Oddities on Voyager  

Posted by Lieutenant Cornelia Archer in , , , , , ,

I'm not too surprised when weird things happen on Voyager - I know all about them - but these two definitely surprise me.


The first one is a strange phenomenon that Voyager has been tracking. It seems to be some kinda time-space anomaly that is an opening to a universe - which universe, I'm not too sure, but the prevailing opinion is that it opens to the dreaded Mirror Universe - populated by evil and twisted doppelgangers of our main universe selves. According to Jean, the first incursion into our universe from there actually happened during Captain Archer's time, which surprises me as there were no reports of it. If there were, then I would know - I'm the current keeper of the Archer family history. The rift is growing larger - Seven believes in 36 hours it'll be big enough to allow a ship to go through. Whose ship, I don't know, but I'm ready to defend Voyager. Always am ready.

Jean's statement that she is dating Commander Chakotay brings me to the conclusion that, when I went back in time, I also entered an alternate universe. While I understand why I would be missing from the crew manifests and logs, I don't understand why Shara and Jean wouldn't be mentioned in the logs. Therefore, I have concluded that I'm not in the past that lead to my present. That's really confusing. I never liked Temporal Mechanics.

The second anomaly is the most intriguing one - we call it Twitter Jail. It is the phenomenon where crewmembers randomly disappear to some unknown part of the universe and then come back. It's related to the usage of the device containing Twitter - Seven, Jean, Shara, and Harry have all encountered the Twitter Jail. Tuvok and B'Elanna have been trying to modify the shields in order to prevent this, although because of the nature of the anomaly, it will be very hard to prevent it. It is a strange consequence of Twitter's multiverse ability. Tuvok thinks it's because Harry only writes short sentences, but that's probably not true. I for one have never been in Twitter Jail, but I'll probably be in there sometime or another. We don't know where this Twitter Jail is as of yet, but when we do...we can probably save someone from it.

In other news, I've been contacted by two people in the Mirror Universe - Commodore Erika Hernandez, and the Mirror Harry Kim. The Commodore's...well, from what I've heard, she's nuts. It's strange to see her - I wouldn't have imagined for there to be a mirror Erika Hernandez. Mirror Harry Kim is really annoying the hell out of me, and every other female on this ship. I swear, he's worse than Captain Kirk when it comes to getting women. *sighs*

Anyway. I'm about to meet the Captain. She's invited me over for company.

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The USS Voyager, Part Deux  

Posted by Lieutenant Cornelia Archer in , , ,

I've been hinting at it in conversations. I've been on Voyager before. Granted, it was during a time of strife, and I almost didn't survive, but I've been on Voyager. Everytime someone asks me how I'm adjusting to life on Voyager, I always tell them it's just like being at home again. Voyager has this strange homey feeling to her. Maybe it's because of her journey through the Delta Quadrant, or how the crew act in general on Voyager - like we're family.


I had a rocky start - I said something I shouldn't, got into a fight with Shara, and then said something I shouldn't have again. I'm surprised the Temporal Police haven't come and arrested me for violating the Temporal Prime Directive. I wouldn't be surprised if there was a file in their archives.

Anyway, I put myself to work upgrading what Voyager has. Slowly, that is. I can't introduce things like transphasic torpedoes without affecting the timeline - heck, if Voyager started using those the Borg would almost be unstoppable. I wanted to introduce the prototype TR-116 technology, but I have to get approval of Lt. Cmdr Tuvok and Captain Janeway - it's dangerous in the wrong hands, as the incident on DS9 proved to be. Strange how the Borg never developed defenses for projectile weapons or melee weapons. Making a kinetic shield wouldn't be too hard with their technology. And I took One's death pretty hard - it reminded me of the losses during 2381. Young people getting killed senselessly. I sometimes wonder how it feels like to tell your crew that you're about to slam your ship into a Borg cube to destroy it.

I've been trying to build the old interface I used on the Enterprise E - the 3D one where I could scribble on holographic displays - but the technology difference between her and Voyager prevents me from doing so. Also I figured it would be a huge drain on resources. I instead made a large PADD with a stylus - it's not too bad. I'm writing this log using it - I wasn't much for dictating out loud anyway. It's a habit I can't break - I always made notes on historical items using that system on the Enterprise-E and turned to using it to write my logs, much to the chagrin of the rest of the senior staff. Hey, at least I'm not chewing on chocolate bars during senior staff meetings, Lieutenant Ku!

I do miss the way I could manipulate information, moving things around with my stylus. Now I have to remember how to use this LCARS interface. It's coming back quickly.

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