Author's Note:

Greetings and salutations. Here is the first chapter of my new fic, I'm trying to make this story longer than my previous stories but we shall see how it goes. I don't know how often I'll update this but I'll do my best to not leave it too long and I may keep updating 'Dysfunctional Family' as well.

I do not own any aspect of Star Trek.

New Mission

The bridge of the Enterprise was peaceful as she orbited a small rocky planet.

The planet was incapable of supporting life, its atmosphere was virtually non-existent, but it was being scanned for anything of scientific interest that may be on the surface but any findings were small and not uncommon. All in all it was a relatively simple mission and just perfect for breaking in the newly rebuilt ship.

Jim Kirk sat in the Command Chair and waited for the scan results, he looked to Spock as the scan finished, "Anything to report Mr Spock?"

His First Officer answered promptly, "Negative Captain, all result are what we would expect from this type of planet. There are no unusual readings of any kind."

"Thank you Mr Spock."

Uhura spoke from the communications station, "Captain, we have a message coming in from Admiral Archer."

Jim nodded to her, "Thank you Lieutenant, put it on screen."

"Aye Captain."

The face of the Admiral appeared on the veiwscreen and Jim spoke respectfully, "Admiral, we've just finished our scan of Sigma III."

Archer gave a small smile, "I was hoping that you'd be done, I assume that there is nothing to report."

"No sir, the scans showed just what we were expecting."

"Very good I'll waste no time in giving you your next mission then."

Jim gave a small sigh, "I'm guessing that the preparations for the five-year mission are still ongoing then."

The admiral gave a slightly disapproving look but his eyes twinkled, "Now Kirk, I know you're impatient to start that mission but the Enterprise has only been fully operational for a week after she was rebuilt and there is still a lot of work to be done before we can start a mission of that length."

"Sorry sir."

Archer smiled, "No need to apologise Kirk, if I was in your place I would be just as eager to leave. Now onto your next mission." He looked briefly at a PADD he was holding, "We have picked up a strange transmission from Zeta IV. It's a small class M planet near the edge of Federation space that should be uninhabited; as such we want the Enterprise to investigate the signal and find out who or what is sending it out."

"Do we know what kind of signal it is?"

"Unfortunately we don't, it isn't a standard distress call and there is no clear message in it. It also doesn't match anything that we know the Klingons or Romulans use so be prepared for anything."

"Understood sir."

"And Kirk."

"Yes sir?"

"Be careful."

Archer cut the transmission and there was a brief silence before Jim addressed Pavel and Hikaru, "Mr Sulu, Mr Chekov, set a course for Zeta IV."

"Aye sir."

PS-So a short chapter to begin and I'll try and update soon.