It’s the Trek
and not the Star
that keeps her moving.
She is a Voyager
suspended in the
temporal rift of campaigning.
–
Inside she is Spock.
Politics makes her Kirk.
On committees she
is all Janeway.
–
The world sees
her as Lahura,
the com officer
trying to interpret
and relay messages
back and forth
from an insane planet
to the bridge
as Kirk tries to
prevent another war.
–
The Kobayashi Maru
gambit is not working.
Politics can’t be won
by changing the
rules of engagement.
What is needed
is the Data way.
–
In Stratagema
when playing
against Kolrami,
the master player,
always granted
extra pieces
and moves
so he is
forever ahead,
Data gets a
moral draw,
by outlasting,
enraging Kolrami
until he quits
the game.
–
It almost worked
for her too.
No matter,
she knows
that the Star Trek
mission statement
favors the Voyager.
Once the temporal
shifts settles
and she is in
her proper timeline
she will be the
captain of this Enterprise.
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