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Beginnings - Star Trek: A New Generation - So It Begins
A New Generation – So it Begins
“Deanna Troi Personal Log; Stardate 41285.9. It’s all lies. But I’ll start at the beginning.”
Enterprise arrived at Starbase 395, located at the edge of Federation space, after a month of ‘leisurely’ travel from Deneb IV.
Lieutenant Deanna Troi returned to her quarters to find that there was a private message waiting for her. “No!” she said. For she recognized the ostentatious crest that had appeared at the start of the message. The combination of the symbols of the Betazed Ministry of Federation and Foreign Affairs, the Federation Diplomatic Service and the Fifth House of Betazed. There was only one person who used that symbol. Ambassador Lwaxana Troi, her mother. She breathed deeply and pressed ‘Accept.
“Little One!”
She paused the message. How many times had she told her she didn’t like that diminutive? She hadn’t like it since her powers had activated at puberty. She resumed the playback.
“I heard the Enterprise was stopping over at Starbase 395, so I had to go there. Besides I need to be there for negotiations next week, so I would have been there anyway. I digress. I have become aware of something that we need to discuss urgently. Something that can’t be discussed over subspace.”
She paused the message again. What was the thing that she needed to discuss urgently? Her heart beat faster. She didn’t know, did she? ‘Impossible,’ she thought. But then her mother did have her resources.
“I hope to see you soon. I will come to the Enterprise as soon as the ship docks.” The message ended.
Deanna looked out the window. Enterprise was very close to the Starbase. Docking would occur in minutes. She resolved to meet her mother at the airlock.
Lwaxana waited for the docking sequence to complete. Eventually, the airlock opened and she walked through to the Enterprise, to find her daughter waiting for her. ‘Little One! I didn’t expect to see you waiting for me.’
‘Hello, Mother. Your message sounded rather urgent and I want to know what you know!’
Deanna was rather direct, but then she had reason to. And she sensed a lot of worry coming off of her.
‘Not right here, Little One! There are other Betazoids at the Starbase.’
‘Of course, not right here,’ Deanna interrupted.
‘Then we’ll have to go somewhere aboard Enterprise. Preferably where no one else is.’
Five minutes later, Deanna and her mother entered a lounge on Deck 3
“Deanna Troi Personal Log; Stardate 41285.9. It’s all lies. But I’ll start at the beginning.”
Enterprise arrived at Starbase 395, located at the edge of Federation space, after a month of ‘leisurely’ travel from Deneb IV.
Lieutenant Deanna Troi returned to her quarters to find that there was a private message waiting for her. “No!” she said. For she recognized the ostentatious crest that had appeared at the start of the message. The combination of the symbols of the Betazed Ministry of Federation and Foreign Affairs, the Federation Diplomatic Service and the Fifth House of Betazed. There was only one person who used that symbol. Ambassador Lwaxana Troi, her mother. She breathed deeply and pressed ‘Accept.
“Little One!”
She paused the message. How many times had she told her she didn’t like that diminutive? She hadn’t like it since her powers had activated at puberty. She resumed the playback.
“I heard the Enterprise was stopping over at Starbase 395, so I had to go there. Besides I need to be there for negotiations next week, so I would have been there anyway. I digress. I have become aware of something that we need to discuss urgently. Something that can’t be discussed over subspace.”
She paused the message again. What was the thing that she needed to discuss urgently? Her heart beat faster. She didn’t know, did she? ‘Impossible,’ she thought. But then her mother did have her resources.
“I hope to see you soon. I will come to the Enterprise as soon as the ship docks.” The message ended.
Deanna looked out the window. Enterprise was very close to the Starbase. Docking would occur in minutes. She resolved to meet her mother at the airlock.
Lwaxana waited for the docking sequence to complete. Eventually, the airlock opened and she walked through to the Enterprise, to find her daughter waiting for her. ‘Little One! I didn’t expect to see you waiting for me.’
‘Hello, Mother. Your message sounded rather urgent and I want to know what you know!’
Deanna was rather direct, but then she had reason to. And she sensed a lot of worry coming off of her.
‘Not right here, Little One! There are other Betazoids at the Starbase.’
‘Of course, not right here,’ Deanna interrupted.
‘Then we’ll have to go somewhere aboard Enterprise. Preferably where no one else is.’
Five minutes later, Deanna and her mother entered a lounge on Deck 3