08:20 hours
It’s a great life. I’m a young, fit, athletic dog, with great looks and charm, and I belong to one of the most famous people alive today. I’ve heard Captain Archer talk about something called Enterprise… I’m not sure what that is, but I’m sure I’ll find out. I go everywhere with Archer.
He’s gone off to a meeting today with Admiral Forrest. I’m not allowed in the meeting room, so I stayed at home and guarded the house. Several cats tried to infiltrate the garden, but I made sure they didn’t succeed.
I’m going to have a quick nap now, before Jonathon gets home.
18:00 hours
Well, Captain Archer got back. He was with Commander Tucker, and they were talking about this Enterprise thing again. I’m not sure, but I think it’s some kind of ship, from what they were saying. ‘Trip’ as the Captain calls him fed me some cheese, quite a large piece of cheese. I was very pleased about that. The Captain doesn’t give me cheese much because he says I don’t get along with it.
I also noticed that the Captain’s been packing up some stuff into suitcases. He’s packed most of my dog stuff too. I think we might be going somewhere. I hope we’re going up into space. I love stargazing.
Four Days Later…
21:00 hours
Well, my wish has come true. We’re going into space. Enterprise is a ship, the best in Starfleet; it’s the first one of something called the NX-class. We’ll be taking a Klingon (at least that’s what I think I heard) back to his home.
There was this woman come into the Captain’s ready room while I was in there today. She had pointy ears. She looked at me, then looked back at the Captain. Apparently, she has been trained to tolerate ‘offensive situations’. What does she mean by this?
Nevertheless, Trip fed me some more cheese, which was nice of him. He is obviously a very nice and generous person. I wonder if the other crewmembers are? I haven’t met many of them yet, but I have seen Trip, T’Pol and, of course, Captain Archer. I had a quick peep round the bridge on my way into the ready room, and I saw a woman with black hair, and a man who I heard was called Phlox.
It looks like it’s gonna be really good on this ship. I’m sure I’ll enjoy it here.
End Porthos Log, April 21, 2151
Chapter 2 – ‘Fight or Flight’
08:08 hours
I saw this alien ship out the window of the ready room. It sure looked messed up. There was a great big hole in the top of it. Archer was talking to a woman called Hoshi, who was (at least, I think) a little nervous of going over there. However, after putting on one of my most adorable faces, the Captain gave me some cheese.
16:00 hours.
Well, Captain Archer went to dinner with T’Pol and Trip in a very depressed mood. He was muttering about just running away from the alien ship, and his log entry said he wasn’t sure if he was doing the right thing by leaving.
The Next Morning…
09:00 hours.
Well, my owner’s feelings got the better of him. After the meal, he recorded a supplemental log entry saying that he was going back to the alien ship, to record and transmit a distress call, and find out how the aliens aboard were killed. I hope the people who did the killings don’t come back.
11:30 hours.
I should learn not to tempt fate. The ship’s under attack! I hate it when we get attacked. Wait… I can see the alien ship out of the window; it’s flying towards us! And what are those things coming out of the bottom of the ship?
12:00 hours.
Well we’re all ok again. It seems that the woman who popped by earlier was able to tell an alien ship from the race of the killed crew to destroy the attacking ship. We’re saved! Yay! We live to fight another day! And to top it all off, I got some cheese biscuits from the ship’s chef!
End Porthos Log, April 28 2151.