<div class="floatleft">(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/9a/ac/13/9aac13acec7d0c12801da6ae61f4ab48.jpg)</div><strong>Character Name:</strong>Arik Soong<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Arik's Offices @ the Academy -> Redemption - Angel's Rest<br/><strong>Tagging/Mentioning:</strong>Open<br/><strong>NSFW Warning:</strong>None<br/><br/>After Captain Picard had left Arik's office at the academy, Arik had taken the time to finish packing a few things, choosing carefully from among his small collection of knickknacks, mementos, and awards that he had collected over the last several years during his service to Starfleet. It wasn't much, really, but each of them had at least a small meaning to him, and he was still fascinated by the feelings they could evoke now that he had activated his emotion chip.  Once everything was packed he left it near the door to be transferred to the ship before they departed, then set off to the ship himself to get things settled.<br/><br/>He made his way then quickly to the ship, taking a quick shuttle up to spacedock. There he passed by crew members boarding, spacedock workers finalizing equipment, and other crew doing the many thousands of tasks required to see a new ship off on extended, possibly dangerous missions. And now they were only a couple hours from leaving, so everyone seemed to be rushing even more to make sure their departure was on time and completely safe. Rather than cause any sort of commotion Arik instead quietly and unassumingly made his way onto the ship, passing through people putting the finishing touches on things as his eyes scanned the various corridors. The ship was beautiful and it wasn't huge like some of the other starship classes, but it was still quite a decent size, and was decidedly... efficient and it packed quite a bit into its overall package. Arik found he was quite looking forward to putting her through his paces.<br/><br/>He knew it would be time to depart soon and he would need to make his way to the bridge for their departure, and possibly even say something to the crew before getting the ship on its way. First, however, he stopped by Angel's Rest. The place was largely deserted which suited the android fine as he walked up to the large windows up front and, for several long minutes, he was lost in thought as he gazed out into the spacedock and everything it held, pondering how far things had come over the last several hundred years.