Tristam Core: Difference between revisions

When a temporal anomaly produces the younger selves of Roshanara and [[Mei'konda]], [[Sky Blake]] tells Tristam of what has happened. She tells him not to speak to Roshanara, fearing that he would over-react and would not handle an encounter with her well (given the strong possibility that they cannot revert them back to their former selves), but he ignores her advice and meets with Roshanara late at night, vaguely catching her up on events that occurred. Though he does not inform her of the relationship between them, he refers to her without naming her, describing her in his eyes when prompted. He details his fear to Roshanara that he might not get her back (the current-day version of her), Roshanara tells him to have faith in her, not realizing they are both referring to herself.  

Later, when the ''Veritas'' is stuck 600 years in the past, Blake asks Tristam to “babysit” a Borg infection taking place in the ship’s sensor dome, but he is distracted by an Omega symbol locking the ship's systems down. Roshanara contacts him with [[Timothy Alentonis]], tasked with building a harmonic resonance chamber for Omega molecules. They construct what eventually turns out to be a molecule vacuum cleaner, though to use it for its designated purpose, they have to push past several Borg drones aboard the ship, resulting in Tristam’s creating a carrier wave power-down for the drones in proximity, caused by a false command from a perceived collective. Eventually, back in 2395, LtCmdr Rahman goes back to her time of origin, and the true Roshanara Rahman returns to the ship once more.  

In September 2395, work on the [[MST project]] hits an unexpected stand-still because of the limits of current-day technology. His disappointment is quickly set aside upon the disappearance of a ''Veritas'' away team that includes [[Tasnim Shandres]], Roshanara’s ward. But he senses [[Anjar Thoran]]’s struggle to keep a level-head as the ship’s acting Chief Engineer—and when he gives the engineering staff conflicting orders, Tristam pulls him aside to briefly council him, chastising his attitude toward the staff.  

Tristam is present during the group meeting regarding the missing teams, concluding that a quantum surge redirected the transporter losing all team members. Though affected by Tasnim’s disappearance, Tristam works with the teams to locate her—and despite being limited by professionalism, he does his best to console Roshanara during the meeting. He works with [[Geoffrey Teller]] to convert solar power into useable energy for the EPS relays, using his premature designs for the MST project as a guide. As they rip up a transporter pad, he schools the new engineer on the “shortcomings of warp drive”. The experiment is a success, and they recover all crew members from their mysterious location—though Tristam’s first instinct is to baby Tasnim to the best of his ability whilst appearing purely professional.  

The following shore leave, Tristam drops by Tasnim’s shared quarters. When she admits to him she feels out of place because of her youth, he relays that all officers and enlisted crew are on the same level of professionalism aboard the ''Veritas'', regardless of age. He laughs when she calls herself a dork, and states that aboard a Starfleet vessel, all engineers are or were dorks at some stage, though she rebuffs this by stating that her ‘dorkiness’ comes from her lack of experience in this universe (of which she’s not native). Of the many things she has yet to experience, one of them is swimming, and Tristam gives her a swimming lesson in the ''Veritas'' pool.  

In late 2395, the ''Veritas'' suddenly loses all its deuterium reserves and must be evacuated, prompting the crew’s crash-land into [[Limbo]]. He looks after young [[Ayden Blake]] until this point, reuniting him with his mother after the reach Limbo’s surface. As Blake breaks down, Tristam consoles her, but asks about Roshanara’s status and whether she made it off the ship, and Blake confirms that she did, much to Tristam’s relief. He then urges Blake to take command of those assembled (as she is the ship’s second officer) until such time they reunite with the rest of the crew. Tristam dismantles the escape pods in case more equipment is needed, and prioritises the creation of water reclamation units. A week later, Tristam’s search for other communications on Limbo proves successful, and Blake goes out in search for other members of the crew.