LOST IN SPACE

By Rabble Rouser

 

DATE: April 22, 2000

SUMMARY: Janeway gets a history lesson.

NOTE: A Drabble is a story of exactly 100 words.

© Rabble Rouser 2000

 

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“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?”

 

The End

 

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