Captain's Log: Stardate: 59115.4: The Alexandria has received a distress call from the planet known to many as Thundera from Lieutenant Commander Michelle Trinn. She reported the camp site of the Thunderchild's final resting place was attacked by an unknown assailant. The Alexandria arrived in orbit to find the debris of the U.S.S. O'Hara with the only survivors on the planet surface.
Lieutenant Commander Trinn sat in the conference room with the senior staff of the Alexandria. It was bittersweet to be back on the Alexandria and to be sitting around the conference table with her old comrades. She had wished it was for different reasons. When she was first beamed aboard, she and the other survivors were taken to sickbay where Doctor Plumley and her staff looked them over and took care of the injuries. She was still unsure of what really happened and why the O'Hara, a Saber class starship, was destroyed and left to float lifelessly in orbit around Thundera. Sure, the Saber class was not a battle ship in comparison to a Sovereign class or a Galaxy class, it was more of a science ship but it could easily hold its own. The first people that entered Trinn's mind as who could be responsible was the Borg.
Allensworth sat in his usual chair, facing the rest of his senior staff plus one. His attention was focused on Trinn. "So, you have no idea who attacked you?" He asked.
Trinn shook her head. "No, sir."
"Analyzing the debris of the O'Hara, the energy residue left over on the debris is consistent with Romulan disruptors." Ra'chel said.
"Why would the Romulans attack a Federation starship and the remains of one?" Hoshi asked.
"Maybe they finally got tired of the standing around and opened fire on the O'Hara. Turning this cold war into a hot one." McKenzie said.
"While it's possible, it is unlikely that they'd just openly attack a Federation starship." Johnson said.
"It hasn't stopped them before." Dustin said. "I've had plenty of run-ins with the Romulans while serving aboard the Enterprise and Commander Tomalak was willing to start a war by destroying the Enterprise." Dustin shifted in his chair and leaned on his chair's left arm rest. "And with the Gorn, Tholians and Breen behind them, I'm sure they wouldn't care firing the first shot like they did with the Earth and Romulan War back in twenty-one fifty-six."
Johnson looked over to Hoshi. "You took part in that war, didn't you, Lieutenant Commander?"
Hoshi shook her head. "Wrong Hoshi, Commander. That was the Hoshi of this timeline.
"Even so, why would they fire on the surface?" Trinn asked getting back to the topic.
For that question, no one had an answer. Tensions between the Federation and the Alliance were very high. "
The attack on the O'Hara and the remains of the Thunderchild could be a retaliation for the sabotage mission by the Federation. It could be possible that an attack by the Alliance could have been carried out. However, there was no real proof other than the energy signature by the weapon residue left over." Johnson said.
Suddenly, the intercom kicked on. It was Lieutenant Dowey's voice. "Captain, we're picking up some interesting readings off the port bow."
"What kind of readings?" Allensworth asked.
"I'm not sure but they're consistent with a Romulan cloaking device." Dowey said.
At that, the group got up from their table and headed to the bridge. They all went to their stations as Trinn stood back near the opening between Allensworth and Merriell's chairs. Lieutenant Commander Johnson sat down at Ops, relieving her replacement. Her eyes scanned her control board as she began entering commands. "Sir, the anomaly seems to be moving away from us."
"It has to be the ship that attacked us on the planet." Trinn said.
"It would appear to be the culprit." Allensworth said.
"It's gone, sir." Johnson said.
"Gone?" Merriell asked.
"Yes, sir. It's just gone."
"Did they go to warp?" Hoshi asked.
Johnson shook her head. "If they had, they would've left a trail caused by the artificial quantum singularity which is what powers Romulan warp drives. This, however, did not."
Allensworth was about to say something when he was practically knocked out of his chair when the ship shook. "SHIELDS!"
"REPORT!" Merriell said.
"Warp drive has been knocked out." Zofchak said. "From the looks of things, they won't be back online for at least six hours." The chief engineer pressed a few buttons on his console. "All available power's been rerouted to the shields."
"Put the ship on screen." Allensworth said. The screen switched on to show the a ship that was not expected to be seen. A Starfleet saucer section that looked to be from a ship from the Galaxy family. The saucer was connected to the hull of a Cardassian Galor class ship, with a Borg cube right in the center of the ship, just behind the Starfleet saucer.
"What the hell is that?" Merriell said standing up
"Lock weapons and fire." Allensworth ordered.
The Alexandria's phaser array glowed and discharged a phaser beam that impacted the mystery ship's shields. The Frankenstein ship fired its Romulan style weapons at the Sovereign class ship, causing more damage.
"Sir," Johnson said. "The weapon signature matches those that attacked O'Hara and the crew on the surface."
"Bring us about." Allensworth said. "And fire." The Alexandria swung around, firing more of its weapons, striking the other ship's shields where the Federation saucer section was located. The other ship stopped its barrage.
Allensworth raised his hand to signal McKenzie to hold her fire. He then tilted his head towards Hoshi. "Open a hailing frequency."
"Open, sir." She replied.
"Unknown vessel, this is Captain Jermaine Allensworth of the Federation starship Alexandria. You have fired on this ship, fired on Starfleet officers on the planet's surface and destroyed another Federation starship. This is considered an act of war. Lower your defensives."
"Sir, their engines are powering up." Johnson said.
Without much warning, the ship leapt into warp.
A short while later, the senior officers as well as Lieutenant Commander Trinn sat around the conference table discussing their current situation.
"That last attack took out our impulse engines. Shields are holding at twenty-seven percent, but if we push it any further, we'll start losing other systems." Dustin said.
Johnson spoke up. "We have reconfigured long range sensors to detect its warp signature. There is no sign of the alien ship or any indication of it returning."
"We have weapons." McKenzie said.
"That ship has the disruptors of a Romulan ship, the warp core and part of its hull of a Cardassian Galor class ship, a Starfleet style saucer section which all of it protected by the shield structure of a Borg cube." Dustin said.
"Their shield frequencies modulate so often, it's hard for our sensors to get an accurate lock." Alex said. "Who knows what they could have."
"While it is possible for the Alliance to attack us," Nycz said. "I don't think they're behind this attack."
Everyone shot looks towards the ship's counselor. The current rivalry to the Federation besides the Borg was the Alliance and to suggest that someone else could behind this did not leave the senior officers with good feelings or thoughts.
"Could you explain that a bit more, Counselor?" Plumley asked.
"What I mean is that, look at all the components that comprise the ship. A Borg cube, a Starfleet saucer section, a Cardassian hull and warp core, Romulan disruptors and who knows what other parts from other factions there are. So far from what we've seen the only Alliance issue part is the Romulan disruptors.
"I want you all to go through the sensor logs and see if we can find something we can use." Allensworth said. "Dustin, I want you to try and get the engines back up and running. Jules, see what you can do to upgrade the weapons so we can get through those shields. As it stands right now, the Alexandria is a sitting duck." He stood up, which gave everyone else the prompt to stand as well. "You all have your assignments. Dismissed."