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Author's Note: The following story follows an alternate Star Trek timeline, which is detailed below.
2364- The Starship U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D is launched from McKinley Station under the command of Captain Jean Luc-Picard.
2365- The entity known as Q hurls the Enterprise thousands of light years to the system J-25, where they encounter beings known as the Borg, cybernetic automatons possessing a collective mind. Heavy damage is done to the Enterprise before Q returns them to their previous position.
2366- A year after the J-25 incident, the Borg appear in the Alpha Quadrant. One cube ship penetrates Federation space and is intercepted by the Enterprise. During the confrontation, several Borg transport onto the bridge and abduct Captain Picard. He is transformed into the Borg Locutus. William T. Riker is breveted the rank of Captain, and given command of the Enterprise. Lt. Commander Shelby is made First Officer. The Borg cube directed by Locutus destroys 39 starships at Wolf 359. During an attempt to rescue Picard from the Borg, Lt. Commander Data and Lieutenant Worf are lost. Data is transformed into a central processing node. Worf is assimmilated.
2367- The Borg assimmilate Earth. 54 starships and 23 Klingon battle cruisers are destroyed in the battle. The tatterred remnants of Starfleet rally at Vulcan. Captain Riker commands the fleet. Commander Benjamin Sisko takes command of prototype ship U.S.S. Intrepid., taken from Utopia Planitia before the Borg took Mars. With the processing power of Data's CPU, the Borg are able to build an interplexing beacon and contact the Borg residing in the Delta Quadrant.
2368- 50 cubes arrive from the Delta Quadrant. The Borg systematically assimmilate systems outward from Earth. The combined Starfleet, Klingon, Romulan, and Cardassian fleet puts up a stand at Vulcan. They are able to destroy 2 cubes. The fleet is forced to withdraw to Bajor. Total loss, 134 ships. Commander Shelby is promoted to Captain, in command of the U.S.S. Odyssey after the captain is killed. Geordi LaForge becomes the Enterprise's First Officer. The Bajoran Wormhole is discovered by Captain Sisko aboard the Intrepid. It is found to lead to the Gamma Quadrant. More than half of the fleet moves through the wormhole, to seek allies in the Gamma Quadrant. Benjamin Sisko takes command of the Alpha fleet, and bases operations on the Cardassian Station Terok Nor, which he renames Defiant Station. Riker commands the Gamma Fleet. William Riker and Deanna Troi are married. Captain Shelby performs the ceremony.
2369- Captain Riker, aboard the Enterprise, makes first contact with the Dominion, the main power in the Gamma Quadrant. There is a battle, but the force of the combined fleet overcame the Jem'Hadar forces. An agreement is made, and the Dominion gives the fleet 200 Jem'Hadar fighters to aid them..
The Borg cease their outward agression, and the Allies get a brief respite. Kyle Ian Riker is born to William and Deanna Riker. Wesley Crusher takes command of U.S.S. Majestic at 19 years old.
2370- The Gamma fleet returns, with the Jem'Hadar ships. Several task forces are created to scout out Borg systems. Captain Riker creates a bold plan to strike at the heart of the Borg. Using modified Romulan cloaking devices, a fleet would go to Earth and attempt to locate and kill, if necessary, Locutus.
2371- The fleet leaves for Earth, 100 ships under cloak. Captain Riker commands the fleet aboard U.S.S Lakota. The Enterprise stays behind at Defiant Station under the command of Commander LaForge. Starfleet ships include the Majestic, the Odyssey, the Intrepid, and the Crazy Horse. The rest of the fleet is made up of an amalgam of Klingon, Romulan, Cardassian and Jem'Hadar ships.
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OUR STORY BEGINS....
Captain William Riker gazed out of his ready room window on the U.S.S. Lakota. His thoughts were nervous and hopeful at the same time. His plan could succeed, the commanders of the Alliance had agreed upon that, but the risk was great. The only way they were going to have a fighting chance was to risk all, if necessary.
He missed the Enterprise already, but it was important to leave at least one of the two Galaxy-class ships behind with the rest of the fleet, and there was no way he could talk Captain Shelby out of coming on this one. So, he left Geordi in command and took over captain's duties on the Excelsior-class Lakota.
Without warning, the lights dimmed and the ship went to battlestations."Captain Riker to the bridge." came his first officer's voice, Lt. Commander Sarah Lochley.
Riker strode onto the bridge and saw Lochley fidgeting nervously. She was a red-haired beauty. She and Riker had got on well from the start, since they grew up in basically the same part of Earth, he was from Alaska and she was from northwestern Canada. It gave them much to reminisce about, a home that probably didn't exist anymore. "What is it, commander?"
"A Borg probe ship, Captain." Lochley was definitely nervous, this was their first Borg encounter since leaving Defiant Station.
"Have they made any move towards us?"
"No, sir, though we are all packed so close they may just bump into us..."
This would be the first test of their cloaking devices. They had no idea whether the Borg could detect ships under cloak or not. It was one of the unknown variables with this mission. But there was no stopping now, they were up to their knees in it.
The Borg ship skirted the edge of their sensor range, then disappeared totally. Everyone on the bridge breathed an audible sigh of relief. Well, one variable eliminated, a million to go, thought Riker.
"Stand down from red alert." Riker glanced at Lochley. "I want all fleet commanders in the briefing room at 1700 hours."
"Aye, sir." Lochley began to give the necessary orders as Riker made his way back to the ready room. He had to button up his strategies for the fleet, and put all the pieces in just the right spots. This was probably the most important offensive in galactic history, and the margin for error was nil.
He slumped down in his chair and rubbed his eyes. It was at times like this that he really missed having Data and Worf around. Back in the days when he was "Number One" to Picard, no matter how precarious the situation, he was never afraid. There seemed to be an aura of destiny around that crew, but that feeling was gone now. Picard, Data, and Worf belonged to the Borg now.
Riker went back to staring out of his window, watching the stars streak by at warp speed, his confidence fading slowly. The Federation was gone, and he was clinging to its remnants, trying to prove himself to a captain who was now his greatest enemy.
Author's Note: The following story follows an alternate Star Trek timeline, which is detailed below.
2364- The Starship U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D is launched from McKinley Station under the command of Captain Jean Luc-Picard.
2365- The entity known as Q hurls the Enterprise thousands of light years to the system J-25, where they encounter beings known as the Borg, cybernetic automatons possessing a collective mind. Heavy damage is done to the Enterprise before Q returns them to their previous position.
2366- A year after the J-25 incident, the Borg appear in the Alpha Quadrant. One cube ship penetrates Federation space and is intercepted by the Enterprise. During the confrontation, several Borg transport onto the bridge and abduct Captain Picard. He is transformed into the Borg Locutus. William T. Riker is breveted the rank of Captain, and given command of the Enterprise. Lt. Commander Shelby is made First Officer. The Borg cube directed by Locutus destroys 39 starships at Wolf 359. During an attempt to rescue Picard from the Borg, Lt. Commander Data and Lieutenant Worf are lost. Data is transformed into a central processing node. Worf is assimmilated.
2367- The Borg assimmilate Earth. 54 starships and 23 Klingon battle cruisers are destroyed in the battle. The tatterred remnants of Starfleet rally at Vulcan. Captain Riker commands the fleet. Commander Benjamin Sisko takes command of prototype ship U.S.S. Intrepid., taken from Utopia Planitia before the Borg took Mars. With the processing power of Data's CPU, the Borg are able to build an interplexing beacon and contact the Borg residing in the Delta Quadrant.
2368- 50 cubes arrive from the Delta Quadrant. The Borg systematically assimmilate systems outward from Earth. The combined Starfleet, Klingon, Romulan, and Cardassian fleet puts up a stand at Vulcan. They are able to destroy 2 cubes. The fleet is forced to withdraw to Bajor. Total loss, 134 ships. Commander Shelby is promoted to Captain, in command of the U.S.S. Odyssey after the captain is killed. Geordi LaForge becomes the Enterprise's First Officer. The Bajoran Wormhole is discovered by Captain Sisko aboard the Intrepid. It is found to lead to the Gamma Quadrant. More than half of the fleet moves through the wormhole, to seek allies in the Gamma Quadrant. Benjamin Sisko takes command of the Alpha fleet, and bases operations on the Cardassian Station Terok Nor, which he renames Defiant Station. Riker commands the Gamma Fleet. William Riker and Deanna Troi are married. Captain Shelby performs the ceremony.
2369- Captain Riker, aboard the Enterprise, makes first contact with the Dominion, the main power in the Gamma Quadrant. There is a battle, but the force of the combined fleet overcame the Jem'Hadar forces. An agreement is made, and the Dominion gives the fleet 200 Jem'Hadar fighters to aid them..
The Borg cease their outward agression, and the Allies get a brief respite. Kyle Ian Riker is born to William and Deanna Riker. Wesley Crusher takes command of U.S.S. Majestic at 19 years old.
2370- The Gamma fleet returns, with the Jem'Hadar ships. Several task forces are created to scout out Borg systems. Captain Riker creates a bold plan to strike at the heart of the Borg. Using modified Romulan cloaking devices, a fleet would go to Earth and attempt to locate and kill, if necessary, Locutus.
2371- The fleet leaves for Earth, 100 ships under cloak. Captain Riker commands the fleet aboard U.S.S Lakota. The Enterprise stays behind at Defiant Station under the command of Commander LaForge. Starfleet ships include the Majestic, the Odyssey, the Intrepid, and the Crazy Horse. The rest of the fleet is made up of an amalgam of Klingon, Romulan, Cardassian and Jem'Hadar ships.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
OUR STORY BEGINS....
Captain William Riker gazed out of his ready room window on the U.S.S. Lakota. His thoughts were nervous and hopeful at the same time. His plan could succeed, the commanders of the Alliance had agreed upon that, but the risk was great. The only way they were going to have a fighting chance was to risk all, if necessary.
He missed the Enterprise already, but it was important to leave at least one of the two Galaxy-class ships behind with the rest of the fleet, and there was no way he could talk Captain Shelby out of coming on this one. So, he left Geordi in command and took over captain's duties on the Excelsior-class Lakota.
Without warning, the lights dimmed and the ship went to battlestations."Captain Riker to the bridge." came his first officer's voice, Lt. Commander Sarah Lochley.
Riker strode onto the bridge and saw Lochley fidgeting nervously. She was a red-haired beauty. She and Riker had got on well from the start, since they grew up in basically the same part of Earth, he was from Alaska and she was from northwestern Canada. It gave them much to reminisce about, a home that probably didn't exist anymore. "What is it, commander?"
"A Borg probe ship, Captain." Lochley was definitely nervous, this was their first Borg encounter since leaving Defiant Station.
"Have they made any move towards us?"
"No, sir, though we are all packed so close they may just bump into us..."
This would be the first test of their cloaking devices. They had no idea whether the Borg could detect ships under cloak or not. It was one of the unknown variables with this mission. But there was no stopping now, they were up to their knees in it.
The Borg ship skirted the edge of their sensor range, then disappeared totally. Everyone on the bridge breathed an audible sigh of relief. Well, one variable eliminated, a million to go, thought Riker.
"Stand down from red alert." Riker glanced at Lochley. "I want all fleet commanders in the briefing room at 1700 hours."
"Aye, sir." Lochley began to give the necessary orders as Riker made his way back to the ready room. He had to button up his strategies for the fleet, and put all the pieces in just the right spots. This was probably the most important offensive in galactic history, and the margin for error was nil.
He slumped down in his chair and rubbed his eyes. It was at times like this that he really missed having Data and Worf around. Back in the days when he was "Number One" to Picard, no matter how precarious the situation, he was never afraid. There seemed to be an aura of destiny around that crew, but that feeling was gone now. Picard, Data, and Worf belonged to the Borg now.
Riker went back to staring out of his window, watching the stars streak by at warp speed, his confidence fading slowly. The Federation was gone, and he was clinging to its remnants, trying to prove himself to a captain who was now his greatest enemy.