NEW VOY drabble: The Examination for Lieutenant (26/?) PG [K]
Title: The Examination for Lieutenant (26/?)
Author: Dave Rogers
Email Address: daverogers@geocities.com
Series: VOY drabble
Rating: PG
Codes: K
Part: 26/?
Date Posted: 1 November 2000
Summary: Coda to "Drive". Keeping the peace has its rewards.
Disclaimer: Keeping Paramount in the dark doesn't seem very
honourable.
Acknowledgement: Jim Wright's "Delta Blues" website, for background
material.
Author's note: The title of these drabbles is taken from
C. S. Forester's short story of the same name, for which I make no
apologies. It's what Terry Pratchett once described as "tipping the
hat".
The Examination for Lieutenant: After the Race
Janeway smiled at Harry. "Well, Ensign, it looks like you've averted
another hundred years of war."
"Thank you, Captain. But saving Tom and B'Elanna's lives mattered
more."
"All the same, this sort of thing deserves a big reward. Something
like, say, a pip on your collar."
It was almost pathetic to see Harry's naive, puppy faced grin. Did
the poor boy never learn?
"So," continued Janeway, "We'll forget the charge of aiding and
abetting a terrorist, which is a dismissable offence. You can keep
your ensign's pip."
As he left, crushed, Janeway wondered: When did I start to enjoy
this?
THE END
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