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divinemissem13 · 10 months

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30 Days of Prodigy, day 4: Coffee

Or: 5 times Dal R'El tasted coffee

The first time Dal R’El tasted coffee, it was an accident. During his brief stint as Admiral Janeway, her ship’s doctor had ordered him to drink it and he tried to keep his cool, he really did. But the stuff was disgusting - even more disgusting than anything they used to pass off as food on Tars Lamora. So he spit it out, all over the bridge of the USS Dauntless.

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The second time Dal tasted coffee was definitely not his fault. He was just settling back into his own body when he caught the taste of something familiar…

“Ok,” he demanded between gulps of replicated root beer, “who let her drink coffee in my body?”

“She said it helps her think,” Gwyn offered with a shrug.

“What’s so bad about it? Our Janeway drinks it all the time!” Rok-Tahk chimed in.

“It’s awful - it tastes like sour rotten vegetables and I am banning it from this ship!”

“Yes, Captain,” Zero said in a tone that made it clear they would be rolling their eyes, if they had any.

***

The third time Dal tasted coffee, he did so in secret. He kept thinking about how Admiral Janeway said it helped her think, and how her doctor had ordered him to drink it, and how even Hologram Janeway often had a cup in her hand. He began to wonder if all good captains drink coffee and if so, he’d better learn to like it.

And maybe if he was prepared for it, it wouldn’t be so bad.

So he waited until the rest of the crew was asleep and then he snuck into the mess hall. He ordered a coffee from the replicator, pinched his nose shut, and took a tentative sip.

Nope. Still disgusting he thought as he finished wiping up the coffee he had reflexively spat all over the bulkhead.

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The fourth time, Dal had become determined to conquer his vile enemy. He had never been one to give up and he wouldn’t start now!

The next night, he snuck to the mess hall again. His mantra, as he approached the replicator, was “Real Captains don’t spit out their coffee. Real Captains don’t spit out their coffee.”

Dal spit out his coffee.

Feeling defeated, he sunk into the nearest chair and covered his face with his hands. How would his crew ever respect him if he couldn’t do something as simple as swallowing a sip of coffee?

“I thought that stuff was banned on this ship.”

“Janeway!” Dal exclaimed as he jumped to his feet and began fumbling for an answer. “I, uh, I didn’t - I thought -“

“I just want to be a good captain,” he wailed. “And all good captains drink coffee! Admiral Janeway, you, even Captain Chakotay has a mug in that holo-recording!” He hurled himself back into the chair and flung his head down on the nearest table. Though his arms covered his face, it was clear that he was trying very hard not to cry.

Janeway studied her young captain for a moment and decided not to correct this assumption when he was so distressed. Instead she chose a different tactic.

“Chakotay always ruined his coffee with too much cream and sugar,” she said with an amused shake of her head.

Dal looked up at her, suddenly hopeful. “You mean, I’m allowed to add stuff??”

***

The fifth time Dal tasted coffee, it was loaded up with milk, sugar, and even chocolate syrup. It was a pale tan color, rather than the deep dark brown he was accustomed to and it smelled of sweetness, with only a faint hint of sour vegetables - and only if you knew to look for it.

This time, Dal did not spit out the coffee.

Maybe, he thought, I might be a good captain after all.

#I drink my coffee black don't @ me #kids will be kids #coffee #star trek prodigy #save star trek prodigy #savestartrekprodigy #30daysofprodigy #holo janeway #dal r'el #how to be a good captain #five times fic #i wrote this #fanfic

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commandermeg · 9 months

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My coworker had a hilarious idea for a Season 2 (or 3) episode where the crew gets seriously mistaken after, say, a transporter accident - and they're convinced this random Salamander is Admiral Janeway.

Like, the Salamander is from the biology exhibit downstairs. It's just an amphibian.

Shove into a little Admiral's uniform. Sitting in the Captain's chair.

#star trek #star trek prodigy #save star trek prodigy

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vermin-disciple · 6 months

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Trektober Day 30 - Mentors

This is a little scene from the This Be The Verse universe that I wrote pretty early in the development of the series (definitely before Tell Me You See Me was finished). I've never quite figured out what to do with it and never liked it quite enough to just post it on its own on AO3. (I might just create a repository for assorted miscellanea like this from that AU.) I've always seen the Julian and Garak of this universe as having some decided helicopter parent tendencies (which Julian is in denial about and Garak just sees as taking perfectly legitimate precautions), so this was just me playing around with that a bit.

For context, in the epilogue of TBTV, I threw in a detail that the ship Galen ends up on for his first assignment is captained by Harry Kim.

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A piece of feedback Captain Harry Kim of the USS Jemison had received on more than one evaluation during his tenure as first officer of the USS Sonoma was that he was prone to micromanaging. He’d been trying to curb this tendency on the Jemison, taking a step back and trusting his department heads to pick and manage their own personnel, and not going out of his way to introduce himself to every new ensign assigned to his vessel on their first day, unless circumstances warranted it.

He was regretting that policy a bit now, though. No young ensign, fresh out of the academy, would consider this an ideal topic for a first conversation with their new captain. Ensign Galen Bashir-Garak, a xenobiologist of mixed Cardassian and Romulan descent, sat ramrod straight in his chair, a faint green blush spreading across his cheeks. (Harry chided himself for expecting either performative Cardassian gregariousness or Romulan inscrutability.)

“At ease, Ensign. You’re not in any trouble,” said Harry. “I just had a conversation with your father.”

“Oh God,” said Galen, clearly mortified. “Which one?”

“Dr. Bashir.”

“Well, I suppose it could have been worse,” said Galen, looking marginally—but only marginally—relieved.

“Why? What’s your other father like?”

“Do you know anything about Cardassian politics?”

“I know enough.”

“My other father is the Minister of Culture.”

Comprehension dawned. “Minister Garak? Your father is Elim Garak?”

“Yeah.”

“I guess it could have been worse.” Harry grinned to show that he was joking. Well, mostly joking, anyway. He’d met Minister Garak once at some official function or other on Cardassia Prime a few years ago. He’d found the man’s manner perfectly amiable, ingratiating, and unfailingly polite, but his smile was like the edge of razor, and made the hairs on the back of his neck stand on end.

“People tend to read covert threats into anything he says.”

“Are there any?”

“Not really,” said Galen, though he didn’t seem entirely convinced. “Though he doesn’t do much to dissuade people from making those assumptions. I think he enjoys it. As far as I know the worst he does to anyone these days is bury them in paperwork.”

“That sounds like a serious threat to me.”

“He did once claim that Cardassian legalese was constructed by the Obsidian Order as a form of torture, but I think he was joking,” said Galen. “So what did Dad want?”

“Reading between the lines, I’d say he wanted to assess his son’s new commanding officer, to make sure he’s in good hands.”

Galen groaned. “I am sorry about this, sir. He was in Starfleet—he really should know better. My parents can be a bit…”

“Overprotective?”

“I wouldn’t go that far. But they can be a little… over-involved, sometimes.”

“Are you an only child, Ensign?”

“Yes.”

“So am I. The day I joined the Voyager crew, my mother called Captain Janeway to ask if she had time to send me my clarinet.”

“Ah, that’s very…”

“Very,” agreed Harry. “You can’t control your parents, so try not to get too embarrassed by them.”

“Yes, sir.”

“Should I be expecting a call from Minister Garak?”

“I don’t think so. He’s not usually that… straightforward. But I’m pretty sure that he wouldn’t bug a Federation starship.”

“Wouldn’t or couldn’t?”

Galen shrugged. “He’d never admit it either way.”

Harry decided that it wouldn’t hurt to have Security run a level 4 diagnostic, just in case.

...

Note: If you recognize the joke about Cardassian legalese being a form of torture, that’s because I recycled it in A Bag Full of God. But it originated here.

#trektober 2023 #trektober #my fanfic #this be the verse #kidfic #garashir #star trek #ds9 #voyager #fanfic #tbtv verse

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thejellycat · 2 years

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Voyager season 5 has some of my favorite episodes, but what a wasted opportunity it was to get them out of the void in the first episode. Imagine the absolute shenanigans we could have had

Seven experiences boredom for the first time. the doctor convinces her she needs a hobby. the entire secondary plot is just an excuse to put jeri ryan in cute outfits

we still shoehorn in the quantum slipstream drive, but we actually get to watch them working on it. every episode b'elanna increasingly resembles an overworked graduate assistant

this gives us access to quantum nonsense! Tuvok and Tom become quantumly entangled and each are driven to mirror the other's actions. Tom attempting to meditate for 5 hours. Tuvok as Captain Proton.

the crew encounters a gender swapped alternate universe of themselves. the awkward sexual tension between chakotay and himself. seven's alternate is still in an overly tight body suit.

someone starts anonymously posting weekly challenges to the crew. assemble a working tricorder using nothing but spare parts from cargo bay 1. reprogram astrometrics to only play asteroids without seven finding out.

that someone is janeway

something horribly serious is finally happening, but Naomi has engaged 30 crew members in a shipwide game of hide and seek. the senior officers run frantically around the ship trying to save the day and crew just keep turning up in increasingly absurd places. in the turbolift. on top of the warp core. under the captain's chair. behind a replicator.

#laura talks #star trek #voyager #space gays #voyagin'

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motelpearl · 2 months

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I'm watching star trek voyager so I'm gonna put my thoughts below & keep adding onto it (yes I'm going from tng -> voy & skipping ds9 for now at least even though I feel like I'm missing out on context bc trekkies seem to hold ds9 as like the gold standard of star trek but I watched a couple episodes & I just couldnt dig it)

the relationship of kes & neelix is so bewildering to me like what does she see in him like hes not even a bad person but he's just a lot dumber than her & has that "where's my hug" type guy energy also he's like so old not even in a sugar daddy way just in a boomer way like doesn't kes's species only live 9 years

I hope tom paris goes through some character development because as of right now he's soooooo annoying like referring to chakotay as an "indian" all the time......ugh one would hope we wouldn't still be doing that in the 25th century also I knew from seeing online discourse that chakotay's writing is stereotypical in a well intentioned but still badly-aged way & it's not ruining the show for me but whenever he closes his eyes & the panflute music kicks in I just sigh deeply

the vidiians are fucking terrifying bruh its giving a cure for wellness

I HATE HISTORICAL REVISIONISM IM SORRY BUT IT WILL NEVER FEEL COMFORTABLE TO ME EVEN IF THEYRE DEAD. NOT THE MARK TWAIN RPF IN TNG NOT THE AMELIA EARHART RPF HERE IT JUST AINT RIGHT

OKAY MAYBE I WAS WRONG WHEN I SAID NEELIX ISNT W BAD GUY BC WHAT DO YOU MEAN KES IS A PREPUBESCENT 2 YEAR OLD

not the voyager defeating an alien by becoming submissive & breedable (of course the voyager has a blue plasma trail & pronouns....)

JANEWAY WANTS CHAKOTAYS DICK SO BAD PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER GIRL WHERES YOUR DECORUM

tuvoks hairline is so fascinating to me

not belanna being lowkey in love with chakotay too & then them showing his bare ass in the next episode....rick berman was on this man like a fat kid on a smartie

FUCK THE KAZON UGLYASS BEASTS

seska needs to be in jail bruh

I SWEAR TO GOD IVE WATCHED ENOUGH STAR TREK THAT I CAN TELL JUST BY THE CAMERA ANGLES WHEN AN EPISODE IS DIRECTED BY JONATHAN FRAKES LIKE HE'S ALWAYS DOING WEIRD DUTCH ANGLE TRACKING SHOTS & STUFF LIKE THAT

so I heard that threshold is like the worst episode in the entirely of star trek & after watching it I honestly dont think it's that bad like sure it's an implausible premise but it's not as bad as like code of honor or sub rosa

NOT BEEF BEING A Q....TWO OF MY WEIRD NERDY INTERESTS ARE OVERLAPPING ALSO THE CAST LIST OF THIS EPISODE SCARES & EXCITES ME. FUCK Q SEXIST ASS MOTHERFUCKER FIRST HE CREEPS ON THAT TEENAGE Q THEN HE KILLS ALYSSA OGAWAS BABY NOW HE SAYS WOMEN CANT BE CAPTAINS & SEXUALLY HARRASSES JANEWAY. DIE.

I always wonder how they get the alien makeup on babies like in this episode with the baby with horns on its head & that one episode of tng where they showed baby borg. also the concept of teleporting a baby out of the womb for an easier delivery is hilarious

tuvok & neelix toxic yaoi?

bruh if this episode is setting up the possibility of suder just letting out his violent impulses one last time & going scorched earth on the kazon & the doctor helping him by means of holographic skulduggery & then tom paris showing up with a cavalry of fucking talaxians to lay the smack down I'm gonna laugh so hard

TOM PARIS FINALLY STARTING TO REDEEM HIMSELF

THE PORTRAYAL OF 1990S EARTH IS SO FUCKING FUNNY TUVOK WEARING A DURAG TO COVER HIS EARS PLEASEEEEE

time travel episodes stress me out so much though like PLEASEEE put the tricorder away. not belanna & chakotay getting kidnapped by hillbillies omg the shots where the guy kicks chakotay & then belanna kicks the guy were edited so weirdly

starling reminds me so much of elon musk

is the alien possessing kes bisexual?

too bad q got to die of old age instead of janeway giving him the electric chair

janeway gettin her lara croft on we love that

why cant vulcans just jack off during pon farr like I thought hand stuff was their whole thing

this isnt voyager specific but shuttlecrafts should really have seatbelts like the amount of times people randomly get injured because turbulence throws them out of their seats....WE SOLVED THIS ISSUE 500 YEARS AGO

not tuvok building the Doohickey

why are they leaving harry unattended on a borg cube WHY DOES STARFLEET NOT MANDATE THE BUDDY SYSTEM HES JUSTA LITTLE GUY & NOW HE'S GOING TO GET ASSIMILATED

WHAT THE JESUS IS THAT

awww bless kes I knew she would leave & I was worried she would die but I'm glad she left on a lighter note

"welcome to the worst day of my life" hi my name is belanna dark'ness dementia raven torres (yes I know losing the warp core is serious but that line was giving "we live in a society")

DID HARRY & SEVEN HAVE SEX. BRUH

eugh I wrote in my other star trek thread that borg assimilation is one thing that just gives me such deep discomfort like even though the borg gradually become sort of overdone the concept of assimilation becomes increasingly terrifying regardless like seven's backstory just creeps me out so much like the concept of her parents just being these sort of rebellious scientists who thought they were gonna make some great discovery out in the delta quadrant (sidenote I hope it gets explained more how exactly they got out there like did they go through a wormhole too?) & just stumbling upon these unimaginable horrors that they had no chance of fight & having to watch as their naivete & hubris destroyed their childs life & everyone they previously knew had no idea where they went or what happened to them EUGH ITS SO CHILLING

wait how did they get the warp core back was I not paying attention

tuvok getting his gilf certificate in the mail we love to see it

species 8472 are terrifying even though the CGI is so low-poly

okay this is a pretty pointless criticism but it annoys me how all the female characters wear heeled boots & on that note the grey turtleneck under the uniforms looks so ugly like post-s3 TNG had the best looking uniforms & this isnt coming from a biased place just bc tng is my favourite (also the movie era uniforms that were red & had random white straps were SO UGLYYYY & DUMB LIKE HOW CAN YOU TELL ANYONES RANK OR DEPARTMENT IF THEYRE ALL RED)

I hate the way the borg queens spine swings around like a cat's tail

opening the episode with harry kim getting his tiddies sucked....ON PRIMETIME TV? IN THE 90S?

I just know that anti-alien-sex law got put into place because of riker

since like late season 3 I'm finally starting to understand why trekkies say janeway has sexual tension with literally everyone

a vulcan shedding a single tear when hearing an artificial lifeform perform a piece of classical music? NOW WHERE HAVE I SEEN THAT BEFORE......*taps chin pensively*

tuvok & neelix detoxified yaoi?

BARCLAY & TROI YASSS

NEVERMIND NOT BARCLAY BACK ON HIS HOLODECK BULLSHIT

not the space Irish again (also from what I've seen irish people are apparently really offended by the irish reunification of 2024 meme <\\\3)

if janeway were alive in 2024 she'd be on tumblr making posts like "I need to get sent to the seaside for my health"

I didnt expect the episode "virtuoso" to suddenly take such a resonant turn but in the age of generative ai it's strangely prophetic

the double whammy of seeing jeffrey combs & the rock as the guest stars in this episode

I got injured the other day & have been pretty much bedbound because of it & whenever a scene takes place in sickbay I think "spare dermal regenerator 🤲"

they bring back kes just to give her makeup that makes her look like Christopher Walken <\\\3

ugh I love troi shes such a queen

why does the borg queen look like this -> 🥺

honestly I'm kinda sad that I'm on the final season

poor tuvok man first he almost gets assimilated, then he gets mind controlled, now hes just trying to fuck but he's thwarted by political tensions

I kind of want to rewatch st: picard since I know seven's backstory now & have the context of the borg's decline like I saw trekkies saying janeway "handled them" but now I know the exact circumstances

omg I know chakotay & seven somehow end up together (at least for a while) when the show ends bc I've had so much of voyager spoiled (tbh that seems to the usual reason i watch shows, I get a bunch of it spoiled & then I'm like "but how do those dots connect") anyway that literally makes no sense bc I can't think of a time theyve ever interacted since seven became a character but like chakotay & janeway were RIGHT THERE THEYVE HAD TENSION SINCE SEASON 1 IM NOT EVEN A SHIPPER CAUSE IDC THAT MUCH BUT IT WAS RIGHT THERE (& I read the wikipedia page for each episode after I watch them cause idk I like learning behind the scenes stuff & in the "reception" section of each page theres always something like "fans were disappointed that janeway & chakotay did not bang like screen doors in this episode") LIKE THE FANS WANTED IT IT WAS A LOGICAL COURSE OF ACTION IT WAS SET UP SINCE SEASON 1 & THE WRITERS CHICKENED OUT. WHY THOUGH?

noooo belanna dont do eugenics ur so sexy aha

POOR TUVOK BRUH SEASON 7 IS JUST A YEAR OF TUVOK SUFFERING

THE DOCTOR MAKING PHANTOM OF THE OPERA REFERENCES....DID HE JUST BECOME MY FAVOURITE CHARACTER (even though he pronounces "fantome" entirely wrong)

"she's suffering from dysphoria syndrome" janeway trans?

I know this show was made in the late 90s/early 2000s but nothing hammers that point home like seeing the same exact fishing rod toy I had as a kid in this episode that aired a month after I was conceived

just when I thought the Q couldnt get more annoying....one of them is a teenage boy

NOT SOME WRITERS BARELY DISGUISED FOOT FETISH SEEPING IN.....I COULD NEVER BE AN ACTRESS

one thing that has never stopped annoying me is the fact that we literally see naomi wildman be born onscreen & then she goes from newborn -> 9 year old over the course of like 2 seasons

okay I finished it & I'll need more time to collect my thoughts but the basic idea is: I liked the show but I feel like there was lots of possibilities that went unexplored but one thing I especially liked is that unlike TNG (which is still my favourite trek) the female characters got storylines that didnt just revolve around interpersonal stuff (ie. family/romance) but actually got to use their specific skills

but now I'm rewatching the first couple episodes of because I honestly had no idea what was going on (I didn't even realize the doctor was a hologram until like halfway through season 1 & I didn't realize tuvok was spying on the maquis until like season 3) & one thing I have noticed is that NEELIX WAS SO FUCKING UNHINGED IN THE FIRST EPISODE LIKE HE COMES OFF LIKE HEATH LEDGER AS THE JOKER IN THAT SCENE WHERE HE VIDEOCALLS VOYAGER & STRUTTING AROUND THE TRANSPORT ROOM IN HIS PIMP COAT & ALL THE WATER STUFF LIKE WHO IS THIS MAN also belanna's makeup was so bad I'm sorry <\\\3

#motelpearl #star trek

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suckerforcate · 1 year

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Minefield

Pairing: Kathryn Janeway x Reader

Word Count: 1500

Warning: kind of battle, wounds, internal wounds

A/n: I'm so sorry that I am posting so few things atm. This story alone took me three weeks, cause I have zero time. My exams are this and next week. I hope to write a bit more after that!!! Hope you like it, I know Janeway stories have few readers🥲

"Red Alert" the Captains voice echoed through the bridge. Immediately the familiar sound started and the light changed into an alarming red. Everyone on the ship took their battle stations and waited for Captain Janeway's orders.

It had been quite an uneventful morning and the chattering and laughing on the bridge had made it seem like a break. A break from fighting, from dying and chaos. But, as they say: never praise the day to early.

Tom had picked up something on the long range sensors. A possible distress call. So, of course you followed it. Getting closer, you noticed that it wasn't just one distress call. There were dozens of them, overlapping each other.

Soon it became clear, as to what the reason for the calls was. A large ship uncloaked and attacked Voyager without warning. Everyone was shaken thoroughly, some even falling out of their chairs. They were much stronger and heavily armed.

"Fire!" Janeway didn't hesitate to defend her ship, even though it was clear that you wouldn't get through their shields so easily.

Another shake. "Hull breach on deck 3 and 7, Captain." Harry announced. Janeway's eyes flickered towards Chakotay and up to Harry Kim. She knew you didn't stand a chance, yet she wanted to help. The other ship were smaller. Already half destroyed, some close to destruction. They weren't able to flee anymore.

Anther hit. A console next to you exploded, Ensign Miller falling back. Janeway's head turned to you.

"B'Elanna to the Captain." Kathryn's hand flew onto her communicator, answering.

"Captain, the warp engine won't hold much longer. We had a direct hit. Shields are down, and I won't get them up again so fast."

"Hull breach on Deck 6. Thirteen wounded and 3 dead." Chakotay looked at Janeway, his face saying: Please, Kathryn. You know we can't win.

With the next hit, Captain Janeway stumbled forward, missing the step and falling down. Desperately trying to catch something to hold onto. Her rip banged against metal, an unpleasant sound. Accompanied by groaning she tried lifting herself up. Her hair was a mess, strands having fallen out everywhere. Her forehead had taken a beating, a thin trace of blood flowing down.

"Tuvok, can you try to beam as many off the destroyed ships? The wounded directly onto Sickbay." He nodded slightly, getting to work.

"As soon as Lieutenant Tuvok is done, you turn around and go to warp. Get us out of here." Janeway stood up, knees seemingly still wobbly and turned to look at Tom.

"Ai, Ma'am."

Kathryn nearly crawled back to her chair and fell into it. You had to hold everything inside of you together to not stand up and run to her. To not check if she was alright. Hesitantly you turned away from her and proceeded to work on the environment control.

"I've got as many as I can, Captain." Tom took that as his cue and flew the ship out of the literary minefield. Right before he jumped into warp, another hit made the ship shake. Somewhere on the bridge a console exploded and someone cried out.

Environmental controls started to fail, first on the lower decks and then slowly on decks all over the ship.

"Captain, were losing environmental controls." You turned, looking at the command team. Janeway's face stayed stern and collected.

"Take power from the holodecks and if needed from the transporter controls. That should suffice. Provide the decks that are still intact first, the evacuated ones are secondary." You nodded, and started the job.

Kathryn looked at Tom questioning. "No one's following us, Captain."

"Alright, I'll be in my ready room." With that she gave the bridge to Chakotay and left. Walking unsteady, a hand holding her rip. You could see her fall against her desk right before the doors shut behind her.

Quickly you rerouted the needed power and got the environmental controls up again. Hesitantly you looked around, no one was looking. Fast you stood up and made your way over to the Captain's ready room.

"Come in" Her voice was weaker than usual, and it was accompanied by a light groan.

Stepping in you saw her, leaned against a wall. She was holding her rip with one hand, the other hand held her steady on the wall.

"Lieutenant." She looked a little surprised, trying to hold composure and failing miserably. She groaned, and you thought you saw her knees shake slightly. Carefully you approached her and took her arm, your own arm fell around her waist. Together you went over to her coach, and you gently put her down.

Taking out a medical tricorder, you started to scan her. Your brow furrowed, and she knew something wasn't good.

"You have a broken rip and...my god. Kathryn, you are bleeding internally." Your hand practically flew onto your communicator.

"(L/n) to engineering." B'Elanna was quick to answer.

"Do you think you can manage emergency transport to sickbay. The captain is bleeding internally. I don't think I'll get her there by foot." You saw Kathryn opening her mouth to argue, but you immediately shushed her. This wasn't the time to be stubborn.

"I can try. Give me a minute."

"Acknowledged."

In the meantime you took out the dermal regenerator and started to heal the cuts and bruises that marked her forehead and arm.

"You called me Kathryn." Your eyes slowly wandered up. She didn't look mad, just surprised.

"I'm sorry, Captain. I was worried." Kathryn had no chance to say anything, as B'elanna's voice cut her off.

"Ready for transport?"

"Yes."

"She has a broken rip and is bleeding internally. You need to help her." The panic you tried to hide earlier now found its way to the surface.

The next second you found yourself in the Sickbay. Kathryn sat on a biobed and groaned in pain. The Doctor came rushing immediately. On the other beds were aliens you hadn't seen before. One seemed to be asleep or unconscious, one dead.

"Where are the others, Doctor?" The Captain looked around, surprised to see just these two aliens.

"They were fine, just minor injuries. Commander Tuvok has accompanied them to quarters to rest."

You thought it was wonderful that Kathryn cared for them and worried. Still, she was hurt and needed help.

"No need to panic, Lieutenant. The Captain will be just fine. If you could give me some space to work now, that be quite helpful." Kathryn gave you a gentle smile and slightly nodded. Before you could say something else the Doctor shooed you away.

"Yes, I will inform you."

With that you left and went to your quarters. The next hours were torture. You were pacing around like a wild animal, walking a hole into the floor. With every second more and more panic flooded through you.

"Doctor to (L/n). She is awake and well. You may visit her now." Relief washed over you, hurriedly you made your way to the sickbay. The doors opened, and immediately you saw your Captain smile at you.

You couldn't contain yourself anymore and practically ran to her, embracing her in a hug. She let out a surprised yelp and shared the hug.

"Careful Lieutenant. I'm not quite patched up yet." You pulled away and smiled apologetically. Slowly your hand cupped her cheek and stroked her cheek. The cheek that had been bleeding just a few hours ago. Her eyes grew wide at the sudden contact, and yet she seemed to lean into your touch. It was now or never, so you leaned forward, and your lips found hers. Gently, careful not to hurt her any more, you pulled her closer and intensified the kiss.

"Lieutenant!" She panted right after you pulled away. Her voice was weaker than usual, still it held a certain warning.

"I'm sorry. I was so worried, and I just thought: what if she had died and wouldn't have even known that I love her." Her eyes grew wide, shock graced her face.

"I- Lieutenant. (Y/n), I'm flattered. But I can't-" You put your finger on her mouth, stopping her from finishing that thought.

"Yes. Yes, you can. You have denied yourself love and companionship for far too long. And why? Because you think the crew wouldn't respect you anymore? Because it's against protocol? To hell with that! We are so far from home and the crew won't care a bit. They'll be happy. Their respect won't change, it'll never change. They love you way too much. Admit it, you're lonely. And face the possibility that we won't get home so fast. Do you want to stay lonely for the next twenty years? If you don't love me, that's ok. But don't break this off because you think you don't deserve it. You do." Lightly she pushed your hand down and crashed her lips onto yours. You knew you had to talk about this some more. It would take time to convince her of those things. But this was a nice start.

#wlw #kathryn janeway #kathryn janeway x reader #captain janeway #captain kathryn janeway #star trek voyager #star trek #star trek voy #voyager

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curator-on-ao3 · 9 months

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Ten Random Lines

Rules: Pick any ten of your fics, scroll roughly to the midpoint, pick a line (or three) and share it. Then tag ten people.

I was tagged by @starrybouquet. 💕 Thank you so, so much for tagging me in this super-fun game!

1. Boots That Touch at the Toes (Una Chin-Riley/Christopher Pike, T)

Heat cracks like fire across her hand, sharp and searing as numbness gives way to life, Chris’ breath hot on her skin, his exhalations steady, even as she shudders.

His lips brush her palm, pain fading as quickly as it started.

And her throat sticks with thank you and oh my God and don’t go.

2. Hello, Again (Una Chin-Riley/Jack Ransom, T)

“Captain,” Una turns toward Chris, all business, “I can recreate the solution Starfleet Academy devised to correct for the temporal imbalance in the planet’s atmosphere, which also explains the trouble we had with transport. It should take about a week to refit the transport ionizers, plus run a few tests.”

“I can help.” Jack flexes a bicep that didn’t need flexing. “Double Number One fist-punch to the problem.”

Is Una chuckling? Jack’s joke wasn’t that funny. Not compared to some of the really funny stuff Chris says.

3. The One That Is You (Una Chin-Riley/Christopher Pike, M)

“Yeah, I’m going to go back in time.” My toes nudge her ankle monitor. Not enough for the metal to dig into her skin, but enough to remind us both of the present. “Someone once told me that she refused to believe there isn't another way. I listened. Now she’s in prison and I’m trapped in a war that the Klingons say could have been avoided if I’d met my fate. So, yes, I’m going to go back in time and convince my younger self to do what’s right, not what’s convenient.”

4. Hold My Hand and We’re Halfway There (Kelly Grayson/Ed Mercer, G)

“Hey there,” Kelly holds up a bottle of wine, “I wasn’t sure if this was business or pleasure, so I brought a red blend.”

“Because, ‘Sometimes being a little blended is the best way to enjoy all the cultures that blend to form the Union,’ right?”

He expects her to chuckle.

But her head tilts, light catching her hair and playing across her cheekbones. “Did you just quote my father?”

5. Chrysalis (Una Chin-Riley/Christopher Pike, E)

“What?” Chris pulls away just enough to look at her, confusion and pride chasing each other across his face. “One of the Talosians said that you … you fantasize about me?”

How is it possible to be more embarrassed the second time? Her cheeks warm, not even the distraction of irritation at an alien probing her mind available to save her.

6. Synchronous Orbit (Kathryn Janeway & Tom Paris, G)

“I remember what you said about wanting my help to find the Maquis.” He forces his hands to rest on his lap, fingers splayed, useless. “But we both know you could have gotten that information and not taken me along for the ride. This has been the best seven years of my life and … before I go … I want to know why.”

Her chair, always so quiet when the ship pulsed with activity, creaks again. He swivels and the captain is the same size she’s always been, yet also somehow smaller.

“Looking back can be dangerous, Mr. Paris.” She glances toward the viewscreen, then at him. “Sometimes the best course is forward.”

7. The Haze (Una Chin-Riley/Christopher Pike, T)

There’s a rustling from his darkened alcove, then quiet again. “I’m glad not knowing your past is pleasant for you, Una.”

Maybe he’s not listening well because he’s very tired and having trouble falling asleep.

“The haze is pleasant. Not knowing my past can be confusing. I like when you explain things so I can understand.”

There’s more rustling. “Is that why you didn’t want to go into your quarters? You didn’t want to be by yourself without someone there to explain things to you?”

8. Gotta Admit, It’s Pretty Sweet (Churrolivia/Jack Ransom, T)

Jack is about to ensure his irritation is clear in his voice, but he remembers just in time — he promised Olivia he would try to be more patient with the ensigns. So Jack’s pecs rise with a deep, calming breath and he calls out as cheerfully as he can, “Come on in, Ensign Mariner.”

She waltzes in like she owns the place, sits crooked in a chair as if she’s Captain Riker or something. “Hey, do I smell cinnamon?”

9. The Melody of You (and Me) (Una Chin-Riley/Seven of Nine, T)

There’s a chuckle from Seven.

“This,” Seven squeezes Una’s hand, “isn’t solely your affections. You’re worried about me tripping and falling with my ocular implant low on power. I’m all right.”

10. City Lights (Seven of Nine/Liam Shaw, T)

He sits heavily in the chair across from her, all clean scents of soap and shampoo. “Look, Hansen, my buzz is nearly gone and I’m not exactly in the habit of entertaining mesmerizing company as yourself, so —”

Mesmerizing? The captain is a lot of things, but he’s not a liar or a flatterer.

Her cheeks go warm, both from the unexpected compliment and from the frustration that balls her fists and hardens her voice.

“So why don’t you call me by my damn name?”

As always, I love being tagged but my tag anxiety keeps me from tagging others. If you’re reading this and want to play, please consider yourself tagged! 💕

#tag games #ten random lines #(except the directions say the lines should be roughly from the midpoint so that’s what i did)#this was funnnn!#thank you again for tagging me #starrybouquet

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heidithriel · 1 year

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Forgot to post my thoughts on the first episode. Doing it before I see the second ep tomorrow.

This is literally just copy and pasted from my notes

I don’t want to set the world on fire. I just want to start a flame in your heart! Beautiful song to start us off.

Crusher! Absolute badass!

Laris! Beautiful as ever! I actually kind of love her and Picard’s relationship!

The ol communicator chirp 😱🥰

Laris sitting barefoot, rugged up in front of the fire. Just cozy vibes.

I’ll save you a seat = please come back to me

M’talas Prime

District Six.

Not a place Raffi should be. Drugs and booze. Definitely not a place a recovering addict should be running an undercover mission. Just hope her resolve is stronger than the pull of those old feelings.

Gosh Raff can act. I just hope it’s all an act

My girlfriend left me… 😭 better not be coming from true facts

The switch back to Starfleet Intelligence Officer. Commander Raffi Musiker

Wooo what a switch!

Requesting a debriefing… and more money.

Drop the drugs Raff! Yes good girl!!

Captain Shaw

He’s not a friendly face. The first officer, on the other hand, I’ll think you’ll recognise.

This is Seven of Nine—

Commander Annika Hansen, sir.

Captain Shaw prefers that I use “Hansen,” Admiral. - and my hatred of Shaw begins.

Why don’t your do us the honour, Commander Hansen?

Engage.

She’s literally sitting in the chair exactly how Captain Janeway used to sit 😱

Also Shaw just eating without everyone even though he asked them to dinner… rude.

This man is so rude.

Seven covering for Picard 🥲

Also even just pushing around her food… did she actually eat anything? Two tiny mouthfuls. Also mainly using her non implant hand. I’m sure he’s been so rude to seven about her implants. I already hate him.

Your loyalty lies with this ship. Not to old friends, former ex-borg.

That’s enough captain. - even riker standing up for her.

Operation: Daybreak

Who is her handler? Weird.

… you have no idea how hard it is to be in this world.

You are a warrior! Yes you are Raffi!

The bunk beds 😂😂

Seven to the rescue!

It’s how I speak to a friend!😂

Ranger seven did have better outfits 😂

Janeway mention!!! They convinced her to join starfleet.

She struggling because she’s missing her girlfriend and shaws a dick.

Thank you, Seven!

Using her preferred name. That’s the way it should be.

I like that Seven!

This was you! Like no duh it was her.

Shaw reaming her out in front of the bridge crew… yeah that’ll in still confidence in everyone.

Raffi seeing all that death and destruction and being just unable to stop it. My gosh that would’ve rocked her to the core.

Episode two here we come.

#seven of nine #raffi x seven #r/7 #seven x raffi #saffi #star trek picard #jeri ryan #michelle hurd #raffaela musiker #Picard #Star Trek

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isagrimorie · 3 months

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Janeway/Chakotay?

for the ship ask game

Ship It

What made you ship it?

I think I shipped them in the first episode of Voyager. But it kicked off during the episode when they were both stranded on the planet.

I’m a multishipper so Chakotay isn’t the only one I ship with Janeway, but Chakotay is the first person I shipped with Janeway.

For the longest time, I remember in the 90s when we only had seasons 1 to 3, my focus was very much Janeway/Chakotay oriented. Most of the fic I consumed were Janeway/Chakotay oriented.

But what re-ignited my shipping for Janeway/Chakotay was Year of Hell and the waistcoat pocket watch Chakotay gifted Janeway for her birthday. She rebuffs his gift out of practicality.

But Chakotay disobeyed her order and kept the pocket watch. Janeway finds it months later, after Annorax kidnapped Chakotay and Paris. I love the inversion where its Chakotay and Tom Paris who are both damsels in distress, and basically playing the honey pot who works over the bad guys for their own ends. .

And then, later near the close of the episode, when Janeway orders her crew to other ships and after saying her affecting goodbye to her oldest friend, Tuvok, Janeway looks at her pocket watch.

Janeway holds the pocket watch and looks at it as she walks towards the command chairs.

Janeway looks at Chakotay’s chair to her right and looks at it, her expression unreadable. And yet, we sense what she is feeling— the absence of Chakotay.

Still clutching the time piece Chakotay gifted her. For luck. For something else, maybe, we will never know.

And with that Janeway sits down on her Command chair. Her throne. A lone queen in a ruined landscape. She will go down with this ship, a Captain to the end.

Also, I can’t help but think of the Ozymandias poem. Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away

2. What are your favorite things about the ship?

I do love their mutual respect for each other, but also that Chakotay is willing to be second-in-command to Janeway. It’s really quite a thing for something during the 90s that we know Janeway is in charge and Chakotay is her second-in-command. And even though they would disagree, Chakotay will do his damnest to support Janeway.

3. Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship?

I don’t know if it’s unpopular but — as I am a multishipper— I ship Janeway with both Seven and Chakotay. I wouldn’t mind a story where they manage to work it out.

Also, I wouldn’t mind reading an angsty story about the 23 years in the Delta Quadrant where all three are miserable because Chakotay loves Janeway, Seven loves Janeway and Janeway loves both but because she can’t allow herself to love anyone while she’s a Captain… it does end up becoming Chakotay and Seven. And its a messy, complicated thing they end up in. Especially if Seven died where none of the two realize that Seven also loved Janeway and Chakotay became the shell of who he was because he felt guilty for loving Janeway while mourning for his wife, who he liked and cared for but didn’t love.

And Janeway also has to contend with the grief of losing Seven but also the relief of not seeing both people she loves together. But at what cost?

Or even an angsty story where the 23 years happened but it ends up happily where they do figure out that there is such a thing as a poly relationship. It would be an interesting story where Janeway has to contend with the realization that she loves two people at once and that she can’t choose.

She loves both Chakotay and Seven equally and differently.

But somehow they do figure things out and they live it all out happily.

So… I guess that’s… unpopular as opinions go.

#ask game #ship ask game #answered #star trek voyager #kathryn janeway #ship: janeway x chakotay #chakotay #seven of nine #ship: chakotay x janeway x seven

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mandalamarigold · 1 year

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Watching the subtle character shift in The Captain and The Commander to simply Kathryn and Chakotay is so soft and fluid, and wonderful. I noticed while I watched Hunters, and got big-time Resolution feels. When Chakotay asks her about her letter, the Captain answers as Kathryn, honestly with a little bit of rawness..... "there was such a finality to that letter," and then the wordless conversation that follows! Her eyes say so, so much more, and it reminded me of Chakotay's warrior story and a similar silent conversation between two humans that need each other. Then at the end, when her letter comes up again, Kathryn's vulnerability is smothered by Captain Janeway, acknowledging the issue with reason and perimeters; always accepting that the obligation to her crew is her penance. And despite Chakotay's efforts to reach Kathryn, the Commander knows the Captain will not relent, but the back and forth is great to watch. My heck, Chakotay is such a good bean!!

I didn't have this platform the first time I watched Voyager; merely my imagination (and at this point in the game - hope!). I watched so much S4 this weekend, and it's nice to get these thoughts out. And! Also, in Prey, the way the Captain climbs into her command chair next to the Commander like she's settling in to watch a movie is #cute.

#kathryn janeway #chakotay #the captain and the commander #voyager things #season 4 things

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divinemissem13 · 5 months

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An addendum to @25daysofvoyager day 8 submission:

Final chapter of A Very Voyager Holiday is now up on AO3!

There's a bit more Hanukkah in there too, for @hanukkahbingo

Full final chapter is below the cut, but if you want to read the whole thing, you'll have to go to AO3

The morning briefing was just wrapping up when Captain Janeway turned her attention to her morale officer. “I believe that concludes all official business. Now, Neelix, how is the holiday party planning coming along?”

Neelix sat up a little straighter in his chair and tried not to appear flustered. He hadn’t been expecting to give a report today and there was still so much to do and only a few days left to do it all! “Right on schedule, Captain,” he declared. “With so many traditions to incorporate, it looks like the celebration will go for several days! Uh, several evenings, rather. We can’t have the whole ship at a stand still for a whole week, now can we?” he chuckled to himself.

Janeway looked mildly horrified when she interjected “A week, Neelix? That sounds a little… extreme, don’t you think?”

“Oh, no, Captain! A lot of the holidays last for several days! Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and Las Posadas all last a week or more!” Neelix reassured her.

“Yes, I understand and people who celebrate those holidays are welcome to do so for their full duration. But let’s keep the official celebration to…” she glanced at Chakotay and Tuvok for confirmation, “... no longer than three days? Three evenings,” she ordered gently.

“Er, ah, yes, Captain, I can make that work,” Neelix acquiesced.

Janeway rose to her feet and called the meeting to a close, dismissing the senior staff. Neelix lingered, however, and he approached her once everyone else was gone.

“Was there something else, Neelix?” she asked curtly, though not unkindly.

He fumbled for the right words. “Well, it’s just a small thing… barely worth mentioning really… only…”

“Spit it out, Neelix,” Janeway ordered.

“I’m concerned that we don’t have enough dilithium for me to prepare everything in only three days,” the Talaxian blurted out. “There are a lot of different types of food, and decorations, and I was planning to spread out my replicator use over a week so there would be time to recharge, but now I have to do it in less than half that time and–”

The captain held up a hand to keep Neelix from babbling again. “Neelix, you have my permission to replicate as much as you need to. It’s been a rough few months; the crew deserves a good celebration. And besides, Seven thinks she has found a planet rich with dilithium about a week from our current position so we’ll be able to restock soon.”

“Oh! Thank you, Captain! If you’re sure… oh, that’s wonderful!” Neelix bubbled.

“Of course, I’ll have B’Elanna keep an eye on the energy levels and if we are getting too low, you’ll have to stop immediately. Understood?”

“Absolutely! Oh, Ensign Kim will be so happy that I can make his patjuk - there really isn’t a good substitute for the red beans, you know - and we’ll be able to have the Bajoran fireworks display on the holodeck, the talent show for Kwanzaa’s evening of creativity… Oh! And Lieutenant Paris’ Festivus pole! Thank you, Captain. You won’t regret it. This will be a holiday to remember!” Neelix exclaimed as he rushed out of the room.

Captain Janeway shook her head in amusement as the doors slid closed behind Neelix. His unbridled enthusiasm was both contagious and exhausting. She turned to pick up the small stack of PADDs on the table and stopped suddenly.

Did he say ‘Festivus pole’?

***

Neelix most certainly had said ‘Festivus pole.’ Further research into the holiday of Festivus had led him to an acceptable alternative to fighting the captain, and the newly replicated pole now stood proudly next to the Christmas tree.

With Naomi’s help (and unlimited replicator access), Neelix had put together a holiday celebration for the ages.

In addition to the tree and the pole, a Hanukkah menorah and a Kwanzaa kinara were prominently on display in the center of the mess hall, each fully lit with holographic candles that could last all night. There was even a Vulcan prayer candle, despite Tuvok’s insistence that it wasn’t necessary to include any Vulcan rituals as their holidays were usually celebrated in solitary meditation.

Tables of food lined the room, representing all the different cultures and religions. Neelix was far too busy playing host and running between the mess hall and the holodeck to explain the dishes in person as he usually would, so it had been Naomi’s idea to include labels explaining what the dish was and which tradition it belonged to.

Thanks to the captain’s generosity with the replicator, Neelix was able to make both traditional and Delta Quadrant versions of many of the dishes. In most cases, the traditional dishes were more popular, but the surprise hit was Neelix’s Leola root latkes. Tom even went so far as to suggest that this be the primary preparation for Leola root going forward but Neelix insisted that they would be reserved for the holiday so that they remained special.

The holodeck was very busy for the three days as well. There was a packed schedule of performances and activities, including traditional spirit dances of both the Trebus and Earth varieties, Klingon opera (performed by the Doctor and a troupe of holograms, of course. B’Elanna refused to have any part of it), a talent show to celebrate creative expression, and a nightly Bajoran fireworks display, just to name a few.

During the daytime, the holodeck was transformed into a winter wonderland. Off-duty crew (and there were a lot, since the ship was operating with a skeleton crew for the holidays) could stop by at any time to build snowmen, go sledding, or sit by the fire with hot cocoa. Neelix even heard a rumor that Captain Janeway and Commander Chakotay had spent some time strolling in the snow together hand in hand - but he found that harder to believe than the rumor that Lieutenants Paris and Torres had started a massive snowball fight between bridge officers and engineering.

On the morning after the final evening of celebrating, Naomi found Neelix in the mess hall, sitting next to a half-packed box of ornaments. He had a sort of far away look on his face and, sure, enough, he jumped in surprise when Naomi tapped his shoulder.

“Oh! Hello, Naomi!” Neelix exclaimed with a tired smile and just a bit less exuberance than usual.

The perceptive child squinted at him, threw her arms around his neck, and asked “Neelix, are you ok?”

Neelix caught Naomi in his arms and hugged her for a moment before placing her back on the floor. “Oh yes, just a little post-holiday blues. Nothing to worry about,” he reassured her. He chuckled softly and added, “Who would have thought that I’d run out of energy before the replicators?”

“Oh! That’s what I came to tell you!” Naomi remembered suddenly. “It’s a Hanukkah miracle!”

Neelix looked at her quizzically so Naomi explained further. “The replicator shouldn’t have had enough energy to last the whole week - but it did! And Mom says we’ll even have enough to get us to that dilithium planet to restock!”

“That’s wonderful, Naomi, but what does that have to do with Hanukkah miracles?” Neelix wondered.

“Neelix!” Naomi whined, starting to get annoyed. “It’s like how the oil was only supposed to last one day but it lasted eight!”

Neelix’s eyes grew wide with realization. “Do you know, I spent so much time planning the party, I never learned about any of the actual holidays!”

Naomi giggled, “Neelix! We’ll have to work on that for next year. Like, did you know that Bolians celebrate because…”

Naomi continued to catalog all she had learned about holidays but Neelix wasn’t listening. His brain had shut down at the words ‘next year.’

#star trek voyager #holiday fic #hanukkahbingo #hanukkah #snow #celebrations #naomi wildman #neelix #kathryn janeway #fanfic #i wrote this #ao3 link

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