[Kim's Quarters]
Harry is playing a clarinet piece labelled Jazz Impromptu while Tom lounges, reading a PADD. Someone thumps on the wall. Tom jumps slightly.
"Sorry!" Harry yelled.
"Obviously, Ensign Baytart doesn't appreciate music." said Tom.
"It's the darn fluid conduits running through the walls. They conduct sound. You'd think when they designed this thing, they would have--" Harry tried to say.
"This ship was built for combat performance, Harry, not musical performance. Nobody figured we'd be taking any long trips." Tom said, he stood up.
KIM: Where am I supposed to practice?" Harry asked.
"How about the cargo bay?" Tom asked.
"Bad acoustics." Harry replied.
"We could get Baytart transferred to the night shift." Tom suggested.
"We couldn't do that. Could we?" Harry asked.
"So now you have an excuse to give your mother why you didn't practice while you were gone." Tom said.
"Look, I'm trying to prepare for an important performance." said Harry.
"Oh, really? Are we scheduled to rendezvous with the Delta Quadrant Symphony Orchestra?" Tom asked.
"No, Susan Nicoletti and I have been working on a new orchestral programme for the holodeck." said Harry.
"Lieutenant Nicoletti? The one I've been chasing for six months? Cold hands, cold heart?" Tom asked.
"Not when she plays the oboe. Besides I thought you were in love with Mandy." Harry said.
"Uh...." Tom trailed off.
Tom chuckled, Amanda was the one who came up with the 'Chasing after Lieutenant Nicoletti' idea, Amanda even roped B'Elanna into the plan.
"Chakotay to all senior officers. Please report to the Bridge." said Chakotay.
"You know, Harry, I've always wanted to learn how to play the drums." Tom said.
[Bridge]
"I am picking up communication satellites in orbit. They're nonfunctional." Amanda said.
"Mister Paris, take us in a little closer. Mister Kim, Miss Robinson and Miss Torres, scan the surface." Janeway said.
"Captain, this used to be a major trading spot." said Neelix.
"How long ago?" Janeway asked.
"I'm not sure exactly. If I had to guess--" Neelix began.
"EM signature indicates that a major solar flare occurred here nineteen years ago." said Harry.
"I'd say about nineteen years, more or less." Neelix said.
"Looks like a glacial freeze." said Chakotay.
"Caused by a solar flare that radically changed the weather patterns." Janeway said.
"It did a lot more than that. They were hit by magnetic storms and extreme levels of radiation." said Harry.
"Those glaciers are receding." Chakotay said.
"The biosphere seems to be recovering." said Harry.
"Did anyone survive?" Tom asked.
"Scanning the settlement. There's evidence of advanced technology, warp reactors, subspace transmitters, but no lifesigns." said Amanda.
"Maybe they saw it coming and evacuated the planet." Tom suggested.
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The Other Torres | A Star Trek Fanfiction *Book 1*
FanfictionAmanda Torres is the younger sister of B'Elanna Torres, she was 3 when her parents divorced whereas B'Elanna was six, Amanda lived with her father in San Francisco, her father was a Captain in Starfleet and was promoted to admiral when Amanda was 14...
