A Crossover of Star Trek and a S.M. Stirling Novel....

The Never Ending Quest - Episode 15390

You stay around, even though your better senses tell you this is going to get REALLY weird. Events that come about prove you right. . . . .

You have just made your mind up to stay, when a female minx morph comes rushing up to the furry Captain Janeway. You see that she is is dressed in a similar silvery jumpsuit (with the addition of the slit that allows her tail out of her pants) similar to her human analog, Seven of Nine.

"Captain, I've got the astrogation features back on line and . . . ." she has to force herself to continue. "We're on EARTH! And that's not the only problem . . . ."

"How can that be, we'd at least hear something on the comm channels!" furry Janeways forehead wrinkles, and her ears shift forward.

"Well, there is communications traffic . . . and that in itself is disturbing . . . . because according to my calculations, we are by the old Earth Calendar . . . . .1250 B.C., in the springtime!"

That news is greeted by silence, and stares. Then you laugh, because this . . . .

"You're kidding, right?" you laugh nervously. "I mean, the next thing you're gonna say is that that radio traffic is between a Coast Guard ship called the Eagle and the town of Nantucket! That'd be too much like Stirling's 'Island in the Sea of Time' for . . . . ."

"Actually, that is EXACTLY what I was going to say." furry Seven says tartly, tail moving to show her feelings of fear. You look around at the assembled faces, and . . . . see that this is NOT a joke. You groan, and sit down in a nearby chair, and cover you face with your hands.

"Uh, Captain. I've run a rough analysis of our equipment and supplies." human Seven says reluctantly. You look over your hands, waiting for the other shoe to drop.

"We had enough salvageable items and food for a rescue in a week, but not enough to set up something like this!" she continues. "The crash rattled, broke, and pretty much ruined any chance of us being self sufficient!"

"So, you're saying that we should make contact." furry Janeway says evenly.

"I made NO such claim." human Seven says. "However, I am stating a deadly fact. We will be dead inside six months of starvation if we don't take EXTREME measures . . . . and we don't have the equipment to set up a farm, easily."

"Right." furry Janeway mutters, then she taps her combadge.

"Department heads, Ensign Scott, meeting in five minutes, furry Janeway out!" she says sharply

One thing you've got to wonder about about these guys. Whenever they can, they always seem to call a conference to discuss it. It is rare to see one of the latter day Star Trek character NOT do it this way, for some reason . . . . .

  1. You could wonder off and see what's happening around here with the Voyager.......
  2. Your chair starts to rumble...

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