"Anything yet?" Janeway growled. She sat slouched in the captain's chair,
elbows on the armrests, and one hand pressed artistically against her
temple.
"There has been no change in the anomaly, Captain," Seven said from behind Harry's console.
"You didn't expect it to move out of our way because we're sitting here staring at it?" Chakotay asked, cocking an eyebrow. A smile hovered in the corners of his mouth, which Janeway did not see or chose to ignore. "We may have to go around it."
"Do that and we'll add another three years to our journey, this thing stretches from here to the Gamma Quadrant!" Janeway snapped.
"That is an exaggeration, Captain," Seven corrected. "The anomaly is only 1037.38 light-years across."
"It's an unacceptable delay Seven; we'll have to find another way."
"I could return to astromatrix and attempt to re-examine the anomaly," Seven offered doubtfully, certain that there would be nothing more to find.
"Do it. While we're at it, Tom, see if you can find a faster way around it, over it, or beneath it. I don't care what we have to do, just get us passed this thing!"
"Yes Mama." Tom said automatically, his blue eyes intently flickering across his data read out.
Seven simply nodded primly and left the deck. A young ensign in a neatly pressed uniform quickly assumed her vacated position.
After Seven had left, Tuvok glanced up from his console.
"Captain," he said in his normal, emotionless tone. "Might I suggest that you get some rest? You have not returned to your quarters in over 48 hours, since we encountered the anomaly."
Janeway twisted around to face his bland, Vulcan, expression. "Correct me if I'm wrong, Tuvok," she said in a tone that did not invite any such correction. "But in all that time you, too, have not left the bridge."
"I am Vulcan. I am capable of going for much longer without food or rest."
Janeway smirked and turned back to the view-screen. The anomaly filled the entire view, an impenetrable swirl of purple.
"However," Tuvok said. "I could use time to meditate."
Janeway sighed and rubbed her eyes. "Very well," she said, uncrossing her legs and standing up. "Commander, you have the bridge. Lieutenant?" She gestured for Tuvok to proceed her. As usual, Chakotay waited until she had left the bridge before taking her seat.
"There has been no change in the anomaly, Captain," Seven said from behind Harry's console.
"You didn't expect it to move out of our way because we're sitting here staring at it?" Chakotay asked, cocking an eyebrow. A smile hovered in the corners of his mouth, which Janeway did not see or chose to ignore. "We may have to go around it."
"Do that and we'll add another three years to our journey, this thing stretches from here to the Gamma Quadrant!" Janeway snapped.
"That is an exaggeration, Captain," Seven corrected. "The anomaly is only 1037.38 light-years across."
"It's an unacceptable delay Seven; we'll have to find another way."
"I could return to astromatrix and attempt to re-examine the anomaly," Seven offered doubtfully, certain that there would be nothing more to find.
"Do it. While we're at it, Tom, see if you can find a faster way around it, over it, or beneath it. I don't care what we have to do, just get us passed this thing!"
"Yes Mama." Tom said automatically, his blue eyes intently flickering across his data read out.
Seven simply nodded primly and left the deck. A young ensign in a neatly pressed uniform quickly assumed her vacated position.
After Seven had left, Tuvok glanced up from his console.
"Captain," he said in his normal, emotionless tone. "Might I suggest that you get some rest? You have not returned to your quarters in over 48 hours, since we encountered the anomaly."
Janeway twisted around to face his bland, Vulcan, expression. "Correct me if I'm wrong, Tuvok," she said in a tone that did not invite any such correction. "But in all that time you, too, have not left the bridge."
"I am Vulcan. I am capable of going for much longer without food or rest."
Janeway smirked and turned back to the view-screen. The anomaly filled the entire view, an impenetrable swirl of purple.
"However," Tuvok said. "I could use time to meditate."
Janeway sighed and rubbed her eyes. "Very well," she said, uncrossing her legs and standing up. "Commander, you have the bridge. Lieutenant?" She gestured for Tuvok to proceed her. As usual, Chakotay waited until she had left the bridge before taking her seat.