The Trojan Horse

Posted on Mon May 4th, 2009 @ 5:05pm by Lieutenant JG Lucy Carter

240 words; about a 1 minute read

Mission: Wolves in Sheep's Clothing
Location: Ship's counsellor's office
Timeline: 63945.21

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Ship's Counsellor Ensign Carter was at a loss to understand the conversation she had had with Commander Lane. He had critcised her work and then left her a report of hers he had annotated for correction. Two things were wrong with that. Firstly, she always produced excellent work. Secondly, Lane had never been cross with her before.

With a small sigh, she sat at her desk, crossed her legs, tucked her hair behind her ears and switched on her PADD to bring up the report. All the usual data was there - timeline, headers, opinion... hang on. What was that? Right in the middle section. A paragraph about some protocol called "Trojan Horse"?

Lucy was vaguely aware of the old story about the Trojan Horse. Something about a bunch of men hiding inside a large wooden horse that their enemies dragged inside the gates of their city, thinking it was a present or was it out of curiosity? Anyway, it turned out that the wooden horse was full of men who leapt out and killed them all. Just when they least expected it.

Her eyes grew wider as she read on. Finally she put the PADD down carefully on her desk and looked up. "Computer?" she said, quietly. "Please activate the Emergency Medical Hologram and transfer him directly to the holodeck".

She rose, re-tucked her hair behind her ears and walked out of her office, her mind spinning.

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