Starship USS Enterprise
Captain's Log
Stardate: 2260.99
Currently investigating ruins of unknown ship in unexplored territory.
Survivors currently found: None.
Ready to personally board the damaged vessel along with my first officer.
"Captain." A Vulcan wearing a blue uniform approaches the abandoned bridge of the unknown ship. "The engine room is completely destroyed from the inside. This destruction was not of enemy cause."
The captain he is referring to stands up from the remains of a body. His expression is still as he addresses his second in command. "This was done by an inside man." He holds up a framed photograph covered in dried and crisping blood. "The former captain of this ship had this in his hands. A photo of his family; wife and child." He throws the picture onto the helmsman's workstation. "Whoever did this needs to pay for it."
"Captain!" A voice over the captain's personal communicator calls suddenly. "We have a reading from the unknown starship, located in the shuttlebay! It seems to be a survivor!"
The captain looks up with a spark of hope in his eyes as the words seem to repeat in his mind. "Thank you, Mr Sulu. We're heading there now!" He closes his communicator and looks to his first officer. "Let's go, Spock."
"Yes, sir," Spock follows after the captain to the shuttlebay.
The doors slide open and the two men step into a large room. A single shuttlecraft lingers intact with three others destroyed and burned. Near the shuttle's entrance, a body lies still and motionless.
The captain hurries to the body with Spock following closely behind. He kneels beside the body and turns it to see their face to find it being a young woman with long brown hair. He presses two fingers against her neck and he releases a relieved sigh.
He takes out his communicator and dials in. "Kirk to Enterprise. Prepare to warp us back… And have doctor McCoy on standby." He looks to his first officer and nods. "We've found a survivor."