THE USS Enterprise-D drops out of warp near the White Sun, just outside of Reaver territory.
"Captain, I am detecting the presence of an unknown ship." Lt. Commander Data said.
"On screen," Captain Picard commands.
"I can't sir."
"What do you mean, Data?" Picard asks.
"The ship is in cargo bay 2."
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"You lot," The Doctor said, "Always trying to flying about trying to 'boldly go where no man has gone before,'" he chuckled…
"Wh-Where are we?" A confused, older man said. He shammbled out of the TARDIS, taken aback by his new surroundings. He limped along on a cane, and his converse shoes squeaked on the metal floor of the Cargo Bay.
"Well…." The Doctor said, "I can't be exactly sure, but i'd say somewhere near the white sun cluster. Quite a bit of a way out…"
The Older man reached into his pocket and fumbled out a prescription bottle, popped the lid—which fell to the floor with a soft thud—and tossed back two of the pills.
"What are you doing?!" The Doctor demanded.
The man stared off into the cargo bay as two bulk doors opened up. An extremely pale—almost golden looking man and a rather large black man with strange head structure walked in. holding what could only be some sort of gun.
—-
"I've got a bad feeling about this," Han said as the Millennium Falcon dropped out of hyperspace. chewbacca let out a howl next to him. Han had never been to this part of space before… He was a long, long way away from home..
He was worried. As far as he knew he didn't need to be, but that wasn't stopping him from being worried. It'd always worked for him in the past.. And he—
Something big—not as big as an Imperial Crusier but much bigger than the Falcon rushed by. forcing him to curse under his breath and take evasive maneuvers. Whatever it was, it was gun metal green and shapped like a box; it had some numbers scrawled across it.. most of which he couldn't make out… but what he did make out was the big, box letters "Pillar of Autumn"
—-
"Sir, i'm picking up two unidentified vessels." Cortana said
"Covenant?" Captain Keyes asked
"Negative. life signs appear to be human. Though i've never seen such designs." Cortana flickered onto the Bridge of the pillar of autumn. Her purplish-blue image of falling information phasing in and out of existance, "I recommend you prime the Mac Cannons."
"Not just yet," Keyes said, "Open a hailing frequency. I want to know why they're this far out."
there was a pause as Cortana opened the channel. She nodded to keyes when it was read; "this is Captain Keyes of the UNSC Pillar of Autumn…" He was cut off…
"This is Captain Picard of the USS Enterprise, please state your name and—"
"Sir, another ship just dropped out of slip space…" Cortana rang in, "Make that two."
and then a third voice rang in—"This is Colonel Jack O'Neil of the USAF Prometheus… What the hell are you guys doing out here?"
"Cortana…" Keyes said, "What the hell is going on here?!"