Chapter 25
(In the "waiting room" Naomi is sitting with her mom, surrounded by the other main Voyager crew)
Naomi: Mom, I'm nervous
Sam: About what honey?
Naomi: About what they'll ask
Sam: Naomi you are not 7 years old yet, they won't ask you anything too difficult.
Tom: The rest of us, well that's a different story.
Harry: So what sorts of things do you think they'll ask?
B'Elanna: Well they're bound to ask about the Maquis
Icheb: Yes and they will most certainly ask me and Seven about the Borg.
Chakotay: They may also ask us to go into more detail about some of the things we talked about last night …..
(Before anyone else can say anything however Captain Janeway comes out of the room and so everyone stands and salutes her. The captain smiles and nods her head in appreciation before going up to Chakotay.)
Janeway: It's your turn now Chakotay
Chakotay: Yes ma'am
(Chakotay goes into the room, introductions are done and he sits down)
Admiral Paris: So Commander you were in the Maquis before you joined up with Voyager were you not?
Chakotay: Yes sir I was
Admiral Paris: Could you please tell us how you adapted to life aboard a Starfleet Vessel?
Chakotay: I'm not going to lie to you, it was hard at first, I mean it was always going to be wasn't it, joining Starfleet and Maquis. Both groups had very different ideas, however if we had not made the decision to go with them we wouldn't have survived. It's thanks to that band of Starfleet that I am here today.
Captain Hamilton: You speak very highly of your crew mates Commander; tell us how did you all get so close?
Chakotay: It was inevitable in the end for us to become friends and it helped us during our many encounters, knowing who you work with. As for how we got to that stage, I guess it's the times that we talked to each other in the mess hall, how we all gathered round if someone was in trouble and of course, all the time we spent on the holodeck.
Picard: The holodeck?
Chakotay: Yes sir we used it to create programmes so that we could celebrate various birthdays and holidays as well as ones where we could have fun.
Admiral Matheson: Commander, every member of your former Maquis crew is accounted for, except one person, …
Chakotay: … Seska.
Admiral Matheson: Yes, could you tell us why she hasn't returned with you, we need to contact her parents, she was Bajoran, correct?
Chakotay: No
Admiral Matheson: Excuse me
Chakotay: It wouldn't be Bajor you'd be contact to find her parents, it would be Cardassia.
(Shock on the panel's faces)
Picard: Cardassia! I was led to believe that this Seska was Bajoran.
Chakotay: We all were Captain, you see it turns out that Seska was a Cardassian spy. We didn't learn this for a few months. We found out that someone had been leaking information to one of our enemies, the Kazon Nistrim. It was then that we discovered Seska's true heritage and to prevent herself from being locked in the Brig for the remainder of the journey she went with them.
(10 minutes later)
Admiral Paris: Thank you Commander, could you \please fetch Lt Commander Tuvok.
Chakotay: Aye sir.
(Chakotay leaves)
End of Chapter