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Pokétrek Chapter 1
A Whole New World
Way out in the deep dark depths of space, on the bridge of the star ship Voyager, Tom Paris detects a disturbance in space.
Tom – "Captain! We're heading toward some sort of rift in space."
Captain Janeway – "On screen!"
On the screen appears the black vast space ahead, speckled with small and distant stars (typical surroundings of a star ship); but what is not typical is the thin white line scraped on what would appear to be the very fabric of space. It looks like a sideways lightning bolt stretched out; a singular thin line frozen in place. A porthole to "A Whole New World!"
Tom – "It looks like a rip right through space!"
Tuvok – "That is, to some degree, what it is. Readings indicate that this rift allows instantaneous travel to a region no less then nine thousand nine hundred eighty-seven light-years away. However I am unable to determine the location of the region that the rift leads to."
Captain Janeway – "Is it stable?"
Tuvok – "It is indeed very stable."
Captain – "Tuvok! Is there any other information you can tell me about this phenomenon?"
Tuvok – "My readings indicate that this is a natural phenomenon, approximately 2.8 million years old. I can not, as yet, speculate on the size because no dimensional calculations have been done."
Captain Janeway – "How much longer until we reach the rift."
Tuvok – "At our present course and speed, we will reach the rift in approximately 3 hours and 47 minutes."
Captain – "If we were to go through this rift, could you be sure we would be able to get back?"
Tuvok – "Negative. There is only a 88.7% chance that we would be able to get back."
Captain – "Tuvok, If we were to examine this rift from a closer distance, do you think you could collect more information; such as were it might lead."
Tuvok – "I would be able to get a more precise analysis of its structure; however, I do not believe we will find any more information about where it leads without going through it."
Captain Janeway calls Seven of Nine on the com system.
Captain Janeway – "Seven go to astrometrics and run dimensional calculations on the rift, then plot the safest course to it. I'm heading down there now."
The captain enters the transporter; which is a round elevator with no buttons or controls. She then arrives at the astrometrics lab moments later.
The astrometrics lab is a large round room with a computer control console in the center of it. Seven is at the console hitting buttons on it.
In the front of the room is a curved screen about 25 feet wide by 15 feet high. On the screen appears the same large white rift that was displayed on the bridge's screen, only this image is much larger. The rift has countless stars speckled all around it.
Captain Janeway walks over to Seven of Nine.
Captain Janeway – "Seven, have you finished your dimensional calculations of the rift?"
Seven of Nine – "I'm just finishing now captain."
Captain – "What has your analysis reveled so far?"
Seven – "The rift is approximately 9.76 kilometers wide, and approximately 762 meters from top to bottom."
Captain Janeway – "What is the thickness of the rift?"
Seven – "It varies; however it does get thinner on the ends."
Seven – "If the rift is divided into three equal regions each roughly 3.25 kilometers wide, the central region would have an average thickness of approximately 152.4 meters."
Narrator – "If you don't know the metric system well (like me), the rift is about 6 miles (or 32,021 feet) wide, 2,500 feet from top to bottom, and 500 feet thick."
Seven – "Captain, I'm calculating the over all length of the rift."
Seven hits some keys and a blue line gets drawn over the rift following its zigzagy shape, going from one corner of the rift to the next.
Seven – "The over all length of the rift, following it's angles from the left most corner to the right is approximately 24.4 kilometers."
(The total length of the blue line is measured to determine the over all length of the rift.)
Captain – "Alright, now plot the safest course to the rift."
Seven – "There are no obstacles between us and the rift, so we should have no problem heading straight in; however I believe it would be wise to decrease to impulse when we get to within one kilometer"
Captain Janeway – "Agreed. Thank you Seven."
Captain Janeway – "Seven, please accompany me to the bridge."
Seven – "Yes Captain."
Captain Janeway and Seven of Nine both leave the astrometrics lab and enter onto the bridge. On the bridge's view screen the rift is still displayed, the image is virtually the same as it was displayed earlier on this screen.
Captain Janeway – "Tom, lay in a course straight in toward the rift, then come to a full stop and contact me when we get to within one kilometer."
Tom – "Course laid in captain."
Captain Janeway – "At our present speed how much more time will it be before we reach the rift."
Tom Paris – "We should arrive in 1 hour 50 minutes and 23 seconds."
Captain – "Has any one here been able to find any more information about this phenomenon?"
Tuvok – "Negative, I have not been able to pick up any further information, at this time."
Captain Janeway goes over to the com, which is used to communicate to any one on the ship. (It's like an intercom!).
Captain on the com – "Chakotay and Neelix, please report to the bridge."
Chakotay and Neelix both enter the bridge. They all quickly notice the jagged white line displayed on the bridge's view screen. It's something none of them have ever seen before, although it dose resemble a lightning bolt, (frozen in time and laid on its side).
Captain Janeway – "We have come across a type of rift in space, our readings seam to indicate that it is a natural phenomenon roughly two and a half million years old. This rift instantaneously transports any one that goes through it to a region of space over 9.9 thousand light-years away. However we have no way of knowing were this rift leads, we do know that this rift is extremely stable, so there is no perceived danger in traveling through it. There is however a small chance that once we travel through it, we will be unable to travel back the way we came. With any luck though, this rift may take years off are journey home."
Captain Janeway – "Any questions?"
Then she pauses for a moment to see if there is any response, there is none.
Captain Janeway continues – "We could be facing a great opportunity. We don't know if this rift will take us closer to home or not, but we set out on this ship to discover other worlds and new regions of space, knowing all to well the risks we were taking. And now we come together facing a similar risk, so as explorers and as a ship trying to find its way home, we owe it to ourselves to find out what's on the other side of that rift. We have more to lose by not trying then we could ever gain by walking away."
Neelix – "I don't think we have anything to loose, and it might even give us the opportunity to explorer a new culture."
Your wonderful Narrator – "But what they didn't expect was the miraculous new world they where about to discover. A world of amazing new technology (not to say that it's better or worse), and magnificent creatures with incredible powers unlike anything the crew has ever imagined. They would never suspect such power and intelligence coming from such small animal like Pocket Monsters (in japanese "Poketto Monsutaa") other wise known as Pokémon."
Captain Janeway – "Well it's settled then, Tom take us in nice and easy at full impulse."
Tom – "Will do captain."
Everyone concentrates on the long yet relatively thin rift, as it appears to get larger on the view screen. Eventually the bright white center of the rift fills up almost the entire view screen.
Tom – "We're now within one kilometer of the rift captain."
Then soon after the view screen is completely covered with bright white.
Moments later...
Tom – "We are now entering the rift."
Then all of a sudden a bright overwhelming light swallows up everything!
