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Note: This is a multi-genre story.
Part 47
Years ago…
Ranma Saotome observed the apparatus that his wife Usagi was connected to. He was already aware of the extensive cybernetic implants that she already has acquired over the years.
"Daddy?" Hoshiko asked her father. "Are you going to save Mommy?"
"Of course he is!" Aiko snapped at her sister. "He would never let the bad people hurt Mommy!"
Ranma merely nodded, not really giving an answer to his daughters. All he knew was that he would have to carefully remove the tubes that were running in and out her body. He had already placed Dr. Hansen's "null zones" nodes, which should give off a false sensor reading by tapping directly into the power conduits. The Hansen expedition had used these devices extensively throughout their encounter with the Borg.
With a sigh, Ranma took out his Tricorder, determined to see if the mobile analysis computer can help him figure out what he should do next…
Now.
"Usagi, hand me that wielder," Starfleet Officer Commander Ranma Saotome asked, as he reached up from the exposed panel.
Usagi pulled out the appropriate tool from the portable tool kit, and handed it to him.
"Thanks," Ranma said, as he received the tool. He continued to make adjustments to the control panel of the Auxiliary Room. He then tapped his secured com-badge.
"Saotome to O'Brien," Ranma began. "I'm ready to receive your signal."
"Understood, Commander," O'Brien replies. "We're getting some major interference from the Borg, but nothing that we can't handle."
"Got it. Saotome to Worf."
"Worf here."
"Change of plans. I getting some interference on the deck that you're in. You need to re-route the primary system on the upper deck."
"Confirmed," Worf replied, as he was used his "mek-leth" (a dagger version of the batleth, the traditional Klingon weapon) to "take down" a few Borg drones. "There are too many Borg drones in this area."
"Fair enough. Before you leave, destroy that section of the ship with a thermite grenade."
"Gladly, sir," Worf says, as he waved his men for a strategic retreat. Once cleared, he took out a special grenade. Then, the Klingon turns his attention to the in-coming Borg. "It's a good day…for YOU to die!"
Worf drops his grenade, and closes he hatch behind him…
BOOM!
Ranma felt the rumble through the decks, and smiled.
"RANMA, DO YOU THINK WE WILL-"
"Usagi, normal voice, please," replied Ranma.
"Sorry," Counselor Usagi Tsukino said, as she touched her right temples. "I was about to ask if we'd ever save Hoshiko."
Ranma pulls himself up from underneath the panel. He then gets up and touches his former wife's left cheek.
"Usako, she is all that WE have. With what happened to Aiko, I…I couldn't bare the thought that I could have saved her…and didn't."
Usagi looks into her former husband's steel-blue eyes, and gently sighed.
"I'm…glad to hear that, Ranchan," Usagi replied. "I know that it was my fault that I ended our marriage, but-"
"Shh, now. What's done is done, and what we can do now, is prevent what happened to Aiko, not happen to Hoshiko. I made my decision in what happened that day, and I've been regretting it ever since."
"Don't blame yourself! You couldn't help it."
"Doesn't matter. I'm a Saotome, and I don't LOOSE. Well…I shouldn't have."
And the two continued their work in silence.
Location: The Montana Rocket Facility, Earth.
Meanwhile, a certain Tendo daughter is speaking with her sister.
"So…what did happen?" Akane asked her sister Nabiki.
"Well, in the year 2009, we were invaded by aliens, which basically plunged the entire world into chaos," Nabiki said, as she sipped her tea. "Tokyo was hardest hit, but luckily our family was vacationing in Hokkaido when that happened. It was almost as bad as the 'Second Impact', five years before you…left."
Akane nodded. According to what everyone was told, a meteorite crashed in the Antarctic region, tilting the Earth's axis. Many people's lives were lost, resulting in the world's population being "halved". Thankfully, Earth's mightiest heroes and the world's various governments worked together, instead of fighting each other, to restore the world to some sort of normalcy. Even the Antarctic region was restored somewhat, though it is had fell under the pernament jurisdiction of the United Nations.
"So anyway," Nabiki continues, "Earth faced another chaos in the form of an alien invasion, and then yet another war comes up, when one of our OWN, a government scientist named Zorndyke, went crazy and unleashed mutant sea creatures on the world, which was ironic since he was the one who negotiated the peace treaty during the Eugenics War of 1996, and the Global War on Terrorism in 1999. Anyway, he used the UNbase in Antarctica as a staging ground for his madness.
"And with the attention of the world's governments divided, between what's was going on Earth and in space, it was only a matter of time when the trans-national corporations became, in effect, the true authority in the world. So it's not surprising that when Jupiter was turned into a star by some 'monolith', many people immigrated to the Jupiter Sector. More so, this became the case after the Near Apocalypse of 2012, Third Impact of 2015, the Lunar Jump Gate Disaster of 2021, and the Kanto Earth Quake 2025. I'm surprised that humanity has reached this point."
"I see…"
"And between the Second and the Third Robotech Wars, the Colonial Independence movements on Venus, Mars and the moons of Jupiter, and the Third World War we had JUST got through a few years ago here on Earth, I think things are looking up somewhat. If Dr. Cochran is able to launch his Phoenix starship, this project could finally unite the entire Sol System."
(A/N: The Gundam series, all of them, occur in what I call the "Cosmic Era", a term that is from the "Gundam Seed" series. Basically, in the year 2000 CE, the United Nations, in the Aftermath of the Global War on Terrorism, though, in reality, it was a response to the crashed alien fortress in "Robotech", the first space colony was established on Mars. "Year One" was something that the first colonists came up with, since they saw themselves as pioneers. That colony, unfortunately failed, under mysterious circumstances, but that didn't stop this renewed interest in building colonies throughout the Solar System. This became a greater deal when, in 2010 CE, an alien "monolith"- from the movie sequel "2010: A Space Odyssey" –turned the planet Jupiter into a small star, thus enabling life on Jupiter's Moons to flourish. Unfortunately, as time went on, the colonists on Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and elsewhere, felt the need to become independent. Needless to say, their corporate sponsors were not pleased at all. Wars ensued, and have been a problem for humanity from 2050 CE to 2150 CE, which is a reason why even after "first contact" between the Earth and Vulcan, the Vulcans have kept a heavy leash on human expansionism. It was in 2051 CE when, after a peace treaty has been signed between Earth and its colonies, that the series "Star Trek: Enterprise" takes place. So, anyway, all the Gundam series exist within this 100-year time span, adjusting enough to fit in with the events of "Star Trek". BTW, the events featured in "Cowboy Bebop" and "Starblazers"- with adjustments to both -also take place during this time. I hope that helps.)
"Well," Akane began, "You seemed to have an interesting life."
"Well, I try. I just hope that this project of Dr. Cochran. With resources scarce, I'm footing much of 'seed money' in this project."
"With a tidy profit, I bet."
Nabiki smiles.
"Hey, once an 'Ice Queen', always an Ice Queen."
"Yeah…"
"Say! I was wondering if you could do me a favor…"
"Anything."
"How would you like to help 'test flight' the Phoenix?"
"?"
Location: The Bridge of the Enterprise-E.
"Worf!" Counselor Troi said, as she helped the Klingon up from the below deck. "We were getting reports of massive disruptions of the Borg…"
"Yes," Lt/Com. Worf said, as he sits his weapon down on a nearby panel. "Commander Saotome and the rest of the crew of the Defiant are trying to localized the ship's systems."
The Klingon tapped his com-badge.
"Worf to Saotome," Worf began. "My team has made it to the Bridge."
"Understood," the response came. "Get those routers up and running."
"Understood. Worf out-"
There was some banging on the deck hatch, which got everyone worried. Worf took aim with his phaser rifle, and gave a hand gesture to get people into position. Once that was out of the way, Worf nodded to Troi to open the hatch…"
"It's me!" Lt/Com. Tasha Yar said, as she raised her heads.
Worf smiles, as he lowers his weapon, and helps his old friend up.
"I see that you're alright," Worf says.
"Of course, I am," replies Tasha with smile. "I am a student of 'Anything Goes' Martial Arts, after all."
Location: "Borg Hive" (Engineering Deck of the Enterprise-E).
As Ensign Hoshiko Saotome's uniform was being replaced with a Borg outfit similar to the so-called "Borg Queen" (i.e. all leather), Adjutant 1/9 continues her story to the modified Mr. Data.
"When we captured the 'Moon Princess', we had begun to transform her. It was a simple, yet complex operation. It was simple since she was already more 'Borg' than not, but there were many layers of built-in defenses that we need to overcome. And it was during this process that the 'Chaos Bringer' made his decision…"
FLASHBACK!
Ranma looked at his wife, as he took his readings on his Tricorder. He recalled a program that his wife had installed in her CPU.
"Daddy?" Hoshiko asks.
"Just a second, honey," Ranma replied. "Ah!"
Ranma found the appropriate program.
FZT!
A holographic image of a short haired, red-haired girl, dressed in a normal Sailor "fuku" school uniform appears.
"Good Morning, Captain Tsukino- Hey!" the girl said, with a Brooklyn accent. "You ain't Captain Tsukino!"
"No, I'm not," says Ranma evenly. "Who are you?"
"My name is SELMA. I'm Captain Tsukino's personal computer, courtesy of 'Project: Time Trax'."
"Project: Time Trax" was a government operation that Usagi was a part of circa late 22rd century. At the time, Usagi was a member of the UN Marshals Services on Earth, and had been assigned to Project: Time Trax when a leading scientist in temporal mechanics, Dr. Mordecai Sahmbi, was using his work to send criminals exactly 200 years into the past. Agents with the rank of "Captain" were assigned SELMA units, which were tailored to the liking of the agent; in Usagi's case, SELMA was based on the image and personality of her friend Molly Baker, a fellow student and roommate at the Starfleet Academy (circa 2153 CE). Molly was the descendant of her old friend Naru ("Molly") Osaka and Gurio Umino. Thus, in honor of her friend Molly, Usagi used Molly's personality and image for her SELMA unit. When Dr. Sahmbi was finally dealt with, all the SELMA units were merged into one unit, before merging with Usagi's cybernetics. Thus, there were Twelve SELMAs living within the former marshal.
"Are you an angel?" Aiko asked.
"Naw, just a friend."
"Okay," Ranma began. "I need your help in helping Usagi."
SELMA looks over to the prone Usagi.
"Oh, no! We got to do something!"
"That is why I need your help."
"Right," SELMA said. "To all SELMAs, I need your help!"
Eleven other holographic images appeared.
"What's the matter?" said a blond-bombshell.
"Obviously, SELMA, Captain Tsukino needs our assistances," said a matronly hologram.
"Well, I don't know everything, you know!"
"They're funny," said Hoshiko to her sister.
Ranma sweat-dropped.
"Er, can't you help me or not!"
"Certainly," said another SELMA, who was dressed like a doctor. "We will assist the Captain."
And with that, the Twelve SELMAs began the process to remove the Borg's intrusions, while the Saotome family looked on.
Unknown to all, the Borg Queen, having secretly circumvented Ranma's stealth protocols, was observing their actions.
Tbc.