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Felis Commandus (A Star Trek Cat Transformation Story)
by A dhole and a Caitian
Airline pilot, Starfleet officer
Posted 2 weeks ago
When a late-night inspection of the science labs goes catastrophically sideways, Captain Meng Oren — the Kitty Hawk's sharp, instinct-driven Caitian commander — finds herself on the wrong end of an experimental retroviral agent and a very bad night. Suddenly voiceless, four-legged, and entirely too close to the ground, she must find a way to lead her ship from the most undignified position of her Starfleet career.
With a ticking clock on her only path back to herself, the crew races to solve an unprecedented xenobiological crisis — while a distress call from a crippled civilian transport forces a choice that could cost the captain everything. First Officer T'Vrak holds the center with quiet precision. Chief Engineer Tommy Scott fights to buy time with tools that weren't designed for this. And Dr. Crusher, in a move that is either inspired or embarrassing depending on who you ask, equips their commanding officer with a collar.
A story about command, trust, and what it means to know your crew — even when you can't tell them so.
"The universe has a perverse sense of humor. It tends to reserve its finest jokes for those least able to appreciate them."
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With a ticking clock on her only path back to herself, the crew races to solve an unprecedented xenobiological crisis — while a distress call from a crippled civilian transport forces a choice that could cost the captain everything. First Officer T'Vrak holds the center with quiet precision. Chief Engineer Tommy Scott fights to buy time with tools that weren't designed for this. And Dr. Crusher, in a move that is either inspired or embarrassing depending on who you ask, equips their commanding officer with a collar.
A story about command, trust, and what it means to know your crew — even when you can't tell them so.
"The universe has a perverse sense of humor. It tends to reserve its finest jokes for those least able to appreciate them."
Follow my Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/judyreinard.bsky.social and my Twitter https://x.com/judyreinard
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Hazelwolf
~hazelwolf
I can easily picture this entire story as one of *those* episodes in your typical Star Trek series.
A dhole and a Caitian
~judyjudith
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I think LD missed the opportunity of dedicating an episode solely to make fun of T'Ana for being a cat
Hazelwolf
~hazelwolf
The implication that Meng is still capable of rational thought in this form is that domestic cats do have humanoid-level sapience. They just choose not to communicate it.
