Summary
For three weeks Voyager has been plagued by a computer virus, or "Trojan horse", picked up in a sector of the Delta Quadrant dominated by businesses. The virus allows "spam" advertising messages to penetrate the ship's systems, first interfering with communications and Janeway's log, then appearing on the bridge viewscreen, and even being delivered by the Doctor. Janeway sets Kim and Tuvok to work on the problem. Meanwhile, Neelix is intrigued by all the references to "spam" and replicates several dishes made with Spam. Voyager finally returns to the space station where the virus originated, and Janeway persuades the virus' designer to remove it from the ship's systems.
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Characters
- Rando Setten Curlu • The Doctor • Kathryn Janeway • Harry Kim • Neelix • Tom Paris • Tuvok • Suddon Blyth Conction Ulllma
Starships and vehicles
Locations
- Alpha Quadrant • Earth • Sinton Space Wheel • Windu sector
Races and cultures
States and organizations
- Beautiful Being Institute • Bong, Bong and Biennium • Starfleet • United Federation of Planets
Other references
- 21st century • advertisement • alien • asteroid • asteroid belt • bread • bridge • captain • chemical XY • commander • communications • computer • conference room • dentist • e-mail • egg • engine • English language • ensign • firewall • holodeck • holomatrix • humanoid • jalapeño • law • lieutenant • log entry • mess hall • music • omelet • phaser • pilot • pornography • replicator • rice • sandwich • sector • security officer • sensor • sickbay • society • spam • Special American Pressed Meat • species • squirrel • star • starship • terabyte • teriyaki • transporter • "trojan horse" • universal translator • viewscreen • virus • warp drive • warrior group • weapon
Chronology
Appendices
Connections
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| Previous story: The Fate of Captain Ransom |
Strange New Worlds 10 | Next story: Adjustments |
| Previous story: First Star Trek story |
Stories by: L. E. Doggett |
Next story: Most recent work |
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Memory Beta Chronology | Next Adventure: Yet to be placed |
