Title: "Gateway" 6/45
Author: Quills
Contact:the_quill_pen@yahoo.com
Series: ENT
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: Paramount owns Startrek and I derive no financial gain from this story.
Codes: A, T/Tu, Ma, S, R, P angst, drama, romance, humor, action/adventure
Summary: Captain Archer is relieved of command for a secret mission into the 24th Century . To find and stop the Suliban renegade Silik.While he is gone, a Vulcan Starfleet Captain from the future is given temporary command of the Enterprise NX-01 with his own orders to to investigate the 'Temporal Cold War'.
chapter 5
150 years later and 23 hours ago....
"Report!" screamed the Captain from his command chair. Sparks flew all around
him as he coughed from the thick acrid smoke that filled the bridge of the freighter ship 'Venture'.
"Warp drive is offline....shields are failing and our weapons are gone." screamed the helmsman over the alarms and crackling of exposed wiring.
"Situation normal." came a female voice at the back of the smokey bridge.
The woman was a dark skin human with long curley hair she pushed
out off her face as she used an extinguisher to
suppress the fire at her communications panel. "It's looks bad Dad!"
"We've come through scrapes like this before Rory." said the Captain reassuringly. "Eddie, divert power to the impulse engines, lets try to make
a run for the Altier system. We might be able to lose them in the
high subspace ionization."
The Helmsman adjusted the power yield to the impulse drive of the 'Venture'. "No good sir, the relays are burnt out. I'm not getting anything."
The Captain swung around to the aft engineering section "Kort, can you do a manual relay?"
The Klingon engineer manipulated his control panel attempting to make the manual relay that would divert power to the Venture's impulse drive. His results were clearly evident when he smashed his fists on the control board "Perhaps today IS a good day to die!"
"Dammit Kort!" spat the Captain "You know I hate it when you say that."
"Captain, the Orion ships are charging their weapons again." screamed the navigator "We can't take another direct hit!"
The Captain turned back to his engineer "Shields?"
The engineer looked down at his monitor for a moment...then looked up. "I don't think so." he said in resignation
The Captain looked back at the monitor. The snowy static masked the Orion pirate ship's that were closing fast.
"I'll see you all in Stovokor!" screamed the Klingon engineer.
"All hands brace for impact" yelled the Captain.
The Orion ships closed on the battered freighter. Their weapons coming to bare on the unprotected ship which raced desperately away from the barrage
of disrupter blasts. It would only take another volley of disrupter fire or torpedos and the Venture would be finished. Fortunatly, fate smiled kindly
on the Venture today.
"Captain!" shouted the navigator "another ship is approaching."
The Captain snapped his head in the direction of his navigator. Was the new ship friend or foe?
"Captain..." the navigator started as he looked over his shoulder "It's the Enterprise!"
The Captain looked at the screen and a smile played on his lips. He turned back to his Klingon engineer "Kort, cancel that trip to Stovokor. The
cavalry just arrived!"
The Orion pirate ships fired a volley of energy torpedoes on 'the Venture'. The torpedoes closed in on the defenseless ship. Making contact would
spread the Venturehalfway across the sytem, but before they made contact a fast moving object intercepted the volley igniting them harmlessly away from 'The Venture'.
"Dad! The Enterprise, her shields destroyed the torpedoes!" shouted the Venture's communications officer.
"Captain, the Enterprise is coming about." reported the helmsman "The Orion ships are scattering!"
The tiny Orion Laska class corvettes were no match to the mammoth size Ambassador class starship. The Orions scattered in multiple directions as the starship charged it's multiple phaser mounts. Like a shark in the ocean, Enterprise cruised past the battered freighter 'Venture' making it known to the pirates that they were no longer welcome and
would be dealt with if they chose not to head the starship's warning.
"The Orions are leaving!" cried the helmsman in relief. "Their turning tale!"
"Dad, we're receiving a message from the Enterprise." said the comm officer
"Put it on the screen." ordered the captain
"I'll try, but the Orions took out a lot of our systems." said the Venture's communications officer as she tried to relay the signal to the forward viewer. After a few moments she nodded to the Captain and the monitor flashed white as an image came into focus. Static lines crisscrossed the monitor and
a jagged crack cut through the middle, but the Captain had no difficulty
making out the man on the screen.
"Jonathan!" he rang out with a smile as he saw his Vulcan friend, Starfleet Captain Soma...who he affectionately called by
his human name of Jonathan...standing in the middle of the Enterprise C's bridge. Next to him was another familiar face; Rachel Garrett the young officer Captain Soma had recently promoted to first officer." The crew of
the 'Venture'send their thanks to the starship Enterprise!"
"Captain Mayweather" responded the Vulcan with an equal smile. "Are you and your crew alright? Do you require medical attention?"
Travis Mayweather looked off screen for a moment and then turned back "No, Rory says everyone is ok. It's the Venture that needs help. My crew can handle most of the damage ourselves, but there are gonna be a few things we'll need the facilities of a dry-dock for. I don't suppose we can get a tow?"
"We'll be happy to drop the 'Venture' off at Star base 211." said Captain Soma
"Great....now why don't you tell me what your doing all the way out on the frontier and how it involves us." Travis said
smiling
Soma arched a brow and grinned as he looked at his First officer. "I can't keep anything from him."
"I may have retired from Starfleet Captain." said Mayweather "but I've put in enough years to know that the Enterprise has always been a front line vessel. Starfleet would have to have a pretty good reason to send you out to the ass end of space."
"Well Captain, if your crew can spare you for a bit, I'd like you to beam aboard and we can discuss it on our way to
Star base 211." said Soma
"Sounds good, you've already peaked my curiosity." said Mayweather.
"Well Captain, let's just say it involves an old friend." said Soma "I'll fill you in when you beam aboard. Soma out."
TBC.....
Author: Quills
Contact:the_quill_pen@yahoo.com
Series: ENT
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: Paramount owns Startrek and I derive no financial gain from this story.
Codes: A, T/Tu, Ma, S, R, P angst, drama, romance, humor, action/adventure
Summary: Captain Archer is relieved of command for a secret mission into the 24th Century . To find and stop the Suliban renegade Silik.While he is gone, a Vulcan Starfleet Captain from the future is given temporary command of the Enterprise NX-01 with his own orders to to investigate the 'Temporal Cold War'.
chapter 5
150 years later and 23 hours ago....
"Report!" screamed the Captain from his command chair. Sparks flew all around
him as he coughed from the thick acrid smoke that filled the bridge of the freighter ship 'Venture'.
"Warp drive is offline....shields are failing and our weapons are gone." screamed the helmsman over the alarms and crackling of exposed wiring.
"Situation normal." came a female voice at the back of the smokey bridge.
The woman was a dark skin human with long curley hair she pushed
out off her face as she used an extinguisher to
suppress the fire at her communications panel. "It's looks bad Dad!"
"We've come through scrapes like this before Rory." said the Captain reassuringly. "Eddie, divert power to the impulse engines, lets try to make
a run for the Altier system. We might be able to lose them in the
high subspace ionization."
The Helmsman adjusted the power yield to the impulse drive of the 'Venture'. "No good sir, the relays are burnt out. I'm not getting anything."
The Captain swung around to the aft engineering section "Kort, can you do a manual relay?"
The Klingon engineer manipulated his control panel attempting to make the manual relay that would divert power to the Venture's impulse drive. His results were clearly evident when he smashed his fists on the control board "Perhaps today IS a good day to die!"
"Dammit Kort!" spat the Captain "You know I hate it when you say that."
"Captain, the Orion ships are charging their weapons again." screamed the navigator "We can't take another direct hit!"
The Captain turned back to his engineer "Shields?"
The engineer looked down at his monitor for a moment...then looked up. "I don't think so." he said in resignation
The Captain looked back at the monitor. The snowy static masked the Orion pirate ship's that were closing fast.
"I'll see you all in Stovokor!" screamed the Klingon engineer.
"All hands brace for impact" yelled the Captain.
The Orion ships closed on the battered freighter. Their weapons coming to bare on the unprotected ship which raced desperately away from the barrage
of disrupter blasts. It would only take another volley of disrupter fire or torpedos and the Venture would be finished. Fortunatly, fate smiled kindly
on the Venture today.
"Captain!" shouted the navigator "another ship is approaching."
The Captain snapped his head in the direction of his navigator. Was the new ship friend or foe?
"Captain..." the navigator started as he looked over his shoulder "It's the Enterprise!"
The Captain looked at the screen and a smile played on his lips. He turned back to his Klingon engineer "Kort, cancel that trip to Stovokor. The
cavalry just arrived!"
The Orion pirate ships fired a volley of energy torpedoes on 'the Venture'. The torpedoes closed in on the defenseless ship. Making contact would
spread the Venturehalfway across the sytem, but before they made contact a fast moving object intercepted the volley igniting them harmlessly away from 'The Venture'.
"Dad! The Enterprise, her shields destroyed the torpedoes!" shouted the Venture's communications officer.
"Captain, the Enterprise is coming about." reported the helmsman "The Orion ships are scattering!"
The tiny Orion Laska class corvettes were no match to the mammoth size Ambassador class starship. The Orions scattered in multiple directions as the starship charged it's multiple phaser mounts. Like a shark in the ocean, Enterprise cruised past the battered freighter 'Venture' making it known to the pirates that they were no longer welcome and
would be dealt with if they chose not to head the starship's warning.
"The Orions are leaving!" cried the helmsman in relief. "Their turning tale!"
"Dad, we're receiving a message from the Enterprise." said the comm officer
"Put it on the screen." ordered the captain
"I'll try, but the Orions took out a lot of our systems." said the Venture's communications officer as she tried to relay the signal to the forward viewer. After a few moments she nodded to the Captain and the monitor flashed white as an image came into focus. Static lines crisscrossed the monitor and
a jagged crack cut through the middle, but the Captain had no difficulty
making out the man on the screen.
"Jonathan!" he rang out with a smile as he saw his Vulcan friend, Starfleet Captain Soma...who he affectionately called by
his human name of Jonathan...standing in the middle of the Enterprise C's bridge. Next to him was another familiar face; Rachel Garrett the young officer Captain Soma had recently promoted to first officer." The crew of
the 'Venture'send their thanks to the starship Enterprise!"
"Captain Mayweather" responded the Vulcan with an equal smile. "Are you and your crew alright? Do you require medical attention?"
Travis Mayweather looked off screen for a moment and then turned back "No, Rory says everyone is ok. It's the Venture that needs help. My crew can handle most of the damage ourselves, but there are gonna be a few things we'll need the facilities of a dry-dock for. I don't suppose we can get a tow?"
"We'll be happy to drop the 'Venture' off at Star base 211." said Captain Soma
"Great....now why don't you tell me what your doing all the way out on the frontier and how it involves us." Travis said
smiling
Soma arched a brow and grinned as he looked at his First officer. "I can't keep anything from him."
"I may have retired from Starfleet Captain." said Mayweather "but I've put in enough years to know that the Enterprise has always been a front line vessel. Starfleet would have to have a pretty good reason to send you out to the ass end of space."
"Well Captain, if your crew can spare you for a bit, I'd like you to beam aboard and we can discuss it on our way to
Star base 211." said Soma
"Sounds good, you've already peaked my curiosity." said Mayweather.
"Well Captain, let's just say it involves an old friend." said Soma "I'll fill you in when you beam aboard. Soma out."
TBC.....