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The starship Heimdall flashed out of warp, A nova class science vessel, it had arrived to study a very strange phenomenon that had begun recently near the planet of Vulcan, several Vulcan science vessels were already present, so as per protocol they contacted the vessels present and began coordinating efforts with them to study the phenomenon.
As they began their studies and scans a massive build up of energy registered within the phenomena that blinded their sensors for a few seconds, then vanished.
When they were able to reestablish sensors they found themselves facing a large, five mile long cylindrical craft of some kind that rotated along it's longitudinal axis and several odd looking ships along with assorted smaller fighter sized escorts.
The Heimdall immediately opened a wide band communications and began transmitting Starfleet's standard universal greeting.
The largest ships responded by opening weapon ports but did not lock onto them, the fighter sized ships formed up in echelon and did a fly by across the Heimdall's bow They then received a response, This is commander Pritchard, in command of the earth force station Babylon five, state your intentions in earthforce space.
Commander, the captain of the Heimdall responded, we need to talk, your not exactly where you think you are, with your permission I will come aboard with a small delegation and meet with you so we can talk.
Granted captain, I will clear a docking bay so you can land, Thank you commander, we will be aboard in about twenty minutes, we will come unarmed.
A brief meeting with his command crew it was deemed wiser to use a shuttle instead of beaming to save that as an emergency escape if necessary.
Twenty minutes later a type six shuttlecraft entered the station and landed.
Commander Pritchard met them and escorted them to a small conference room and saw to their comforts, once all was set, they began.
First, the captain began, allow me to be the first to welcome you to united federation of planets controlled territory, as you no doubt know by now from your own scans and the scouts you have roving about, your no long in what is known space for you.
From what we can tell the phenomenon that brought you here was a dimensional rift that tore a hole in the fabric of space and pulled you into our dimension, the cause of it at this time in unknown.
Plus, and this is classified so it cannot leave this room, several years ago a ship named Enterprise stumbled across a small fighter craft we now know is called a star fury with a human pilot, unconscious, His name is Jeffery Sinclair, through him we know much of your dimension already, this is how we knew what frequency to contact you on.
"SINCLAIR"!, Pritchard yelped in surprise, You found him?
Yes we did, and I'm sure he will be thrilled to know a little bit of his home territory is here, in fact, we have already contacted Starfleet and Sinclair is on his way here aboard the enterprise as we speak.
Within an hour a massive ship flashed out of warp, it was the Enterprise D, thirty minutes later Sinclair stepped into the conference room and greeted Pritchard like an old friend.
He confirmed that the federation is a benevolent alliance of races and species that generally work together to better each other and maintain the peace in federation space.
As he and Pritchard talked he told Pritchard of things that he really didn't want to believe until Sinclair invited him to view what they had done with his personal star fury.
They installed a chemical fusion reactor power system that wouldn't irradiate the pilot if damaged, added two forward micro photon torpedo launchers but had to sacrifice the fighters missile hard points to install them, four liner phaser arrays, two forward, two aft, shields, and still kept the emergency ejection system and original cannons on the chin of the craft and installed a small inertial damping system.
The over all result is the craft now being shielded and much deadlier while maintaining it's incredible maneuverability without the pilot having to strain to stay conscious in extreme maneuvers.
Needless to say Pritchard was impressed.
Initial test flights demonstrated the little fighter was able to easily outpace and outperform the best Starfleet fighter craft Starfleet has in every area, even without the shields and advanced weaponry it would still be a deadly opponent in close combat in the hands of a skilled pilot.
Sinclair told him that Starfleet was so impressed by a star furies performance they were building an entirely new class of fighter they have designated the Sinclair class fighter.
Sinclair soon too back over command of Babylon 5 and under the guidance of the Vulcans, Babylon station5 became an active member and trade port of the federation for as long as it remained in this dimension.
One thing I must note is that many of the Minbarii that had gotten trapped in the phenomenon that brought them to federation space absolutely fell in love with the Vulcans philosophy of divesting oneself of their emotions to pursue a life of logic.
life aboard the station settled back down into normal routines, or as normal as possible being in a new dimension, the station itself is currently being outfitted with federation shielding and defensive weaponry and tech as well, the same for internal systems.
The Klingon empire was having a hand in the refitting as well, with the current peace accord in effect after the most recent success in defeating the heralds along side Starfleet, many klingons still held the federation in high esteem for their unquestionable courage and honor in combat against the heralds.
The humans, as one Klingon had said, surprised us, we had thought them weak as the preferred to talk before fighting, that was a mistake.
They without question have proven themselves to be as capable and relentless as any Klingon warrior in battle when pushed despite their penchant to talk before fighting.
Many have earned their place in sto-vo-kor with the same courage, fearlessness and ferocity of the finest klingon warriors.
This is why we aid them in their efforts to refit this station, plus our obvious interest in their new fighter design.
Now, to be brief, the Sinclair class fighter, based on and superficially appears as a basic earth force star fury fighter with the pilot still seated in a semi standing position in a short, almost snub nosed bow, three meters longer than a standard star fury or as often referred to as the star fury aurora, mounting class seven shields, two forward and two aft facing mark 10 linear phaser arrays, two dual port micro torpedo launchers capable of launching photon torpedo's forwards and aft, the larger size due to needing the room to mount a matter/anti matter core and anti matter storage pods.
The craft also mounts a more advanced inertial damping system and micro impulse engines at the tips of the wings instead of the standard engines of the original fighter design but keeps all rcs control nozzles.
The craft also keeps it's cabin ejection system with the addition of micro thrusters to the pod giving the ejection pod limited maneuverability to prevent falling into a planetary atmosphere or move out of the way of a larger ship engaged in battle with another.
The over all result is the fighter is faster, as maneuverable if not more so than a standard star fury and due to it's shields and engine power, capable of limited atmospheric operation.
One year has passed since the event that brought the station known as Babylon five to federation space, by this time several new classes of ships have been built, several of them breaking away from the traditional ship design mounting a saucer section in favor of a long, smooth hull with heavy weapons arrays mounted in the bow and several systems mounted along the hull.
These ships were designed as pure warships and much needed by the federation and proven to be effective in combat in several skirmishes with the Romulan star empire and Orion raiders. (Identical in hull design to a standard earth force cruiser or battleship).
Several months later rumors began of ships, black in color, appearing seemingly out of no where and attacking civilian ships, the few left relatively intact were found devoid of crew and passenger's, some had also be stripped of important technologies, although at the time it was assumed that scavengers, like the Ferengi had stripped the ship for valuable metals and technologies.
One surviving ship, had managed to warp away while another ship was being attacked taking away with it images of one of the unknown ship.
Sinclair was called to a meeting with the federation council along with representatives of the Klingon empire and Romulan republic and other concerned species.
When shown the images of the craft Sinclair frowned and told them this was one thing he had hoped would never happen, this species was one of the deadliest enemies earth force had ever faced in his dimension, they are called the shadow.
His greatest fear had manifested itself since the loss of his beloved mate, D'Lenn, when he was thrown into this dimension.
The shadows, have come.
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Stay tuned for the continuation of when dimensions collide.
Any thoughts and suggestions would be most welcome for the continuation, please do critique and comment, but please, no grammer Nazi's, I know there's errors and will correct them when time permits.