Wherever You Will Go
| Star Traks: Waystation | |
| Episode name | Wherever You Will Go |
|---|---|
| Season | |
| Episode number | |
| Writer(s) | Alan Decker |
| Year | 2377 |
| Stardate | 54849 |
| Chronology | |
| Previous in series | Prime Of Your Life |
| Next in series | Trick Or Treaty |
| Previous in timeline | This Item Earth [VEX] |
| Next in timeline | Trick Or Treaty [WAY] |
Remember, wherever you go, there you are. And maybe someone else is there, too.
Summary
Various crew and residents ruminate on the situations in their lives. Commander Walter Morales thinks about his feelings for Captain Lisa Beck, Lieutenant Sean Russell wonders what it will take to get promoted, Yeoman Tina Jones considers how far she's come from the small colony where she lived as a child, Beck wonders is afraid she will lose Phillip Harper again, Joan Redding wants to know when Lieutenant Commander Craig Porter will get the hint that she's interested in him, and Porter thinks he may be attracted to Joan Redding.
In the end, Beck and Morales must leave to take Bradley Dillon to Earth. In a deal to save the planet from the Ferengi, Bradley used his credits to buy back Earth in exchange for being made President of the Federation. This is hard enough for Morales to deal with, but he's more focused on the fact that he will spend the whole trip with Beck, the woman he loves but who does not want him.
Featuring
- Captain Lisa Beck
- Commander Walter Morales
- Lieutenant Commander Craig Porter
- Lieutenant Sean Russell
- Yeoman Tina Jones
- Bradley Dillon
Also Featuring
Author's Comments
This story ended up being far different than what was originally planned. At one point, Anthony Butler and I had considered doing a follow-up to The Reject's Table called The First Officer's Lounge. Morales' story, which would have had this same title, would have been about a mission that he went on with Beck where he went along with what he thought was a bad decision on her part just out of his unrequited love for her. The results would be near-disastrous, but Morales would have ended the story saying he'd do the same things again for Beck. The First Officer's Lounge never happened, but I still wanted to do something more with Morales' feelings for Beck. I had the idea that this could be a good point in the series to give an update on most of the main characters' mindsets moving forward. The result is a series of internal monologues rather than a traditional story. Still, I like how it turned out.
While the story is fairly plotless, it does have one major event in it: the ascension of Bradley Dillon to the Presidency of the Federation. Anthony Butler had written This Item Earth several years before I wrote this story, and, while he and I had discussed making Bradley the president at the time, frankly I never expected to have to deal with it. I was having trouble with Waystation, so I had no expectation of continuing it that far ahead in the timeline. Suddenly, it was upon me, and that one gag from an older Star Traks: The Vexed Generation story was going to have major ramifications for my series. Bradley as President ended up working very well for me.
The title comes from the song, "Wherever You Will Go" by The Calling, which was being used in commercials advertising the premiere of Star Trek: Enterprise (at that point just called Enterprise). It fit the mood I was in while writing the story.