Hey guys Kirk1122 here. This is not how I normally write scripts, but since scripts aren't allowed here on this is my first fanfic in what I call the "hybrid format." I think it's basically the best of both worlds in that it has the script like dialogue that I love to write but adds many more narrative elements to make it read more like a story. This is my first fanfic on . I welcome your feedback. However, I don't accept mindless bashing. If you have a problem or any suggestions for my fanfic, explain them, and I will try to address them in future fanfics. Finally, I would like to thank amyjaneway for suggesting I post here and for her collaboration (editing and story clarification suggestions), Loki's son for character ideas and Gene Roddenberry for creating Star Trek in the first place so with that we can enjoy the original series and beyond. Have a nice day.

-Kirk1122

STAR TREK: ERIS

"ONCE UPON A FAKE MOON"

This story is set long after the events of ST:TNG

Chapter XXX

IN THE 25th CENTURY A NEW CLASS OF STARSHIP HAS ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE. THESE NEW STARSHIPS, THE "TRINITY CLASS," WERE THE BEST SHIPS IN STARFLEET UNTIL AN UNEXPLAINED COMPUTER GLITCH COMPROMISED HALF OF THESE SHIPS. TO ATTEMPT TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM, STARFLEET MODIFIED ONE OF THE SHIPS THAT WAS ALREADY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT THE UTOPIA PLANITIA SHIPYARDS... THUS THE "USS ERIS NX-2020" WAS BORN!

Creator's note: that whole thing was OBVIOUSLY inspired by the intro sequences of both shovel knight and megaman.-KIRK1122

STAR TREK ERIS

Chapter 1 "A New Era"

Captain's log stardate 284960101.1121 we are in orbit around Ularis V, a hot Jupiter in the Gamma Sealth system. Our mission: to examine a moon-sized object that entered orbit around Ularis V 47 days ago. End log entry.

Captain Desprez stares at the viewscreen and wonders about the strange object that is somehow is now orbiting Ularis V, a class H planet in orbit around a star, that's twice the size of our sun. She turns to SCIENCE OFFICER Stonak and...

Captain Desprez: Stonak, information on that object?

Science officer Stonak just shrugs as if to say "I don't know" without speaking. But just then T'Val speaks up. She's a bit of an oddball who has zero emotional control, unlike most Vulcans. She starts her rather long sentence with...

T'val: well it could be an alien spacecraft. After all that's the only thing I could think of. Or, maybe it's a space cow, no wait that's just ridiculous or maybe...

Ensign O'Neal turns, pushes the navigation console to the side in frustration, he's had enough.

Ensign O'Neal: would you please SHUT UP?!

He yells without thinking but soon afterwards Captain Desprez just can't satisfy her curiosity and decides to put together an away team and head down by shuttlecraft! (Creator's note: Because I don't use them often enough). She signals for...

Captain Desprez: T'val, Stonak come with me. O'Neal you have the conn. I bet the others are in Shuttlebay 1, but just in case, I should... Oh, what was that term that people used to use? Oh yes! "Leave a message".

Captain Desprez lifts her left arm closer to her face, taps on her shirtsleeve once and leaves a message. After all, the nano communicator that was woven into her sleeve could not only send and receive messages, but also send messages that others could hear later. Afterwards, Captain Desprez and the first half of the away team step into the turbolift. T'val tells the computer which deck to direct the turbolift to. T'val's eyelid twitches and she turns to captain Desprez and asks a question.

T'val: Captain about what happened earlier... I don't get it. He's always asking me to shut up.

Captain Desprez answers with the best thing she can think of.

Captain Desprez: Oh, that. I think O'Neal thinks that you just talk too much but I don't mind at all. After all nobody's normal, in fact I don't know if there's even such a thing as a normal person. We're all different and that's what makes us special.

Stonak, the Andorian Officer, just gives a wink and a thumbs up. After all, he is nonverbal but he's the best science officer in the fleet. Soon after that the turbolift arrives at it's destination.