Spoiler Alerts for "Broken Bow"!
What happens when a not-so-professional newscaster gets wind of a juicy bit of Starfleet intel?
Something like this story, maybe...
The Story A Day prompt for today was to write a story in the form of a news report.
As always, I profit nothing - I just love them.
Critiques and comments always gratefully accepted - they make me a better writer.
This just in….
Starfleet hasn't yet confirmed, but rumors are swirling that Enterprise, humanity's first Warp 5 capable vessel – what they're calling a "starship" – will be postponing its final series of pre-launch tests, slated to run another three weeks.
For once, it's not the Vulcans stalling things.
Or is it?
As rumor has it, the Vulcans were contacted by an extra-terrestrial race known as Klingots, because, somehow, a member of that species ended up in a corn field in Broken Bow, Oklahoma. It's unclear what the Klingot was doing there, but we do have confirmed reports of a silo explosion in the area.
The Vulcans' involvement in this matter is unclear, but it seems that Enterprise will be taking the Klingot – wait, I've just been sent a correction; the name of the species in question is Klingon, not Klingot, as previously reported – Enterprise will be delivering this Klingon back to his homeworld, - I'm sorry, but I really can't pronounce the name of that planet.
This just in…
The rumor that Enterprise will be suspending its final pre-launch testing, and returning an injured Klingon back to KwoNose, his planet of origin. While we don't know much about this planet, the Klingon species, whether Enterprise will have a full crew complement, or whether it will complete its testing en route, there is one additional bit of information we have uncovered.
There will be a Vulcan aboard a human starship.
That's right, folks.
Enterprise's Science Station will be crewed by Sub-Commander TaPaul. We don't know much about her, other than that she answers the Vulcan High Command, not Starfleet, and that she had spent the last year at the Vulcan Consulate, where she was a junior attache to Ambassador Soval.
Word is she'll be serving as a chaperone of sorts –one more way the Vulcans are letting us humans know they don't trust us to go out on our own without a babysitter. They're apparently trading some star maps and a database for her – so they don't even think we're smart enough to find our own way without their directions.
What's in store for the brave crew of Enterprise? When will they be back, and ready to fly without the Vulcan nanny?
Stay tuned, viewers – we'll have full up to the nanosecond coverage of the launch, and regular updates on the status of Enterprise and her noble mission.