NEW VOY drabble: The Examination for Lieutenant (26/?) PG [K]

Title: The Examination for Lieutenant (26/?)
Author: Dave Rogers
Email Address: daverogers@geocities.com
Series: VOY drabble
Rating: PG
Codes: K
Part: 26/?
Date Posted: 1 November 2000

Summary: Coda to "Drive". Keeping the peace has its rewards.

Disclaimer: Keeping Paramount in the dark doesn't seem very 
honourable.

Acknowledgement: Jim Wright's "Delta Blues" website, for background 
material.

Author's note: The title of these drabbles is taken from 
C. S. Forester's short story of the same name, for which I make no 
apologies. It's what Terry Pratchett once described as "tipping the 
hat".




The Examination for Lieutenant: After the Race



Janeway smiled at Harry. "Well, Ensign, it looks like you've averted 
another hundred years of war."

"Thank you, Captain. But saving Tom and B'Elanna's lives mattered 
more."

"All the same, this sort of thing deserves a big reward. Something 
like, say, a pip on your collar." 

It was almost pathetic to see Harry's naive, puppy faced grin. Did 
the poor boy never learn?

"So," continued Janeway, "We'll forget the charge of aiding and 
abetting a terrorist, which is a dismissable offence. You can keep 
your ensign's pip."

As he left, crushed, Janeway wondered: When did I start to enjoy 
this?



THE END