Sometimes it's necessary — medical reasons, less than ideal environmental conditions — but I wouldn't be so quick as to recommend going into the abduction business. It certainly didn't end well for those who stole Earhart and the other 37s away from Earth.

[ the people had revolted and an entirely new human society was born. she had an unsubmitted report on a planet in the delta quadrant populated by human beings sitting in voyager's databanks. but of course, that was the way with all of her reports, wasn't it? she wrote them, she catalogued them, but until they returned home, there was no way to send them. writing them was perhaps a waste of her time, but it was piece of protocol (and a sense of normalcy) she refused to let go of. ]

A curiosity? Oh no, she had the potential to be far more than just some museum exhibit. And besides, there have been other displaced individuals who've found themselves a niche in the modern world. People like Dr. Taylor and— [ captain montgomery scott.

stuck in a transporter buffer for seventy-five years, he'd joined up with the starfleet corp of engineers following the salvage of his pattern. she'd been present for a lecture he'd given at starfleet command while voyager was still in drydock. ]

Starfleet classification systems aren't as universal as some would you like to believe, as I'm sure you well know.