Trek Wars
A New First Contact
A long time ago, and in the future, in a galaxy far far away, and very near…
TREK WARS, A New First Contact
It is a period of civil war, and yet relative peace, in two galaxies as the Dominion War has ended, and yet the galactic civil war rages on.
Rebel starships striking from their hidden base at Yavin 4, are in the midst of a surprise attack on the planet of Scarif trying to obtain the secret plans of a super weapon the Empire is creating that is rumored to be able to destroy an entire planet.
As the rebels spies on the ground attempt to capture this information, in the stars above, a massive space battle is occurring lead by both the famous rebel gold and red squadrons…
Meanwhile, in the Milkyway galaxy, the end of the Dominion War and defeat of the latest Borg attack on Earth has led to a period of relative peace in the past five years.
In the way of peace, The United Federation of Planets, always the shining example of freedom and creativity in the Alpha Quadrant, are marking the five year end of the Dominion War by commissioning the first ever Android captain to Star Fleet, Captain Data, formally of the USS Enterprise. But not all is well in the Federation, and the Bajourian Wormhole of Deep Space 9, has begun to behave rather strangely.
Seeing the opportunity to test the new Star Fleet Captain, Admiral Picard orders his former shipmate Captain Data to investigate…
Chapter One: Battle of Scarif
Star Wars Universe: Above the Space of Scarif
The somber quiet of space was quickly overturned by the sudden appearance of hundreds of rebel star fighters suddenly breaking out of hyperspace and followed by a dozen larger rebel star ships. The ships seemed to crack open space itself as they burst forth with a sudden break of speed. X-wings, Y-wings, Corellian Corvettes, Nebulan B-frigates, and the command vessel of Admiral Raddus himself, the Profundity struck into combat against the handful of Imperial Star Destroyers which were caught completely off guard.
Luke Skywalker adjusted his hud screen as the blue energy portal of hyperspace disappeared around him and was replaced by the massive planet of Scarif beneath him. He scanned his scope and activated his Xfolies into an attack position. His stomach dropped as this was only his fourth time in combat but new this battle was to be his most intense that he had seen thus far. He took a deep breath before the words of Admiral Raddus were heard over his helmet. "This is Admiral Raddus of the rebel alliance, all squadron leaders report in."
"Admiral, this is blue leader standing by,"
"This is gold leader standing by,"
"Red and gold squadrons, attack formations, defend the fleet! Blue squadron, get to the surface before they close that gate!" Called the Mon Calamari Admiral
"Copy you Admiral," called blue leader as he began to maneuver his X-wing star fighter into a straight dive to the surface of the planet. "Blue squadron, on me!"
"Copy blue leader," "Copy blue leader," "We won't have long!"
Luke took another deep breath before he responded. "This is blue five, I copy. Come on R4, we're going in." Luke felt the immense shift in weight as his X-wing began to maneuver into a dive straight at the massive shield complex covering the entire planet.
There wasn't much time Luke thought, the shield had already started to close. To him, it looked like a massive metal ring that projected a seemingly endless blue rey shield over the planet. At the center was a small gap, maybe 500 feet in length and closing rapidly. He saw that Blue leader was already through, followed by blue 2, 3, and 7, but would he have enough time, he wondered. All Luke could do was press on his accelerator pedal under his foot and hope the force would carry him.
Then, suddenly Luke felt something nudge at him. A whisper, more than a gut feeling, he couldn't describe it, but knew it was the force calling at him again. He felt his foot lift off the pedal on its own and felt the speed of his X-wing reduce. Then he saw it. The shield had already closed! "Come on, come on, come on," screamed blue 4.
"Pull up," shouted Blue 6, but it was too late. A giant explosion ripped the surface of the shield, destroying any chance of Blue 4's survival, or Luke being able to help the spies on the surface.
"Blue 5, still with me," called Blue 6. "Are you alright Skywalker?"
"Yea, I'm fine. I was nowhere close enough to the shield. I had plenty of time to pull up," responded Luke.
Blue 6 smirked in his helmet "You're one lucky pilot Luke, come on, let's reinforce Red squadron. We might as well make ourselves useful while we're up here."
"What about the rest of Blue squadron?" Asked Luke
"They'll be alright. Imperials have no idea what's in store for them!"
The three remaining blue X-wings flew and darted past the underbelly of an Imperial Star Destroyer which had not yet manned all its turbo lasers, then passed over its bridge. It was at this moment Luke could make out the full extent of the battle unfolding in front of him. He was nearly awestruck as turbo lasers blasted from Imperial Starships and back from Rebel Vessels, hundreds of Tie-fighters and X-wings clashed over him as if they were flocks of ravens clawing at each other in the skies. More ships appeared from hyperspace, both rebels and Imperials, it was as it the whole of the civil war was focused on this one planet, and for Luke Skywalker, it was!
"This is Blue 6 to Red Leader, we're enforcing your position!"
"Roger that, welcome to Red squadron boys, we're about to start our run against that shield generator. Target those turbo lasers, gold squadron is right behind. They'll handle the bombing."
"Yes sir, Blue 5, Blue 8, let's go!"
Luke nodded to Blue 6, a futile attempt at communication as he could not see him in his cockpit, but somehow the nod comforted Luke, reassuring him of what needed to be done. He flew his X-wing on Blue 6, pulling in tightly, from the right side of his window he saw both the X-wing and Y-wings of Red and Gold squadrons like doves in a V formation heading for the same shield generator Luke had just escaped from.
The three blue ships seamlessly flowed into Red Squadron's formation and joined in the attack. "Red Leader this is Gold Leader, we're starting our attack run on the shield gate."
"Keep it tight and watch out for those towers," replied Red leader. "Red squadrons, target those lasers boys, clear the way for gold!"
Luke flew hard and fast, as time seemed to slow around him. He matched his squadron's ever move, as they banked right so did he, as they darted left he followed. "There they are!" Blue 6 called out.
The turbo lasers of the shield gate fired at the incoming X-wings. Green lasers flew past Luke's window. "This is Blue 5, I'm going in," Luke excitedly called out. He squeezed his trigger and heard the quaking like sound of his own lasers firing from all four ports of his X-wing star fighter. He looked on at his targeting computer as it locked on to the first turbo laser.
BOOM! The thunderous roar, and flaming explosion that came out let Luke know he had scored his first direct hit from the battle. "I got one," said Luke very enthusiastically.
"Great kid, don't get cocky." Blue 6 replied. "The last thing you want is to…"
KA-BOOM!
Luke's eyes lit up in both fear and surprise as a stray green laser struck a direct hit from the cockpit of Blue 6, sending the X-wing fighter into an implosion of fire and plasma. The star fighter seemed to disintegrate into a million pieces before Luke's very eyes. Luke realized at that very moment he could be next. War was truly hell, the place Han mentioned before, where life can suddenly end in an eye blink.
"Whoa!" Luke fearfully uttered in near stupefied look.
"Blue 5 focus, we're going in for another run," Red Leader called out.
"Yes sir."
"Red Leader this is Gold Leader, we're having no effect on that shield."
"How much damage can that thing take," questioned Red 8 with a shake of her head.
At Admiral Raddus Bridge:
"What's going on down there? Are communications still down," asked Admiral Raddus as his command chair swiveled above the large massive window beneath him.
"The Empire is still blocking all transmissions sir," replied a younger Mon Calamari to the Admiral. "Sir! Enemy fighters coming in!"
"Admiral Raddus to Red squadron, we need you to cover us from those tie fighters."
"Deflector shields down to 50 percent, we're sustaining heavy damage!" warned another Mon Calamari helmsman.
Admiral Raddus turned to face. "There's no turning back now, we have to press the attack!"
With Red Squadron:
"Come on Luke, follow me in, we have two tie fighters up ahead. Cover me," Red 3 urged Luke as he took over as Luke's new wingman.
"Roger that Red 3," Luke agreed.
"Come on old buddy, it'll be like old times, they'll never stop us," Biggs smiled as two X-wings flew into action against the enemy star fighters.
"Right behind you Biggs," Luke replied with a smile of his own.
Like hawks on the hunt the two Starfighters pursued their pray. They sprang into action giving chase to the two tie fighters in front of them. Luke stared down his enemy, following the twin lights that lit up the backs of all tie fighter engines. Again Luke fired his lasers, the sounds blasting from his fighter. The red lasers from his ships struck the hid of his target lighting it up like a bomb exploding it into dust.
"I got him Biggs," said Luke, returning to Biggs' X-wing's side.
"Great work, me too. Let's head back to formation, we still have a lot of fighting left to do. Hang on a second. Luke, do you see what I see?"
Luke peered out his window, to his shock he saw a hammer-head corvette smashing into a Star Destroyer, ramming it into the side of another Imperial Vessel. "Admiral Raddus sure has a lot of guts."
"You can say that again, hang on I've got something on my scope. NO! Another two Star Destroyers just came out of hyperspace."
Luke stared again and sure another two more Star Destroyers had indeed appeared. It was then that Luke felt the familiar feeling of darkness in his gut. "That's Vader's ship!"
"Calm down Luke, you don't know that," retorted Biggs.
"It's him. I can feel it in the force."
"You spend too much time with that old sage Obi Wan. Come on, we have to get back into formation."
Admiral Raddus' Bridge:
"Admiral, the two Star Destroyers have crashed into the shield gate, we're receiving a transmission from Scarif! Admiral we have the plans!"
"Download that transmission," Ordered the Admiral. "All ships prepare to jump into hyperspace! We have to get out of here before Vader's Star Destroyer blocks our escape!"
"Sir, we're detecting a massive object is appearing off our scanners," the helmsmen warned.
"It's the Imperial's superweapon, the Death Star is has to be," called out another helmsmen.
"No sir, it's too small to be the Death Star. It appears to an anomaly of some kind."
"What kind of anomaly," questioned the Admiral.
"It looks to be some sort of… no it can't be… a wormhole sir."
"I thought wormholes we only a theory in ancient Jedi texts," Admiral Raddus questioned in complete confusion.
"Sir there's an object appearing from the anomaly. It looks to be some sort of ship; nothing like it in our database."
"Sir we can't seem to scan it, it has some sort of shield over its hull, very advanced, perhaps even stronger than the shield gate we just took down."
"That's impossible..."
Admiral Raddus suddenly stood up from his seat as the strange saucer-like vessel with twin extending pylons simply fired two bright blue objects from it's hull straight at one of the Imperial Star Destroyers, blowing it straight out of existence in a brilliant display of sure power. The first Star Destroyer lit up like a fourth of July fire work, a spectacular explosion of flames, fire and plasma. Even at the distance Admiral Raddus could see how easily this weird new vessel took down the best the Imperials could muster in a simple display of force.
Raddus could feel his heart nearly stop as the remaining Star Destroyers, including Vader's own vessel, and Imperial ships fled like rats trapped in a sinking ship scampering away from the force that was this new technological terror.
"It just took out an Imperial Star Destroyer in a single shot," Shouted one of Admiral Raddus's helmsmen.
"We can't repel firepower of that magnitude…" uttered another helmsmen. "Admiral, what do we do?"
Raddus felt a chill growing in his back, as he uttered fearfully. "May the force be with us…"
Just Outside the Wormhole: Birdge of the USS Enterprise –E
Captain Data sprang from his seat and glared emmotionless at his Second in Command Commander Wesely Crusher. "Commander Crusher, I specifically ordered to disable the vessel, not destroy it."
"Aye sir we did. That was the quantum torpedoes' lowest yield. We had no idea our fire power would be that effective against that ship's deflectors."
Captain Data tugged on his coat and shook his head at the battle playing out in front of him. "We must evacuate at once, and return to the wormhole. I fear we have stumbled upon a galaxy that is riddled with war."
With Luke:
"Luke, did you see that! That thing just took out an imperial star destroyer and didn't even have to try!"
Luke took another deep breath. "I hope their on our side, whoever they are."
"Well it doesn't matter now, they seem to be heading back into that giant blue thing they came from."
"I need to see Obi Wan. I've felt a great disturbance in the force…"
NEXT: Chapter two: Data's Promotion/ First Contact