Asteroid Belt, Sol, 2285
Captain William T. Riker looked over all of the technologies captured from the invaders. Some of the items were light-years beyond what the Federation was able to do. Others had been outdated for centuries.
"Will."
Startled, Riker turned around to see Captain Geordi LaForge standing there with Admiral Picard.
"Admiral, Captain."
Arching an eyebrow, Picard replied, "Will you needn't be so formal," looking around he continued, "After all, we are all back together, or we will be soon."
"Admiral, the Titan won't be ready for another month, maybe two." responded a confused Will Riker.
"Admiral Ross has decided to bring all of the Federation's best crew and Captains here to decide the next course of action."
"Oh, ok."
"Will, what's wrong? You seem distracted."
"It's Deanna, she's pregnant."
"Congratulations, Will, good for you."
"It's just got me worried, that's all."
"What do you mean"
"Deanna and I are going to bring a life into the world, and, I guess I just don't want to be my father."
"Will," Picard stated with firm conviction, "you are one of the best people that I have ever been privileged to know, you will do fine."
Geordi piped up, "Capt, I mean Admiral, who are these people anyway?" picking up a piece of captured equipment he continued, "I mean, this cannon, it's over one hundred and fifty years out of date. Yet, over here, these engines are exponentially faster than our warp engines."
"Frankly Geordi, we don't know. The Lexington spotted a massive ship a few days ago, since then there have been three other sightings of like ships."
Riker got to the point, "What do they want?"
Admiral Picard sighed, "We don't know."
Geordi, his faced contorted in confusion asked, "Why are we here instead of finding out?"
At that moment the doors swooshed open, and two figures stood silhouetted in the doorway.
"Geordi, Will, you remember Admiral Bateson and Scotty."
How could we forget, but that doesn't answer my question."
Scotty beat the Picard to the punch, "Lad we have to go back in time."
"Scotty, that's tampering with the timeline!"
"Not exactly, but we dinnae have a choice. If we dinnae, we will fall."
Will diverted the conversation, "Captain Bateson, why are you here?"
Bateson smiled and said, "I am here to design ships integrating our technology and theirs. The Enterprise is to be the first to be refitted."
Turning back on Scotty, Geordi asked, "What do you mean 'not exactly'?"
With a wonderfully smug expression, he enlightened Geordi, "We're crossing timelines. Ye see, Geordi, in this one time stream that we've studied and…"
Geordi shot him a disapproving look "So? It's still tampering"
"In this one we're all fictional characters in novels and entertainment. But there are a few who are building a warp ship. There, we have learned, these enemies are also fictional. We have to remove some of these people and get them to help us."
Will piped up, "What are these people called Scotty?"
"Trekkies and/or Trekkers."
Captain William T. Riker looked over all of the technologies captured from the invaders. Some of the items were light-years beyond what the Federation was able to do. Others had been outdated for centuries.
"Will."
Startled, Riker turned around to see Captain Geordi LaForge standing there with Admiral Picard.
"Admiral, Captain."
Arching an eyebrow, Picard replied, "Will you needn't be so formal," looking around he continued, "After all, we are all back together, or we will be soon."
"Admiral, the Titan won't be ready for another month, maybe two." responded a confused Will Riker.
"Admiral Ross has decided to bring all of the Federation's best crew and Captains here to decide the next course of action."
"Oh, ok."
"Will, what's wrong? You seem distracted."
"It's Deanna, she's pregnant."
"Congratulations, Will, good for you."
"It's just got me worried, that's all."
"What do you mean"
"Deanna and I are going to bring a life into the world, and, I guess I just don't want to be my father."
"Will," Picard stated with firm conviction, "you are one of the best people that I have ever been privileged to know, you will do fine."
Geordi piped up, "Capt, I mean Admiral, who are these people anyway?" picking up a piece of captured equipment he continued, "I mean, this cannon, it's over one hundred and fifty years out of date. Yet, over here, these engines are exponentially faster than our warp engines."
"Frankly Geordi, we don't know. The Lexington spotted a massive ship a few days ago, since then there have been three other sightings of like ships."
Riker got to the point, "What do they want?"
Admiral Picard sighed, "We don't know."
Geordi, his faced contorted in confusion asked, "Why are we here instead of finding out?"
At that moment the doors swooshed open, and two figures stood silhouetted in the doorway.
"Geordi, Will, you remember Admiral Bateson and Scotty."
How could we forget, but that doesn't answer my question."
Scotty beat the Picard to the punch, "Lad we have to go back in time."
"Scotty, that's tampering with the timeline!"
"Not exactly, but we dinnae have a choice. If we dinnae, we will fall."
Will diverted the conversation, "Captain Bateson, why are you here?"
Bateson smiled and said, "I am here to design ships integrating our technology and theirs. The Enterprise is to be the first to be refitted."
Turning back on Scotty, Geordi asked, "What do you mean 'not exactly'?"
With a wonderfully smug expression, he enlightened Geordi, "We're crossing timelines. Ye see, Geordi, in this one time stream that we've studied and…"
Geordi shot him a disapproving look "So? It's still tampering"
"In this one we're all fictional characters in novels and entertainment. But there are a few who are building a warp ship. There, we have learned, these enemies are also fictional. We have to remove some of these people and get them to help us."
Will piped up, "What are these people called Scotty?"
"Trekkies and/or Trekkers."