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The Ice
Queen
A J/7 Advent
Calendar Story 2008 by Gun Brooke
Disclaimer
7
Janeway sat
at her desk in the ready room, scanning the latest data.
Repairs were underway, but so far they had no transporters
or long range communication. The replicators were finally
back online, as were the short range scanners and the warp
core was back online after failing twice already. Janeway
had three crewmembers monitoring the planet’s military
communication, and so far there was no sign of anyone having
detected them where they circled in high orbit.
She pulled
up the software that tracked Seven’s bio signature, which
she had done at least every tenth minute since she sat down
to work four hours ago. There she was. Janeway noted the
coordinates again; wanting to track the young woman’s every
movement. She wondered what Seven was doing so far north.
She was moving within a five kilometre radius in a remote
area in northern Sweden, which must be freezing cold this
time of year.
The door
chime rang, making Janeway flinch as she wasn’t ready to
finish her thoughts about Seven and her well being.
“Enter,”
she barked and switched back to the report determining the
status of the sensors.
Tom Paris
stepped inside and handed over a blinking data PADD to her.
“Captain, I’ve gone through the information I have about
Earth in 2008, particularly regarding Sweden.”
“Anything
worrisome? Any armed conflicts in the area?”
“Not where
Seven is. Granted, the world was a violent place at that
time, but Sweden had sustained one of the longest period of
peace among all the nations. Apparently it hasn’t been in a
conflict since 1814, when they were at war with France,
Norway and Denmark.”
“That’s
good from our point of view.”
“Sweden at
this time was considered neutral territory, and a
progressive country with high ideals of solidarity and
social welfare. Seven should be perfectly safe down there
unless her…eh…Borgness has aroused suspicions.”
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