For other uses, see Choices.

"Choices" is a short story published in Strange New Worlds 9 in 2006, written by Strange New Worlds contest winner Susan S. McCrackin.

Summary

Paralyzed in a shuttle crash, Seven of Nine is being taken care of by an alien doctor with a similar problem.

References

Characters

Antana • The Doctor • Gretkora • Seven of Nine

Referenced only

Kathryn Janeway • Kwolona • Mannuse

Starships and vehicles

shuttle (unnamed Federation shuttlecraft) • USS Voyager (Intrepid-class cruiser)

Locations

the galaxy's Delta Quadrant

Gretkora's Planet

USS Voyager

sickbay

Referenced only

Earth (Sol star system, sector 001, treaty boundary quadrant 0, the galaxy's Alpha Quadrant)

Races and cultures

Borg • Gretkora's species • hologram • Human

States and organizations

Federation • Starfleet

Science and classification

astronomy • autobreather • communications • energy • heat shield • lifeform • matter • medicine • subspace • technology • time • universe • warp speed • weapon

Astronomy

orbit • planet • space • star • star system

Communications

computer program • distress signal • hologram

Lifeforms

humanoid

Materials and substances

alcohol • atmosphere • drink • food • gas • metal

Food and drink

alcohol • cinnamon • vanilla

Medicine

anatomy • autobreather • Borg implant • exoskeleton • ocular implant • paralysis

Anatomy

eye • neural precursor cell

Technology and weapons

autobreather • Borg implant • combadge • computer program • Emergency Medical Hologram • exoskeleton • heat shield • medical tricorder • microelectronic gyro node • mobile emitter • ocular implant • starship • tricorder • warp engine • warp-field coil

Occupations and titles

captain • command division • commanding officer • doctor • Federation Starfleet ranks • Federation Starfleet ranks (2360s-2370s) • general • medic • officer • physician • rank • sciences division

Other references

alien • boot • clothing • government • Great Being • insignia • jacket • jumpsuit • pants • races and cultures • nation state • rank insignia • science • shoe • Starfleet uniform • Starfleet uniform (2366-2373) • tissue • title • tunic • uniform

Appendices

Connections

Star Trek: Voyager collected short stories, novellas and short novels
The Amazing Stories	"A Night at Sandrine's" • "When Push Comes to Shove" • "The Space Vortex of Doom"
Distant Shores	"Da Capo al Fine" • "Command Code" • "Winds of Change" • "Talent Night" • "Letting Go" • "Closure" • "The Secret Heart of Zolaluz" • "Isabo's Shirt" • "Brief Candle" • "Eighteen Minutes" • "Or the Tiger" • "Bottomless"
Strange New Worlds	I ("Good Night, Voyager" • "Ambassador at Large" • "Fiction" • "I, Voyager" • "Monthuglu") • II ("A Ribbon for Rosie" • "Touched" • "Almost... But Not Quite" • "The Healing Arts" • "Seventh Heaven") • III ("The Ones Left Behind" • "The Second Star" • "The Monster Hunters" • "Gift of the Mourners") • IV ("Iridium-7-Tetrahydroxate Crystals Are a Girl's Best Friend" • "Uninvited Admirals" • "Return" • "Black Hats" • "Personal Log" • "Welcome Home" • "Shadows, in the Dark") • V ("Final Entry" • "The Difficulties of Being Evil" • "Restoration" • "On the Rocks" • "Witness" • "Fragment" • "Who Cries for Prometheus?") • VI ("Homemade" • "Seven and Seven" • "The End of Night" • "Hidden" • "Widow's Walk") • VII ("Redux" • "The Little Captain" • "I Have Broken the Prime Directive" • "Don't Cry") • 8 ("Transfiguration" • "This Drone" • "Once Upon a Tribble" • "You May Kiss the Bride" • "Coffee with a Friend") • 9 ("Choices" • "Unconventional Cures" • "Maturation") • 10 ("The Fate of Captain Ransom" • "A Taste of Spam" • "Adjustments" • "The Day the Borg Came") • 2016 ("The Last Refuge" • "Life Among the Post-Industrial Barbarians" • "Upon the Brink of Remembrance")
Star Trek: Explorer	"Seven ﹥ Seven" • "Retribution" • "Kill Captain Proton!" • "Summer Days Can Last Forever" • "The Kellidian Kidnapping" • "See and Seen" • "In Two Minds"
Misc. short stories	"Seduced" • "Bitter Fruit"
Misc. novellas & short novels	"In the Queue" • "The Mirror-Scaled Serpent" • "Places of Exile"

Timeline

published order
Previous story: The Tribbles' Pagh	Strange New Worlds 9	Next story: Unconventional Cures
Previous story: Bottomless Distant Shores	Voyager short stories	Next story: Unconventional Cures Strange New Worlds 9
Previous story: Transfiguration Strange New Worlds 8	Stories by: Susan S. McCrackin	Next story: most recent work
chronological order
Previous adventure: One Small Step	Pocket Books Timeline	Next adventure: The Voyager Conspiracy
Previous adventure: The Kellidian Kidnapping Star Trek: Explorer	Memory Beta Chronology	Next adventure: The Voyager Conspiracy
Previous adventure: The Kellidian Kidnapping Star Trek: Explorer	journey of the USS Voyager	Next adventure: The Voyager Conspiracy