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Anomaly #679- pt. 3
Posted By: RogueFox<roguefox68@gmail.com>
Date: 24 May 2006, 3:41 am
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Before we get along, I'd like to put a crew list of the Enterprise up here so people don't get confused.
Dramatis Personae
Captain Jean-Luc Picard - Captain of the Enterprise
Commander William Riker - First Officer
Commander Beverly Crusher - Chief Medical Officer
Lieutenant Commander Troi - Ship's Counselor
Lieutenant Commander Data - Second Officer
Lieutenant Commander Geordi LaForge - Chief Engineer
Lieutenant Worf - Tactical Officer
Date estimated late 2552
USS Enterprise-D, NCC-1701-D
High Earth Orbit
Sol System
Picard and the Chief stepped off the turbolift onto the bridge of the Enterprise. Lieutenant Worf, the ship's security chief and tactical officer, stood at the tactical station at the rear of the bridge. Worf was a Klingon. Klingons are a race known for tactical prowess and strength. The average Klingon could hold their own against a Spartan in hand to hand combat for awhile.
"Report, Mr. Worf." Picard ordered.
"Lieutenant Commander LaForge has put up a dampening field around the ship to defend against the EMP the plasma weapon emits upon impact. The inertial dampeners remain offline for the time being, pending repairs to the EPS conduits on Deck 14." Worf reported.
"Lietenant Worf, meet Master Chief...I'm sorry, your name?" Picard asked.
"Just call me Master Chief, please." John replied.
"Well then, Mr. Worf, meet the Master Chief. Later I want you to go over what we have in the armory for ground combat weapons. I'm sure he's going to need them soon. Also, let him meet our division of Federation Marines." Picard said. "Join us in the conference room, Mr. Worf."
The two Starfleet officers and the Spartan crossed the bridge to the conference room, which naturally held a conference table. Seated on the left side of the table were Commander William Riker, Lieutenant Commander Data, and Lieutenant Commander Geordi LaForge. On Picard's right, sat Commander Beverly Crusher, Lieutenant Commander Deanna Troi, and Lieutenant Worf. The Master Chief stood behind Picard's chair.
"This gentleman is only known as the Master Chief. I suppose we can begin with giving him our background and then he will reciprocate." Picard began. The Chief nodded.
"As I told you before, the Enterprise is from an alternate timeline and dimension of Earth's past. We represent the United Federation of Planets, an organization made up of 150 member worlds and Earth being a charter member. We have been in existence for 300 years and our ship is part of Starfleet, the exploration and military arm of the Federation. We came here by way of an anomaly of unknown origin to Earth's orbit. Now...how did Earth get in this condition?" Picard said.
John told the entire history of the Covenant War up to that point and Earth's apparent defeat. He also explained his status as one of Earth's elite warriors and his armor and the capabilites it possessed.
Riker whistled as Troi, the ship's counsleor, looked horrified.
"This, "Covenant", just destroyed humanity's colonies and conquered Earth without even making a first contact attempt?" Troi asked incrediously.
"That's right." the Chief replied.
Picard began to reply, then Picard's combadge chirped.
"Captain, this is the bridge. We have fifty ships of similar configuration to the ones we engaged breaking atmospheric flight and moving to intercept, estimated time of arrival five minutes."
"Red Alert! Shields up, arm phasers and photon torpedoes." Riker ordered. The bridge crew leapt up and ran to the bridge. John followed, still holding his assault rifle.
"Captain, we can't engage that many Covenant ships without our inertial dampeners. We have to leave the system until they can be repaired." LaForge said as he furiously tapped on the Engineering console at the rear of the bridge. Lietuenant Commander Data sat at Operations and began to scan the enemy ships. "Reading plasma charges building on the capital ships. Several smaller craft leading them in."
The Master Chief jumped up. "Boarding craft, Captain! Get clear!"
Picard looked to the Ensign at the helm. "Set a course for the Alpha Centauri system, Ensign. Warp 7. Engage."
The Ensign looked confused when the computer didn't register the coordinates.
"Sir, the Alpha Centuari coordinates we have in the navigational computer do not match any known star as detected by stellar cartography."
Picard grunted. "Our navigational computer is useless in this dimension."
The Master Chief remembered about Cortana, Miranda Keyes, and Sgt. Johnson trapped on High Charity.
"Captain! Set your course for 318 mark 020 mark 68! There's people that need rescuing there!" The Chief yelled.
Picard looked at the Chief for a long moment.
"You can't honestly trust him yet, Jean-Luc! We just beamed him aboard!" Crusher protested.
"The Covenant vessels are within firing range." Worf warned.
The Enterprise shuddered.
"Two boarding craft have attached themselves near Shuttle Bay 2." Data reported.
"Set course for those coordinates, Ensign. Maximum Warp." Picard ordered.
The Enterprise turned away from the Covenant fleet and rapidly began to accelerate. Moments later, she elongated and disappeared in a flash of white.
"Mr. Worf, get security teams and the Marines to repel the boarders. Capture them if at all possible."
"I have set up security forcefields around Main Engineering, the bridge, Sickbay, and vital areas to the ship. I have also evacuated Deck 39, where the craft have attached." Data reported.
"I'll be coming with you, Mr. Worf." Riker said.
The two walked to the turbolift as Worf commanded his security teams and Marines with his combadge. The Chief dug into his rucksack, got his last full clip, and slammed it into the rifle. He pulled back the charging lever.
"Permission to assist in the repelling operation, Captain Picard." the Chief asked.
Picard turned to face the Spartan and studied him. "Permission granted, Master Chief. Mr. Worf, give the Chief a compression rifle and a hand phaser. I don't think one clip of ammunition will be able to cut it." Picard said with a smile.
The trio stepped onto the turbolift and the doors hissed shut.
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