Isabella was reading a book in her quarters, when suddenly she jolted out of the chair she was in. She put the book down, and went to the bridge. When she got there, they took another hit.
"Tate, take the Con." Said Malloy.
"Yes, sir." Said Isabella.
Isabella took the seat in front of the Con, and went about getting them out of there. Soon she had a gut feeling that something very bad was going to happen. Isabella did the scan for any planets that they would be able to land on. Once she had that going, she gave all of her attention back to the Con. Soon after the ship took such a hit, it threw all of them to the floor.
"Captain, we have major problems. We're leaking coolant, and if we don't take care of that, the warp engine is going to overheat, and explode." Said Jekins.
"Tate, scan for any planets we can land on; just in case." Said Malloy.
"Already on it, sir." Said Tate.
Captain Malloy then told Engineering to get the coolant leak under control. Jekins then said they better hurry, because the temperature was already rising to dangerous levels in the warp core. After twenty minutes, the Chief Engineer had told Malloy that the coolant leak was unfixable.
"Looks as if we're going to need to land this ship." Said Malloy.
"Sir, that's not going to be enough. The warp core is now overheating, and we're going to have to eject it." Said Jekins.
"Do it." Said Malloy.
Isabella knew that this was a bad idea, and said as much. The Captain said her protest was noted, but he told her just to land the ship. Soon the computer had come up only one place to land. Isabella then started the ship in the direction of the planet. Once they were in the atmosphere of the planet, they went down fast, and hit the ground; Isabella blacked out.
Three hours had gone by, and she woke up. Isabella looked around, and seen all of the destruction. She soon heard moaning coming from under a pile of debris. Isabella went to the moaning, and moved the debris. There was Captain Malloy with a small beam through his chest.
"Captain." Said Isabella.
"Lt. Commander Tate, I want you to send a distress signal to Star Fleet Command. Then I want you to find all of those who survived." Said Malloy.
"Then what, sir?" Isabella asked.
"Then wait for Star Fleet to come for you all." Said Malloy.
Captain Malloy then closed his eyes, and passed away. Isabella then did what she was told to do. She activated the distress signal, and then went to find all of the crew members that survived.
Admiral Matthews had taken his seat, behind his desk, and started on some work. He had just picked up the first pad on his desk, and the alarm next to a secure line went off. He accessed the information, and found that the U.S.S. Colton was in trouble. He then got up from his desk, and went to find Admiral Jackson. When he did, Matthews made the request.
"What did you need again?" Jackson asked.
"I need the use of one of your starships." Said Matthews.
"In what way?" Jackson asked.
"I need them to find a starship that is in trouble." Said Matthews.
"I'm sorry, but all of my captains are busy with assignments. Where is the ship that needs help?" Jackson asked.
"Near the Romulan boarder." Said Matthews.
"I don't have any ships that are anywhere near there." Said Jackson.
Matthews thanked him, and went in search of another Admiral that might be able to help him. He soon found Admiral Harms. He seen her walking towards him, and stopped her. He asked her the same thing as Jackson, and she thought about it, and said she had one that might be able to help. Matthews had then said he'd beg her if he had to. Harms laughed, and then said it wasn't needed. She asked what ship it was, and about the mission. Matthews said the mission he couldn't discuss, but the name of the ship was the U. S. S. Colton. She understood about the mission, and said that she would order one of her captains to find the ship. Matthews thanked her, and headed back to his office.