Lieutenant Pellaeon Marched onto the bridge of the Star Destroyer Intimidator. Despite the recent battle and narrow escape, the officers maintained their professionalism.
"Damage report, lieutenant." ordered Captain Harcourt.

"Weapons will be online in two hours, Hyperdrive is still offline, and there are 85 dead and 101 wounded." reported Pellaeon.

"I want that hyperdrive online within the next half hour, see to it."

"Yes Sir." Pellaeon quickly said as he rushed to engineering.

"Location scans are complete sir!" an officer announced. "The wormhole has placed us," the officer paused to read. "In a different galaxy." A silence fell over the bridge.

"Has there been any success in contacting that space station?" Harcourt asked, breaking the silence.

"Communications are coming online sir." stated an officer, moving aside so Harcourt could see the screen.


The screen in ops cut from static to a clear image of a man wearing a grey uniform and cap.

"This is Captain Harcourt of the Imperial Star Destroyer Intimidator. What is the designation of this space station?" Sisko stood and faced the screen.

"I am Captain Sisko, commander of Bajoran station Deep Space Nine. We are-" Harcourt interrupted Sisko.

"We are in need of repairs and medical facilities, can you supply those?"

"Yes. We would-" Harcourt began to speak, Sisko raised his hand and stared at Harcourt. Harcourt closed his mouth. Sisko continued "We need you to answer some questions for us. drop your shields and prepare to beam over."

"Did you say 'beam' over?" asked Harcourt.

"Yes, we would use our transporters to transport you over." responded Sisko.

"I suppose we could," said Harcourt. Sisko signaled O'Brien to beam Harcourt aboard. A beam of orange light and and a previously empty pad in ops held Harcourt and a two-stormtrooper escort. O'Brien noted the shocked expression on Harcourt's face.

"Lieutenant Barclay was less fearful of transporters" thought O'Brien. Harcourt stumbled to get back to an upright stance.

"What was that?" asked Harcourt as calmly as he could, trying to retain his professionalism.

"That was a transporter." said O'Brien, attempting to hold back laughter.


"So, you were attacked by a group of insurgents, nearly destroyed and accidentally entered that wormhole and ended up here. Is that the whole story?" asked Sisko, growing wearier every second he spent with Harcourt. Harcourt leaned back into his seat.

"Yes." he cooly responded, "That is the entire story." Sisko's combadge beeped to life.

"Ops to Captain Sisko." said Kira over the coms.

"Go ahead Colonel."

"More ships are emerging from the wormhole." From the wardroom window Sisko could see the wormhole open, and four small ships emerge, barely visible against the surrounding space.

"Damn!" shouted Harcourt, immediately standing and moving to the window. "Those rebels tracked us!" All Harcourt could do was watch as a squadron of X-Wings fired torpedoes into the Intimidator. The hull tore apart , explosion after explosion, leaving only a debris cloud. "You Maniacs! You blew it up! Damn you! God damn you all to hell!" Screamed harcourt, dropping to his knees and pounding the floor with his fist.

"Colonel, open a channel to those ships and ask them just what they think they're doing." ordered Sisko, visibly enraged.


"Yes captain." responded Kira on the other end of the line. She turned to the communications console and sent out a hail. "This is the Starfleet station Deep Space Nine, identify yourselves."

"This is Rogue Squadron of the Rebel Alliance, how may we be of assistance?" said the voice of Wedge Antilles.

"Explain why you deliberately attacked and destroyed that starship."

"We were just completing the mission. If you don't mind, we need to leave, so-" Kira interrupted Wedge.

"Actually, I was hoping you could come aboard and answer some questions about about this 'mission.'" Kira said with a faux smile. Silence filled ops for a moment while the rebels debated. The line reopened.

"We can answer some questions."