#Uhura month

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Day three of Uhura Month!! Today's prompt is Tribbles!

I'm so proud of this one!

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For Uhura Month @uhuramonth day 4, prompt: “Diplomacy”, here's chapter 1 of “The Fabric Of Her Life”

Summary: When a first contact mission goes wrong, Kirk is incapacitated, and Nyota must navigate an unfriendly planet without the aid of a universal translator.

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply

Category: Gen

Fandom: Star Trek: The Original Series (Movies)

Relationship: James T. Kirk & Nyota Uhura

Characters: Nyota Uhura, James T. Kirk, Spock (Star Trek), Hikaru Sulu

Additional Tags: Universal Translator Malfunction, Captivity, Hostage Scenario, Endometriosis, Medical Negligence, (past) Medical Negligence, Trans James T. Kirk

Note: This fic includes mentions of past medical negligence, themes of ableism, ableist character(s) & microaggressions.

Chapter 1: Silk

“Now, , you've read my report, but let's go over the salient points again.”

Ambassador Vodel wears an outfit made entirely from tie-dyed fabric. It's a style popular with most civilians they encounter in deep space, though, if it weren't for these pre-contact briefings, Jim would have no idea what passed for fashion on Earth right now.

“The Ignee have been warp-capable for twenty years, but their maximum warp speed is equivalent to our zero-point-five.” As Vodel struts, the silk swishes importantly. “Like humans, they were spacefarers long before they discovered warp tech- but, unlike us, they'd already colonized every M-Class planet in their solar system when they did so. We encountered one of their manned ships on the edge of Federation space, and it's still there, I very much suspect! The ship maintains constant communication with Igneous-Delta through radio contact alone, but don't ask me how. Naturally, they were a little surprised when we contacted them via subspace, but their instruments picked it up well enough. I imagine it was like receiving the Wow! signal, only a little less…” He waves a hand. “... You know.”

Jim doesn't. “I'll bet they were surprised when your ship turned up, too.” He says.

“Well, quite. Shooting across the galaxy in a fraction-of-a-fraction of the time it takes them to do it, I'm sure they were amazed.” He turns his head. “I think that's why they're so receptive to us.”

“Why wouldn't they be receptive?” Jim shields his eyes as they round the corner, and overhead lights begin their simulated sunrise. The corridor paints Vodel’s robes magenta.

“Well, I thought they were Luddites at first, you know. My crew disagreed, but they came around to my way of thinking: absolutely zero evolution of warp technology in twenty years, zero progress in communications, their planetary servers are still entirely dependent on Ethernet- they'd love this ship, all these datacards…!”

Kirk maintains a blank face. “Speaking of which, my head of communications mentioned-”

“- Ah yes, the lovely Ms Uhura. I do believe my Yeoman is busy replicating a new stack of cards as we speak. As for your chief science officer-”

“And first officer-”

“Two very demanding titles! How peculiar, to have them both filled by one person... But, I suppose he is Vulcan, isn't he?”

“Yes,” Jim says, forcibly. “But-”

“-Well, tell him we haven't got any botanical readings. We did the preliminary atmosphere checks- the safety checks, and all that. The air is fresh, the ground is walkable, and- although we don't have any Vulcans on our crew- if you're in the habit of sending two of your most senior roles on an away mission at the same time; I'm sure he'll be perfectly safe.” He chuckles at his own joke.

“We need that information to plan our away team.” Jim says, levelly.

“I'm afraid I don't follow.”

“Your Conditions Report was missing key allergen information.”

“Allergen information?” He clicks his tongue. “Ah, yes. On a starship this size, I suppose you can't afford to be as discerning with your personnel, even if you are the flagship.”

Jim stops moving. “What?”

Vodel is halfway down the corridor. “Stars below, have I hit a nerve?”

Jim blinks. “Perhaps you should continue briefing me.”

“Well-” he hesitates. “Yes.” He hums. “The Ignee are incredibly concerned with honesty, purity and truth.”

“Meaning?”

“They dislike deception. Their reaction to subspace was proof of that.”

“They thought you were deceiving them?”

“Orbits, no! It's stranger than that. They thought we were defying The Natural Order.”

Jim frowns at him.

“It's just like I told you!” Vodel flourishes. “Their social model revolves around complete transparency, and- apparently- talking through a microphone obscures that.” He scoffs. “With that attitude, it's a miracle that they developed narrowband radio at all. It's why I insisted on accelerating second contact; we weren't getting anywhere over videocall- though, aside from a few superstitions, they're really quite harmless.”

They arrive at the landing bay, and Vodel puts his hands on his hips. “Now, I would stick around, but you're the best in the fleet! Not to mention the fact that each bridge member is a specialist in their own right, and- my my my- I dare say that the other deep-space ships are very jealous of you!”

“Thank you,” Jim says, fimly. “I understand you have an emergency to attend to on Hydrox V?”

“Oh, yes. Their previous leader died of illness, and there's distrust among the temporary government. You have no idea how deadly these disputes can become.”

“Hmm. It's fortunate you were nearby.”

“Undoubtedly!” He beams. “Now, where is that yeoman…?”

His crewman appears at his shoulder wearing a cream-colored hijab. “Ambassador?”

“Ah, splendid! You've calculated the telemetry, then?”

“Yes, sir.”

“Excellent! Well, come along, then; that internal conflict is hardly going to solve itself…”

The yeoman flashes Jim a long-suffering smile as they pass a datacard to him, then vanish as quickly as they arrived. Vodel follows in a flurry of chatter and fabric, and his clothes glow like dying embers. In the sudden silence, Jim is left in an empty corridor as the lights turn from pink to blue.

He pinches the bridge of his nose, and leans against the nearest wall unit.

“Bridge?”

The speaker crackles.

“Have you finished with our charming ambassador?” Nyota says, neutrally.

“Yes, he's returned to his ship.” He pauses. “How come none of the diplomats we meet are ever diplomatic?”

“Oh, he seemed sufficiently diplomatic, Captain.”

Jim smirks, and slots the datacard into the reader. “Is there time to analyse this before we leave?”

“I'll put an ensign on it.”

Jim nods, and turns away.

“Wait!” Her voice brightens. “It's the glyphic data which got lost in the transfer. It'll help me calibrate the universal translator for written documents.”

Jim narrows his eyes. “So, nothing pressing, then?”

“Well, I might help that ensign with it… It's always good to know if something's a marriage document before you sign it.”

“Hey. That was a Declaration Of Betrothal, and I've told you I'm sorry.”

“Well, you still refuse to follow through with it. It hurts my feelings, that's all.”

He smiles. “I'll make it up to you.”

“Mr Spock has suddenly become very interested in the scanner unit,” Nyota says, in an undertone.

*

“No warp-capable society is ‘harmless’, Captain,” Spock announces as Jim steps out of the turbolift.

“Good morning to you, too, Spock. I assume this means you've read the ambassador's report?”

Spock raises an eyebrow. “Twice, Captain. Ambassador Vodel's research was remarkably concise.”

Jim's face twitches. “Yes, I've heard. We can send an away-team to complete the additional readings we'll need before the diplomatic team beams down.”

Something flits across his face. “The scans were at Doctor McCoy's insistence, not mine.” He places his hands behind his back. “He would, however, find such an oversight disturbing.”

“‘Disturbing,’ Spock?”

“The ambassador is unable or unwilling to accommodate the extra environmental scans, thereby putting its crewmembers at risk… An emotional being such as The Doctor would find that disturbing.”

“Ah, I see. It's kind of you to look out for his feelings that way- and logical, of course- but I'll deal with him.”

Nyota smiles to herself as she analyses the glyphic data.

*

The away team assembles in the transporter room, and splits into two groups of six. The first contains Jim, Spock, Hikaru and Nyota, with science officers Stevenson and Imada rounding up the back. The second group is comprised mostly of redshirts.

For this outing, Nyota has donned a command-gold uniform instead of her usual red, and Hikaru has changed into science blues.

There are two additional communications officers in group two, one of whom is an ensign. Jim frowns, but doesn't comment on it. Instead, he turns to Nyota.

“Lieutenant Uhura, do you want to brief us?”

“I do,” she smiles, and addresses the crowded room. “The Ignean lingua franca draws influence from almost five hundred others, some of which are pidgin forms from their off-world colonies. Their sentence structure is flexible, and often changes depending on context.” She glances at Jim, then back to the group. “Most sentences take the form of Object-Subject-Verb, but not all of them. The Universal translator is still learning their language- as am I- so it won't always be able to rearrange their sentences in real-time, as many of you may be used to. For those of you who may have skipped your rotation in comms, you may not be aware that OSV is the rarest word-order structure found on Earth. So, if anyone has any difficulty understanding what they're hearing: see me after class.”

There are several chuckles.

Jim smiles. “And, if in doubt, let our linguists do the talking.”

“Right,” Nyota beams. “That's all.”

“One more thing-”

“I have a briefing,” says a gruff voice behind them. Doctor McCoy stands in the doorway, wearing medical scrubs and a scowl. “Make sure you scan any flora before you approach it, no matter how familiar it looks.”

“Thank you, Bones,” Jim interrupts him, and signals to the rest of the group.

Bones harrumps loudly as the officers takes their places on their respective transporter pads.

“And, before we beam down-” Jim turns to Nyota again. “A question from someone who may have skipped his rotation in comms…”

She smiles. “Captain?”

“If the universal translator isn't drastically changing its output, will the Ignee be able to understand us?”

“So long as we keep contractions to a minimum, I don't see why not.”

“You mean 'do not see why not',” Kilgore reminds her.

Nyota points to her. “You are sharp, ensign. This is why I brought you along.”

“I am glad we worked this out before we beamed down,” Hikaru says.

“Technically, the universal translator will not have any issue working out contracted speech on our end,” Stevenson says, playfully. “But it may help to reduce lag.”

“Yes.” Nyota nods. “Fascinating.”

Bones looks aghast. “Lord help me, Jim, one Vulcan's enough, and now there're five of them!”

Spock cocks an eyebrow at him, and Jim smiles.

“Energise, Mr Scott!”

[CHAPTER 1] [CHAPTER 2 (TBA)]

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Spock x Uhura in Star Trek: The Original Series Commissioned by @uhuramonth

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Me: [To my Brain] Do you think you have anything…any room for this after the Holidays?

My Brain:

Mmmmmaybe…

Uhuramonth interest check!

hey so I just realized that I didn't do Uhura month this year!

So here's a poll for those who'd like to have an Uhuramonth.

Please vote and reblog!

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First artwork of 2025!

This is for the @uhuramonth day 7 prompt: “Crew or Found Family.” So here’s Uhura with Sulu, Scotty, and Chekov— three members of the Enterprise family.

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Nichelle Nichols: Breaking Barriers and Boldly Going Beyond Star Trek’s Final Frontier! 🪐🚀

Nichelle Nichols, born in 1932, is best known for her groundbreaking role as Lieutenant Uhura on the original Star Trek series. As one of the first Black women in a leading role on American television, she broke barriers and inspired generations to come. However, her impact extends far beyond the small screen; Nichols has also made significant contributions to the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) by working closely with NASA to promote diversity in the space program.

Nichols' portrayal of Lieutenant Uhura was a game-changer for television and popular culture. Her character was a powerful symbol of empowerment and progress, demonstrating that a woman of color could excel in a traditionally white, male-dominated field. The role not only inspired young girls to pursue careers in STEM but also caught the attention of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who encouraged Nichols to continue with the show when she contemplated leaving after the first season.

In the late 1970s and 1980s, Nichols expanded her influence by collaborating with NASA to recruit women and people of color to the space agency. She leveraged her fame and reputation to draw in diverse talent, playing a crucial role in the recruitment of notable figures such as Dr. Mae Jemison, the first Black woman astronaut, and Charles Bolden, the first Black NASA Administrator.

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Day 5! Whoop whoop! Read on ao3 here, go check out the extraordinary @mcspirkevents, you know the drill.

Fic is SFW. Summary under cut, link to the whole series here

“And…that’s everything set!” Nyota announced, spinning in her chair to grin at Jim and Spock where they waited. “Everyone's informed, Mister Scott has the con…yep! You, sirs, are free to go. Go, go! Grab Leonard, and you three have yourselves a nice, relaxing honeymoon.” “Alright, alright, we’re going! And Uhura,” Jim said bracingly, “of course, if it’s important, you can always reach me. Uhura laughed, and shooed him away. “Go on, Jim. The ship will survive without you for a day. Give Leonard my love, will you?” Jim smiled. “Of course, Nyota. Thank you. Please, if there’s trouble, don’t hesitate—” “Ach, get out of here, laddie,” Scotty ordered. “Go have a good romp with those husbands a’ yours.” Jim flushed. “Now, Scotty—” “Out!” Nyota cried. “Shoo! Skedaddle! Not one more word or I’m canceling the shuttle!” Jim, with Spock in tow, skedaddled. Of course, it was only a few hours later that Nyota received an incoming communication form Starfleet Command, marked urgent. She resisted the urge to head-desk, and put it up in the viewer on Scotty’s command.

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Uhura!!!!

Your honor, I love her

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Celebrating the new year and the first day of Uhura Month with some Captain Uhura!

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I wrote this for Mcspirk Month 2024 Day 15: Fake Dating. The event is being hosted on @mcspirkevents.

Summary:

McCoy, Kirk, Nyota, and Scotty are sent to a cafe on a stake out mission. Where the four break off in pairs and pretend to be couples enjoying a nice lunch out. Though Nyota can hear Spock bickering with the other two through their ear pieces, from two tables over.

Preview of the story:

“Hah!” McCoy leans further over the table, closer to Jim. “I’d might be worried if this was a first date.”

“Who says it’s not?”

“Captain, Doctor, the mission requires your full attention.”

McCoy leans back in his chair. “Yeah we know.” Forgoing all discretion he throws his arm over the chair and turns towards Scotty and Uhura’s table. Spock would not at all be pleased. “Even Spock wouldn’t be that awkward.

Jim tilts his head and smirks. “Shall we test that hypothesis the next time we need an undercover couple?”

“Please remember to remain focused on the task at hand. We must stop Major Constance from meeting with their associates.”

McCoy rolls his eyes as Jim watches. The same dopey smile on his face that he always gets when they’re on the bridge. Chittering away.

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“Look at them.” Uhura gestures casually with her daiquiri glass, as if she were talking with her hands for emphasis, rather than gesturing towards their friends. Doctor McCoy was chittering away. Captain Kirk was preoccupied by trying his best not to laugh. Even from this distance, her keen ears could make out the somber tones of Spock’s voice. She couldn’t quite make out what he’s saying, but every tone  “Chatting away as if this were just another day.”

“To be fair, we’ve had our fair share of weirder missions.” Scotty moves to sit a little straighter. Uhura didn’t even think that was possible. Somehow the chief engineer manages. “I don’t know how they do it.”

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Nichelle Nichols interviewed for the Smithsonian Channel about playing Nyota Uhura Commissioned by @uhuramonth

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World Watercolour Month: 12. Otherworldy

His alien love would victimize / and rip your heart from you!

I'm still missing a couple prompts but I thought this would be a good one for more star trek screen cap redraw :) It was a bit difficult to capture Spock's good-natured mock eye roll at Uhura's song.

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EVEN TAS UHURA IS HERE!!!!

OFFICIAL UHURAMONTH 2025 PROMPTS ARE HERE!

Check below the read more for the text versions of the prompts

For the prompts please keep in mind you can do fanfics, fanart, links to promo your own stuff or your fave fics/art recs that match that days prompts.

Please tag us at UHURAMONTH2025 or UHURAMONTH for reblogging purposes.

1. Captain Uhura

2. "Absolutely not my job but I'll do it anyway!"

3. Translation OR Tribbles!

4. Diplomacy OR mirror!verse (TOS)

5. Patience OR Fairytale AU

6. Culture OR coffee shop au

7. Crew OR Found family

8. Fave Uhura ot3 or polycule

9. Top 3 fave ships and why

10. Fave Uhura femslash OR fluffiness

11. Fave Uhura look in TOS

OR Angst

12. Fave Uhura look in SNW

OR Supernatural AU

13. Holiday cheer

14. Secret admirer

15. Top 5 Uhura Fic recs

16. Crossover day (Star Trek x ur other fave media)

17. Magical realism (or straight up Magic AU)

18. Culture clash (Earth Cultures vs Alien cultures)

19. Happy Birthday Uhura!

20. Technobabble (OR carnal pleasures)

21. Gays in Space!!! (OR Uhura as your flavor of LGBTQ+)

22. Time travel shenanigans (OR Uhura as a child)

23. Sports AU OR What sports does Uhura love?

24. Detective AU OR Space Noir

25. Modern AU

26. Free day!!!

27. Top 5 fave Uhura fanarts!  

28. Gender swap Uhura

29. Uhura as a Mom

30. Uhura & Friends (friends & besties)

31. Comment on 5 Uhura fics for a shiny badge!

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So this happened!🙌🏿🖖🏿✊🏿

Sonequa and Celia did a live stream together on @CBStvstudios IG page. This whole stream is still up for those that want to see it. It was a very beautiful, honest, and reflective conversation about their journey with Star Trek and their respective roles as Captain Michael Burnham and Nyota Uhura. They are both beautiful people, inside and out. Definitely worth watching for anyone.