In an alternate timeline, the Voyager crew returns to the Alpha Quadrant by 2378 amidst much hoopla. However, their revelry is short-lived when former members of the Maquis and USS Equinox are tried and sentenced to prison. The most lenient among these was B'Elanna Torres, who is sent to New Zealand (Tom visits her daily with their daughter Miral). The Doctor himself has his own problems, and sets out to establish citizenship for the enslaved Mark I EMH's. He does that and more, when the courts at last define the boundaries of artificial intelligence in the 2379 Ruling. The Mark I's are taken out of waste management and handed official apologies. Their medical subroutines are restored, and the EMH Mark I's are given thorough interactive orientation. In addition, Starfleet Academy offers them a remedial program which qualifies them for a rank and career options (by then, most ships and starbases were equipped with holoemitters throughout). The Doctor and Lt. Commander Barclay served as consultants for the development of this, the EMH Recovery Program or EMHRP.

As did his duplicate two years earlier, he takes the name "Mark Zimmerman," with Mark standing for "Mark I" and "Zimmerman" for the obvious connection to his pseudofather and EMH creator Dr. Lewis Zimmerman. As the first EMH to complete the remedial program, Mark earns himself the rank of Lieutenant Commander, and a position as Executive Medical officer on Jupiter Station in charge of third shift. He lives with Lewis and Haley (See "Life Line"), and settles into a routine as a medical professional. The USS Black Star In 2380, Starfleet Intelligence calls on him to join an unusual salvage operation aboard the USS Black Star. Sim Notes - the Black Star I made a deal with a DQEF player: you get us attacked so we have something to do in Sickbay, and I would join his simulation. So this story sort of came out of a devil's deal. I recruited Kaj for him as well. I had no idea what I was getting into here. First, because I had no idea a "squad" meant essentially we'd be Marines, and there's no such thing as Marines in Starfleet canon. Then, the founder had no idea what the ship looked like from the inside, and at one point even considered changing the ship class (yes, while we were already aboard). It was a very poorly planned. Possessing little in the way of attention span, the younger participants left almost immediately. Then, the ultimate occurred. Overnight, the soccer bug took him and he dumped ownership into my lap and left his own simulation. Here was a handful of us left and I had absolutely no clue what direction to take. Having been dangled an offer from the founder of the Endeavour simulation, I took his storyline (the whole thing smelled of a preexisting TNG episode) in exchange for joining the Endie as their EMH (see Merlin). I'm still wondering whether he really meant "verteron" instead of "vetrion"... So all in all, there was devillish dealing all around this one. We struggled to reach the end, autoing missing characters along the way (to "auto" means to write someone else's role). We perhaps did something unprecedented in the history of Trek Simming: we finished. Better that than everyone leaving the story in limbo IMHO. The experience left me with a bad view of working with people too immature to comprehend the concept of commitment. I've since vowed never again to work under anyone young enough to be my son or daughter. Speaking of autoing, I handled an obvious offender in a unique way. Think you can catch it in the logs? The link to the actual club where we did our entries is viewable to the public and may be accessed from the links page. The USS Aventura In 2381, the Doctor once again leaves the sedentary lifestyle of station existence, when he is recruited as First Officer and CMO for the USS Aventura. The Captain is none other than Dekket Kaj, formerly of the ill-fated Delta Quadrant Exploration Fleet (for the DQEF story, please see Mark Zimmerman I). The Intrepid Class ship shuttles a goodwill entertainment troup from venue to venue. The performers consist of species contrary to the Federation, while at the same time outcasts on their homeworlds. The show MC and their manager is a shrewd Ferengi possessed of uncharacteristic scuples. Unfortunately, Kaj is literally knocked out of commission by an adversary from his past, making way for Captain Saul Golden, a green commanding officer amidst hand-picked specialists. Sim Notes - the Aventura This simulation has evolved slowly as just the right participants are found. The plotline does not follow the typical Trek sim, so it takes a certain type of writer to make this click. Among the current lineup, the Chief Engineer is written by a real life engineer, and a real scientist portrays the ship's Chief of Science. Lt. Commander Fiamma Wilde is actually the same writer for Kes on Simulated ST Voyager, and portrayed Merlin's wouldbe girlfriend Marisha Kudet on the Endeavour back in 2001. Are there any other familiar faces? Good question! We're currently looking for OPs and a new Tactical/Security chief. Please contact me via E-mail if you believe you've got what it takes to be in this type of sim after having read enough of it. Aventura's still in its early stages.