User:Sky Blake/Flashpoint references

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Both you and I are gonna need this page to keep track of what was mentioned.

Ekal's appearances are all over the joint.

The "correct" order of the sims, in Ekal's perspective, are as follows (not including tidbits of information scattered throughout scenes):

  1. Take all chances
  2. The Encounter
  3. Kidman I (Part 2)
  4. Return
  5. Die trying.
  6. Eyewitness (Part 1 & Part 2)
  7. An oncoming storm, for the needs of the many
  8. The tragic ending of the family Blake (Part 1 & Part 2)
  9. Jump start.

Sky & Ayden Blake (like mother, like son)

The intent of Ayden was to make him visually similar to Sabor (which can only be completed in so many ways in sim) but hold a similar personality to Sky. Looking carefully back at scenes posted fairly close to each other, there are deliberate use of specific descriptions and use of language so to draw familiarity between the two.

Jhalib Ekal, "The tragic ending of the family Blake."

When Ayden Blake stormed into his apartment, he did so as though he were a lightening storm, interrupting the lunch his daughter was having with his fiance. Inconsolable and moving too quickly for them to catch, he was refusing them answers to what had caused this sudden rash and abnormal behavior. But whatever had happened, it was clear that it was bad, and immediately threatening.

JP: LtCmdr Sky Blake & Cmdr Zhou Tai-Sheng: Coiled (Part 1)

[...] she couldn’t help but be rather furious with, maybe not Zhou, but the situation Zhou has found himself in. Sky Blake blew into Sickbay like a lightning storm, interrupting the nurses mid-conversation and moving past them too quickly for them to tell her to do otherwise. The second she’d been told, she’d dropped everything.

Even their potentially dangerous forms of curiosity mirrors one another, in spite of the two very different circumstances, often teetering on the edge of holding themselves away from a possible danger or choosing to hurtle towards it, taking only a few moments to try to convince themselves to avoid prying into things they may not wish to know about or become involved in - sometimes, this does indeed fail.

Five Long Years (Sky Blake)

oO Don’t go after him. Don’t go after him. Don’t go after him . . . Oo
With careful fingers, she lifted the card off the bar, only to look back towards the door.::
oO Tosser. Oo
She got up in a flash, pulling her jacket off the bar with a whip as she went after the Terran.::

Jhalib Ekal, "An oncoming storm, for the needs of the many."

oO Don’t go looking. Don’t go looking. *Don’t* go looking . . . Oo
His brown eyes flickered back into the office, Narm’ei’s terminal still logged in.::
oO Tosser. Oo
His head whipped around the corridor, ensuring there was no one else in the hall to see him return to the office and hijack Constable’s terminal.

There are, however, very obvious differences between the two. Sky is generally a quiet and reserved kind of person, unless provoked in a way that causes long speeches on certain topics - she prefers observing others, and though she is willing to participate in activities, she firmly stands in the position of "team mother". Because of this, her decisions are made through careful consideration and often with the input of others.

Meanwhile, Ayden is particularly flamboyant, always talking about something (even if that particular topic proves uninteresting to the other party) and is open about himself and his own history - however, unlike his mother, Ayden is prone to more dangerous mistakes, never quite relying on those around him and often citing 'needs of the many' when faced with difficult choices (this may be a concept he has had to adopt due to the nature of the environment of his upbringing, as Sky today would not feel this philosophy adequate for any situation).

The Shoals

Veritas crew

"Valoru"

In Jump start, Ayden refers to a "Valoru" as another Andorian he's been sent to look for for on Eporue station when attempting to distract an enforcer - this is of course a reference to Valoru, a Veritas crewmember.

Evan Delano

Ayden mentions Delano off-handedly in The tragic ending of the family Blake as his as someone to turn to to fix the damage the Temporal Integrity Commission intend to cause if Rahman turns him away.

However, since Delano's not encountered Ekal in the Montreal timeline, it's possible Ayden is at least knowledgeable of him from his native time - so chances are, Delano could still be active in 2491, possibly confirmed when taking a look at The encounter, where Ayden references Delano (but strangely, not Mei'konda).

Montreal crew

"Tel-ar"

Having smuggled himself onto Eporue station in Jump start, Ayden tells an enforcer that he was sent to the station to look for an Andorian named "Tel-ar" so to invite them to a nobility event as a diplomatic envoy - a distraction in the hopes he'll get the enforcer to perhaps leave.

He states that Tel-ar is his "sister's mother's captain's family [member]", which is a vague reference to Tal Tel-ar having been Sky Blake's commanding officer aboard the USS Challenger-A, though the implication is that this person is related to Tel-ar - thus Ayden may in fact be referring to one of Tal's children or potential grand-children.

Coincidentally, Tal Tel-ar is transferred to the Montreal when it's command is transferred to Mei'konda, which did not occur in Ekal's timeline.

Duronis II

The language used in The tragic ending of the family Blake suggests that the Duronis system may be considered Federation space by 2491.

Tiberious Parker

Throughout The tragic ending of the family Blake, Ayden repeatedly refers to "Tiberious Parker".

On the way here, he’d managed to get word to Tiberious Parker to expect Nairen - and perhaps someone *else* attempting to threaten her (the worst case scenario). Thankfully, the Terran had asked no questions as to why - just a stern affirmative and a promise to keep her safe.

Tiberious Parker is the grandson of Hannibal Parker, a marine stationed at the Duronis II Embassy. Given that Tiberious and Ayden know each other at least by name in 2491, it can be assumed that Sky Blake and Hannibal Parker continue a form of friendship in that their children (or in Hannibal's case, grandchildren) are aware of one another. This sim also suggests that the Parkers maintain a residence at the Embassy.

Ayden also goes on to state that the Embassy "had repelled so many Romulan attacks over the last few decades, it was now a fortress all in itself", which was an incredibly vague reference to Fortress Parker.