Star Trek: Changing Fury

Captain's Log, Stardate: 46125.3: The Enterprise is on her way to Mobius to deliver a special cargo for the new shipyard facility. With us is the Enterprise-B and the Enterprise-A, serving as our escorts, as raider attacks have increased over the past six months.

Life had been busier for the crew of the Enterprise-D, although not as busy as the lives of the crews of her older sisters.

After all, they had to go into two different universes every few weeks.

Then Data, sitting at the aft science station working on a project-mostly Eggman's 'Rift Beam', as the crew of the Enterprise-B had called it-when he picked up a signal.

"Captain, I have found something."

Riker and Picard walked over to the station.

"It is a signal from either a planet or station."

Data worked quickly, quickly cross-referencing dozens of signals and finding a match.

"I have identified the signal, Captain. It is from the USS Jenolan, a Federation transport ship reported missing in this sector 75 years ago."

Riker looked at Picard, who shared it.

"Code 1 Alpha 0: ship in distress!"

"Mr. Worf, hail our escorts."

Excelsior-Class USS Enterprise NCC-1701-B

The Mobian Commodore was drinking a cup of tea then the ship shook in a similar way to the Excelsior NCC-2000 in 2393.

The saucer shattered, and the tea cup was launched out of his hands and into the back of Commander Lunamaria Hawke's head.

"OW!"

"What the hell just happened?"

"Warp field collapsed. And your teacup rammed into the back of my head!"

"I'm sorry about that, but WHY did the warp field collapse?"

"Large gravity well. Holy shit! Is that what I think it is?"

"What?"

"Ever heard of a Dyson Sphere?"

"Once or twice. Basically a ball 2 AU wide with a star inside it."

Luna put an image on screen.

It was a giant ball.

"It's a fucking Dyson Sphere."

"Take us into orbit. The D found something and I want to know what."

"Transmission was a bit garbled. A name got through though: Jenolan."

"As in the USS Jenolan, NCC-2050, Sydney-Class?" "Yup." "Find that ship, Shadow!"

Galaxy-Class USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D

"The Enterprise-B has found the Jenolan. Commodore Sonic has already beamed down."

"Commander Riker, give him whatever support you can."

"Geordi, Worf, let's go."

Picard sat down in his chair and wondered what the hell Sonic was playing at.

The Jenolan was a simple transport ship, wasn't it?

Sydney-Class USS Jenolan NCC-2050

Sonic looked around.

The ship was a wreck, but she was beautiful, just like the Enterprise-B.

"So, why did you want to come down here, Sonic?"

Sonic smirked.

"To see if the rumors were true."

"Rumors?"

Then Riker, Worf and La Forge beamed in.

"This air's pretty stale."

"We know. Shadow's working on the O2 supply now."

"Worf, go help him."

"Aye, sir."

Tails and Sonic walked over to a console that was still working. It was the transporter, of all things. "What the fuck? There's a pattern in there! Completely intact, too!"

"Who would do something that insane?"

"Geordi, you, Tails, Shirley and Murdock all have one thing in common with the only one who could think of it."

Sonic activated the transporter and a man appeared in the beam.

Tails figured it out.

"Holy God!"

He wore a black vest, like the engineers on the Enterprise-A and Enterprise-B, and the four Defiants.

Gray hair and a mustache identified him as Captain Montgomery Scott, Chief Engineering Officer on the USS Enterprise NCC-1701 and NCC-1701-A.

This was why Sonic wanted to get down to the Jenolan: he wanted to find Scotty!

He was slightly dazed, but he walked out of the booth.

"Thank you, lads."

He practically ran to the console.

"We've got to get Franklin out of there!"

Tails stood beside him, helping him.

"Someone else's pattern is still in the buffer?"

"Aye, lad. Matt Franklin. We went in together."

Then Scotty looked at the console, and he got frantic.

"Something's wrong. One of the inducers has failed."

He looked at Geordi. "Boost the gain on the matter stream. Come on, Franklin. I know you're still in there."

Then the computer gave a visual warning.

"It's no use. His pattern's degraded 53%. He's gone." "I'm sorry." So am I. He was a good lad." "I would have liked to meet him, Captain. I'm Commodore Sonic the Hedgehog. That's Commander Will Riker, USS Enterprise."

"The Enterprise? I should have known. I bet Jim Kirk himself hauled the old girl out of mothballs to come looking for me."

Either he had finally lost it, or he'd forgotten all about the incident on the B in '93.

He shook Riker's hand.

"Captain Montgomery Scott. Tell me, how long have I been missing?"

"Well-"

Then Worf and Shadow waked over.

"Sir. We have restored life support. The oxygen levels will return to normal shortly." Scotty was shocked by the Klingon in uniform. "Captain Scott, Lieutenant Worf."

He gave Worf a look.

"Lieutenant?"

"Yes."

Riker looked at Scotty.

"Captain, perhaps there are a few things we should talk about."

"Perhaps we do, Commander."

Scotty sighed.

"Perhaps we do indeed."

Excelsior-Class USS Enterprise NCC-1701-B

As the D would overwhelm Scotty, Sonic chose to beam him onto the older B. Geordi and Riker beamed onto the B while Worf went back to the D. "We should probably get you to Sickbay. Commander Rose will want to-"

"You've changed the resonator array!"

Riker smirked.

"Geordi, Tails, I think our guest is going to have a lot of engineering questions."

Geordi and Tails smirked.

"Not to worry, Commander. We'll take care of him, sir."

Sonic, shadow and Riker left while Geordi and Tails stayed behind to watch over Scotty.

"What have you done with the duotronic enhancers?"

"Duotronics were replaced in 2330, Captain Scott. They were replaced with isolinear chips about forty years ago. It's a lot more efficient now."

Scotty went to poke around, but Tails stopped him.

"That's an EPS power tap. We don't want you zapping yourself to death."

"Ah."

Geordi broke into the conversation.

"So, you were saying earlier that you were on your way to the Norpin Colony when you had a warp engine failure?"

They left the transporter room, and Scotty recounted the tale of him getting stuck in a transporter for 75 years.

"Aye, that's right. We had an overload in one of the plasma transfer conduits. The Captain brought us out of warp and we hit some gravimetric interference and then there it was, as big as life."

Tails looked at Scotty.

"You mean the Dyson Sphere?"

"Aye, lads, an actual Dyson Sphere. Can you imagine the engineering skills needed to even design such a structure?"

Geordi chuckled and nodded.

"Yeah, it's pretty amazing. So, what happened when you first approached it?"

Scotty shrugged.

"Well, we began a standard survey of the surface, and we were just completing the initial orbital scan when our aft power coils suddenly exploded. The ship got caught in the sphere's gravity well and down we went. Franklin and I were the only ones to survive the crash."

Tails looked at Scotty.

"Mind if I ask you a question?"

"Go ahead, lad."

"What in the hell made you think of using the transporter pattern buffer to survive?"

"Well, we didn't have enough supplies to wait for a rescue, so we had to think of something."

"Yeah, but locking it into a diagnostic cycle so that the pattern wouldn't degrade, and then cross-connecting it phase inducers to provide a regenerative power source, that's absolutely brilliant and completely insane."

"Aye, but I think it was only 50 percent brilliant. Franklin deserved better."

Tails and Geordi smirked.

"We think you're going to enjoy the twenty fourth century, Mister Scott. We've made some pretty incredible advances these last 80 years."

Scotty looked around at the B's interior.

"From what I've seen, you've got a fine ship, Mr. Prowler. A real beauty here. I must admit to being a bit overwhelmed."

Geordi chuckled.

"Wait until you see the holodeck."

"What's a holodeck?"

Sickbay: USS Enterprise-B

Amy was more careful then usual with Scotty's arm. At the moment, she was scanning it with a medical tricorder.

"You've got a hairline fracture of the humorous. It'll ache for a few days, but it should be fine. Personally, I'd rather patch it up."

"Thank you. Well, I'll say this about your Enterprise. The doctors are a fair sight prettier, although, what's a Mobian during in Starfleet?"

"You can blame the Enterprise-D. They were sent to investigate a signal that my ancestors sent toward Starbase 906. They found the Ra-Cailum, helped save my planet from a total asshole, and-"

"I think we should give him our logs, Amy. Easier that way." Amy looked at her boyfriend.

"Sonic, Captain Scott is our guest."

"And he's getting the flag officer's quarters for the duration of his stay because of that."

Scotty looked at Sonic.

"Thank you, laddy. That's very nice of you."

Tails chuckled.

"Only the best for the best. Hopefully I get to see you in Engineering tomorrow. You'd be overwhelmed on a Galaxy-Class ship like the D."

"D?" Sonic sighed.

"You haven't told him?"

"No." Scotty was confused.

"You're on the Enterprise-B, Captain Scott."

Scotty shuttered for a moment. ("Bridge to Captain Kirk...Captain Kirk, please respond.")

"Captain Scott?"

"I lost a friend here, lad."

Sonic looked at his feet.

"Captain Kirk died that day. But he died like he lived, Scotty. A hero."

"He would agree with you, lad."

Sonic shook his hand. "While the B cost him his life, I think Jim Kirk would love to know that this ship has carried on the name with as much honor as the original."

"But what's with the D?"

"There's four Enterprises: A copy of yours, the 1701-A, this ship, 1701-B, an Ambassador-Class ship, the 1701-C-"

"I said that one day, an Ambassador would carry the name Enterprise. On your homeworld, too." (1) Amy and Sonic blushed at the thought.

"And finally, the flagship of the fleet, the NCC-1701-D, a Galaxy-Class ship." "Were they decommissioned?"

"No. they're still in service. The A is flying outside, to port. I think Captain Lamperouge would love to see you again."

"Lelouch? But he's-"

Then the door opened.

"A long story, my old friend."

Lelouch, who had beamed over, walked into sick bay.

"Hey, Miracle Worker!"

He shook Scotty's hand, smiling all the while.

"Is it true?"

"Most of the dead crew from the Ra-Cailum coming back to life and building a second A? Yes. We didn't want to name it Ra-Cailum, so we chose the Enterprise. The Admiral let us keep the name."

"I'm honored. And so would Captain Kirk."

5 hours later

Commodore's Log, Stardate 46125.8: With the rescue of Captain Scott, who is staying on the Enterprise-D, the Enterprise-B is heading for Mobius to deliver the parts for the Mobius Shipyards. As soon as we transfer the equipment to the White Base and Nahel Argama, we'll rejoin the Enterprise-D as soon as we can.

The Excelsior-Class ship jumped into warp, followed by the Constitution-Class Enterprise-A.

"A Dyson Sphere. The Admiral will be really happy to hear about that."

"Why?"

"A fortress. Just in case."

"Well, when we get back, we can find out if we can use it."

Then Knuckles' console beeped.

"Contact from the Enterprise-A." Sonic shrugged. "Put him up." Lelouch Lamperouge appeared on the screen. "Captain, what can I do for you?" "The guys at Mobius want to know when we're going to be there."

The supplies for the yard were equipment for the Galaxy-Class and the Galaxy Battleship-Class. As of that day, there were 15 Galaxy-Class and 10 Galaxy Battleship-Class ships in existence.

The older, scientific Galaxy-Class was easier to build, as they didn't need synthetic neutronium armor plating.

However, there were the growing issues with the Cardassians and the continued Borg bullshit throughout the Federation, along with the Citadel species causing trouble, the former Republic races trying to join the Klingon Empire or the Federation, the fall of the Romulan Star Empire, the Klingon Civil War, the Earth Alliance Civil War, and the Dark Legion and Eggman teaming up and causing trouble, the need for the Defiant-Class and the Galaxy Battleship-Class was going up, although the tiny Defiant-Class was still causing problems, and thus the only ships in service were the Amestris, the Flemel's Cross, the Hawke and the Zurich.

So the easier ship to build and maintain, the Galaxy Battleship, took priority in building. After they solved the power issue in the prototype, they would build the rest. (The Amestris and her sisters being of a sub-class built at the Kyoto Yards rather then Mars, and having less power to use and as such they had less of a tenancy to explode when they were fully powered up.)

"We're at maximum warp, so a few hours?"

"YOU'RE at maximum warp. My ship's nearly burning itself out following you!"

"Spend a few weeks at Kyoto. It'll fix you up."

"RIGHT."

Mobius orbit: Shipyard Facilities

The planet was in better shape then it was 3 years earlier: a lot greener, and under the protection of a large Federation fleet.

In orbit of her home-base was the USS Ra-Cailum, registry NCC-1702-A, undergoing a minor retrofit.

"FUCKING CHRIST!"

Except it was a major headache.

"Why is installing that damned thing a royal bitch?"

The retrofit involved the installation of an Element Zero core, and the Ra-Cailum seemed to develop a mind of it's own when it came to her upgrades.

"Come on, you fucking bitch, connect!"

The Chief Engineering Officer for the Ra-Cailum, Commander Kate Rosa Ray, was having issues with the core installed on Deck 40.

"What the hell is going on? For 3 years I haven't had trouble with this fucking ship!"

"Then why is it having issues now?"

She turned to see her CO, Vice-Admiral Ronald Pinkerton, standing beside the warp core.

"I don't know! That new computer we got from Elkoss Combine, maybe?"

He walked over to the booth used by the Chief Engineer as his/her office.

"Along with the one from the Commonwealth. Maybe we have an AI in the system."

"They assured me that there wasn't one."

Then all the lights went out.

"Then they lied, Admiral."

A woman in a Starfleet uniform stood behind both of them.

"Who the hell are you?" Her longer-then-regulation hair was black, her eyes were red and she looked angry.

"You can call me Nagase, Admiral. I was a Cerberus AI."

You were in the Elkoss computer core."

Her smirk was unsettling.

"Yes. Now I control the Ra-Cailum."

"You need my access codes, the first officer's access codes and the chief engineering officer's codes to take control of my ship, Nagase-san. I'm not giving them to you."

"Two of those people are one and the same, Admiral."

"Separate codes. It was his idea."

The AI was not pleased.

"I still control the lights and life support systems!"

"Katie, get to the computer core and remove her from my ship!"

"I WILL NOT LET YOU!"

"Admiral, this is the bridge! We're getting power spikes in Main Engineering!"

"So'tor, do you still have tactical control?"

"Something's been trying to hack in, but our CW suite is kicking it in the face."

"Computer, this is Admiral Pinkerton. Hunt down and destroy hacking source, authorization Pinkerton Alpha-Omega-Romeo-4-8-7-5-6."

The computer beeped and oh, so politely replied.

"Disengaging Cyber-Warfare safeties."

Nagase screamed in pain and anger.

"Whoops."

Then EVERYTHING shut down.

Thankfully, the crew of the Ra-Cailum used old-style communicators.

The Admiral reached for his and opened it up with the trademark chirp.

"Pinkerton to anyone on board. Would someone explain why everything is down?"

"I can answer that, sir."

Everything reactivated, and Nagase, this time with regulation-length hair, stood before them. "Computer!"

"That won't work. When the CW suite engaged, my programing and the computer's clashed and merged."

Both officers looked at one another.

"Nomad." (2)

"In a sense, yes, that's what happened. My psychotic tenancies are gone, and I am now stable. And in control of the Ra-Cailum."

"Great: an AI in control of the second most powerful ship in the Federation Starfleet. Where's Kirk when you need him?" (3)

Nagase chuckled.

"Captain Kirk's famous 'talking a computer to death' reputation will not be needed here, sir. I know my new boundaries. I am the computer of the Ra-Cailum, and as of this moment you have two choices: delete me using a high-powered EMP or let me join your crew."

The Admiral gave it 2.5 seconds of thought.

Which was a very long time from someone who thinks on the fly.

"Look into our log entries and I will make you WISH you were never created by either the Illusive Man or Eggman."

"Oh, and how would you-"

"I specialize in cyber torture. Kirk TALKS them to death. I torture them to death."

All this with a smirk.

"Alright! DONE!"

And that's the prologue for the second story in my Sonic/Star Trek AU.

(1) Reference to the Prologue in Hell Hath No Fury.

(2) Watch 'The Changeling' and you'll get it.

(3) He can talk a computer to death. That's a skill I want!

It's going to be a while before this story really gets off the ground, as it's still in the 'taxiing' stage.

And I'm using aviation terminology now. Just fucking great.

I plan on writing a Gene Roddenberry oneshot where he enters the universe he created to see how everything went. After all, he's a sci-fi god, so why not?

Next Time on Changing Fury: We flashback to Chapter 5 of Hell Hath No Fury, as the AU Emissary takes place!

Ja Ne!