Acting Captain's log:

This is the last log from acting Captain Paris.

The court martial for Captain Janeway has determined that she is innocent of murder of a civilian. Her prosecution of herself was thorough, but could not avoid that fact that neither she nor Commander Chakotay had memories of the delta quadrant Borg interactions, nor the civillian, Seven of Nine, at that time. The testimony of Lt Commander Ayala and Lt Rollins confirmed that they had not been able to make the away team aware of the rescue mission, and that Seven had pre-emptively left the shuttle without a full away team due to her concerns for her husband's welfare.

It was then reasonable for the assumption that this was a Borg controlled planet, even if that type of Borg not was met before. It was noted that the phaser was set to stun. The testimony of Lt Commander Ayala and Lt Rollins confirmed that before the return of their memories, both Captain Janeway and Commander Chakotay believed her arrival to be of hostile intent.

It is unfortunate that the stun of the phaser disrupted the cortical node in Seven, which continued to destabilise over 3 days, leading to her inevitable demise. The phaser was in good working order, and the shot taken would be an approved manoeuvre to incapacitate an enemy. The doctor tried all available treatments, but even in stasis she continued to deteriorate so was removed to die in the arms of her husband, Commander Chakotay. I reiterate, that at the time of the incident, Commander Chakotay also retained no memories of his wife, however his memories were returned by a field procedure by the Doctor.

I enclose the trial transcript with separate encoded passwords.

Captain Janeway's memories have now be restored to her by an adapted field procedure though they have been naturally restoring as the chroniton concentration embedded in the hippocampus decreases. She has asked to expedite her return to active duty, which has been accepted.

As a second outcome, we hope that the restructuring of the Doctor's ethical subroutines will allow us to reactivate him shortly, as we are approaching inhabited space. Assessment of his behaviour by Lt Commander Torres has identified that some three years ago his programme was adjusted by Seven of Nine.

From the deleted portions, creatively encrypted and painfully restored by Lt Commander Torres and Captain Janeway, it appears she asked for him to remove one of her borg implants to allow a closer relationship with the Commander. When this was completed, unfortunately it also caused extremes of negative emotions. This had been unanticipated, but was felt to be related to the unsafe area of space we were passing through, and also her lack of life experience of controlling emotions. He did not detail these, but the outline suggests that she was not behaving in an ethical manner. The Doctor had suggested that she discontinue romantic endeavours and remove from active duty whilst she adjusted, and was planning to inform the Captain and the Commander, or alternatively have the implant replaced and reactivated if possible.

Following this, there is both deletion of these memories, and all pertaining to the failsafe device, and also an adjustment to his treatment parameters, such that he would always prioritise Seven, then the Commander and that he would not prioritise the Captain in an emergency situation. The health and happiness of Seven effectively being his main driver.

In further instances, he believed that the failsafe device was faulty when certain behaviours of Seven were noticed, thus medically absolving her from responsibility. On each occasion it is clear that a further readjustment of memory was continued around the failsafe, and a further emphasis on the wellbeing of Seven above all other crew members maintained.

Further encrypted programme algorhythms have been placed around the Doctors programme such that we are notified if any adjustments are attempted, and should halt any further adjustments. The Doctor will be aware of this when he is reactivated, as the previously hidden memories will be available. The Captain has offered to be available to counsel the Doctor, as has Commandant Tuvok.

There is no decision as to whether Commander Chakotay should also be told, whilst he is on compassionate leave. We request a counsellor for his benefit, and are aware that this will significantly reduce the rest of the crew's interactions with home, however we are prepared for this. Commander Chakotay has been the predominant counsellor for the crew, and there is no individual available for him in this situation, given the Captain's involvement.

Log ended

Well, there it is done. I don't have the skill of the Captain in writing logs that appear to tell the story, but leave out the clues to dig deeper. There is so much more digging that can be done. hopefully I can talk to Dad to bury the essence of this somewhere.

It is a mess.

The Captain remembers and Chakotay doesn't. She talked to Sam and B'E, finally.

Just as we all thought that we could regain a new status quo on this ship, be able to get past the disaster that the command couple had initiated by not actually becoming a couple. I'm not sure where we go. Harry is being the leader of the camp Chakotay. He always was friendly to the Commander and Seven, so has an in there. Mike and B'E have been very firmly rebuffed. There is little point me trying.

The ship, well it feels like the heart has gone out of it. We managed to just about pull together for most of the crew to remain mostly oblivious to the schism that the marriage caused. Tuvok's illness and the necessity to provide for the future distracted most of them from looking much closer. Those that did kept quiet after a brief word with the senior team. Seven's death? Again, we have had other deaths, they cause a wave of grief, and we band together to support and move on. But we haven't yet, because Chakotay can't approve her ceremony, caught between his wishes and her more sparse instruction.

But the big blow is the Captain's court martial. Even behind closed doors there was no hiding the antipathy Chakotay has. Even with the Captain under confinement in her quarters, it didn't stop him drunkenly yelling too many details at her, blaming her explicitly for Seven's death due to her jealousy that he had loved again. Fck. the captain was inside with B'E with tears streaming because he will never forgive her, contrasting with the love they shared. Harry calmed him down and walked him away, but the whole ship knows.

There is only one person who can start to put this right. God help her!

In the meantime I go around reminding everyone we have all had breakups and makeups. It is a small ship and we are family. We will make it work again. They have such faith in the senior crew, and mostly the captain, that they believe me. I only wish I could believe me too.

Well, that's enough thinking. I will be glad to give this chair back to the Captain tomorrow. Time to hug Miral and B'E and be grateful for all that we do have.