#can't decide if i overthought or underthought this LMAO

[wyllzel]

nct star trek au elaboration 👀 / these are just my thoughts and initial reasoning, and the whole thing is open to interpretation!

tl;dr don’t give anyone a phaser except yuta LMAO

COMMAND DIVISION (aka 127)

Taeyong as Captain: If he can lead a 20+ member kpop group, he can lead a giant research spaceship (probably). Also, one of Kirk’s biggest strengths as captain tends to be his compassion, which I reason TY could fulfill nicely!

Johnny as First Officer: In TOS, Spock takes on the role of both FO and Chief Science Officer, but uhhh Spock is a (half) Vulcan and Johnny is Johnny, so he just gets FO (with much respect to Johnny) 😆 Probably he just steps up as TY’s backup / picks up where TY is unable to and otherwise chills on the Bridge 😋✌️ and posts on space Instagram lol

Taeil as Navigator + Haechan as Helmsman (Pilot): Genuinely. I just think giving HC control over the entirety of a giant research spaceship would be very funny. And I think Taeil giving him directions off Google Maps (with extra math and physics) while he does so would be hilarious. I think many hijinks would ensue, which is only proper for ST. Also Sun & Moon inverse Sulu & Chekov... so true...

Yuta as Chief Tactical Officer: I would not hesitate to put a phaser in YT’s hands. Also he looks pretty epic in the new High&Low movie, so I  think that those skills would definitely translate into ST AU. Altho, I think most of what he’d be doing is like, fire lasers from the spaceship?? Still, pretty epic. He’d make it look cool.

Doyoung as Records Officer: 😭 Sorry m8 you’re doing the paperwork LOL 😭 but also I think he’d take this opportunity to come up to the bridge as often as possible and bother TY which, again, would probably be extremely hilarious 😆

Jaehyun as Materials Officer: 😢 okay I am a bit sorry for this one, but also I wasn’t sure where to put him... And I didn’t want to put too many “action” people, because at its core, ST is about respectful ‘discovery’/science and idealism, NOT action (*side-eyes Abrams*) :/ so he gets to do inventory LOL which I hope he would enjoy (also would YOU trust JH with a phaser?? much to consider...)

Jungwoo as Quartermaster: Idk I just feel like it’d suit him, he just gets to take care of everyone’s little outfits LOL important, low-stakes job with little action and a good amount of people interaction...! I think he’d be very good at it!

SCIENCE DIVISION (aka Dream)

Mark as Chief Science Officer: Okay I actually feel extremely strongly about this one 👁👁 I am positively CONVINCED that if Actual Markly was not a kpop idol, he’d be a CS major ??? or some sort of typical Asian Dude STEM major LOL I am not sure why it is just the extreme vibes that I feel deeply about. Anyway he’s got a lot of ambition, so I wouldn’t be surprised at him ending up CSO... plus he’s Dream’s leader so I felt obligated to put him there l m a o

Jaemin as Chief Medical Officer + Jeno as Physician: I was watching a recording behind for Dream and someone said ‘Jaemin’s rly regretting not going to med school now lol’ and somehow that stuck with me HAHA similar principle to Markly, he’s got an edge that I’m sure could actually carry him thru med school LOL and idk I’d probably trust Jeno if he were my physician. One time my friend had to get an IV and she hates needles but she didn’t panic bc the nurse was kinda hot lol

Renjun as Physicist: Idk he just looks like he’d study something nerdy like physics :P JUST KIDDING (sort of) he seems like a smart guy and has a pretty levelhead (lol... maybe...) overall... physics is just the vibe...

Chenle as Archaeologist: 😆 I just figured he would choose to study something mildly pretentious but also mildly exciting, but I also wanted it to somewhat match with JS’s so they could be a duo LMAO (but also, if you look at the ranks chart, he outranks JS just slightly which, again, is for peak comedy purposes)

Jisung as Geologist: Again, he’s got to match with CL, but be just slightly unexciting HAHA 😅 Rocks... very excellent... BUT since CL and JS’s fields are pretty hands-on, they’ll likely be on the “away team” pretty often, neatly putting them into unexpected alien hijinks LMAO (again, peak comedy)

OPERATIONS DIVISION (WayV + Sungtaro)*

*yes, i purposely assigned them redshirts 🥲 hahahaha.....

Kun as Chief Engineer: He just seems like he’d be an engineer :’-) plus leadership etc etc... Also, this is Scotty’s position, and just like Scotty, Kun knows everything there is to know about spaceship (real!)

Winwin as Security Chief: Ngl, I have no idea who outranks who btwn WW and YT, but I think YT is more like “shoots spaceship lasers” and WW is more like “shoots gun lasers” ?? Still, I hope their paths cross... WW 100% does unnecessary backflips 

Ten as Chief Communications Officer + Yangyang as Deputy Communications Officer: Couldn’t separate Tenyang!! They’re good with languages, therefore, they get to do language stuff 😋 not sure which of them would be more similar to Uhura’s role, but either Ten and YY struggling to communicate with aliens ... lolll

Xiaojun as Section Chief: Not 100% sure what this is HAHA 😭 me when my research is half-assed... but I think he has a security team under his command... Anyway... Just wanted XJ to see some action... I think it’d be a bit funny... “iron nuggets roll out” lolll so true... punch a hostile alien in the face hell yeah...

Hendery as Transporter Operator: Putting HD in charge of a mystical science portal that literally rearranges someone’s atoms from one place to another, usually hundreds of kilometers away or so?? COMEDY!!!

Sungchan as Engineer + Shotaro as Tactical Officer: I tried to give them ensign-level roles since they’re both the “newbies” :’) and as of rn... remain without fixed units... :( ANyway SC would get to work with Kun (whom he seems to be friendly with) but I suspect he shirks duties to go hang out with JW LOL, who wouldn’t be too busy... Shotaro would be working under YT and get to hang out on the Bridge, where he’d (possibly) be able get to know TY & YY 🤔