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Space. The final frontier.

These are the voyages of the starship Tulpar.

Its continuing mission: to explore strange new worlds.

To seek out new life, and new civilizations.

To boldly go where no man has gone before.

Mouthwashing: Star Trek AU idea that I tossed around in my head a few times.

Okay so you know how Mouthwashing is a grimdark psychological horror where everybody dies in pain and all had fallen to Jimmy's reign (of terror)? I thought... how would that play out in the Star Trek universe? It would also be interesting because Star Trek is super optimistic and hopeful and humanity is mostly being the best they could be in that franchise.

And I wondered... how would that translate for the Mouthwashing crew? So here's what my thoughts were.

The Tulpar becomes the U.S.S. Tulpar, a Miranda-class starship (not too bright, new, or shiny, not prestigious in the slightest, but a tough old girl that'll still get the job done and still works well enough to do her job in literally any era during or after the TOS movies). It's kind of like the Cerritos in a way, mostly doing boring things but still with just enough occasional excitement to keep the crew on their toes and roaring to go whenever they need to. I think it fits, since the Tulpar is just a long-haul freighter in canon.

Captain Curly... remains Captain Curly, but he sheds most of his negative traits and no longer suffers from bystander syndrome, nor would he be willing to tolerate any of Jimmy's more heinous acts if he ever did them and Curly found out. And believe me, he will find out. And he will do something about it this time. The inspirational, responsible captain schtick isn't just a schtick anymore.

I'll get a lot of hate for this... okay so Jimmy goes from co-pilot to first officer, being Curly's number one and not just because Curly has a soft spot for him. Jimmy, at least in this world, manages to harness his skills as a manipulator in canon and becomes uncannily good at reading people and getting them to do what he wants. He's not some bitter rapist envious of everyone around him, he's the first officer of an honest-to-god starship and he graduated as one of the most promising cadets in his class. Oh, sure, he'll rub it in his peers' faces every now and then, but for the most part he has a laser-guided focus on doing his job correctly and sharing the load with Curly. The wonders of a 23rd/24th/25th century upbringing and getting his mental issues sorted out early on in his life. Might end up turning bad, might not. Whichever provides the most interesting direction for his character.

Anya goes from being the sole nurse on the Tulpar to the ship's chief medical officer. She's... on amiable terms with everyone, it helps that Jimmy isn't so flippant with his psych evals and that Curly will be more than happy to hammer out any issues with the crew. Not so timid or meek anymore.

Swansea goes from mechanic to chief engineer. He's been at this longer than anyone else, he's had a lot of time to hone his skills. Probably one of the oldest members of the main cast in terms of both age and experience. Abuses Scotty Time a lot to get Jimmy off his ass about when he can get [X] fixed after it blew out/broke/overloaded again.

Daisuke is probably an ensign (who probably rapidly ascends to some rank like lieutenant junior grade) and is the ship's helmsman. Knows his history and probably squees on the inside whenever Curly indulges him by saying "Engage!" right before they go to warp.

I imagine that the conflict replacing the asteroid crash in the story would be some wacky Star Trek space wedgie incident that strands them one way or another in deep space, probably through their comms breaking down or their ship losing the ability to (safely) go to warp. Or both! Either way, it lasts just long enough to give the bridge/main crew some time to breathe and really let their characters show, just like in the main game itself.