Star Voyager - Part 20
by Iejasu and Miklinar
"It's going to be a while before I get another
assistant of your calibre." Tom sighed as he gave the
departing ship's control panels a final wipe with a
polishing cloth. "Admiral, if you could just walk
through walls, why didn't you just steal a ship and
run?" Was that a plaintive note in the younger man's
voice?
Vader scowled. He had made no attempt to describe just
what the limits of his powers were, and some of the
rumors rivaled tales of the much-vaunted Q. "Supplies,
for one thing. Some things can be readily replicated
with the ship's power, but not with a smaller craft's.
And this way, the captain feels no obligation to track
me down and retrieve her vessel."
Paris accepted this, turning back to the ship. "Can
you handle her?" Vader nodded his head, checking off
another item on the supply list. "We have the custom
of naming our ships. Computer? Does this one have a
name already?"
_Voyager_'s computer answered, "The ship name is," a
collection of yowls and hisses. "It translates to the
word 'seeker.'"
Vader smiled quietly. "A good omen. _Seeker_, you are,
then." He patted the ship's streamlined hull. This
vessel would be his home and his friend for time to
come. There was often a very personal relationship
between a pilot and his vessel. He remembered his
other vessels, not the _Executor_ or the _Devastator_,
but the small ones, like his Tie Advance, the
prototype he flew in the first Death Star battle. Back
in those days he had refused to give it a name. Now he
regretted it.
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Seven was conspicuous by her absence, but most of the
other crew he had grown to know showed up for brief
farewells. Neelix brought a basket of "goodies" that
promised to at least relieve the boredom of standard
rations, whether for the better or not remained to be
seen.
Chakotay, as a parting gift, presented him with an
_akoonah_. "I believe that meditation with this will
help you find the way home." The dusky skinned man's
voice was level, "Within, if not without."
"Thank you, Commander Chakotay."
The captain spoke a few words to Vader, but mostly
stood aside and watched as he climbed into and out of
the ship, prepping it for the long journey.
The doors to the corridor slid open one more time. Two
females, one a half-Klingon engineer, the other...
Vader smiled, but contained. "Ladies."
by Iejasu and Miklinar
"It's going to be a while before I get another
assistant of your calibre." Tom sighed as he gave the
departing ship's control panels a final wipe with a
polishing cloth. "Admiral, if you could just walk
through walls, why didn't you just steal a ship and
run?" Was that a plaintive note in the younger man's
voice?
Vader scowled. He had made no attempt to describe just
what the limits of his powers were, and some of the
rumors rivaled tales of the much-vaunted Q. "Supplies,
for one thing. Some things can be readily replicated
with the ship's power, but not with a smaller craft's.
And this way, the captain feels no obligation to track
me down and retrieve her vessel."
Paris accepted this, turning back to the ship. "Can
you handle her?" Vader nodded his head, checking off
another item on the supply list. "We have the custom
of naming our ships. Computer? Does this one have a
name already?"
_Voyager_'s computer answered, "The ship name is," a
collection of yowls and hisses. "It translates to the
word 'seeker.'"
Vader smiled quietly. "A good omen. _Seeker_, you are,
then." He patted the ship's streamlined hull. This
vessel would be his home and his friend for time to
come. There was often a very personal relationship
between a pilot and his vessel. He remembered his
other vessels, not the _Executor_ or the _Devastator_,
but the small ones, like his Tie Advance, the
prototype he flew in the first Death Star battle. Back
in those days he had refused to give it a name. Now he
regretted it.
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Seven was conspicuous by her absence, but most of the
other crew he had grown to know showed up for brief
farewells. Neelix brought a basket of "goodies" that
promised to at least relieve the boredom of standard
rations, whether for the better or not remained to be
seen.
Chakotay, as a parting gift, presented him with an
_akoonah_. "I believe that meditation with this will
help you find the way home." The dusky skinned man's
voice was level, "Within, if not without."
"Thank you, Commander Chakotay."
The captain spoke a few words to Vader, but mostly
stood aside and watched as he climbed into and out of
the ship, prepping it for the long journey.
The doors to the corridor slid open one more time. Two
females, one a half-Klingon engineer, the other...
Vader smiled, but contained. "Ladies."