Chapter 1:
Janeway braced herself against the soft fabric of the command chair. Her ship shuddered beneath her. Behind her, a panel exploded showering the upper bridge with sparks.
"Return fire!" Janeway ordered.
On the view screen, two orange lines of energy splashed onto two 2 enemy ships. Enemy. Yet another enemy on the trip back to the alpha quadrant. They had started to attack three days ago when Voyager entered into their region of space. Since then, they have been under constant attack.
The view screen lit up as an enemy ship exploded in a mass of swirling debris and burning hydrogen. But just as that ship had been destroyed, another ship started its attack run. Their ships were a fighter type ship. They had wings, which contained disruptors on the end. They were small but fast, and when they attacked in groups, they were deadly.
The ship shuddered violently as two more ships concentrated their fire on Voyager. More panels sparked and exploded.
"Shields at ninety percent" Harry Kim yelled from behind his console.
Voyager ducted and weaved, trying to dodge attack and disruptor blasts.
Just as Janeway was starting to get in tune with the battle, her communications system beeped.
"Torres to the bridge" Lieutenant Torres' voice came crisp over the communications system.
"Go ahead Lieutenant" Janeway replied.
"Captain. That last attack run destroyed the secondary replays on deck five. We have lost power from deck three to deck six. We have also lost phaser strength."
The ship shuddered and shook once again as they made another attack run. Reports were coming in from all over the ship of damage and injuries. It was looking grim. Tom Paris was having a hard time keeping the ship from being shredded to pieces by the attacks. Tuvok was being his calm and usual self, keeping the phasers firing. Young Harry was at his post, keeping the main operation systems online while Lieutenant Torres was in engineering making sure Voyager wouldn't fall apart at the seams. But all this wasn't doing much good. They were over whelmed, with no sign of an end. But just as she started to loose hope, her prays were answered.
One of Voyagers type two shuttles came into view of Voyager. It was Seven of Nine. She had left a few days before the attack to check out an anomaly near the edge of sensor range.
"Seven of Nine to Voyager. I have some assistance" Seven of Nines cool voice said over the communications system.
Just as they heard that, streaks filled the surrounding space. Once, where nothing had been, there was a fleet of ships. Chakotay, who was sitting in the commander's chair, leant over to his control panel and pulled up sensors. He counted at least twenty new ships.
They were all just looming there in space, doing nothing. The enemy ships kept continuing their attacks. Sparks still flied. Tuvok only took a few seconds to look at the view screen, but then went back to work firing the phasers.
At Harry's console, he was running scan after scan. No identifiable signatures. They had encountered any races in the delta quadrant, but non like this. But then when he was running and something caught his eye.
"Captain. I have been running scans on those ships" Harry announced.
"What have you found?" Janeway implied.
"When I was running the first series of scans, I didn't see anything unusual. But when I just ran another scan, I found a brief burst of epsilon radiation."
"Epsilon radiation?" Tuvok said while lifting his eyebrow.
"Epsilon radiation is a byproduct of a tetrion reactor." Harry continued.
"A tetrion reactor?" Janeway said "Who would be stupid enough to use a tetrion reactor?"
"Them apparently" Paris quipped.
Just as the words left Paris' mouth, a beep came from Harry's console.
"Captain, we are being hailed!" Harry said with an excited tone.
"On screen" Janeway said while turning to see the view screen.
The view screen lit up to reveal a new face. It was grey and bumpy. It had two eyes, roughly three centimeters apart, with a thin long nose going down the face. His mouth was like a slit.
It opened its mouth and started to talk. The universal translator took a few seconds to translate, and then translated the alien's language into a dull, toneless speech.
"I am Tehtor of Terracos. We are here to help your battle." He said.
Janeway was shocked for a second. She hadn't even introduced herself and they are offering assistance. Then he cut the transmission.
Suddenly, all of the ships sprang to life, firing their phasers and torpedoes. Within minutes, all the ships were either destroyed or running away. Once the battle was over, Janeway took a minute to look at Tehtor's ship. It was like a wedge. It was blue and had ridges all over it. It looked sleek and efficient.
Janeway signaled Harry to Hail Tehtor again.
"On screen" Janeway said.
The screen winked back to life to show the face of Tehtor again.
"Gallant fight captain. You held yourself beautifully. What's your name Captain?"
Janeway had been waiting for this question.
"I am Captain Kathryn Janeway of the Federation Starship Voyager." She replied in her cool voices.
"And how may I address you?" he asked.
"Captain would be fine"
"Ok Captain. Let me get to the point. We detected your ship in our space a few days ago. We didn't send the attack ships; they are from another race we are at war with. We noticed that your hull contains the same material as another crashed ship on our planet. We build our technology off this ship. It to, bares an insignia, of the Federation"
Janeway was a little surprised when she heard that. Tuvok remained the same. Harry was still scanning, and Paris was picking his nose, but then realized he was being watched then stopped.
"We believe it may have the technology to send you home" Tehtor said.
Janeway braced herself against the soft fabric of the command chair. Her ship shuddered beneath her. Behind her, a panel exploded showering the upper bridge with sparks.
"Return fire!" Janeway ordered.
On the view screen, two orange lines of energy splashed onto two 2 enemy ships. Enemy. Yet another enemy on the trip back to the alpha quadrant. They had started to attack three days ago when Voyager entered into their region of space. Since then, they have been under constant attack.
The view screen lit up as an enemy ship exploded in a mass of swirling debris and burning hydrogen. But just as that ship had been destroyed, another ship started its attack run. Their ships were a fighter type ship. They had wings, which contained disruptors on the end. They were small but fast, and when they attacked in groups, they were deadly.
The ship shuddered violently as two more ships concentrated their fire on Voyager. More panels sparked and exploded.
"Shields at ninety percent" Harry Kim yelled from behind his console.
Voyager ducted and weaved, trying to dodge attack and disruptor blasts.
Just as Janeway was starting to get in tune with the battle, her communications system beeped.
"Torres to the bridge" Lieutenant Torres' voice came crisp over the communications system.
"Go ahead Lieutenant" Janeway replied.
"Captain. That last attack run destroyed the secondary replays on deck five. We have lost power from deck three to deck six. We have also lost phaser strength."
The ship shuddered and shook once again as they made another attack run. Reports were coming in from all over the ship of damage and injuries. It was looking grim. Tom Paris was having a hard time keeping the ship from being shredded to pieces by the attacks. Tuvok was being his calm and usual self, keeping the phasers firing. Young Harry was at his post, keeping the main operation systems online while Lieutenant Torres was in engineering making sure Voyager wouldn't fall apart at the seams. But all this wasn't doing much good. They were over whelmed, with no sign of an end. But just as she started to loose hope, her prays were answered.
One of Voyagers type two shuttles came into view of Voyager. It was Seven of Nine. She had left a few days before the attack to check out an anomaly near the edge of sensor range.
"Seven of Nine to Voyager. I have some assistance" Seven of Nines cool voice said over the communications system.
Just as they heard that, streaks filled the surrounding space. Once, where nothing had been, there was a fleet of ships. Chakotay, who was sitting in the commander's chair, leant over to his control panel and pulled up sensors. He counted at least twenty new ships.
They were all just looming there in space, doing nothing. The enemy ships kept continuing their attacks. Sparks still flied. Tuvok only took a few seconds to look at the view screen, but then went back to work firing the phasers.
At Harry's console, he was running scan after scan. No identifiable signatures. They had encountered any races in the delta quadrant, but non like this. But then when he was running and something caught his eye.
"Captain. I have been running scans on those ships" Harry announced.
"What have you found?" Janeway implied.
"When I was running the first series of scans, I didn't see anything unusual. But when I just ran another scan, I found a brief burst of epsilon radiation."
"Epsilon radiation?" Tuvok said while lifting his eyebrow.
"Epsilon radiation is a byproduct of a tetrion reactor." Harry continued.
"A tetrion reactor?" Janeway said "Who would be stupid enough to use a tetrion reactor?"
"Them apparently" Paris quipped.
Just as the words left Paris' mouth, a beep came from Harry's console.
"Captain, we are being hailed!" Harry said with an excited tone.
"On screen" Janeway said while turning to see the view screen.
The view screen lit up to reveal a new face. It was grey and bumpy. It had two eyes, roughly three centimeters apart, with a thin long nose going down the face. His mouth was like a slit.
It opened its mouth and started to talk. The universal translator took a few seconds to translate, and then translated the alien's language into a dull, toneless speech.
"I am Tehtor of Terracos. We are here to help your battle." He said.
Janeway was shocked for a second. She hadn't even introduced herself and they are offering assistance. Then he cut the transmission.
Suddenly, all of the ships sprang to life, firing their phasers and torpedoes. Within minutes, all the ships were either destroyed or running away. Once the battle was over, Janeway took a minute to look at Tehtor's ship. It was like a wedge. It was blue and had ridges all over it. It looked sleek and efficient.
Janeway signaled Harry to Hail Tehtor again.
"On screen" Janeway said.
The screen winked back to life to show the face of Tehtor again.
"Gallant fight captain. You held yourself beautifully. What's your name Captain?"
Janeway had been waiting for this question.
"I am Captain Kathryn Janeway of the Federation Starship Voyager." She replied in her cool voices.
"And how may I address you?" he asked.
"Captain would be fine"
"Ok Captain. Let me get to the point. We detected your ship in our space a few days ago. We didn't send the attack ships; they are from another race we are at war with. We noticed that your hull contains the same material as another crashed ship on our planet. We build our technology off this ship. It to, bares an insignia, of the Federation"
Janeway was a little surprised when she heard that. Tuvok remained the same. Harry was still scanning, and Paris was picking his nose, but then realized he was being watched then stopped.
"We believe it may have the technology to send you home" Tehtor said.
