SHORT STORY
A Taste of Spam
Attribution
Series:	Voyager
Author(s):	L. E. Doggett
Publication information
Printed:	Strange New Worlds 10

SummaryEdit

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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CharactersEdit

Rando Setten Curlu • The Doctor • Kathryn Janeway • Harry Kim • Neelix • Tom Paris • Tuvok • Suddon Blyth Conction Ulllma

Starships and vehiclesEdit

USS Voyager (Intrepid-class)

LocationsEdit

Alpha Quadrant • Earth • Sinton Space Wheel • Windu sector

Races and culturesEdit

Human • Vulcan

States and organizationsEdit

Beautiful Being Institute • Bong, Bong and Biennium • Starfleet • United Federation of Planets

Other referencesEdit

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

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