My first non romantic story. Like it or die :) From Hoshi Sato's point of view.
January, 2155, USS Defiant, Earth orbit
"I have already told you and I will not tell you again! There will be no more of this negotitating! You will leave Terran Space immediatly or be destroyed!"
Fleet Admiral Gardner wasn't making taking over the Empire easy.
"The Emperor will have nothing to do with you! Be off!" he shouted over the comlink. I smiled politely and gave him a reply.
"In that case, I'll be forced to use the power of this starship to destroy your major cities!" Gardner glowered, but he couldn't disguise the look of worriment on his face.
"You wouldn't dare!" I slammed my palms down on the conn between two officers and glowered back.
"Then SUBMIT to your new Empress!"
"Never! You will not step foot on this planet!" I looked at him, almost quizzically.
"What makes you so sure about that Gardner?" I asked. Gardner just shot an evil grin at me and my crew and said,
"While we have been having our little chat, I have discreetly ordered the finest battle group in Earth orbit to your location. Black Squadron, as you may well know about, have NEVER failed in defending our planet. You will be crushed like an insect!" he laughed hysterically, like a madman with an axe. Mind you, there are quite a few of those on Earth.
"You may not have noticed, Gardner, that my ship is significantly more powerful than any ships you posess. 22nd Centruy technology against 23rd Century tech? You never cease to amuse me Gardner." He raised his eyebrows.
"May I remind you, Black Squadron has SIX Jupiter class destroyers, THREE Intrepid NV class cruisers, FIVE NX type assualt cruisers, TWO Yorktown class battleships and its latest addition, the ISS Imperius, fresh out of drydock, a brand new battlecruiser to complement our fleet. Not even your future technology has a chance in HELL of survivng a barrge from that!" With that, he disconnected the comlink. The viewscreen now just showed the world, my world, to one side, Luna to the other and the blackness of space in between. Everyone was looking at me, fear in their faces. Black Squadron's reputation preceded them. I have to admit, even I had doubts about getting past them.
"Empress," called Mayweather, "I don't think even the Defiant could beat Black Squadron. At least, not alone." That gave me an idea. Just in time aswell. The viewscreen showed several Terran ships curling into view. All had distinctive yellow markings with all-black bridges and nacelles, aswell as a black rim to the saucers. I stalked over to communications and typed furiously. I pressed transmit just in time.
The ship rocked under a disruptor blast, taking out communications. The bridge lights dimmed, red lights flashed and a siren blared out.
"That was the Imperius! Her disruptors are far more powerful than those of Enterprise!" shouted an ensign. I didn't need to be told anyway. I had seen the brand new ship fire that yellow pulse on the viewscreen. I had only one thought on my mind, all doubts vanquished.
"DESTROY THEM!" I yelled at the top of my voice. No-one looked back. They didn't need ordering twice. A short whine sounded, indicating the phasers were powered. I stared at the ships flying around on the viewscreen and grinned.
"Lets dance." :}
The Imperius was wonderful little ship. She looked a bit like Defiant. Her registry was nice too. NCC-700. Short and simple. Shame it was all going to waste.
Phasers made quick work of two Jupiter's, Brash and Challenger. A photonic torpedo from the Neptune missed us completely and went on to destroy a couple of farms in Ohio. Neptune then started getting very annoying. Being an Intrepid NV class ship, she was built to destroy. They fired twenty disruptor blasts at our starboard nacelle. Three got through the shields and damaged my poor Defiant. I had to make them pay for damaging my pet. Taking over the aft torpedo banks, I waited for Neptune to come from behind. It didn't take long. Soon, it was pretty much Inside the shields and I took my shot. A blue orb of light zoomed from between the nacelles and struck the Neptune square in the central plexus. It's bridge of course! How could you not know you pathetic reporter? Anyways, with the bridge gone, Neptune was out of control. Using the tractor beam, I used that silly ship as a shot put and she went hurtling into an NX, the Currie. Bits and pieces everywhere. Soon, the remaining NX's were disabled. Columbia and Challenger were knocked out, while Atlantis and Spitfire were destroyed ina collision. Well better they destroy each other right? Saved Defiant some bother.
Now from that you might expect the rest to be a pushover, but believe me, it wasn't. Vice Admiral Mith was on board the Imperius. An veteran of the Klingon AND Xindi wars, he knew every trick in the book. He reformed Black Squadron's tactics and now I was on the punishment end of the stick. They still had three Jupiter's, two Intrepid's, both Yorktown's and the Imperius. Defiant had lost forward torpedoes, warp drive, several phaser banks and was low on shields. I was expecting to be hailed and guess what? We were.
"I hope now you've come to terms Sato." smirked Gardner.
"Oh I'm just getting warmed up David." He frowned at the mention of his petty first name and cut the link. The Defiant now came under an intensified barrage from the annoying fleet. All I could do was wait for...
Suddenly, the Yorktown was hit by yellow pulses and exploded in a ball of fire. A new Terran ship flew into view and joined us. We were hailed by the newcomer.
My brother on the Endeavor, an old Declaration class vessel, same class as the XCV-330 Enterprise, but upgraded to keep with the times. I had sent a message to any vessel that wanted to join me just before we were hit by a disruptor from Imperius. We were joined by Intrepid and the Jupiter soon this help, we sent the Black Jupiter's running and with help from the loyal Yorktown class ISS Adams, we disabled the Washington and were left with a lone Imperius. I sent a general hail to my little fleet with one instruction: destroy the Imperius...
BRIDGE OF ISS IMPERIUS
"Admiral! Shields have failed! Disruptors are gone! Torpedo bays have been detonated! Warp core IS breaching!"
The Admiral looked at the last bridge member, a female crewman, her uniform ripped to shreds, his face written by sorrow. It was pure chance that she had survived. He got up and walked to her. She got up and the two embraced. Mith looked into the eyes of his love and whispered in her ear,
"I love you my sweet. In life and death."
They kissed as the bridge exploded around them.
BRIDGE OF USS DEFIANT
Everyone cheered as the Imperius was engulfed by flame and shrapnel. When the fireball subsided, it was as if the ship had never existed. Gardner... your little fleet has failed.
So that's how I became Empress. I love my beautiful starship Defiant. She works like a charm. I love her like a sister... what are YOU smirking at? Defiant is my pet! How adre you insult me! Now GET OUT YOU RATS!