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Constellation-Class Cruiser USS Stargazer NCC-2893 - Edge of Romulan Neutral Zone

Captain's Log, Stardate 10372.6. While on a survey mission to Galorndon Core, we've received word from a Federation Listening Post along the Neutral Zone that a disturbance has been detected involving several Romulan ships and an older Vulcan vessel.

"Captain, the Romulans appear to be engaged in battle with the unknown ship."

Daithan Ruhalter, Captain of the Stargazer, looked at the his third officer, Lieutenant Jean-luc Picard. "Full sensor scan: I want to know what's happening out there," he ordered.

"Understood, Captain," Picard replied. "Scanning now."

The tactical situation appeared on the screen: three V'Melak-Class warbirds and a practically ancient Suurok-Class cruiser.

"Good Lord, what sort of mess have the Romulans gotten us into NOW?"

The Suurok ignored the fire of the Warbirds, which was barely denting her shields, and fired something into a nearby planet.

"What in the hell? The planet's been turned into molten rock!" The Stargazer was far away from the battle, but when the planet exploded, it created a Class-5 shockwave. To put things in comparison, a Class-1 was roughly the size of the Genesis Device's detonation. A Class-12 was practically a supernova without being a supernova. This was roughly midway between the two. "Brace for contact! Raise-"

The shockwave slammed into the Stargazer, causing massive damage and sparks to fly as consoles exploded.

In the aftermath of the blast, the highest-ranking officer standing was Picard. "Vigo, raise shields!" he ordered as he looked around for the Captain.

Not the best choice Picard ever made, as he found the Captain on the deck, literally missing half his face. Not a pretty way to die.

"Jean-Luc! We've been hit badly: major damage to the outer hull!"

The Stargazer's 40 year old hull had taken a massive pounding, but not enough to kill the ship off.

"The Captain - Captain Ruhalter is down! Medical team to the bridge!"

The first officer was in much better shape, but in no way fit to command: the man was unconscious.

"What are we going to do, Jean-Luc?!"

"I'm taking command. Helm, bring us about: full impulse, get us some distance!"

"On it," the Helmsman replied as the ship began moving away, getting further away from the destroyed planet. In the distance, they could see the Vulcan ship moving in their general direction.

"Open a channel to the Vulcan starship," Picard ordered.

"Channel open."

"Attention, unidentified vessel, this is l-Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the Federation starship Stargazer. You are entering Federation territory. Return to Romulan space!"

"No response, Jean-Luc: they're ignoring us and heading deeper into Federation space."

"Good. We're in no shape for a fight. We need to reach Starbase 61." As the ship turned towards Starbase 61, Picard asked, "Do we still have sensors, Vigo?"

"Barely: the pallets are still there, but we don't have that much power left. It's the planet, or at least what's left of it. The core completely collapsed!"

"What about stellar debris?" Picard asked. "Give me a bearing."

"Computing that now," Vigo replied. "A large portion of the debris will pass through the… Phidian Star System!" The eyes of everyone on the Bridge widened at that - there were three Federation Colony Worlds there, all densely populated. If even one piece of debris struck a single planet, the results would be catastrophic.

"Best possible speed to Starbase 61," Picard ordered. "And open a channel to them - we'll need more ships."

Meanwhile - Starbase 61

U.S.S. Eagle NCC-956

"What the fuck have the Rommy's done now?" Captain Naomi Takeo muttered on the bridge of her ship, having watched the whole spectacle from her bridge as the ship had docked with Starbase 61, along with two other Federation Starships that were in the area at the time: The Ambassador-class USS Gandhi, and the Excelsior-class refit USS Berlin.

The Gandhi was a fairly new ship: the Ambassador-Class had only entered service two years before, and the most recent ship commissioned was continuing a great legacy: the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-C. As the newest ship class, it incorporated some of the most advanced technology of the day: isolinear computers, advanced shields and phaser arrays, and a more advanced warp drive. The Eagle, on the other hand, was nearly pushing 100 years, and was still using 2290s era technology, but that was because they were going to decommission her soon. There was just no way to make her last any longer. However at least now, Naomi knowing very well what must be done now, this would be the Eagle's swansong before she gets mothballed.

"Ma'am, we've got a hail incoming from the Berlin," her Comm Officer replied, causing Naomi to smile. She and the Berlin's Captain, Haruka Yamato, were childhood friends - they'd met during a meeting of their respective parents, who were also good friends. When they'd started exploring their sexuality, they'd discovered an attraction to each other that wasn't quite love, but deeper than lust. So, about once a month (sometimes more frequently), they'd go out for a night on the town and… relieve pent-up tensions.

"Patch it through," Naomi said, nodding.

"Hey there, Naomi," Haruka began as her image appeared on the viewscreen, revealing Haruka's brown hair and violet eyes, just like her ancestors', only her hair fell freely to the middle of her back. "You see all that, too?"

"I'm seeing it, but I'm not believing it," Naomi said, shaking her head. "Just what the HELL have the Rommy's done now?"

"Might not be Romulans - They were certainly involved, but I don't think they were the cause of it," Haruka remarked. "Some of the Sensor Readings I got from that event matched some of the readings Kaa-san and Tou-san wrote about in their journals."

Naomi rose an eyebrow. "Wait… you talking about what they went through during that incident?" she asked.

"Yeah," Naomi replied. "Kaa-san was especially thorough about the energy signature they detected from the Seleya, in case anyone in the family ran into her again… and that 'unknown ship's' energy signature matched it perfectly."

"Well, shit," Naomi muttered. "Well, we can go for a manhunt later, but right now we've got much more bigger problems."

"This is the Gandhi," came the voice of the Gandhi's Captain over the comm channel. "Cut the chatter: we have work to do." The Gandhi's captain was David Garfield Pinkerton, and was related to the MIA Ronald Pinkerton, which they had only heard of in passing. Their parents always seemed to stop talking when his name came up.

"Understood, Gandhi," Haruka replied. "Those fragments look pretty big - hopefully we can get some help, otherwise this might be tricky…"

USS Stargazer - 1 hour later - Starbase 61

Acting Captain's Log, supplemental: Captain Ruhalter is dead. After reaching Starbase 61, we have discovered that there are only three other Federation starships in the system. We have very few resources to aid us in this catastrophe, so whatever we have will have to count twice over. If we fail, millions of lives will be lost.

"The sensor arrays should be able to alert us of the stellar debris entering the system," Picard informed. "We should take this time to reduce the amount of debris entering the system. Stargazer out."

The four ships warped to the leading edge of the oncoming debris cloud, and immediately set to work. Eagle and Berlin worked together, taking down any fragments that looked like they might be heading towards either the Sensor Arrays or any of the planets, often doubling up their Phaser fire on one target while their Photon Torpedoes were unleashed against completely separate targets.

The larger Gandhi fired her type-VII phasers at the debris, clearing it away from hitting Phidian IV. The Ambassador-Class ship was effectively a 568-meter long turret. "Gandhi to fleet: we're clearing out as much fragments as possible, but unless we either get extra assistance or the debris lessens up, we are going to get overwhelmed."

"Starbase 61 to all ships," came the voice of the Starbase 61 Station Commander. "We've been monitoring the situation - the debris entering the system is steadily increasing, but I believe we can be of some assistance."

"How?" Haruka asked. "It's not like you can move as freely as a Starship!"

"We've made modifications to the defense turrets near the starbase, boosting their power and range," the Station Commander replied. "If you can tow them into position with your Tractor Beams, they should be able to make your job much easier."

"Understood," Picard replied as Stargazer finished off another fragment. "We'll begin towing them into place immediately. Stargazer out."

The Stargazer headed back to the starbase as fast as it could, still suffering from damage to her engines from the detonation. "I don't think we can keep this up for long, Jean-Luc: the engines are starting to malfunction. If we push them any harder, they'll blow!"

"Do what you can to keep them online," Jean-Luc said. "Eagle, you're faster than we are: I believe we're going to need your assistance in putting the turrets into position."

"Say no more!" Naomi said, as the Eagle quickly returned to the starbase, engaging its tractor beam around the first turret. "We'll move these over the planets ASAP! You just worry about the other fragments!"

"Thank you, Eagle," Jean-Luc replied, as the Stargazer moved back into the fray, her engineering teams doing their level best to keep her engines operational.

"Berlin to Gandhi," Haruka said over the comm channels. "I think there are more platforms than there are planets we need to protect - think we might be able to just Tractor one and pull it behind us as we move through the debris, letting the platform clear large swaths of the debris?"

"The only ship big enough to tow one of the turrets and not get slowed down is mine, Captain," David replied. "Helm, move us into position and lower shields." The Gandhi turned toward the starbase, slightly slower due to her large mass, but that mass was coming in handy now. As soon as the Ambassador-Class ship was in range, the Gandhi locked a tractor beam onto one of the turrets, then turned back toward the debris field. "Helm, attack pattern Delta."

"Understood," the Helmsman replied as the Gandhi moved into the debris field, the turret behind it mowing down large swaths of debris in its wake. Meanwhile, the Eagle and Berlin finished moving the rest of the turrets into position.

"Starbase 61 to all ships," the Station Commander announced. "We've picked up a massive piece of stellar debris entering the edge of the system. It's far too large for your weapons to damage."

"We could set our torpedoes to their maximum yield," David remarked. "Captain, that would only make matters worse," the Station Commander replied, "Stargazer, any suggestions?"

Picard looked at the tactical map. "Hmm… we could use kinetic impacts," he remarked, "use our Tractor Beams to tow other fragments into the larger one."

"It'll be slow going for most of you," David informed. "The Berlin and the Gandhi are the only ships that can tow those things and not get slowed down in the process. Meaning, Captain Yamato, I'm going to need your help."

"Understood," Haruka replied. "We'll do our best. Naomi, think you can cover us from any other debris fragments? We're going to need to focus entirely on towing pieces into that large one, so we won't be able to deal with any that might threaten us."

"I've got you covered," Naomi said, "We've moved all the platforms, so we can focus on the fragments now. We've got your back."

"Thanks, Naomi," Haruka replied. "I'll owe you dinner once we're done with all this. Now let's get to work!"

The two largest ships locked a tractor beam onto a fragment before turning on the massive, moon-sized object heading into the system. "Fuck me, that thing's half the size of Luna!"

"That just makes it a bigger target, Commander. Ensign, I know you've been looking into my database, so you know exactly what I'm talking about."

"C-Captain?"

"Attack pattern Pinkerton Zeta."

The Ambassador-Class performed a skid turn before pitching up 45 degrees, beginning to spiral around the large fragment, releasing the Tractor at the right moment to allow the fragment they were towing to slam into the larger one.

The Berlin was a bit less flashy as it came in from behind the large fragment at high speed, cutting the tractor and ducking down below it as the smaller fragment the ship had been towing impacted with the larger one.

"We're damaged the fragment, but we haven't destroyed it yet," Picard reported. "Another one should do the trick, Captain."

"We're working on it: some of our RCS clusters overloaded during that turn. It seems that there's only a few pilots who can pull that maneuver in a starship, and both of them are dead. Berlin, you're going to have to do this alone for now!"

"Understood," Haruka replied as the Berlin tractored another fragment, coming straight at the large one again before releasing the smaller fragment to slam into it, destroying the large fragment.

"Excellent work, everyone," Picard informed. "All of the fragments have been either destroyed or diverted from the planets. Well done."

"Understood, Stargazer. Care to tell us how this all happened?" David asked.

As they all returned to Starbase 61, Picard informed them all about the encounter with the older Vulcan ship, and what it had done…

USS Stargazer - Starbase 61 - two days later

Captain's Log, Stardate 10374.8: This is my first entry as captain of a starship, although I wish my command bars hadn't come at such a high cost. With the loss of Captain Ruhalter and several of my crewmates, I grieve for us all. However, they died upholding the highest traditions of Starfleet, proudly rising to a challenge and attempting to overcome great odds. Our friends and comrades will be missed.

I will endeavor to be a worthy captain to such a fine crew and such a fine ship.

I do regret that Starfleet has been unable to determine the whereabouts of the vessel which brought the Romulans to our doorstep. Perhaps, in time, we'll be able to piece together what really happened here today in an effort to give it meaning.

Starbase 61 - Guest Quarters

Haruka smiled as Naomi walked into the room they'd requested together. "Hey there, Naomi," she said. "How are things on your ship?"

"Good, I suppose..." Naomi said, sighing as she flopped down onto the bed. "Just wish they weren't gonna decommission her in a few years… Eagle was my first command, and well… I just got attached to her, ya know? I know I'll probably be assigned something better but… just won't be the same…"

Haruka sighed in agreement as she sat next to Naomi. "Yeah, I hear ya," she replied. "You serve on a ship long enough… command her long enough… almost turns into… well… home."

"Yeah..." Naomi said with a sigh. "It's just gonna feel… different…" She then seemed to bite her lower lip a bit. "Hey uhh… Haruka? We're… friends, right?"

"Yeah," Haruka replied. "Friends who sleep with each other once a month, or more often if either of us is stressed, but yeah, you're definitely my best friend." She cocked her head inquisitively. "Why do you ask?"

"Well…" Naomi muttered, a bit of red reaching her face. "Have you ever thought about… being… more than… friends?"

Haruka was a bit startled by the question. She had been recently feeling… deeper… emotions for Naomi, but hadn't said anything, for fear that it might destroy their friendship if Naomi didn't feel the same way. "I… y… yeah…" she said after a moment. "I have, but I never said anything, cause I was worried what might happen if you felt… differently…"

Naomi blinked in surprise, looking at Haruka "R-Really?" she asked, "I-I mean… I… I felt the same way and all… I'd have brought it up sooner but… I… I didn't want to ruin what we already had, I mean…"

Haruka smiled. "I… I guess we were both nervous about rejection, without realizing we had no cause for those worries, huh?" she asked. "Well, might as well say it properly…" She leaned in close to Naomi and whispered, "Aishiteru."

"Aishiteru..." Naomi whispered back, before the two's lips met in a passionate kiss once again, only it felt much more different than before.

Haruka was ecstatic, knowing that her childhood friend, who she'd come to love over the course of their lives working together, sharing experiences, and sharing each other's bodies, loved her back. Her tongue slipped out from her mouth to begin exploring Naomi's, even as her hands began to dip lower…

Before anything could happen, however, the door opened. "Captain Takeo - JESUS FUCKING CHRIST!" The intruder (who was clearly a man) jumped back and landed on his ass. "LOCK THE FUCKING DOOR, FOR GOD'S SAKE!"

Naomi's face turned beet red. "I-I-I-I did!" she said, before glaring at Haruka. "Haruka-chan!"

"Hey, don't look at me!" Haruka replied. "I made sure to lock the door whenever I came back into the room and you were already there!"

"Well, I didn't unlock it! Christ!" The door shut again after he crawled out.

Haruka sighed. "Do we want to see what he wants, or…" She smiled sultrily as she laid a hand upon Naomi's breasts. "…shall we continue?"

Naomi blushed, but smirked a bit. "Computer, lock the door," she said as the door was automatically locked. "Now… where were we?"

Haruka smiled as she claimed Naomi's lips again…

Takeshi Yamato: Legacy Mission 11, DONE!

Ron the True Fan: And the running gag continues. (Chuckles)

117Jorn: And one more generation added into the Takeo, Yamato, and Pinkerton families - and next chapter, we start on the next gen!

Takeshi Yamato: And we also meet my favorite (and most Badass) of the five main Trek Captains! That's right: Ben Sisko, the man who Punched Q In The Face!

117Jorn: Still nothing compared to the guy who kicked Q in the nads in Star Trek Borg.

Ron the True Fan: That man is a brave fuck. We all owe him for that.

Takeshi Yamato: Anyway, until next time,

Everyone: JA NE!