Star Trek U.S.S Phantom: Theory in Action

Prologue

by TripTpol85

He knew time was of the essence, his crew and his friends that he had learned to call family were all depending on him. If he failed, they would all die. Walking in the direction of the bridge of the ship, he had his weapon drawn for any resistance he might encounter. With a tricorder in his other hand, he was scanning for one human life sign. He was searching for his captain.

Walking up to the console on the wall, he entered the combination of hieroglyphic symbols that had worked mere hours earlier, calculating that the access codes had not yet been changed. A phaser blast hit the deck plating next to him. The officer felt the heat radiate off the blasted deck plating and smelled the burning metal as he reacted to his assailant. Rolling to the left and lifting his phaser at the same time, he stunned the Reman in the shoulder as he was going for cover. Returning to the console, he punched in the final sequence. The door had barely finished opening before he was halfway down the corridor, running towards the bridge. Turning the final corner, he saw that the door to the bridge had already been blasted open. A Reman was dead on the floor, the blast wound created by a Starfleet issued plasma rifle. He knew his captain had been here. Advancing slowly with his weapon at the ready, he walked through the door. The bridge was in disarray, sparks and wiring falling from the damaged ceiling and consoles. There were injuried or dead Reman soldiers scattered about the bridge. Nothing seemed to be functioning properly.

Cautiously, the Starfleet officer walked through the battle tattered bridge, in case any more Reman soldiers were waiting to attack him. After a quick glance around the room and finding no one conscious, he started to walk up the stairs, where he could hear the buzzing of the thalaron weapon charging. The computer was systematically telling the occupants of the ship the status of the charge. It seemed to be the only thing left operational on the bridge. Entering the room, the officer found his captain leaning against the wall. His clone, Shinzon, was dead in front of him, impaled. His captain, unresponsive, was in shock. Without debating about how he should act, the Starfleet officer took out his ETU, Emergency Transport Unit, while he advanced towards his captain knowing he was about to forfeit his only escape route.

Captain Jean-Luc Picard had not noticed his comrade walking into the room, or walking up to him. Picard's face showed his surprise as the Starfleet officer pushed the ETU onto his left shoulder, starting the energizing sequence. Picard never got a chance to argue with his comrade: he was de-materialized off the bridge of the Scimitar just as he realized who had rescued him, and the cost of his rescue. Jean-Luc Picard would never get to thank his friend for saving his life.

After saying goodbye to his captain, the android turned his phaser towards the thalaron generator, firing his weapon just as the generator was reaching full capacity. He was expecting it to be the end. He knew he was successful in saving his captain and crew mates on the Enterprise. As the explosion from the thalaron generator was about to strike him, he was de-materialized off the bridge, barely saving him from becoming a part of the ship that was quickly disintegrating around him.

The Starfleet officer re-materialized in a transporter room on another ship that he did not recognize. Before he even got a chance to ascertain where he was, the officer was thrown to the floor by a shock wave, which he presumed was the destruction the Scimitar, where he had been moments ago.

To his old crew, Data had died in the line of duty, saving the Enterprise, her captain, and her crew from being killed by the thalaron weapon on the Reman battle cruiser, the Scimitar. His crewmates and friends had no idea he had been transported off the Scimitar just as it was exploding. They had no idea Data was about to be enlisted to another crew, on another ship, that according to Starfleet records, never existed. They would mourn the loss of a fine Starfleet officer and a friend.

Lieutenant Commander Data was about to embark on a new adventure that would never be recorded or logged in any Starfleet database. Lieutenant Commander Data had been beamed aboard his new ship, the U.S.S Phantom.

Author's Note: This story is my attempt to continue from the movie Star Trek Nemesis without breaking the Star Trek Next Generation Canon. Review and let me know what you think. I will be post more chapters soon.

Also special thanks to my beta Le'Letha. Without Le'Letha's wonderful insight and grammatical knowledge this story/summary would not be nearly as good as it is now.

I do not own anything in the Star Trek universe, I am just having some fun with it.