STAR TREK
THE FINAL INVASION
AN:Hey everyone, this is my first ever Star Trek fiction, so feel free to offer constructive advice. Now, I am aware that there hav been books after Nemesis, recording the adventures of Rikers ship and crew, but I have never read any of them. As such, I have opted to simply invent my own crew for Riker's ship. Now I unerstand some people who have read these novels may dislike this idea, but seeing as the novels are non-cannon I see no reason not to try out my own crew. Anyway, I hope you all enjoy this story, please leave reviews.
The Nebula
Captains log:The Enterprise-E has been ordered to escort the Titan, commanded by my former first officer, William Riker. We are to provide protection for the Titan as it preforms a survey of a class 2 takiyon nebula along the Cardasian
border. We believe the nebula may contain unique particles, called tryan particles, that could enhance the performance of our warp engines, if these particles could be harnassed it would go a long way towards furthering our exploration of the galaxy. On a sde note, I am pleased to report my new first officer, Harry Jones, has settled well into his role aboard the Enterprise, though we ae still awaiting a new counselor.
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Captain Jean-luc Picard stepped out onto the bridge where his crew was dligently at work making sure everything was working properly. Commander Harry Jones stood from the captains chair as he spotted Picard. The man was a thinker, he tended to thoroughly
analyze every situation. He was a good officer, maybe as good as Riker had been.
"Report," Picard ordered as he took his chair.
"We should be arriving at the nebula in just a few minutes captain," Jones reported, keeping it short and simple as always.
"Very good. Helm, prepare to drop to impulse speed," Picard said.
"Aye sir," Wesely Crusher said. It had taken some string pulling on the part of his mother, but Wesely had been re-assigned to the enterprise crew. B4, the android Shinzon had attempted to use against Picard, had
taken over Data's position as science officer. He preformed his duties well, but unlike Data he was not inspired to improve himself. In all honesty Picard wished Data were still present to handle those duties. Still, Picard didn't have much of a choice.
"Dropping out of warp now," Wesely reported.
"On screen," Picard said rising from his chair. A moment later the sceen came to life, showing a massive greenish yellow nebula which took up the whole screen. "B4, analysis," Picard said looking to his science officer.
B4's hands flew across the control pad for a moment before he responded. "The nebula is dense with takiyon and omicron particles,"
"Omicron radiation can be harmful to human life," Jones added on.
"Indeed, but the omicron levels do not become dangerous until you reach the inner parts of the nebula, if we keep our research in the outer layers their should be no danger," B4 reported.
Picard nodded as he said "Very well, hail the Titan,"
"Aye sir," B4 acknowledged as his hands once again flew into motion.
A moment later Riker appeared on the screen with a frown on his face. "I take it you have also completed your initial scan of the nebula," Picard said.
"Yes we have, Captian this is problematic. According to our computer, any tryan particles will be located deeper inside the nebula," Riker said, sounding mildly annoyed.
"How deep?" Picard asked.
"If these readings are correct, 200,000 kilometers," Riker replied.
"B4," Picard said.
In response the android said "Omicron radiation levels are high enough to cause harm to the crew of the Titan that far into the nebula,"
Riker looked thoughtful for a moment before asking "Would it be possible to re-modulate our shields to block the radiation?"
"Perhaps," B4 admitted.
"I'll have Geordi beam over and see if he can give you a hand," Picard said.
"Understood, Titan out," The screen went blank.
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Geordi was intrigued by the Titan. It was a Luna-class starship, designed for long term research missions. It was roughly 450 meters long, half the length of the Enterprise. Despite being built around research, it was more than
capable of defending itself. It had new multi-phasic shielding, allowing for the shields to recharge while they were active. In addition it had self-adaptive phasers. That is, phasers that were tuned in t the ships sensors, and would automaticly set themselves to the optimal setting for whatever task they had been given.
Georgi contemplated all this as he beamed over to the Luna class ship, and found Riker waiting for him along with an Andorian female.
"Georgi! Long time no see," Riker said stepping forward with an offered handshake.
"Likewise," The engineer responded as he excepted the handshake.
Riker stepped back and gestured at the andorian. "This is my chief engineer, Yevak. You two will be working together,"
"A pleasure to meet you," Geordi said offering his hand.
"The pleasures all mine," Yevak replied, accepting the shake.
"Alright, lets get started," Riker said as he gestured to the door. Geordi nodded and they made their way towards engineering, they had work to do.