"Captain, we really need to set down for repairs," B'elanna said as she stormed into Captain Kathryn Janeway's ready room.
"Cool down," said Kathryn soothingly. "I agree that Voyager is in bad shape. If we set down now how long would it take to fix?"
"There's the.. the...," B'elanna started, but snapped out quickly, "maybe a couple of weeks at most, Captain."
Captain Janeway smiled at her as she went to the replicator and asked for two coffees. They sat down with their beverages and then Kathryn started to speak. "I've actually been thinking of a planet where we could make repairs and give the crew some downtime. I found this M class planet a couple light years from us," she continued as she handed B'elanna a pad with the information on it, "it's uninhabited so we could give the crew full rein of the planet plus it has most, if not all of the metals we need. I've already made the course correction. Do you think Voyager can hang in until then B'elanna?"
"Thank you Captain," B'elanna smiled back, grateful, "of course she can, she made it this far hasn't she?"
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"Ready the landing gear Lieutenant Paris," Captain Janeway said as she stood solidly on the bridge of her ship.
"Yes ma'am," Paris replied cheekily, as Voyager entered into the atmosphere.
Voyager settled down with little trouble and only a couple bumps, nothing grave. Janeway immediately took over, as she started organising a couple of away teams to explore and shifts for the down time. She also opened a comm link with B'elanna and told her she could start repairs as soon as she wants, but to remember to schedule some down timefor herself and the rest of her teams. As soon as she finished Seven of Nine's voice came through her comm badge, "Captain, I'm detecting some metal a couple of kilometers from our position. I don't recognize this type of metal and it doesn't belong with the natural ressources on this planet. It's also only in a very small supply, it seems as if it was brought in from another planet. I request that you send an away mission to investigate."
"Okay Seven," Janeway replied, "meet me in Transporter Room 1." She finished and tapped her chest to turn off her comm badge, "Tuvok you're with me. I'll watch out Chakotay." She added when she noticed Chakotay's worried expression, then she turned and walked into the turbo lift, with Tuvok following behind.
Tuvok and Janeway entered Transporter room 1 to find Seven already there. They quickly got on the transporter pad and beamed about one to two kilometers from the ship, ready to hike the rest of the distance. They set out with a determined look and their tricorders beeping madly.
"Captain," Seven said some time later, "I see something over there to our left."
"Yes, I can see it too Seven," she said after looking the way that Seven had pointed. "What do you think Tuvok?"
"I can also see something," Tuvok stared, "though it's too far away to get tricorder readings."
After they walked a ways further Janeway borke the silence. "It looks circular with a hole in the center, there's also something small off to the side," Janeway observed, mumbling softly as she lost herself in her thoughts. "Let's get closer," she added, quickly shaking herself out of her reverie, "but be very careful."
They slowly crept up to the mysterious object, stopping around a hundred meters from the objects. "The tricorders aren't recording anything unusual, Captain," Tuvok started seriously. Suddenly the inside ring started started to turn, stopping momentarily in some spots, lighting up and then continuing on. After seventh squares lit up, the inner ring stopped moving and a pool of blue plasma covered the hole and whooshed forward then toppled back as if overcome by some kind of weird gravity. The three crew members stared at the weird pulsating blue energy stretched over the metal ring. They were even more surprised when three humans and one man of unknown species came from that energy and then stopped, seemingly surprised at seeing them!
"Cool down," said Kathryn soothingly. "I agree that Voyager is in bad shape. If we set down now how long would it take to fix?"
"There's the.. the...," B'elanna started, but snapped out quickly, "maybe a couple of weeks at most, Captain."
Captain Janeway smiled at her as she went to the replicator and asked for two coffees. They sat down with their beverages and then Kathryn started to speak. "I've actually been thinking of a planet where we could make repairs and give the crew some downtime. I found this M class planet a couple light years from us," she continued as she handed B'elanna a pad with the information on it, "it's uninhabited so we could give the crew full rein of the planet plus it has most, if not all of the metals we need. I've already made the course correction. Do you think Voyager can hang in until then B'elanna?"
"Thank you Captain," B'elanna smiled back, grateful, "of course she can, she made it this far hasn't she?"
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"Ready the landing gear Lieutenant Paris," Captain Janeway said as she stood solidly on the bridge of her ship.
"Yes ma'am," Paris replied cheekily, as Voyager entered into the atmosphere.
Voyager settled down with little trouble and only a couple bumps, nothing grave. Janeway immediately took over, as she started organising a couple of away teams to explore and shifts for the down time. She also opened a comm link with B'elanna and told her she could start repairs as soon as she wants, but to remember to schedule some down timefor herself and the rest of her teams. As soon as she finished Seven of Nine's voice came through her comm badge, "Captain, I'm detecting some metal a couple of kilometers from our position. I don't recognize this type of metal and it doesn't belong with the natural ressources on this planet. It's also only in a very small supply, it seems as if it was brought in from another planet. I request that you send an away mission to investigate."
"Okay Seven," Janeway replied, "meet me in Transporter Room 1." She finished and tapped her chest to turn off her comm badge, "Tuvok you're with me. I'll watch out Chakotay." She added when she noticed Chakotay's worried expression, then she turned and walked into the turbo lift, with Tuvok following behind.
Tuvok and Janeway entered Transporter room 1 to find Seven already there. They quickly got on the transporter pad and beamed about one to two kilometers from the ship, ready to hike the rest of the distance. They set out with a determined look and their tricorders beeping madly.
"Captain," Seven said some time later, "I see something over there to our left."
"Yes, I can see it too Seven," she said after looking the way that Seven had pointed. "What do you think Tuvok?"
"I can also see something," Tuvok stared, "though it's too far away to get tricorder readings."
After they walked a ways further Janeway borke the silence. "It looks circular with a hole in the center, there's also something small off to the side," Janeway observed, mumbling softly as she lost herself in her thoughts. "Let's get closer," she added, quickly shaking herself out of her reverie, "but be very careful."
They slowly crept up to the mysterious object, stopping around a hundred meters from the objects. "The tricorders aren't recording anything unusual, Captain," Tuvok started seriously. Suddenly the inside ring started started to turn, stopping momentarily in some spots, lighting up and then continuing on. After seventh squares lit up, the inner ring stopped moving and a pool of blue plasma covered the hole and whooshed forward then toppled back as if overcome by some kind of weird gravity. The three crew members stared at the weird pulsating blue energy stretched over the metal ring. They were even more surprised when three humans and one man of unknown species came from that energy and then stopped, seemingly surprised at seeing them!