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Janeway/Seven Advent Calendar Story 2007
Janeway’s Odyssey
By Gun Brooke
6
Janeway stood in line outside the administrator’s office, impatiently tapping her foot. Checking the time, she knew she would probably not get the nap she had in mind before the graveyard shift on the bridge. Their captain, an aging Hovadarian named Poros, only made rare appearances on the bridge these days, and during the fourteen months Janeway had been part of his crew, Poros had given her more and more bridge time. There were nights when she would sit in the captain’s chair onboard the alien vessel and actually vision Voyager’s bridge with all the familiar, beloved faces. She had gone from deeply hurt and resentful for being left behind, to determined to and fanatical about catching up. “Hey, you! Your turn,” a gruff female voice said. The administrator at this space station was an older woman, all dressed in grey and smoking something resembling an ancient water pipe. “I would like to browse through the logs of arriving and departing vessels, please.” “And why would I let you do that?” the administrator huffed. “I’m looking for a specific vessel that may have stopped here not long ago.” “I can’t just let any drunken ship-rat peruse confidential documents.” “I’m not drunk, and those records are hardly confidential. Maybe you’d remember this vessel. Her name is Voyager, and she's a Federation ship from the Alpha Quadrant.” Something glimmered in the alien woman’s eyes. “Voyager?” she asked. “How much would information regarding this ship be worth to you?” An unpleasant smile grazed her lips and she sucked eagerly at the pipe, huffing the smoke right at Janeway.” “Don’t pay her anything, Kathryn,” a voice said behind Janeway.
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