#lieutenant sonek

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The Sonic Event (1 Unfortunate Vulcan V.S. Earth’s Internet)

Hundreds of years ago, humanity created a global system of interconnected computer networks that came to be known as the internet. Once it was considered an archive of all human knowledge, but time has long since corrupted it’s credibility.

Despite its removal from professional settings, many social media platforms still remain in use along with much of their cultures.

Many Alien species, including Vulcans, had never heard of the archive. Those who had considered its contents inconsequential which caused them to underestimate its potential impact and the power of MEMEs.

This opinion quickly was changed after the “The Sonic Event” none more so than Sonic himself.

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It all started during a conference between Starfleet Command and USS Intrepid, a star ship crewed entirely by Vulcans.

The meeting took place after a mission to L-S VI to oversee and study a major volcanic eruption taking place on the planet’s surface. The crew had collected various data and imagery from the eruption.

A Lieutenant was assigned the simple task of compiling this information into a standardized document which was presented during the meeting. Because of the simplicity of this task, no one thought to double check the document for errors beforehand.

This became a problem as, unbeknownst to his crewmates, the Lieutenant enjoyed “surrealistic photo editing” while unoccupied and had accidently incorporated one of his private creations* instead of an official photo.

As soon as the slide was revealed, the Lieutenant immediately realized his mistake and quickly fixed the error. The correction only took a few seconds and, fortunately, his superiors at Command happened to find the situation humorous. The individual faced no official consequences other than a new ship wide reminder to always have a fellow crewmate double check official presentations.

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Of course the story does not end here as one member of command decided to share the story privately in their personal blog on Tumblr. Eventually a family member decided to re-share the post on a public forum for “internet clout”. The public post soon gained popularity and quickly became viral.

This lead to a resurgence of internet usage as more individuals attempted to view the unexpected “artwork” and share their own stories of “Vulcan ****-ups”.

The tale reached national news and the Lieutenant responsible for the image was bombarded by interview requests and other news sites reminding him that Earth now regards him as an icon of Vulcan failure.

The excitement did die down after some time... until the Lieutenant’s name was revealed to Sonek... pronounce the same was as the human word “Sonic”. It also happened to be the name of a popular fictional character which had been a stable of MEME culture for generations.

With this discovery the world went wild.

New meme formats emerged, old ones were revived. As Sonek’s fame skyrocketed, the way humanity viewed Vulcans completely changed. Some of these changes were positive, but most Vulcan citizens found them inconvenient.

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After years of harassment from both media and his peers, Lieutenant Sonek found it logical to retire from star fleet and monopolize on his new found fame and pursue filmmaking on Earth (which was definitely not something he was secretly passionate about and had always wanted to do).

The catalyst for the extreme re-emergence of social media and the events following are now collectively known as the Sonic Event after the blue hedgehog.

* The image included the Lieutenant with his arms raised edited to appear emerging from the erupting volcano with his crewmates faces transposed onto figures “fleeing” the site. Upon further questioning, it was revealed that he was heavily inspired by classic Japanese monster movies.

If there is anyway to improve this AU/Headcannon/Thing, then please let me know.