One Hundred an Eight Years Later…
Starship Log: Supplemental.
We have engaged our new propulsion drive system and set course for the new frontier of exploration, the neighbouring Galaxy of Canis Major which is roughly 28'000 light-years away from the Sol System. As expected, it has taken three months to cover the vast distance for this one of a kind vessel, which has taken thirty years to perfect. With our last 'Jump' we detected what appeared to be a Class M Planet with a population of many. Could this be the Federation's first encounter with a species from another Galaxy? Only our next jump will tell.
Completing the final 'Jump' forwards, the prototype ship appeared in a flash of light at a safe distance from the M Class Planet they had detected as the Commander of the ship leaned backwards in her chair with a large smile echoing across her face as she spoke.
"Nice work Mister Kyle. I would call that, a successful leap of faith. Congratulations everyone, we have successfully entered a high orbit above an Extra-galactic planet. Now comes the delicate part…"
Alarm bells screamed out across the bridge as the Red Alert klaxon cried out while the lighting in the room turned into a deep red colour instantly.
"Admiral, a vessel has just… appeared off of our port bow" Called out the tactical officer.
"What do you mean, just appeared?" She cried out quickly.
"I mean it just… appeared ma'am. I've never seen anything like it"
"Admiral, YOU are being hailed, personally"
"What? On screen" She said as she stood from her chair slowly.
"I don't think it is on screen Admiral…" Said the Tactical Officer with a slight smile.
Appearing before the main view-screen of the ship, a hologram sparkled into life and looked around the bridge with a large smile on the female face before her eyes fell upon the Admiral before she nodded and raised her hands slowly as she spoke.
"Relax, It's just a Hologram of me. Well, took you guys long enough to get out here"
"Who are you?" The Admiral said with shock.
"All in good time. We've been following you for some time now Admiral Miral Paris. We've been waiting for Starfleet for over 100 years. Why not beam down to the planet… I'll explain everything"
"Who are you?" The one-quarter Klingon called out.
"You might call me, a friend of the family. I have a very long story to tell you Admiral… and perhaps, Starfleet is finally ready to accept us?"
"Admiral, that ship… is not there. It's a Hologram" The Science Officer said with deep shock.
"Quite right Mister Talaxian officer, we thought that a familiar looking ship would make it easier for you. The actual Aurora was decommissioned fifty years ago. I see from the look in your eyes Miral, that you recognise the name?"
Walking towards the hologram of the woman who had appeared on her bridge, Miral scanned her face as she scanned her own memories from her childhood before she spoke with a deep shock.
"Very much so Mila?"
"No. Mila is my sister, I am Alicia. A lot has changed since we found ourselves here Admiral. You can relax, deep in the knowledge that you are amongst friends out here Admiral. Beam down to the surface when you wish, we have a very long story to tell you"
Three hours of conversations about what had happened since the Aurora and her fleet had left the safety of the Federation, it seemed as if the old Klingon Admiral had been overwhelmed by the lengthy report given to her by the woman who sat before her, a woman who met her own parents over one hundred years ago, a woman who had not aged more then ten years since she was last seen.
"So, tell me again Alicia… how did you get out here in such a short time?"
"As you wish, Admiral. Well, after we left the Sol System, many of our people had grown tired of the constant chase… myself included. Those who had grown tired wanted to leave the fleet we found a planet, hidden inside a vast nebula, the planet wasn't exactly perfect as my own species would not have survived one winter. My people do not adapt very well to the cold, that planet had a winter which would have killed most of us, anyway. Those who wanted to stay where perfectly welcome to, but some chose to settle on the new world. We gave them everything they needed, habitats from their ships, power supplies, food, medicines, everything they needed, but of course… we removed our Jump-Drive from their ship. After all, it was a technology that belonged to my people as my father's legacy"
"I have been to their world Alicia, I had seen what they had done… and what they had become" Miral said with a gentle smile.
"I see, well… we stayed in orbit of the new colony for a week, if anyone changed their mind and wanted to join us again. Well, we began the star-up sequence for the jump, we had no idea what was about to happen. There was a Wormhole near the star system where we had left the others, as we powered up the drive the jump, it was drawn towards us like a damned magnet which interfered with the jump-drive… We came around about fifteen minutes later, in orbit of this world although we didn't't know at the time of course. Everything was off-line including sensors, shields, weapons and propulsion systems. When we finally got them back on-line, lets just say that we where more then shocked by what we found, somehow our the Aurora and the fleet had been thrown out here through the wormhole, the planet was perfect for us a tropical world just ripe for a colony of our people…"
"You moved in right away?" Miral said slowly as she looked at her surroundings one more time.
"No, we waited. But while we waited we repaired the ships and the fleet just in case we where in someone's territory. It had happened in the past with less then desirable results. We conducted a full scan of the planet and surrounding system as standard procedure dictates as well as transmitting a call on all frequencies via the translator. After two weeks with contact from the outside, we began to land our fleet and set up the colony by dismantling the ships themselves, with the acceptation of the military ships of course which remained in orbit and the surrounding system for defence, just in case anyone decided to lay claim to the planet afterwards" Alicia said with a gentle smile on her face.
"I assume that no one did? Lay claim I mean?"
"No Admiral, the world was free to claim. It took six months to get the colony up and running efficiently after which I was reactivated into the military by my sister, I was given the rank of Fleet-Commander, basically Fleet-Admiral in your terms after which I was placed in command of the Fleet once again, we had a new territory to explore while Mila and her team worked on how we got here and how we could return if we wanted. The only problem was, the Aurora was getting old, she had not had a full upgrade since we left our homeworld. I placed my former X-O as commander of the Celestra and the ship was dispatched on a survey of the new galaxy, basically we wanted to find out if any species had War technology out here, or something similar of course"
"Of Course, so what did you find?"
"The Celestra surveyed a radios of a vessel which could reach our new home, at Warp Nine in three months, after a few minor upgrades and repairs other ships joined in with the search. We quickly realised that the most advanced species within range was comparable to the Federation, in the mid 23rd Century, the some had just found their feet in space or about to make the first step while the majority, well, they where pre-warp. After two years in space, our fleet returned home for the re-launch of the Aurora which was now the panicle of our technology and she could take over where the Celestra left off with my former First Officer as Commander of flagship. Word had spread amongst the warp capable species about us, several made contact. It didn't take long before we where informed of an advanced species which was subjugating those systems and they asked for our help…"
"That seems to be an on-going thing, where ever we go" Miral replied with a slight smile.
"At first, we didn't get involved, our laws forbade it. We where at the time, more then 300 years more advanced then anyone in the galaxy. I guess our species had come a full circle in that when my ancestors first entered space, they found your galaxy in a similar state 1'000s of years ago. Two years later, one of our new scout-ships, similar in nature to your old Nova Class ships, came across a fleet of eight of those who had subjugated the galaxy and it was destroyed by the overwhelming fleet. Well, I would not stand for that. You see, our new vessel had been launched a few days before called 'Legacy' it was originally designed to replace the aging and battle-hardened Aurora, I took both vessels our into the galaxy and located those responsible for the deaths of forty of my people…"
"Did you attack them?" Miral called out, with a slight Klingon Blood-Lust in her eyes.
"Nope, but as the humans would say 'I scared the shit out of them'. we searched for about a week before we found their homeworld. It was actually impressive, their defences where extensive. The Aurora dropped into normal space behind their defences which where aimed out into space and sent us the coordinates of their capital city. Moments later, the Legacy dropped in we where two hundred feet above the highest building and we instantly demanded restitution for the destruction of our ship. The Aurora put on a little display of power by destroying eight large asteroids within the ring system of their world. One torpedo for each asteroid over a mile wide. We quickly announced that we would no longer sit back and watch anyone destroy the galaxy we had come to call our home…"
"A show of force? Nice work" Miral said with a large smile on her face.
"It took awhile, two long years actually, we launched two more Legacy Class ships, the Typhoon and the Galactica and with each of our ships upgraded along side the new fleet… I guess you could say that we became the police force in this galaxy. Two years later, we created an alliance of worlds, a new Federation based on cooperation and exploration based on what we had learned in our travels an from the databanks we where allowed to see from your Federation itself. We are out here Miral, we are out here now and if your Federation is ready… we can open up an area of exploration to your people, the likes of which you have never seen"
"What are you saying Alicia?" Miral said with a deep shock in her voice.
"It took you months to get out here, I have been to Earth many times in the past 100 years. How would you and your crew like to return to Federation space today, Now?" Replied Alicia as she leaned forwards in her chair with a large smile.
"How?"
"Perhaps you don't know this Admiral, but a side-effect of the Space-Fold technology was discovered eight years ago by my own people. The fold can not only bend space, but time itself. I can have your ship and one of my choosing back to Earth in one hour if wanted, that is how we knew you where on your way. Mila, designed your engine herself… she designed it along with Annika Hansen after making contact with her, many years ago"
"But how Alicia? How is this possible?"
"By your calendar, this is the 25th century, correct? We could take you back to Earth at any point in history, or any point in this universe… which has become our playground now. That is the real reason why I have barely aged Mila, we have discovered the real secret behind Temporal Travel. Mila, my own sister went back in time to when she herself was but a child, she gave her the knowledge she would need to save our people. We are now offering that knowledge… to the Federation"
