Feb 25, 2021
Sometimes the workers on Deep Space Nine talk about robots.
It goes in waves. For a few days, every so often, we get a sudden collective longing to have a small robot buddy. Or more than one. And name them. We talk about the names over our communicators when no one is listening, bantering quietly while cleaning the Habitat Ring or checking the structural integrity of the docking pylons. It'd be nice if the little buddies helped us take care of the station, but they wouldn't have to.
It's complicated to keep pets on DS9, but robots? Robots we could do. We could give robots all the attention they wanted. Take them with us while we're working... take turns taking them home...