#store trek

[unhumanrights]

Random Store Trek character concepts:

First off, just to establish some semblance of setting, the Federation is a corporation with many smaller companies under its umbrella. Starfleet would instead be something like Storefleet, the retail branch of the corp. Oh, and this is all based on Lower Decks.

Okay, NOW some character ideas I had.

Obviously, Beta Shift would be your rank-and-file retail grunts (maybe a step up to reflect recent promotions).

Mariner is the veteran, the one who’s been at the store since it opened, or just about. She’s the one who is the queen of customer service. Part of this is because she does not care about the company in any meaningful way, and so does what is actually best for the customers who deserve it. When I say she doesn’t care about the company, I don’t mean she doesn’t care about the store or her coworkers or the good customers, because she does. She just doesn’t give a shit about the higher ups or profits or anything like that. She takes pride in doing a good job, but her definition of good job is different from the official one.

Boimler is the hardest worker who has his eye on the manager’s chair. He has passable customer service skills, but is more task-oriented. He thinks the best way for advancement is networking and sticking as close to possible to the corporate way of thinking.

Tendi rivals Mariner for customer favorite. Mariner focuses on who she considers “good,” though, and Tendi is just Tendi (TM) with EVERYONE. She will worry too much about what the bad customers think.

Rutherford is mostly in the back handling stock, or on the floor setting up displays and other big projects. He was chosen at random by FederationCorp to test their prototype for smart glasses, but they are buggy as hell.

T’Lyn worked in another branch of the company (R&D, maybe?) until just recently. She had a falling out with her boss because he did not approve of how she got a job done, and he forced her to transfer to Storefleet as punishment. She does not want to be there and prefers to not deal with customers, even though she is competent at the job.

That’s what I had on my mind. I actually wrote a lot more than I expected to. I just had some ideas for Rutherford and T’Lyn when I started typing this. The rest just came out naturally.

[perlukafarinn]

this was published in 1976

(The Winged Dreamers by Jennifer Guttridge, published in Star Trek: The New Voyages)

[to-boldly-escape]

Jim!!💕

[trek-tracks]

Three tickets, please

[jim-kirks-bubble-butt]

star trek episode where it's store trek. they work at the Store.

[phantasm-s]

i have decided to contribute to the ds9 fandom. you are welcome mr ds9 community

[homewrecking-lore]

[spirk-trek]

i cannot get the idea of vulcan wedding jewelry and/or lingerie out of my head... imagine your fingers being so close but they can't touch until you take it off! look how beautiful! aghhhh!!

etsy shop

[foxgirlbutt]

Come to Quark's, Quark's is fun! Come right now! Don't walk, run!

[dustykneed]

hewwo can i request some sweet mckirk smoochin? :') jim turning up that patented Kirk Charm and showering bones with affection, bones getting all flustered and absolutely melting 🥰 your style is so lovely!

hewwwo !!!!! thank you so much for the request and the kind words<33 sorry for making ya wait (i made a bunch of things tho >:33 hope ya like em! (⁠*⁠´⁠ω⁠｀⁠*⁠)

(i swear ONE DAY ill finally have the kiss-drawing epiphany and draw lips actually touching. today is not that day but im getting closer !!!!! fingers crossed)

NOW FOR COMIC<33

(since i now have a squeaky clean inbox yall feel free to send in some reqs (hc word dump reqs also open tbh might be fun!) see ya on the other side of the inbox<33)

edit: FORGOT TO ADD MY FUNNIEST TAG IDEA YESTERDAY IT GOES HERE NOW IDGAF

#@the painting: it CAN be platonic mckirk if youre brave enough. itd be in character 100% just LOOK at the tos bloopers. tell me they wouldnt i dare you

[thyllas]

leftover star trek charms avaliable!! 12USD for spirk and 10USD for individual crew members ✨ -> etsy

[unhumanrights]

Store Trek: Halloween to Holiday

Well, I went ahead and did it. I already posted the AO3 listing for it, but just in case you don't do the AO3 thing, here is the first chapter in all its glory. My original document, and what I posted on AO3, used left and right alignments to differentiate who was texting, but I don't know how to do that on Tumblr, so in this post I just labeled each text or group of texts. Read more under the cut!

Summary:

It's Halloween. You know what that means? TIME TO PUT UP THE WINTER HOLIDAY DECORATIONS! That's retail for you, dudes. Carol Freeman, the manager of Storefleet #2380, texts her daughter Beckett Mariner to come in for an overnight shift. Corporate wants those holiday decorations up YESTERDAY. Seriously, they didn't even want to wait until November. Beta shift is their only hope. This is the beginning of Store Trek.

Notes:

Okay, this is my first attempt at an AU. They say write what you know, and I know retail, and I love the show Superstore, so why not use some of its DNA to alter Star Trek Lower Decks according to my whims? Let's see how long I keep this series going. I'll do my best! This is in the form of a text chain, and I tried to format it accordingly. I hope it comes through okay.

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

Chapter 1: Freeman gathers Beta Shift for the Overnighter

[The text chain between Beckett Mariner (Department Lead) and Carol Freeman (store manager of Storefleet #2380), began 8:13 PM on 10/31/20XX, retrieved from Mariner's phone]

Contact: Mom-Ager

Freeman:

Can you come in for an overnight shift  tonight?

Mariner:

Ooh, sorry, can’t. Out of town.

Freeman:

I saw your Instagram post. You’re at  Jennifer’s Halloween party. She lives two blocks from the store.

Mariner:

Fine. Ooh, sorry, can’t. Don't want to.

Freeman:

Beckett.

Let me be clear.

You’re coming in for an overnight shift tonight.

Mariner:

What could we possibly be doing that  needs to be done tonight?

Freeman:

The holiday decorations need to be  put out.

Mariner:

Are you freaking serious? It’s not even November yet.

Freeman:

But it will become November during your shift. Hence why you’re putting out the decorations.

Mariner:

See, this is why I hate the holiday season.

No time to breathe.

You should be able to enter a turkey coma on Thanksgiving, THEN wake up to the holiday crap.

Freeman:

Look, I’m not saying I disagree with the spirit of what you’re saying. It’s not up to me. This is from Corporate.

Mariner:

Can’t someone else do it?

Freeman:

Everyone else who isn’t already coming in is at Halloween parties.

Mariner:

I’M at a Halloween party!

Freeman:

MARINER

You’re a Department Lead now. That  means more responsibility. Sometimes, you’re going to have to leave the party early like an adult.

Mariner:

UGH

FINE

But I’m gonna be wearing my costume

Freeman:

I couldn’t care less what you wear. Shift starts at 11. You’ll have Boimler, Tendi, Rutherford, and T'Lyn with you.

Mariner:

You better be bringing us donuts when you open the store tomorrow. Proper bribery is the least you could do.

Freeman:

We’ll see. You look great in your costume, by the way. Just like Uhura.

Mariner:

Shut up, I know it.

End Notes:

You made it to the end! I'm so proud of you. I originally wrote Mariner's text grammar as much looser, as I think her text style would actually be. She has no time for capitalization and punctuation! She's too busy kicking ass and secretly hanging around the warp core. Even though that makes sense, I changed my mind and just made everything grammatically correct, for the most part. It's just how I prefer it. If you want to imagine a few emojis thrown in there, I won't stop you. A note for the future: I am not completely sure how I'm going to be handling aliens or other normal Trek stuff. Part of me WANTS to just have a bunch of aliens in an otherwise normal setting. Maybe that's what will happen. We'll see. I am leaning towards this because I really want to have a convenience store called FerengiMart, and I'd rather have it staffed with actual Ferengi.

Series this work belongs to:

Part 1 of Store Trek

[tngbabe]

Yep, I just walked out of Hallmark with these awesome ornaments!! Badgey & goodgey and data & spot !!! Got an eleven dr who as well. Data & spot!!

[waterme-stories]

What the fuck is this retro-futurism grooming chair situation and why in the name of Kirk does Worf keep it by his front door?

[trek-tracks]

I will never get tired of Vulcans quietly going to extremes to perform acts of service and devotion for the people they care about

Book 1: The Vulcan Academy Murders by Jean Lorrah

Book 2: Spock's World by Diane Duane

[purpleenma]

Partial panel for today. I think we can all imagine why Spock is making such a face 👀