Ah. Well. That... wasn't the reaction that Chekov was anticipating.
Pavel pauses a moment, contemplating the most appropriate course of action. He really should call in security and a superior officer, but that would lead to the girl being confined to the brig (unless Commander Spock opts to disregard protocol, which seems unlikely at best). She's ill and clearly not an immediate threat, so how can he, in good conscience, leave her to that?
It's just past 23:00; nearly everyone on Starbase 17 and the skeleton crew that remains on the Enterprise will be asleep, in their quarters, or at the starbase's bar. It should be entirely possible to go from the starbase's archives to the Enterprise's medbay without being seen. There are other issues to consider once they're on the Enterprise, but at least they will be among friends who are less likely to throw ill visitors in the brig than Starbase 17's staff might be.
Chekov returns to the computer just long enough to put the starbase's hallway cameras on loop for the next five minutes (making a mental note, of course, to contact Starbase 17's command staff to suggest an upgrade to their internal security system) and log out. That done, he approaches the unconscious girl. It seems highly inappropriate to carry her to the ship without her express permission -- would that be considered abduction? yes, he thinks it would -- but his options are severely limited.
Better to ask for forgiveness later than permission now, Captain Kirk has been known to say. Even though he usually says this immediately before doing something stupid, it sounds like fine advice in this circumstance.
Mind made up, Chekov carefully picks the girl up off the floor. She's almost startlingly light, which is fortunate for this ill-conceived plan of Pavel's. He can only hope that she either remains unconscious until they're off the starbase or, if she wakes, doesn't mind that she's being bridal-carried by a stranger.
Chekov and his abductee exit the archives and make their way through the quiet halls of Starbase 17. Security does a sweep on the hour, he remembers, so they won't pose a problem. They're much more likely to come across an Enterprise crew member returning to their quarters, and Pavel is almost certain that he can talk most of his peers into helping him. Maybe. Probably.
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Pavel pauses a moment, contemplating the most appropriate course of action. He really should call in security and a superior officer, but that would lead to the girl being confined to the brig (unless Commander Spock opts to disregard protocol, which seems unlikely at best). She's ill and clearly not an immediate threat, so how can he, in good conscience, leave her to that?
It's just past 23:00; nearly everyone on Starbase 17 and the skeleton crew that remains on the Enterprise will be asleep, in their quarters, or at the starbase's bar. It should be entirely possible to go from the starbase's archives to the Enterprise's medbay without being seen. There are other issues to consider once they're on the Enterprise, but at least they will be among friends who are less likely to throw ill visitors in the brig than Starbase 17's staff might be.
Chekov returns to the computer just long enough to put the starbase's hallway cameras on loop for the next five minutes (making a mental note, of course, to contact Starbase 17's command staff to suggest an upgrade to their internal security system) and log out. That done, he approaches the unconscious girl. It seems highly inappropriate to carry her to the ship without her express permission -- would that be considered abduction? yes, he thinks it would -- but his options are severely limited.
Better to ask for forgiveness later than permission now, Captain Kirk has been known to say. Even though he usually says this immediately before doing something stupid, it sounds like fine advice in this circumstance.
Mind made up, Chekov carefully picks the girl up off the floor. She's almost startlingly light, which is fortunate for this ill-conceived plan of Pavel's. He can only hope that she either remains unconscious until they're off the starbase or, if she wakes, doesn't mind that she's being bridal-carried by a stranger.
Chekov and his abductee exit the archives and make their way through the quiet halls of Starbase 17. Security does a sweep on the hour, he remembers, so they won't pose a problem. They're much more likely to come across an Enterprise crew member returning to their quarters, and Pavel is almost certain that he can talk most of his peers into helping him. Maybe. Probably.