Porthos' Log
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Chapter 1 – It's A Dog's Life

08:20 hours

It's a great life. I'm a young, fit, athletic dog, with great looks and charm, and I belong to one of the most famous people alive today. I've heard Captain Archer talk about something called Enterprise… I'm not sure what that is, but I'm sure I'll find out. I go everywhere with Archer.
He's gone off to a meeting today with Admiral Forrest. I'm not allowed in the meeting room, so I stayed at home and guarded the house. Several cats tried to infiltrate the garden, but I made sure they didn't succeed.
I'm going to have a quick nap now, before Jonathon gets home.

18:00 hours

Well, Captain Archer got back. He was with Commander Tucker, and they were talking about this Enterprise thing again. I'm not sure, but I think it's some kind of ship, from what they were saying. 'Trip' as the Captain calls him fed me some cheese, quite a large piece of cheese. I was very pleased about that. The Captain doesn't give me cheese much because he says I don't get along with it.
I also noticed that the Captain's been packing up some stuff into suitcases. He's packed most of my dog stuff too. I think we might be going somewhere. I hope we're going up into space. I love stargazing.

Four Days Later…

21:00 hours

Well, my wish has come true. We're going into space. Enterprise is a ship, the best in Starfleet; it's the first one of something called the NX-class. We'll be taking a Klingon (at least that's what I think I heard) back to his home.
There was this woman come into the Captain's ready room while I was in there today. She had pointy ears. She looked at me, then looked back at the Captain. Apparently, she has been trained to tolerate 'offensive situations'. What does she mean by this?
Nevertheless, Trip fed me some more cheese, which was nice of him. He is obviously a very nice and generous person. I wonder if the other crewmembers are? I haven't met many of them yet, but I have seen Trip, T'Pol and, of course, Captain Archer. I had a quick peep round the bridge on my way into the ready room, and I saw a woman with black hair, and a man who I heard was called Phlox.
It looks like it's gonna be really good on this ship. I'm sure I'll enjoy it here.

End Porthos Log, April 21, 2151