Chapter One
Marrissa's Personal Log
presently Acting Commanding Officer USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D
Where has all the rest of the crew gone? Or at least
those who rank above me? I don't know. I've quickly found out
that, what ever had happened, it left on the kids on board. So I
have only 76 people to control this ship, and on 56 of the being
worth anything. I quickly sent my Kid's Crew to work. I sent
Clara to Engineering and Jay to organize the rest of my crew.
Within ten minutes, the ship was beginning to be staffed and we
were looking into our mission. I arrived at the bridge first and
took up CONN until the regular Kid's crew officer arrived ...
"Computer, records search, determine the precise time the
command crew disappeared and link all visual records covering
that time for tactical's review," Marrissa said as Patterson
Supra, the new chief of Security arrived. "Patterson, I want to
know exactly who or what caused these disappearances."
"Aye, sir," Patterson replied.
Clara Sutter arrived next. The Chief Engineer and Second
Officer was wearing the new yellow and blue security and
engineering outfit as she reported, "Engineering is staffed.
Shayna and I could find no engineering reason for the
disappearances- yet."
Jay Gordon, the first officer, arrived in the red and
blue command uniform. "Duty schedule is posted," he said.
"Alpha shift is reporting for duty. I have assigned people to
take care of the younger children and feed all the pets. Note
that security will handle the pet feeding for the rest of the
voyage."
"Notation made, Number One," Marrissa said as the chief
of operations, Alexander and the CONN Officer, Heather Cowhig,
arrived. "Jay you have the bridge. I am going to see about our
mission."
"Computer, open a channel to Admiral Okie at Starfleet
Diplomatic San Francisco," Marrissa ordered. Admiral Edward
Okie, middle aged man with a handle bar mustache appeared on
screen. "Admiral Okie this is Ensign Marrissa Picard, presently
in command of the Enterprise."
"Where is Captain Picard?" Okie asked.
"All I know is that the computer tells me that I am the
only officer left," Marrissa responded. "Engineering problems
have been ruled out though."
"What happened?"
"The adult crew has disappeared," Marrissa said. "No one
over the age of 18 is left on board. We have no medical crew, a
slim security staff, but elsewhere we have sufficient staff."
"Just how much do you know about the Naklab Situation?"
Admiral Okie asked, curious.
"The Naklab system has four inhabited class M planets,
Bresa, Troac, Nevolsia, and Sobnia," Marrissa said. "They were
colonized by people from the Balkan area on Earth. The current
situation involves everyone but Nevolsia. Bres and Troac both
claim Sobnia. Sobnia has declared independence. The Bres have
Sobnia's capital under siege. The only thing that is keeping
this tinderbox from erupting in flames is the promise from all
sides that they will not open or advance hostilities during
negotiation."
"You keep well informed," Okie said. "Your Captain was
to be the thirteenth mediator we sent. All previous mediators
either gave up or left in a box. Only the promise that we would
send Captain Picard of the Enterprise kept them from resuming
hostilities this time. Now it looks like the children in the
tinderbox have found the matches."
"Perhaps not," Marrissa tentatively suggested.
"Of coarse it's a complete disaster," Okie said.
"Something causes the flagship of the fleet to lose its captain
leaving his daughter Marrissa Pic-ard ... Wait a minute here,
Perhaps I still can sent Captain Picard, not the one that they
were expecting but I didn't say I was sending Captain Jean-Luc
Picard. Marrissa Amber Picard, you are here by promoted to the
field commission of Captain. You are ordered to mediate the
Naklab dispute until relieved by myself or Captain Jean-Luc
Picard or at the completion of this mission Admiral Necheyev.
Congratulations Captain. You are permitted to draft any officers
you need from the Starfleet Base on Nevolsia. Starfleet out."
Marrissa's Personal Log, Supplemental
What have I got myself into. I haven't even taken the
exam in TACT 360, Diplomatic Negotiation and now I am to mediate
a dispute that has its roots in the 1300s and looks like the
situation in 1990. I wish Starfleet Colonization hadn't assigned
these mortal enemies to the same star system.
Marrissa entered the bridge wearing captain's pips.
"Status CONN?" she asked sitting down in the captain's chair.
"Now entering the Naklab system," Heather replied.
"Take us out of warp and set a coarse for Nevolsia,"
Marrissa said.
"Captain, the list of possible CMOs is has just arrived
from Nevolsia Base," Patterson said.
"All bridge crew note the Mission Briefing will be in a
hour after we enter orbit," Marrissa said. "Jay join me in the
ready room. Clara you have the bridge."
Marrissa's Personal Log
presently Acting Commanding Officer USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D
Where has all the rest of the crew gone? Or at least
those who rank above me? I don't know. I've quickly found out
that, what ever had happened, it left on the kids on board. So I
have only 76 people to control this ship, and on 56 of the being
worth anything. I quickly sent my Kid's Crew to work. I sent
Clara to Engineering and Jay to organize the rest of my crew.
Within ten minutes, the ship was beginning to be staffed and we
were looking into our mission. I arrived at the bridge first and
took up CONN until the regular Kid's crew officer arrived ...
"Computer, records search, determine the precise time the
command crew disappeared and link all visual records covering
that time for tactical's review," Marrissa said as Patterson
Supra, the new chief of Security arrived. "Patterson, I want to
know exactly who or what caused these disappearances."
"Aye, sir," Patterson replied.
Clara Sutter arrived next. The Chief Engineer and Second
Officer was wearing the new yellow and blue security and
engineering outfit as she reported, "Engineering is staffed.
Shayna and I could find no engineering reason for the
disappearances- yet."
Jay Gordon, the first officer, arrived in the red and
blue command uniform. "Duty schedule is posted," he said.
"Alpha shift is reporting for duty. I have assigned people to
take care of the younger children and feed all the pets. Note
that security will handle the pet feeding for the rest of the
voyage."
"Notation made, Number One," Marrissa said as the chief
of operations, Alexander and the CONN Officer, Heather Cowhig,
arrived. "Jay you have the bridge. I am going to see about our
mission."
"Computer, open a channel to Admiral Okie at Starfleet
Diplomatic San Francisco," Marrissa ordered. Admiral Edward
Okie, middle aged man with a handle bar mustache appeared on
screen. "Admiral Okie this is Ensign Marrissa Picard, presently
in command of the Enterprise."
"Where is Captain Picard?" Okie asked.
"All I know is that the computer tells me that I am the
only officer left," Marrissa responded. "Engineering problems
have been ruled out though."
"What happened?"
"The adult crew has disappeared," Marrissa said. "No one
over the age of 18 is left on board. We have no medical crew, a
slim security staff, but elsewhere we have sufficient staff."
"Just how much do you know about the Naklab Situation?"
Admiral Okie asked, curious.
"The Naklab system has four inhabited class M planets,
Bresa, Troac, Nevolsia, and Sobnia," Marrissa said. "They were
colonized by people from the Balkan area on Earth. The current
situation involves everyone but Nevolsia. Bres and Troac both
claim Sobnia. Sobnia has declared independence. The Bres have
Sobnia's capital under siege. The only thing that is keeping
this tinderbox from erupting in flames is the promise from all
sides that they will not open or advance hostilities during
negotiation."
"You keep well informed," Okie said. "Your Captain was
to be the thirteenth mediator we sent. All previous mediators
either gave up or left in a box. Only the promise that we would
send Captain Picard of the Enterprise kept them from resuming
hostilities this time. Now it looks like the children in the
tinderbox have found the matches."
"Perhaps not," Marrissa tentatively suggested.
"Of coarse it's a complete disaster," Okie said.
"Something causes the flagship of the fleet to lose its captain
leaving his daughter Marrissa Pic-ard ... Wait a minute here,
Perhaps I still can sent Captain Picard, not the one that they
were expecting but I didn't say I was sending Captain Jean-Luc
Picard. Marrissa Amber Picard, you are here by promoted to the
field commission of Captain. You are ordered to mediate the
Naklab dispute until relieved by myself or Captain Jean-Luc
Picard or at the completion of this mission Admiral Necheyev.
Congratulations Captain. You are permitted to draft any officers
you need from the Starfleet Base on Nevolsia. Starfleet out."
Marrissa's Personal Log, Supplemental
What have I got myself into. I haven't even taken the
exam in TACT 360, Diplomatic Negotiation and now I am to mediate
a dispute that has its roots in the 1300s and looks like the
situation in 1990. I wish Starfleet Colonization hadn't assigned
these mortal enemies to the same star system.
Marrissa entered the bridge wearing captain's pips.
"Status CONN?" she asked sitting down in the captain's chair.
"Now entering the Naklab system," Heather replied.
"Take us out of warp and set a coarse for Nevolsia,"
Marrissa said.
"Captain, the list of possible CMOs is has just arrived
from Nevolsia Base," Patterson said.
"All bridge crew note the Mission Briefing will be in a
hour after we enter orbit," Marrissa said. "Jay join me in the
ready room. Clara you have the bridge."
