Zathras Afarensis

The moment I read Gopi's "I like to think of my characters as a bunch of friends" my mind went immediately to STO. While the only way any of my toons could ever "meet" would be if I owned more than one Playstation, in my head I've realized that's exactly how I think of the ones I play with any regularity. Once I realized early on that they could share resources, a switch just went off that in my headcanon, somehow they all know each other, my mind even idly deciding that two of them had been roommates at the Academy. After my first and long-time favorite toon, a TOS Vulcan Tac officer, got to endgame and had amassed ridiculous amounts of dilithium and Energy Credits, she funded much better kit for my other toons much earlier than she had enjoyed. So in my inner monologue the others started calling T'Ryssa "Admiral Moneybags." And in my head, they all basically spend their summer vacations together on Risa, cheering each other on in the dance off or Dabo, sipping drinks on the Promenade, pooling Lohlunat Favors to buy everybody powerboards and floaters and swimsuits, and wondering out loud why you see freaking horga'hns everwhere you look but not even the slightest mention or hint of jamaharon, or "is it just me, or does that Pavyl dude seem kind of sketchy?" 😁

Bruce Springsteen covering one of my favorite Soul tracks, Frank Wilson's Northern Soul classic "Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)."