Archivist's Challenge
- Archivist's Eleventh Challenge: What was the end of Endgame like from B'Elanna's point of view?
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1. The minimum length is 1000 words (approximately three pages).
2. Must be rated PG/PG-13--no naughty bits or language! (use your best judgement)
3. What was it like giving birth in the midst of Voyager returning to the alpha quadrant. Was Miral born in the Delta Quadtant? En-route? Or was she born in the Alpha Quadrant? What were Tom's first words when he saw his baby daughter? Where will the Lieutenants go next? Go crazy with the missing scene stuff!
There are no deadlines for these stories. Stories are added to each of the previous challenges as people write them. So take your time with it, and have fun!
Please read the submission guidelines first, and clearly mark in the Subject Line "Challenge" so that I know it is in answer to the current challenge.
Okay, now go write...
| Title | Author | Description |
| Only You | Katherina Rosellini | Archivist's Challenge. Tom and B'Elanna's feelings on missing his daughter's birth. Rated PG |
Previous Challenges
- Archivist's First Challenge: What was in the box?
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1. Story can take place at any time during or after the episode "Random Thoughts".
2. The minimum length is 1000 words (approximately three pages).
3. Must be rated PG/PG-13--no naughty bits or language! (use your best judgement)
4. It cannot be a red dress, teddy bear or stuffed pink pig.
| Title | Author | Description |
| It's Not The Gift | Dave Rogers | First Archivist's Challenge story: What was in the box? Coda to "Random Thoughts". Although the engrammatic purge was interrupted, can anything make up for what B'Elanna has lost? Rated: PG-13 |
| The Price | Neetz | A compilation of missing scenes from "Random Thoughts." Tom's fears for B'Elanna's fate bring him into confrontation with the captain. Will they be able to resolve things? Rated PG-13. |
| A Present for B'Elanna | JoAnna Walsvik | Archivist's Challenge Story. Tag to "Random Thoughts" and answers the question, "What's in the box?" It takes place a few days after "Concerning Flight." |
| Random Thoughts (missing scene) | Heather | Archivist's Challenge Story. Set after Random Thoughts. Tom bought B'Elanna a gift and is ready to give it to her, but will she take it or even like it considering all that has happened? Rated PG. |
| The Perfect Gift | ancarett | Archivist's Challenge Story. What present would make the heart of Lieutenant B'Elanna Torres, Voyager's Chief Engineer, beat faster? (Besides Tom Paris, that is!) |
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Archivist's Second Challenge: What did Owen Paris' letter to Tom say?
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1. Story must take place during or after the episode "Hunters."
2. The minimum length is 1000 words (approximately three pages).
3. Must be rated PG/PG-13--no naughty bits or language! (use your best judgement)
4. You get to choose how much, if any, of the letter B'Elanna read while waiting for it to download.
| Title | Author | Description |
| Admiral's Personal Log | Tara O'Shea | Archivist's Challenge Story. Set between "Ship in a Bottle" and "Hunters." A communique from Admiral Owen Paris to his son Tom Paris following Voyager's EMH making contact with Starfleet Command in the Alpha Quadrant. Rated PG |
| Takeover Bid | Dave Rogers | Archivist's Challenge: Set during "Hunters." B'Elanna's curiosity leads her to a dark secret. Rated PG. |
| Log Entries: Addendum | J. Toner | Archivist's Challenge story. After the events of "Hunters," B'Elanna updates her personal log about Voyager's contact with the Alpha Quadrant. A sequel to "Log Entries." Rated PG. |
| A Past Best Forgotten | PJ in NH | Archivist's Challenge Story. Set during "Hunters." B'Elanna receives the Admiral's letter only it is not what she was hoping to read.Rated PG-13. |
| Letters Never Sent | ancarett | Admiral Paris struggles with the shocking news of Voyager's Delta Quadrant existence and how to write a letter to his estranged son, Tom. Set between "Message in a Bottle" and "Hunters." |
| The Letter | Aries4116@aol.com | My take on the questions "What did Owen Paris' letter to Tom say?" Rated PG. |
| Searching for Truth | Courtney | Archivist's Challenge Story. Set after "Hunters" and concerning a "missing" letter. Rated PG. |
| You Have Mail | Laura | Archivists Challange story. Set after Hunters, and is told through B'Elanna's point of view. Rated PG-13 |
| I Ain't Missing You | Krystal Banzon | Archivist's Chalenge Story. Tom acutally gets the letter sent by his father, and shows his reactions to it. Set inbetween "Message in a Bottle" and "Hunters." Rated PG. |
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Archivist's Third Challenge: Just how claustrophobic is Tom, and why?
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1. Story can take place any time before, during or after "One."
2. The minimum length is 1000 words (approximately three pages).
3. Must be rated PG/PG-13--no naughty bits or language! (use your best judgement)
4. Here's the kicker--you are not allowed to lock the 5 year old Tom in a basement or closet. Try and find an original way of addressing this oft-abused character point. Try and be smarter than you think Voyager's writers would be, and see where it takes you.
| Title | Author | Description |
| Coffin | Dave Rogers | Archivist's Third Challenge story. After the events of "One", a flashback to Tom's Maquis days. Rated PG |
| Trapped | Captain Chris | Archivist's Challenge story. B'Elanna gets an answer to why Tom is claustrophobic. But will she like what else she finds out? Rated PG. |
| Funeral Lessons | Jill Dannay | Archivist's Challenge Story. Takes place just after the episode "One." Tom explains to B'Elanna the reason behind his claustrophobia. Rated G. |
| Tommy's Tale | Betty Phipps | Archivist's Challenge story. Tom explains his reason for escaping stasis during the month Voyager traveled through the nebula. Rated G. |
| Walls | Julie | Archivist's Challenge story. Answering the question "Just why was Tom so claustrophobic about the stasis chamber in the episode "One"? Rated PG. |
| Dark Surroundings | Cheile | Archivist's challenge story. Tom explains to B'Elanna why he hates small, dark places. Rated PG. |
| Alone | Lauren Taylor | Archivist's Challenge story. A memory from Tom's teenage years results in his worry about the stasis chambers. Rated PG. |
| Earthquake | Judy | PT Collective Archivist's Challenge: Tom's claustrophobia. An earthquake in San Francisco in Tom's childhood may be an answer. Some Tom angst and a life threatening situation, however, no ensign was actually killed in the writing of this story. Rated PG-13 |
| After The Fall | Dangermom | Archivist's Challenge. Tom struggles with the mystery of why he's afraid of stasis. Rated PG. |
| Decytologenesis | Synbou | Archive Challenge Story. Set after In The Dark and the episode "One". The time passed in the stasis unit, reminds Tom of the Decytologenesis treatment he underwent in order to cure his leukaemia. Rated PG |
- Archivist's Forth Challenge: How did B'Elanna's parents meet?
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1. Story can take place at any time.
2. The minimum length is 1000 words (approximately three pages).
3. Must be rated PG/PG-13--no naughty bits or language! (use your best judgement)
4. If possible, do a little research about Fed/Klingon relations. This research can take the form of watching Star Trek 6: The Undiscovered Country for information on the Khitomer conferance of 2293--but keep in mind that it has been almost a century since the treaty. For examples of Klingon marriages, hybrids, and courting rituals, check out TOS: Day of the Dove, TNG: The Emmisary, TNG: Reunion, DS9: House of Quark and DS9: Looking For Par'mach In All The Wrong Places.
| Title | Author | Description |
| Unlikely Partners | Tara Lindgren | Archivist's Challenge. How did B'Elanna's parent's meet? Set in the Alpha Quadrant before B'Elanna was born, a Klingon ambassador is targeted for death aboard the U.S.S. Argo and the most likely suspect seems to be a young ensign by the name of Mark Torres. Rated PG-13. |
- Archivist's Fifth Challenge: What role would B'Elanna play in 'The Adventures of Captain Proton'?
Sounds simple, right? Here are the rules:
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1. Story can take place at any time.
2. The minimum length is 1000 words (approximately three pages).
3. Must be rated PG/PG-13--no naughty bits or language! (use your best judgement)
4. Sidekick or femme fatale? Evil genius or loyal secretary? Equal partner or Lois-Lane girlfriend who can't see Captain Proton behind Tommy's glasses? And how does B'Elanna react to the role Tom offers her, and what ensues?
| Title | Author | Description |
| Holodeck Date: Captain Proton | Jennifer Lee | Archivist's Challenge story. Takes place during fifth season sometime between "Thirty Days" and "Bride of Chaotica!" Tom, B'Elanna, Harry, and Seven play "Captain Proton" on the holodeck. Rated: PG |
| Director's Cut | Diane Bellomo | Archivist's Challenge. This story could have occurred anytime after "Thirty Days." Tom offers B'Elanna the role of a lifetime. Rated PG. |
| Saving the Universe for a Friend | Dave Rogers | Archivist's Challenge story: What role would B'Elanna play in 'The Adventures of Captain Proton'? Postscript to 'Alice' B'Elanna decides to continue her journey into Tom Paris's head. Rated PG. |
- Archivist's Sixth Challenge: What did Tom and B'Elanna argue about that lead to Tom giving her roses?
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1. Story can take place at any time before or during the episode "Someone To Watch Over Me".
2. The minimum length is 1000 words (approximately three pages).
3. Must be rated PG/PG-13--no naughty bits or language! (use your best judgement)
4. Think about incorporating Seven's logs into the story.
| Title | Author | Description |
| Field Notes | Jennifer Lee and Riss | Archivist's Challenge. A more detailed look at Seven's field study on Tom and B'Elanna (based on the fifth season episode, "Someone to Watch Over Me"). Companion story to "The Guy Next Door." Rated PG |
| The Mysteries of Human Mating Rituals |
Alicia | Archivist's Challenge Story. What did Tom and B'Elanna argue about that lead to Tom giving her roses? Set before and during the episode 'Someone to Watch Over Me'. Seven becomes puzzled over the information Tom and B'Elanna are supplying her with. Rated PG-13 |
| Roses For B'Elanna | voyagertostars | Answer to archivist¹s challenge. This is set immediately before "Someone to Watch Over Me" and contains spoilers for "Thirty Days". It is my answer to why Tom gave B'Elanna roses. Rated PG-13 |
| Human Mating Behaviour | Dave Rogers | Archivist's Sixth Challenge story: What did Tom and B'Elanna argue about that lead to Tom giving her roses? Prequel to "Someone to Watch Over Me" Tom and B'Elanna provide Seven with a rich source of data for her project. Rated: PG-13 |
- Archivist's Seventh Challenge: How and why did B'Elanna chose to go to Starfleet Academy?
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1. The minimum length is 1000 words (approximately three pages).
2. Must be rated PG/PG-13--no naughty bits or language! (use your best judgement)
3. Keep in mind that canonically we do not know if her father was in Starfleet or not, nor do we know where B'Elanna lived between her father's leaving Kessik IV and joining the Academy. Only that he left when B'Elanna was five, and that as of Barge of the Dead B'Elanna had not spoken to her mother in ten years.
| Title | Author | Description |
| Drift | D'Alaire | Archivist's Challenge: "How and why did B'Elanna go to the Academy?" This stream of vignettes largely from B'Elanna's POV considers that, among other things. Rated PG-13. |
| Why Go To The Academy | Denise N. Rodier | Archivist's Challenge: How and why B'Elanna went to the Academy. Rated G. |
- Archivist's Eighth Challenge: What was the crew (and Tom's) reaction to B'Elanna tale of inspiration and brief theatrical career?
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1. The minimum length is 1000 words (approximately three pages).
2. Must be rated PG/PG-13--no naughty bits or language! (use your best judgement)
3. Can be set any time during after after Muse.
| Title | Author | Description |
| Inspiration | Liz | Response to Archivist's Challenge: a hunky-dory coda to "Muse." Tom finds that a walk in the limelight will change anyone’s soul—at least for a while. Rated PG |
- Archivist's Ninth Challenge: What happened between the end of act IV and the tag of Drive?
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1. The minimum length is 1000 words (approximately three pages).
2. Must be rated PG/PG-13--no naughty bits or language! (use your best judgement)
3. How did the Captain react when the lieutenants came back engaged? Who threw B'Elanna a bridal shower? Who threw Tom a bachelor party? What was the wedding like? Go nuts!
| Title | Author | Description |
| All in a Day | Liz | Archivist's Challenge. So, what REALLY happened after Tom and B'Elanna agreed to tie the knot? Set at the end of "Drive." Rated PG |
| A Wedding, Yes | Diane Bellamo | Archivist's Challenge. The scene we never saw in the episode "Drive," between rescue of the Flyer and the champagne scene in said impulse-only Flyer. Rated PG. |
| Driven | Dangermom | Archivist's Challenge, written before "Drive" aired. Wishful thinking and speculation based on spoilers. Except for a few minor differences in how certain events actually played out on screen, it certainly qualifies as that all-important missing scene between Act IV and the tag--Tom and B'Elanna's wedding. Do you honestly expect anything conventional from these two? Rated PG |
- Archivist's Tenth Challenge: Since Pathfinder Project has made intermittant contact with the Alpha Quadrant possible, how in the last year have Tom and B'Elanna dealt with letters to and from their families?
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1. The minimum length is 1000 words (approximately three pages).
2. Must be rated PG/PG-13--no naughty bits or language! (use your best judgement)
3. How did B'Elanna re-establish contact with her father, John Torres, after two decades of silance? How did Tom tell Admiral Paris about B'Elanna and their child? Did he ever send the letter he recorded in Thirty Days? What happened to B'Elanna's mother, Miral? There's a TON of great stuff you can explore here, so go crazy with it!