Disclaimer:
I do not own the characters of Star Trek, I am however borrowing them, no not to make money but for fun and fun only. :)
Summary:
What would have happened if the crew of the Enterprise on finding the Botany Bay had woke up someone else instead of Kahn? Repost of the original story.
How could things have been different for all concerned but not necessarily for the better with the wakening of the Botany Bay. So this covers many things, one main thing is what was up with how the Klingons looked in Star Trek OS. We have what Archer claimed happened, but here is my take, and one that works Khan nicely into everything here. On and the Dominion makes an appearance too into this whole mess.
Chapter 1: The SS Botany Bay:
This was the last thing that Captain Kirk expected out here, it was so far from earth that really it should not be here. The small ship (small compared to the Enterprise that is) floated serine in space by the great starship. It had been scanned and it was clear this was a sleeper ship, one of a very few used from earth to bring settlers out to known habitable worlds when warp drive was primitive and it took years to get to places. This ship however did not have warp engines and had been caught in the gravity well of Alpha Ceit Star system. Scans confirmed it was a DY-100, a ship that had been secretly made in the late 1990s in the then secret Eugenics war.
That war had been going on since the end of World War 2; many top Nazi scientists had managed to escape punishment by working for either the Soviets or the Americans. What many had not known until many years after the fall of the Soviet Union is that the Nazis had been playing both sides and creating a "master race" of super solders. History recorded these solders talking over much of the developing world and finally; being over come disappearing. If those men and women were on this ship then captain Kirk had a very real problem according to the ship historian Lt. Marla McGivers.
"There are life signs on that ship Jim." McCoy said leaning on Kirk's chair. "We could use a shuttle to go over."
"Right, we are going to beam over." Kirk said. "Bones, Spock, McGivers with me."
"Why can't we use a nice safe shuttle?" McCoy complained, "I hate having my atoms scattered all over kingdom come!"
"And yet you joined Starfleet." Spock replied, "most illogical if you dislike the transporter."
"I dislike annoying pointed eared crewmates the most." McCoy said not really meaning it, "to much logic and not enough of anything else."
"Indeed." Spock said emotionless.
They headed down to the transporter room with McCoy grumbling about having his atoms scattered all over kingdom come all the way there. He liked to complain, but he loved to explore and enjoyed being with this crew and his two friends, James Kirk and Spock. Three security joined them and Scotty beamed them over to the other ship. It looked nearly new, and Kirk knew this was because the ship having gone nearly light speed that roughly three years had passed on the ship while nearly three hundred had passed in real time. The ship was far more advanced than any of them would have expected from this time, a time when the governments of the world denied their people space travel in the light of "national security". Rows of storage containers had one person each, each naked but for a sheet that covered them.
"Most of them survived." McCoy said scanning with his tricorder. "I am amazed that any did."
"What are we looking at?" Kirk asked.
"72 of 80 are still alive." Spock said looking around. "This one is cycling on."
"Cycling on?" Kirk asked.
"The computer is advanced enough to know we are on board." Spock said.
"And he is in bad shape." McCoy said.
It was true; the compartment that held a tall black haired olive skinned man began to warm the man up. Slowly the man was taken out of cryogenic sleep and his body was warmed to human temperatures. He did not wake and McCoy noticed with his readings he was in deep trouble. He needed to get him back to the Enterprise now. He got the man out of the compartment and onto a hover-sled and beamed back to the Enterprise with him. Yet, despite all his hard work, the man did not wake and they needed answers as to why he was out here in the first place. Kirk called a meeting in the ready room and contacted Starfleet. This small change would change everything for the survivors on the Botany Bay.
"Admiral Gordon here." A tall dark man in gold shirt said as soon as he came on. "Hello Jim what can I do for you."
"We found a ship out here." Kirk said and told him everything that they had found. "One of the compartments that held one of these people cycled on but the man has not woke up."
"You want to wake up more that it." Gordon said. "If I say no I know you will anyway."
"So that a yes?" Kirk said.
"Yea, just be careful, these people could be very dangerous." Gordon warned him. "If they are who we think they are, well if you need help I can send one ship out, but no more."
"Yes sir, Kirk out."
Kirk went back to sickbay but McCoy did not have any good news for him about their patient. Kirk made the decision to head back to the sleeper ship with Spock and McGivers. They walked through the ship and Kirk saw in one container a healthy looking man, he looked like he could wake up with no problems. He was a young man with blond hair and lightly tanned skin and he looked less threatening than the others did. With help from a young engineer, the man was taken out of his cryogenic sleep and taken to the Enterprise. Later that day the young man woke scared out of his mind.
"Easy son, you are safe." McCoy said to him.
"Where am I?" He asked. "Who are you?"
"I am doctor McCoy, this is the starship USS Enterprise." McCoy said. "Who are you?"
"Joachim, I go by Joachim." The young man said looking more fearful as Kirk came into the room. "You are not, not Eugenics."
"No, you are safe." Kirk said puzzled by this man's reactions. "The year is 2267AD, and you are far from earth."
"New start, a new start they promised us that."
Before Kirk could get anymore out of the boy Joachim fell asleep too tired to stay awake at this time. Kirk had time to speak to him and would let him rest, McCoy would be most unhappy if he did not. This man was going to turn history on its head when McGivers talked to him and found out just what history was stored on the SS Botany Bay.
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Like I said this is a reboot of the original story which was a mess. Khan did not wake up here but another did. He was able to listen to reason and risk trusting the Enterprise crew.
Anyway I do like to hear what you think, so please review!
