Chapter 29
(In the interview room, Harry comes in, introductions are done and he sits down)
Admiral Paris: Ensign Harry Kim, you graduated from the academy with Interstellar Honours and were also valedictorian of your class, correct?
Harry: Yes sir
Admiral Paris: And your first posting was aboard Voyager, which you requested, yes?
Harry: Yes sir, that's correct
Admiral Paris: Could you tell us how you felt when Voyager was stranded in the Delta Quadrant, considering how new you were to the job,
Harry: With respect sir, it didn't matter how new I was, we all felt the same, nervous, scared, angry and then finally, determined.
Admiral Cooper: Mr Kim, when you joined Voyager, you were the most low ranked officer on the ship, so why do you think Captain Janeway trusted you enough to allow you into the senior officer's meetings?
Harry: I don't ma'am, you'd have to ask her yourself.
Captain Hamilton: During your 7 long years on Voyager you have not been promoted once, yet you have shown enormous dedication to your ship and your crewmates, why do you think that is?
Harry: I do not know sir
Admiral Matheson: Ensign, you are not the Harry Kim from this Universe are you?
Harry: That's correct sir. On stardate 49548.7 this Voyager and my Voyager collided together to occupy the same point in space-time, after we had entered a plasma drift to escape capture by the Vidians. This was the same day that Ensign Samantha Wildman went into labour, in this Universe, Harry Kim and the newborn Naomi Wildman died. The Captain of my Voyager decided that only one ship could survive could survive and it wouldn't be hers. Finally so that both myself and baby Naomi could live, we went through a spatial rift on deck 15 and came here.
Picard: That's quite a story Ensign.
Harry: Yes sir, I guess it is
Admiral Paris: It says here, that you struck up quite a friendship with my son, Tom Paris, why was that?
Harry: I guess it's because he taught me a lot, mainly about how to loosen up and be aware that it's ok to have fun once in a while, because sirs, 7 years ago I was, shall we say quite stoic and naive. Tom's been the best friend I could've asked for.
Picard: You speak highly of Lt Paris, even though he is a convicted criminal.
Harry: Former criminal, I can assure you, Tom Paris is a changed man.
Admiral Paris: I think that this concludes this meeting; could you fetch Voyager's EMH please Ensign?
Harry: Yes sir.
(Harry gets up and leaves the room. Outside he goes up to the Doctor)
Harry: Doc, they wanna see you.
Doctor: Thank you Ensign
(The Doctor gets up out of his seat and goes into the interview room)
End of Chapter
