Chapter 2:
Escape
A ship, adrift in space, with damage all over the hull, is moving sideways. Propulsion gone. Shields gone. Weapons depleted. All escape pods jettisoned.
One escape pod reaches an area of space where unstable wormholes appear and catch whatever comes in its wake, never to been seen again. The escape pod misses the blackhole; but is instead pulled into the orbit of a nearby planet.
The escape pod crash lands on a cold planet in an uncharted world, in an uncharted area of the Alpha quadrant of the galaxy.
The life support system of the escape pod begins to fail. The occupant is awakened after the pod crashes lands.
"Warning! Life support system is failing. Exiting the escape pod is required for systems cooldown and internal repair."
The occupant takes his tricorder and ascertains the damage. "Computer, damage to the ship?" "That information is not available at this time." The occupant looks around, asking himself, "Where am I?" His tricorder could not give an answer. "Your location is unknown." He shivers, he takes the tricorder and his phaser, transfers the computer to the tricorder and walks away, trying to call his ship's computer, no luck. Communication is non-existent.
He finds a shelter, a cave. He tries to warm himself. He asks, "Computer, can I put a distress call out?" "There are no facilities available for that use. Suggestions include make the phaser into a flare."
"Computer, transfer this firing sequence into the phaser at 5 minute intervals, increasing the discharge every minute." "Transfer complete." "Begin firing on my mark." He puts the phaser on the snowy ground at a 90 degree angle. "Mark."