Wil Ukinix: Difference between revisions

| colspan="4" | Safely back on board the damaged [[USS Veritas|Veritas]], Wil stays with his [[Geoffrey Teller|Chief engineer]] as the ship makes it way to a docking berth in [[Esperance]] - which results in a drunken night in Adelaide to blow off steam.  Geoffrey and Wil decide to "borrow" [[G'var]]'s prosthetic arm while she is sleeping, to enhance it - only to enrage the Klingon.  Wil joins some of his fellow crew for New Year's celebrations at the Star Station Esperance, before he returns home to his native Australia on [[Earth]] to see his family and introduce them to his new girlfriend.  During his time on Earth, he has dinner with [[Jansen Orrey]], [[Raissa Moonsong]] and her daughter [[Natalia Moonsong|Natalia]] on Jansen's plantation in Louisiana.  He also learns from [[Sky Blake]] that his [[Astrad Ukinix|grandfather]] is a former [[Ninth House of Betazed|Betazoid Noble]].  Out of boredom, Wil cuts his shoreleave short and returns to the Veritas at [[Utopia_Planitia_Fleet_Yards|Utopia Planitia]] to help Geoffrey with the new [[Warp XV engine]].  However, he is momentarily recalled to Earth to discuss the events of [[Limbo]] with Fleet Captain [[Cassandra Egan Manno]].

| colspan="4" | After helping [[Geoffrey Teller]] to help rebuild parts of Romulan Town, Wil decides to organise a pub crawl of some of the seedier establishments of [[Ketar V]].  During the pub crawl, he reenacts his arrest at Welder's Diner, bumps into two middle-aged British ladies he had previously met on a space station, performs a duet with [[G'var]] at a karaoke bar, nearly gets into a fight at the "Explosive Decompression" bar, and gets completely drunk at a suave jazz bar.  Upon his return, [[Roshanara Rahman|Captain Rahman]] gets to see first hand just how "tired and emotional" he is.  He also sits a bridge re-certification test with Captain Rahman (and fails), helps to create the new "Stargazer Lounge" with Geoffrey and [[Charlena Vanlith]], and is informed by his friend and engineering chief [[Geoffrey Teller]] that he is to be acting chief engineer while Geoffrey is away testing the [[USS Diligent]].  

| colspan="4" | As Acting Chief Engineer, Wil leads the engineering team to make modifications to the [[USS Veritas]] so that it complies a regional ship race's stringent rules.  A group of school children visit the ship on an excursion, and Wil describes to them in basic terms how a warp engine works.  Once the race starts, another ship cuts the Veritas off and uses some questionable race tactics, so Wil lodges a protest with the race organisers in the most [https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ surprising of ways].  The race is cut short when the ship falls into a void at "Scylla Pass", leaving it without any power, and Wil has to get the ship back up and running while it is attacked by creatures names "Vipers".  He experiences telepathic communication with [[Raissa Moonsong]] for the first time, before he joins an away team lead by [[Jansen Orrey]] to one of the other racing ships.  Upon their return, he leads more repairs in engineering while the Veritas escapes the void and returns to normal space with the aid of the [[USS Diligent]].

| colspan="4" | As the [[USS Veritas|Veritas]] and the [[USS Diligent|Diligent]] leave the void, Wil mischievously beams aboard to the bridge of the Diligent, but is surprised when [[Addison MacKenzie]] directs him to deliver a baby of one of the survivors from the void.  He also resurrects "[[Sky_Blake_(hologram)|Holoblake]]" from a data storage device that was found months earlier during the creation of the Stargazer Lounge<ref>[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/sb118-veritas/hTsJqLoyLN8/Any6uVqnBAAJ "Enjoy your diagnostic"], Lieutenant Wil Ukinix, [[USS Veritas]]</ref>.  He is ordered to escort the Betazoid noble [[Rivi Vataix]] to a formal dinner, and is shocked when she answers the door to the VIP quarters completely naked<ref>[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/sb118-veritas/tOkUCdM4Cg4/McdelYNSBgAJ "I Wanna Be a Nudist"], Lieutenant Wil Ukinix, [[USS Veritas]]</ref>.  After hearing stories from [[Geoffrey Teller]]'s father [[Franz Teller|Franz]], Wil has a drink with him and shares some stories about Geoffrey of his own<ref>[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/sb118-veritas/M0Hwsn2p-f8/d1C62oUvBAAJ "Sláinte"], [[Franz Teller]]</ref>.  Days later, he organises a pool party that interrupts [[Roshanara Rahman|Captain Rahman's]] quiet time in the ship's spa <ref>[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/sb118-veritas/2w7GzizhCDs/cvg_TAXaBQAJ "Data Analysis Transfer"] Lieutenant [[Solak]], [[USS Veritas]]</ref>, and is shocked when his girlfriend [[G'var]] arrives at the party after months of absence, her human appearance now changed to have ridges and looking like a true Klingon<ref>[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/sb118-veritas/le35r9Xubr0/NWshLnYZBAAJ "Let there be Klingon"], Lieutenant Wil Ukinix, [[USS Veritas]]</ref>.  He also has a testy and slightly heated discussion with Fleet Captain [[Cassandra Egan Manno]].