Chapter iii
Final frontiers
"There is a serious threat that could cripple the Federation forever", said Kirk to his audience. He was briefing the Enterprise crew about what he found out from Jake Thomson and Ksia, who was the Klingon warrior present at the Federation's office. "Now I hand it over to Ksia, Son of K'Pek of the noble House of Duras". Then Ksia stepped up, but no one clapped.
"There is a legend that Kahless, the 'Klingon Jesus', had a son named Kitumba", said Ksia. "It also said that Kitumba would come back one day and start a war that will give the Klingon Empire and infinite amount of honor. Kitumba has returned. Now, I don't believe that this boy is really Kitumba. I think he's a Kahless-looking kid that was brainwashed by some family to start the war with their worst enemy- the Federation. Our mission is to stop Kitumba from destroying the Federation. I know I am betraying my people, and that I might be killed for that, but I know that the universe could not function without the Federation. I am in control of 5 Klingon squadrons stationed on the Klingon moon Praxis that could be used to stop this war."
"We will first go to Praxis to pick up the Klingon squadrons", said Kirk. "Then we will go to Kronos to talk with Kitumba. Ksia will go with us, and he will be staying on the bridge the whole time in case we have Klingon trouble. May luck be with us all."
Right after the briefing, the Enterprise crew, they were busy trying to prep the ship for departure to Praxis. It was very frantic on the Enterprise with trying to get systems ready, trying to fix malfunctioning computers, and following every order, which kept constantly changing. Finally, everything was ready, and Kirk was doing a check of all the systems.
"Engines ready?" asked Kirk.
"Engines ready", said Ilia.
"Weapons ready?" asked Kirk.
"Weapons functioning at full efficiency", said Chekov.
"Comm. functioning?" asked Kirk.
"Comm. is working fine", said Uhura.
"Is warp drive ready?" asked Kirk.
"Warp drive is alive and kicking", said Scotty. "I thing we're ready to go out now."
"So do I", said Kirk. "Uhura, tell flight control that we're ready to go out."
"Aye captain", said Uhura. "Flight control, this is the Enterprise. We're ready to go out now."
"Copy that, Enterprise", said flight control. "You may leave when ready.
"Ilia", said Kirk. "Take us out of space dock at impulse power. Then get out of the solar system at Warp 0.9. When we're out of the solar system, set a course for Praxis at Warp 6."
"Aye sir", said Ilia. They then went slowly out of space dock. Kirk was so overjoyed right now. He finally had the Enterprise. He had a good crew. He was going on an important mission. What more could he ask for? Spock, maybe, but that was the only thing he missed. When they finally warped to Praxis, he was glad to be home.
Kitumba was with P'lo and P'la, his two Klingon advisors. They were looking at their invasion fleet, which consisted of 500 warbirds and one modified warbird that served as his flagship. He was proud right now. Proud to be the leader of this army. Proud to be important when he was just fifteen. Proud to be Emperor of the Klingon Empire.
"You wrote an amazing speech yesterday, P'lo", said Kitumba.
"Literature has been one of my specialties all my life, your highness", said P'lo.
"Is the Kahless to your liking?" asked P'la.
"I think it will serve as the finest flagship the Empire has ever seen", said Kitumba. "Is the Bane of Kahless ready?"
"Ready for the destruction of the Empire, my lord", said P'lo. Then a warrior walked in with a report to give to Kitumba.
"Your highness", said the warrior. "The Federation starship Enterprise is on a direct course for Praxis."
"Send five warships to destroy that scum", said Kitumba. "And I want it destroyed, or you will be the main course for my feast tonight!"
"Y-yes, y-your hignessss", said the terrified warrior. Kitumba sounded mad, but he was actually very glad. He loved blowing things up. That was his job as emperor right? He thought it was so.
"Man, I love this job", thought Kitumba.
Final frontiers
"There is a serious threat that could cripple the Federation forever", said Kirk to his audience. He was briefing the Enterprise crew about what he found out from Jake Thomson and Ksia, who was the Klingon warrior present at the Federation's office. "Now I hand it over to Ksia, Son of K'Pek of the noble House of Duras". Then Ksia stepped up, but no one clapped.
"There is a legend that Kahless, the 'Klingon Jesus', had a son named Kitumba", said Ksia. "It also said that Kitumba would come back one day and start a war that will give the Klingon Empire and infinite amount of honor. Kitumba has returned. Now, I don't believe that this boy is really Kitumba. I think he's a Kahless-looking kid that was brainwashed by some family to start the war with their worst enemy- the Federation. Our mission is to stop Kitumba from destroying the Federation. I know I am betraying my people, and that I might be killed for that, but I know that the universe could not function without the Federation. I am in control of 5 Klingon squadrons stationed on the Klingon moon Praxis that could be used to stop this war."
"We will first go to Praxis to pick up the Klingon squadrons", said Kirk. "Then we will go to Kronos to talk with Kitumba. Ksia will go with us, and he will be staying on the bridge the whole time in case we have Klingon trouble. May luck be with us all."
Right after the briefing, the Enterprise crew, they were busy trying to prep the ship for departure to Praxis. It was very frantic on the Enterprise with trying to get systems ready, trying to fix malfunctioning computers, and following every order, which kept constantly changing. Finally, everything was ready, and Kirk was doing a check of all the systems.
"Engines ready?" asked Kirk.
"Engines ready", said Ilia.
"Weapons ready?" asked Kirk.
"Weapons functioning at full efficiency", said Chekov.
"Comm. functioning?" asked Kirk.
"Comm. is working fine", said Uhura.
"Is warp drive ready?" asked Kirk.
"Warp drive is alive and kicking", said Scotty. "I thing we're ready to go out now."
"So do I", said Kirk. "Uhura, tell flight control that we're ready to go out."
"Aye captain", said Uhura. "Flight control, this is the Enterprise. We're ready to go out now."
"Copy that, Enterprise", said flight control. "You may leave when ready.
"Ilia", said Kirk. "Take us out of space dock at impulse power. Then get out of the solar system at Warp 0.9. When we're out of the solar system, set a course for Praxis at Warp 6."
"Aye sir", said Ilia. They then went slowly out of space dock. Kirk was so overjoyed right now. He finally had the Enterprise. He had a good crew. He was going on an important mission. What more could he ask for? Spock, maybe, but that was the only thing he missed. When they finally warped to Praxis, he was glad to be home.
Kitumba was with P'lo and P'la, his two Klingon advisors. They were looking at their invasion fleet, which consisted of 500 warbirds and one modified warbird that served as his flagship. He was proud right now. Proud to be the leader of this army. Proud to be important when he was just fifteen. Proud to be Emperor of the Klingon Empire.
"You wrote an amazing speech yesterday, P'lo", said Kitumba.
"Literature has been one of my specialties all my life, your highness", said P'lo.
"Is the Kahless to your liking?" asked P'la.
"I think it will serve as the finest flagship the Empire has ever seen", said Kitumba. "Is the Bane of Kahless ready?"
"Ready for the destruction of the Empire, my lord", said P'lo. Then a warrior walked in with a report to give to Kitumba.
"Your highness", said the warrior. "The Federation starship Enterprise is on a direct course for Praxis."
"Send five warships to destroy that scum", said Kitumba. "And I want it destroyed, or you will be the main course for my feast tonight!"
"Y-yes, y-your hignessss", said the terrified warrior. Kitumba sounded mad, but he was actually very glad. He loved blowing things up. That was his job as emperor right? He thought it was so.
"Man, I love this job", thought Kitumba.
