Vice Admiral Janeway’s log reveals a connection between her and another Star Trek captain, Jean-Luc Picard, that recent episodes of Star Trek: Prodigy threaten to strain. In Prodigy, Janeway is chasing after the USS Protostar and its young crew under the false belief that they stole the experimental ship from Capt. Chakotay. The Protostar crew want nothing more than to join Starfleet, but the experimental weapon that the Diviner place aboard the vessel prevents them from making contact without destroying Starfleet. To escape Janeway’s pursuit in the U.S.S. Dauntless, the Prosotar heads into the Romulan Neutral Zone.
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Vice Admiral’s Log, Stardate 61326.1. We’ve found them.
It was during a rendezvous at Denaxi Depot – the only habitable outpost within three sectors. Like a watering hole in the arid desert, it’s drawn the worst of the Quadrant here… including the outlaws who stole the Protostar.
What Officer Frex failed to mention was their age. Little more than teenagers by human standards…
But appearance can be deceiving. The Ocampa are adults at 9 years, while those on the Miri homeworld look like children for centuries.
And these thieves are no strangers to deception. Posing as innocent refugees, they deployed an unknown weapon that ripped a Starfleet station to pieces. Once we seize the Protostar, we’ll download their logs to the Dauntless and corroborate any lies, per Starfleet regulations.
Despite our efforts, they escaped into the Neutral Zone. We nearly endangered our fragile truce with the Romulans and the evacuation dealings there. Jean-Luc would’ve never forgiven me.
