LOST IN SPACE
DATE: April 22,
2000
SUMMARY: Janeway gets a history lesson.
NOTE: A Drabble is
a story of exactly 100 words.
© Rabble Rouser
2000
v v v
“They were just
undisciplined cowboys!”
“Oh really? Cadet, where
were your grandparents when V’Ger came visiting?”
“On Earth”
“And when the alien probe
came looking for the whales?”
“On Earth.”
“How many stars are there in
our galaxy?”
“One hundred billion.”
“And we have visited?”
“A few thousand.”
“Someday you may learn just
how vast the galaxy is and that you can’t always go to Starfleet Command to ask
‘may I.’ Who do you admire may I ask?”
“Amelia Earheart.”
“Who? Oh yes—the woman who managed to get
lost and was never heard from again? That’s your role model?”
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