Title: To Boldly Go
Summery: John Sheppard had had better weeks. Wraith attacks, flying the city, temporal rifts, and nearly empty galaxies. Things couldn't be worse. Mostly Star Trek: TNG with Voyager and DS9 worked in and references from Star Trek 2009.
Pairing: None for the moment. Other than the blatantly obvious canon ones.
Disclaimer: The great and wonderful mind of Gene Roddenberry (among others) owns the creation of Star Trek. Sci-Fi and whom ever it concerns own Stargate: SG-1 and Stargate: Atlantis.
Warning:There will be lots of spoilers for Star Trek: TNG/DS9/Voyager, and Stargate: SG-1. There will be spoilers for whatever I happen to remember of SGA. I warn you now, there's bound to be lots of mistakes for both worlds in general. Not to mention the technical mechanics of the awesome things that happen in both. I'm no astrophysicist or a theoretical physicist. I wouldn't mind being one, but I'm not so good with the math (linear geometry is murder).
Captain's log: Stardate 62735.6: We've been asked to lend our assistance on a Bajoran archaeological dig. After the untimely departure of Captain Sisko, the Bajorans have been exploring the cave system he disappeared in. They've claimed to have found something rather remarkable.
"Standard orbit, Ensign," Jean-Luc Picard ordered the helmsmen once they'd reached the planet Bajor.
Captain Picard was excited. His smile reached his eyes as he nodded to his first officer. "Data," the android stepped from the computer terminal behind the command chairs where he had been reading up on the reports they were sent.
Picard tapped his comm badge. "Lt. Commander LaFaorge, to transporter room three."
"Aye, Captain." Came the reply.
"You have the bridge, Number One."
Commander William Riker smiled widely at his Captain and friend. He didn't have to be a Betazoid to feel the excitement pouring off Picard in near tangible waves. "Yes, Sir," he answered just as the turbolift doors were closing.
"He's very excited, isn't he?"
Riker looked to his long time off again on again lover, Deanna Troi. "It's contagious." He replied with a chuckle.
Three transporter beams appeared in the designated area for transports. Signaling to the waiting Bajorans that the Starfleet experts had arrived. It took just a second for Picard to spot a familiar face. He stepped forward beyond the sectioned off area and into the main cavern.
"Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the Starship Enterprise," he introduced holding out his hand in greeting. "Major Nerys, it's a pleasure to see you again."
The Bajoran smiled, impressed that the Starfleet captain remembered her after so many years. The smile turned into a smirk. "It's Commander now, actually."
"Ah, my mistake, then," Picard announced congenially. "These are my officers, Lt. Commander LaForge - engineering chief. And Commander Data--"
"The android," Nerys interrupted. "Yes, well, don't want to keep you waiting. I'm sure you're all very interested in this." And with that she lead them through the tunnels.
"I have read up on the findings we were sent. They were very limited in information." Data inquired.
"There wasn't much information to be told. Just a bunch of unknowns. Our historians were working all over this for months and haven't found anything correlating with our known history. There were traces of a mineral in the stone that's not found on Bajor. It's not Cardassian either. The engravings marked around the edges of the stone don't match with any known languages in the database. We've managed to date the cavern to around 10,000 years, but the trace amount of the mineral prohibit the scanners from getting an accurate reading on the stone itself."
The Commander sighed in frustration. "The one thing we know for certain, it's not Bajoran."
"And the rest we thought you might like to see first hand for yourself." Picard and the others turned to the new voice. She was an attractive Trill with dark hair and sparkling eyes. Her blue and black Starfleet uniform indicated her as a science officer. Her smile was bright and welcoming. Holding out her hand in welcome, "Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax."
A/N: This was so not the chapter I had in mind. The Enterprise was suppose to have come across some alien technology floating out in space which happened to resemble the Pegasus gates. Guess even short stories can get away from you. Ah well, maybe I'll save it for a future chapter.
