WHEN CAPTAIN KATHRYN JANEWAY

MATERIALIZED IN

THE TRANSPORTER ROOM OF

THE U.S.S, ENTERPRISE …

she was pleased and flattered but not altogether surprised to see that none other than Captain Jean-Luc Picard was present to greet her.

“Permission to come aboard,” she said lightly.

“Very happily granted,” he replied, stepping forward with his hand outstretched. Janeway grasped it and swiftly covered it with her other hand.

“Kathryn,” he said heartily, his hazel eyes warm with affection. “My God, it’s good to see you. I could scarcely believe it when I saw Voyager soaring toward us out of that cloud of debris,” he said. “We had been ready to fight the Borg, not welcome home a lost traveler.”

“What can I say?” she quipped. “I like to make an entrance ...”