AN: Well… I haven't posted anything in over a year… so i was rewatching TNG since I haven't seen it in over five years and a thought came to mind… sadly that was space vampires and well you all will see how this goes. Now, I don't describe the OC's for reasons but also the fanfic was not suppose to go past two chapters and be so OC heavy (they wound up a bit more important than I intended). Currently I have 17 chapters written out and i think five more to go so I am going to post one to two times a weeks. The chapter length does vary so sorry. Also I don't have a beta so it's going to be my crappy editing. This will be on AO3 and possibly tumbr (still not sure) so if you see it anywhere else please let me know. Oh! One last important thing, I did do a bit of research but i wasn't thorough so if terms don't make sense I do apologize, but that should be limited to star trek terms. So enjoy this little chapter.

Chapter 1

"They're space vampires, sir."

"Sorry, come again?"

"You did hear right sir."

"Elaborate."

"Well, they needed human blood to survive and they are in space; or what we define as space from any given point. Thus space vampires."

There was an audible deep sigh from the older man. "I need to pick through transfers better."

The lieutenant commander that was called to the bridge earlier was speaking in front of the captain of the Enterprise and the bridge crew. She realized what she had said and shut her mouth briefly. "Sorry Captain."

"Obviously I need to rethink on who to let onto the bridge."

"A- Yes sir, though you did ask to see me. I just have bad timing sir. Though I can make sure I do not use the term 'Space Vampire' in my reports to star fleet." She babbled a bit when she was nervous and at the moment she had all right to be.

"Lieutenant commander, I do not know how it was at your last post but one does not simply-"

"Speak out of term… sh- sorry Sir"

There was a bit of frustration that appeared on the captain. "Now your report."

"Y-yes sir, so-" she noticed that eyes were her except those working at the front. "So localized fossiles on Zunravid does indicate a similar evolution pattern as what Homo Sapiens went through. The major difference from different sample layers seem to be, what we would classify as kanines; they seemed to have stayed elongated but with some expected shrinkage. Also their teeth pattern very slightly. Biology isn't my field but somewhere along the way they probably became cannibals and that feature became so specific of an evolution that it seemed to turn to consuming blood. That group survived and passed that dependency of a trait on. Thus a species I would like to classify as Zunravid Sanguis. The most recent layer of strata should confirm most of the assumption."

"Should?" He placed an arm out to indicate for them to move to his ready room.

And she did move, wanting to be out of eyesight of everyone. "Well, unpredicted planetary movements, any 'recent' excavations, trash holes. A lot depends on the possibilities of the past, much like earth."

The doors were shut and The Captain moved to behind his desk. "Any of these, Zunravid Sanguis currently in existence?"

"Not that life sign detections have picked up. The culture suggest they either up and abandon the place or mass extinction; a few centuries ago, of course. But the evidence is rather lacking."

"Another possibility, no certianties."

She sighed, "Their evolution, their blood dependency and a new race being discovered is a lot of assumptions."

"If the research is abandon we lose a new race, one for the history books."

"A brief foot note in said book, but yes sir. That is why anything found is being transferred to starbase sixty two"

"And Lieutenant commander your file, it said you were a science officer, and here you are as a command officer. I am a little curious due to your discovery as to why?"

"While science discoveries, such as space vampires are fascinating, I found my old field lacking."

"One would debate an anthropological geological archaeologist is dull."

She shrugged, "Cultures seem too bland, planetary structures start to look similar. And one can not become a captain of a starship as a science officer. Not easily anyways."

"There is a command test for a science officer at your rank."

"But not the training or the experience. I normally got placed into planetary structure of a science division at previous postings and that in my opinion was rather lacking sir. It bored me." She was silent for a few more seconds. "Switching divisions was determined before my last post before this research... And sir, I do appreciate you accepting my transfer request but if that's all, I do need to confirm any results found down on the planet's surface before everything is packed up." With a nod she was dismissed.

AN: Thank you for reading!