Voyager slowly glided across the dark space, and its massive bulk made the stars behind

it seem dimmer, the

void around it seemed deeper. It was a starship with a history, a background, on which all the stories, good and
bad, lie, grow, live and love. And it was also a home, a safe haven. The massive ship was filled with life, and
one could go from deck to deck and find a bridge filled with Borgs, then another with humans and other aliens
who were not Borg, then go to a deck where children are playing, and after that visit the holodeck and find many
people there, since almost everyone had holo-Dates. Next you would walk through the engineering deck, and
then into a corridor where the emergency bulkhead doors were. The blackness beyond gave way to a lush, green
forest, and then to a brightly lit room full of scientists eagerly working on a project. "See, these should work,"
one of them said as he waved a large yellow antennae at the other. "I see," the other said, wrapping the tiny
device with some sort of plastic. "But how am I suppose to test it?" "Well, I suppose you'll have to come up
with a test," the researcher said, and then continued his work, tightening the last screw. "I've finished
programming these for the experiment," he stated swaying his antennae in the direction of the small device. "All
that's left is for you to find some sort of power for them. Try to find something you can adapt easily and that
won't draw too much from your ship." The other nodded, "Yeah, I'm going to need to find something that will
draw the least possible energy from our power grid. Nothing big at the moment, but anything that would
increase our energy demands by 10 percent. Will it work then?" he asked, his antennae moving this way and that
as he worked. The researcher shook his head, his antennae swiveling. "Uh, you see that part of your ship is
still at the construction site?" continue the scientist who was using a large wrench to tighten the last screw, his
hand hovering over the shiny, black mass. "I don't want to lose my job, so trying to conserve power is part of
my test." He smiled nervously. "Of course, of course," the other said, raising his antennae in motion. "That's
right." "Here, have a try on this plate," the researcher rode over to a cupboard, then returned.