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Captains log, star date 2296, the enterprise is proceeding to star base 12 for Starfleet's orders on the alcuida mission at current speed we will arrive in two days, Kirk out." Kirk leaned away from the communications pad settling in the familiar captain's chair "Uhura any word from star base 12"
"No sir, all frequencies are silent" Uhura responded as she continued to work her fingers on her com desk. Over the years she has grown accustom to the strange glitches and intricate computer systems that boggled some of the newer in turns. As she thought of her superiority over most off the ships crew she nearly missed a faint crackle in the silent frequencies. Reversing and augmenting the signal she realized it was a distress call "Captain, I believe I am receiving a distress signal. It is difficult to make out"
"Can you put it on screen?"
"Here it comes sir" the screen flickers it is impossible to make out anything from the visual but through the static someone is franticly trying to speak. All that can be made out is ship, danger, help and Romulans. Everything goes blank and frequencies, again, fall silent.
"Spock did you get a lock on its point of transmission?" Kirk asks whirling the captain's chair to face his first officer.
"Yes sir, its point of transmission was inside of the romulan neutral zone" Spock replied. "Coordinates 38 95 in quadrant sector 4"
"Sulu, change course heading to 3895 maximum warp" As the heading was changed Kirk added nonchalantly "well there goes any hopes of shore leave" The rest of the crew, except of course spock, all sigh knowing he's probably correct.
"Spock would you join me in my quarters"
"Yes, Captain"
Approximately thirty minute's later bones Spock and Kirk are found sitting in the Captains quarters quite casually. McCoy of course is the first to offer
"Well Jim where do you keep your romulan ale?" Kirk points to an antique cabinet and McCoy pours a glass for all three of them. Spock in all his Spockness is the first to get to the point.
"Captain, I assume you called us here to discuss any romulan interference we might experience."
"Dammit Spock why can't you just shut up and enjoys your drink." McCoy starts "you just have to go rushing into things.
"No, Spock's right we must get to the point" Kirk falters " the Romulan's have formed an alliance with the klingons and have developed a new weapon. It's specifics arent known to the federation although it is said to take out an entire ships hull in one blow."
"Do we know what the weapon is comprised of?"
"protomater" Kirk responded softly.
"PROTOMATER" McCoy boomed "that stuff is lethal sitting still what wacko would strap it to a torpedo!"
"Protomater is what caused the genesis project to fail." Spock added "although it did help restore my life it could have caused an entire galaxy to implode."
"Have you contacted Starfleet?" McCoy
"They have made us expendable so it would not be of great loss to them if we all went down" Kirk mutters.
The enterprise has entered the Romulan neutral zone. No sign of any ship in distress or a ship ready to attack in fact there is somewhat of an eerie silence creeping over the ship. The fear that a romulan or klingons ship is cloaked and tracking the enterprise hangs in the air.
"Spock, continue scanning the surrounding area tell me if you see something or anything"
"Yes, captain"
