Chapter 3
B'Elanna directed the new engineers from the station and guarded the warpcore of the Voyager as if it was her second child.
All the modifications and adjustments they had done in the delta quadrant, with technology from the Borg and whatever else they could find made the system unique, not just engineering, everything, it wasn't possible to just let all these engineers run around hoping nobody would hurt themselves without supervision. And, well, she didn't trust them.
The different science departments of the Federation had salivated over the collected data, and having the people there who encountered all this was a different thing than just the raw data from the 2-way-link.
Some of the former Voyagers had already gone on new assignments like B'Elanna and Tom. Others were still deciding what they wanted to do. It helped that the legalities concerning their status had already been cleared in the Delta quadrant. Granted, Starfleet had thought they would have more time before all this would be relevant, but all field promotions had been accepted, in part there had been promotions, like Lt Kim, and their time on Voyager counted for all those crewmembers who had not gone through regular Starfleet training. Everybody who wanted to stay in the fleet had the opportunity.
For B'Elanna her work as chief engineer was counted as credit for finishing her former academy training.
Some had decided to leave the fleet all together or stay on as a civilian. The first was Mortimer Harren, his feet didn't even touch ground before he was of to Orion I to the Institute of Cosmology.
Chakotay decided on teaching and Seven would work in a civilian capacity as well, the idea of Borg enchanced astrometrics like they had done on the Voyager was a novel approach for the regular fleet. They were still on Voyager, some because this ship was their home and some because after the war they didn't have any other home anymore.
Others were using their leave for recovering and/or reviewing their options. Tuvok for example was on Vulcan with his family, he hadn't decided what he wanted to do yet. Harry Kim was with his parents reacquainting himself and totally unsure where he wanted to go next.
Icheb was getting to know his new home before he started in the academy as a cadet.
Lt. Wildman was on extended leave and Naomi was happy meeting her father.
One of the first things B'Elanna did when they were back had been an inquiry to the klingon ambassador about the whereabouts of one Miral Torres. If she had died she would honour her name and grieve, if she was still alive B'Elanna wanted to meet her, make peace with her, introduce her to Tom and little Miral.
It had been strange for her, she had never lived with other klingons other than her mother all her life, but coming back from the delta she was regarded as a daughter of the empire who brought honour to her clan. At least it would make the search for her mother easier.
A crash.
How did these engineers manage to get injured in this jeffreys tube. What were they even doing in there without a trustworthy warden looking after these airheaded pa'taqs?
Her face changed colour to a darker red teint, giving everybody who had at least some intelligence the warning to leave her direct reach.
I know, seriously, this little chapter for such a long time without updates?
What can I say, my muse is a fickle mistress