A/N: School is annoyingly tedious. Homework must be the work of the devil. I immensely apologize for taking almost a year and a half to post one menial chapter, but you'll have to take it up with my teachers. I've actually had this written for about a year but never felt it was quite finished, I've come to the conclusion that I should post it and move on. I'll try to get another one up soon. Hope you like it, even though it is unbelievably short. Share and Enjoy.
PS – These characters, regrettably, are not mine (except Alizilia). They are the sole property of those bright people at Paramount Studios; I'm only borrowing them to keep my sanity.
PSS – There are spoilers through Desert Crossing.
Timeline: This is set before Cogenitor but after Desert Crossing.
"So, people, what do you have so far?" Janeway asked her senior officers. "Tom, B'Elanna, anything?"
"Well I might as well start with their personal Histories. Lieutenant Malcolm Reed was born in London, England on September 2, 2124. At the age of three his parents moved to one of the outer British colonies. He has one younger sister, Madeline, who lived in San Francisco. By 16, he had received black belts in 3 different styles of martial arts. At 18 he moved to San Francisco to join Starfleet. He had a couple of other assignments before starting on his most renowned posting, NX-1 Enterprise, as a lieutenant. He served for 12 years on Enterprise, slowly moving up the ranks, and he captained his own ship, the Monitor, for 5 years until he was given the rank of Admiral. After becoming Admiral he settled down to work for Starfleet Command and was one of the first teachers at the Academy, but always commented on how he longed for the adventure of space and the unknown. At 38, he married Donna Pierce, a human, with whom he had two sons, Alastair and Helix. Alastair and Helix both continued in the Starfleet tradition, as did their descendants. According to his friends and family, Malcolm is a hard man to get to know, but he is smart, caring, funny, a bit of a romantic, and most definitely pessimistic.' As said by Admiral Charles Tucker, 'He's a pain in the ass sometimes, but he's our pain in the ass, and we love him for it.' He is responsible for inventing and perfecting the modern forcefield, photon torpedoes, Red Alert, and the Reed targeting system. He also helped Commander Tucker with the phase cannons, and Warp 6. His favorite food is pineapple and he liked to vacation with his family on Risa." Tom delivered his report on Malcolm. "He died at the age of 110 in 2234.
"Lieutenant-Commander Alizilia Cannon, also known as Admiral Alizilia Tucker, was born on December 18, 2122, in Los Angeles, California. She received exceptionally high marks in school and was accepted at MIT when she was 17. She also received a black-belt in Aki-jitsu, and continued to pursue her interest in martial arts throughout her life. Upon graduating with honors from MIT she joined Starfleet as a mechanical engineer with side degrees in quantum mechanics and anti-matter theory. After 10 years in the fleet she was assigned to the Enterprise as the Assistant Chief Engineer under Commander Charles Tucker III. At 32 she married one Doctor Jacob Tucker, elder brother to Charles Tucker, and had 2 children, a daughter, Mercedes, and a son, Charles Tucker IV. After giving birth to Charlie, her youngest, she and Jake decided that it would be best if they moved to Starfleet Command until the children were older. After 16 years of R & D, she returned to starship duty, as first officer of the Enterprise. She quickly received a ship of her own, the Claremont, which she commanded for 5 years. Rumor has it she spent most of her free time in Engineering. She relinquished command to become an Admiral in 2183. She is responsible for helping develop Warp 7, improving protein resequencers to be what they are today, enhancing the transporter, designing more efficient shuttles, and starting the research on the bioneural circuitry that would later be used on Voyager. Her favorite foods are Steak Diane and Mud Pie, and she is said to be sardonic, witty, nice, compassionate, intelligent and, quoting Commander Tucker, 'one hell of an engineer'. She prefers to be called Liz, and she seems to put a great deal of importance in pockets." B'Elanna relayed her report about Liz.
"Commander Charles Tucker III was born on December 4, 2119 in Panama City, Florida. He had one younger sister, Elizabeth, and one older brother, Jake. Although rarely known, he does have a PhD in Warp Theory. He is most well known for his work with the Warp Engine, especially 8, and his position as chief engineer on Enterprise. After 12 years in Starfleet, he joined one of his closest friends, Jonathan Archer, on the Enterprise. Apparently during his years on Enterprise, he became pregnant, almost shot Sub-Commander T'Pol while under the influence of an unknown pollen, was taken hostage several times, suffered from heat stroke, spent 3 days with Reed in a shuttle, similar to the one in the shuttle-bay, thinking they were going to die in and experienced a multitude of other things. He apparently refused a few promotions, because it would take him away from his engines, before finally relenting and getting promoted to Admiral. He has been said to be "married to his engines." He married a young Tyreisian named Estalita, and they had one son, Jonathan, and one daughter, Ulema. Both of his children followed in their father's footsteps and went into Engineering. He was a "southern gentleman with a big mouth," and was smart, funny, a good friend, kind, and the best engineer in the fleet, according to Jonathan Archer. His favorite foods were pan-fried catfish and pecan pie, and always preferred to be called Trip." Tom described Trip.
"Thank you." Janeway concluded and they went on with their conversation.
***Mess Hall***
Trip, Malcolm, and Liz were seated at the table, waiting for their meal. They had all showered and changed and felt much better.
"So what are we going to do?" Liz asked quietly.
"First things First, Malcolm, did you get a chance to do a little fact finding in their computer database?" Trip said, deciding that they had to go in a direction.
"Yes, and what I found you would not believe. It turns out that they are either telling the truth or went to an awful lot of trouble to keep up this façade. Apparently humans and vulcans eventually joined together officially to create the federation, which has now grown to include hundreds of different civilizations and cultures. Also, we are the most advanced and dominant in the federation. It would seem that humanity's ability to adapt has allowed it to surpass the vulcans in science and technology. As far as the validity of their story the database that I could access would take days to sort through its so large."
"What about specs? Anything on the engines or capabilities of this ships?" Liz piped up.
"Yes and no, it's in there but its all password protected. Not that that's very surprising." Malcolm answered.
"Oh well, worth a try." She said, smiling. "So what now?"
"Well, right now I say we play along, and do whatever we can to help them find a way to send us back."
