(Author's Note: This is my first Star Trek story, and, as usual, it's a crossover with Sonic the Hedgehog, Full Metal Alchemist and others. It involves an AU of the games and the SatAM universes, as Sonic and company don't act like they usually do. Based on Sonic Meets Star Trek, but made in my style. Takes place, at first, in 2292, just before Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, and restarts in 2366, just barely 3 weeks before The Best of Both Worlds. Again, my OC, Ronald Pinkerton, makes an appearance, but he is mostly a minor character in the early chapters, and we get to see more of the Constitution-Class then we did in TNG, even though we see one in Best Of Both Worlds, wrecked or not. Rant over; time to begin! Wrote down when my brother hijacked my computer)
Captain's Log: Stardate 8474.2: The Enterprise is on her way to the colony on Mobius to arrest several of the colony directors for breaking the Prime Directive. The Federation Starship Ra-Cailum, (1) under the command of Commodore Ronald Pinkerton, is our escort for this mission.
As James T. Kirk ended his log entry, he began reading up on the Mobians.
They were actually thousands of species, all anthropomorphic animals akin to Earth's Animal kingdom and were a 5.3 on the Richter Scale of Culture: late Renaissance culture.
The only races not counted with the Mobians were the Echidnas, who were at a 7.3 on the Richter scale: early-to-pre-Enterprise NX-01 22nd Century, and they had warp drive.
"Captain Kirk to the bridge."
The Captain stood up, walked toward the door into the hall, then walked toward the nearest turbolift and entered it.
"Bridge."
The lift took him to the bridge, where all but now-Captain Hikaru Sulu, who had taken command of the USS Excelsior NCC-2000 less then 2 years ago, were working and making sure the Enterprise-A was flying toward Mobius.
Commander Nyota Uhura turned to look at the Captain.
"Captain, the Ra-Cailum is hailing."
"On screen."
The bridge of the prototype Ambassador-Class (2) starship appeared on screen.
"Captain, go to Red Alert before you enter orbit. There's a good reason."
The screen showed a ship in orbit.
"Klingons?"
Spock shook his head.
"Not a modern one. It is a D-3 (3) class Bird-of-Prey from the 22nd Century, and the lifesigns are Echidna. It is a Dark Legion vessel."
"The cyborg Echidna separatists?"
Commander Pavel Chekov brought the ship to Red Alert, armed the weapons systems and raised the shields.
"Spock, what are the Bird-of-Prey's weapons and shields status?"
"Barely a match for a non-refit Constitution-Class vessel or even a Lancer-Class (4) starship. But it is still far more maneuverable then we are, and twice as fast at impulse speeds. But those upgrades decrease their maximum warp speed to Warp 3.2."
"We are being hailed by Grandmaster Qumare, Captain."
Kirk stood up.
"On screen."
A purple Echidna with several cybernetic implants and a sour look on his face was on the screen. "I am Grandmaster Qumare of the Dark Legion. Identify yourself."
"I am Captain James Kirk of the Starship Enterprise. We mean you no harm, Grandmaster."
The Echidna laughed.
"And why should I trust you, Captain? Your weapons are armed, shields up and you are not alone."
"The Ra-Cailum is our escort for this mission, Grandmaster. We were told you had a small fleet of ships and we prepared for that."
"I see. Don't worry, we won't fire first, Captain Kirk."
The screen cut out, returning the sight of the D-3-Class Bird-of-Prey.
"Stand down to Yellow Alert. Contact the Ra-Cailum; tell Commodore Pinkerton that I'm transporting down to arrest the colony-"
The Enterprise shook from weapons fire, but not from the DL vessel.
"Spock!"
"It is a Lancer-Class, Mk IV."
Kirk cursed.
While the Lancer-Class was little more then NX-Class starships with a more modern hull design, being the precursor to the Constitution-Class, the Lancer-IV was the deadliest, other then the Lancer-V, or more correctly, the Constitution-Class, being different enough to warrant a new classification, it was still deadly in the right hands, and in the right hands, it could destroy the Enterprise-A.
And by the look of things, that ship had the right pilot and the right tactical officer. "Captain, it's the USS Mikoyan, NCC-971."
"Chekov, try to damage that ship's weapons! Uhura, contact the-"
"Enterprise, this is Director Williams on the Mikoyan. We're not going quietly, Kirk!"
The Constitution-Class starship shook from a photon torpedo volley.
"Sensor jamming system online! The Enterprise can't detect us using our transporters!" "What about the Ra-Cailum?"
"She's still reeling from our photon volley. Still, her shields are at 84%. If those torpedoes didn't screw with her IDF, Commodore Pinkerton would be shooting at us."
Still, Lieutenant Kate Ray, the Chief Engineer on the Ra-Cailum, was just as good as Montgomery Scott.
The Inertial Dampeners would be stable in a minute or so.
Then they'd be facing a pissed off Commodore and his crew.
"Transport our personnel and supplies to the ARK! That includes you, Bill!"
William D. Robotnik sighed as he was beamed off the Mikoyan.
His son, Gerald, had already begun working on the reason that he and the others were going to be arrested for.
He would never see the surface of Mobius or Earth ever again.
Was Project SHADOW worth it?
Ambassador Prototype-Class USS Ra-Cailum NCC-10017
The IDF field was stabilized, and after a 16 shot volley of Type IX (5) torpedoes designed to destabilize it, that was amazing.
Still, type IXs were nothing.
"To quote a famous video game character of the 21st Century, NOW I'M PISSED!" (6)
The Ra-Cailum turned to face the Lancer-IV, then locked her new phaser arrays onto it.
"FIRE!" (7)
The Lancer-IV took the hits, which yelled that the colonists had upgraded the shields.
The Mikoyan fired a spread of newer Mk X torpedoes, but the more advanced and deadly Ambassador Prototype shrugged the torpedoes off.
Still, the larger ship was at a disadvantage.
But the commander of the Ra-Cailum was a tactical genius, and he was a pissed off tactical genius.
"High energy turn, bearing 199 mark 26, then fire phasers in an aft facing arc!"
The helm and tactical officers worked in unison, with the Ra-Cailum turning almost 100 degrees within the galactic plain, then tilting up at a 26 degree angle.
As the Commodore predicted, the Mikoyan passed under and behind the newer battleship.
The new Type-VI phaser arrays (AN: Not to be confused with the phaser banks on Constitution and Excelsior-Class starships; think phasers on Galaxy and Sovereign-Class starships) fired at the Lancer, scarring the NX-type warp nacelle on the port side.
"Her upper aft port shields are gone!"
The Ra-Cailum took another hit from the Mikoyan, although she dodged most of the torpedo fire, she couldn't dodge all of the phaser fire.
"Lower aft shields at 40%! I'd like to hijack the tactical officer from that ship; he's as good as me!"
"So'tor, just kill him!"
The Andorian tactical officer fired a barrage of Type-XV photons, removing the Lancer's dorsal shields.
"They're using transporter inhibiters! (8) I can't beam the directors or anyone else off that ship!"
"Then we do it my way."
Ray and So'tor looked at the Commodore.
"High energy turn, bearing 358 mark 269, phaser and photon torpedo barrage, forward arc! 3, 2, 1, now!"
The Ra-Cailum turned quickly, and fired another barrage of phasers and photons.
The Mikoyan used her superior engine power to dodge the higher yield torpedoes, but took terrible, terrible damage (9) from the phaser barrage.
Then the Constitution-Class Enterprise-A finally entered the fray, phasers and photons hitting the shields and hull.
Still, the Enterprise couldn't beam them off, so the Commodore had a simpler, if bloody, option: destroy the ship.
Thankfully, the Mikoyan was an easy target, thanks to the Enterprise's phasers hitting the Lancer's impulse drive.
"Arm high yield photon torpedoes. So'tor, fire at will."
The Andorian pulled out his phaser pistol and shot at the science officer, Ensign William Goddard.
"Not what I meant, you idiot!"
"Sorry! Human idiotism. Very confusing."
"Just fire the torpedoes at that ship."
5 high-yield Type-XVII photon torpedoes left the tubes, hitting the saucer and engineering sections.
Cue massive explosion.
"Well, that sucked."
"Sir?"
"We were told to arrest them, not kill them."
Constitution Refit-Class USS Enterprise NCC-1701-A
"That was overkill."
Spock nodded, but his logic kicked in.
"We could not send over a shuttle to arrest them, as they still had weapons and they were using transporter inhibiters.
Destroying the Mikoyan was the only logical option left to the Commodore."
"And they shot at him, and that usually means he gets to destroy them. The Romulans still call him the God of Death, right?"
"And the Klingons are still scared of him, calling him the Second Coming of Kahless the Unforgettable, and let's not talk about the Breen."
The entire bridge crew, including Spock of all people, shuttered at that thought.
That incident was something no one wanted to talk about. (10)
"We need to talk with the Mobian government. Is that Dark Legion ship in the area?"
"It cloaked, so I have no idea, Captain. But I think we should still remain at Red Alert, just in case."
"Good idea, Mr. Chekov. Bones, Spock, Scotty, we're going down to the colony. Mr. Chekov, you have the con. Uhura, contact the Ra-Cailum. Ask the Commodore to cover the Enterprise and tell the Tripoli (11) to transport Ambassador Sarek to Mobius. We're going to need him."
To quote the T-101 from T3: I'm back!
Well, as my profile states, I'm back from my long term hiatus, and I'm loving it!
(1) Named for an avatar of the Sun god Ra and for the Mobile Suit Gundam battleship/carrier. Also references my many Gundam stories.
(2) Every ship had a pathfinder, and in this case, the Ra-Cailum NCC-10017 is the prototype for the Ambassador, as they can't test everything in a computer, hence the fact that it's not a true Ambassador, but an 'Ambassador Prototype'-Class.
(3) My designation for the BoP we see in Star Trek Enterprise.
(4) This is my answer to the USS Constellation NCC-1017 being before the USS Constitution NCC-1700: it's a refit of a similar ship, turned into a Constitution-Class. Every pre-NCC-1700 Constitution was a Lancer-Class starship, named for the Gears of War assault rifle, and the Marks got closer to the final Constitution-Class, with the Mk IV still retaining a number of NX-Class design features but more like a Constitution. The last Lancer was the Constitution herself, but she was so different, she became the first of her class.
(5) Photon torpedo types were revised in the early 24th Century, with the Mk XVII becoming the Mk IV.
(6) Gears of War's Marcus Fenix, after he gets revived, sometimes saying this.
(7) Wrath of Khan. Simple as that.
(8) Used to stop people from beam to or from a location. Mostly seen in Star Trek Insurrection, but it's logical to assume the Federation had them for a long time.
(9) StarCraft II. Think about it.
(10) The first Ra-Cailum made first contact with the Breen, and it didn't end well. For the Breen.
(11) The Tripoli was a Hokule'a-class starship that found Data in 2338. She was decommissioned by 2340, due to her age.
Next time on Star Trek: Hell hath no Fury: Kirk and co. visit Mobius, and the Dark Legion causes more trouble for the Enterprise-A.
Ja Ne, everybody!