big shoes to fill due to her father’s success, but this experience at the helm during such an accident made her lose some confidence in her skills when she was assigned as helmsman of the U.S.S. Eridani as a lieutenant junior-grade in 2296, aged 23. Captain Saavik, having been a helmsman herself not so long before, often tried to be reassuring or to give words of encouragement that Demora is doing the right thing. As the mission of the Eridani progressed, she became more confident in herself, her skills and the path that she wanted to take.

She quickly developed a close friendship with navigator Wane Perry, whom she had met at the Academy and shared a few classes with. 

Her father taught her fencing, and she liked antique weapons. In her quarters was also a small habitat to a neutered pet tribble, gifted by her aunt Nyota.

Art for the newest chapter of my fic!

Lieutenant commander Kendi Bofane Teki 

Kendi Bofane Teki was a Bantu man, born in the African Confederation in the Congo region. At first, he trained in the armed forces there, and won several marksmanship competitions, before being offered a post and recruited in Starfleet.  

At the Academy, he served as a wilderness survival instructor and combat instructor, and was known there as the quiet teacher who would reveal that he knew many old folks tales and legends around the campfire during the final nights of survival camping. After that, he took an assignment in the U.S.S Korolev for 3 years, climbing the ranks of the security department. At 37 years old, he was given the choice to be a department head on a deep space mission or working at the Academy to reform the training of security crews, and chose to become Head of Security on the U.S.S. Eridani.