Science Club Space I: Welcome to the Future
Summary: Star Trek and Strange Days at Blake Holsey High Crossover. (Previously Science Club Space I: Wormhole Greetings.) Lucas discovers the Enterprise in the 21st century. What will happen in the chaos to come?
Pairings: JxL ,a dash of JxV
Disclaimer: I do not own Strange Days at Blake Holsey High or Star Trek: The Next Generation.
A/N: Everyone returns, can Lucas keep his promise. Hopefully, this turns out okay.
"Any ideas…Mr. LaForge, Mr. Data" I asked hesitantly
"None, sir. Any ideas we have would take weeks to complete and implement." Data responded, while Geordi shook his head.
"What about our temporal uplink to Starfleet Command?"
"The beacon uses modified interplexon technology, combining both distance and time, using subspace emitters to achieve transmission through time. The problem is we're 50 years too far back. The beacon needs to draw on some already existing source to transmit, and the Plasma HyperComm Grid hasn't been invented yet. As you know, that technology was invented around 10 years before first contact and was used in the first Saturn mission. If we had that, we could bend the plasma field into a bubble using the deflector dish and the beacon could transmit the plasma carried data into subspace" Data said.
"Our only other option would be to fire our own communications through a temporal portal and provide a subspace pulse from the nacelles to force the beacon to send it on a subspace wave by drawing on the portal energy, and said portal's subspace environment. But we have no portal, so, until then, we have no communication with Starfleet Command." Geordi added.
I sighed, and said despondently "Keep at it, and keep me apprised of the situation. Dismissed."
I watched as Geordi and Data left the ready room before loosing my composure. I then turned my thoughts to the boy that I met. I could only trust that he would keep the secret of our existence, otherwise the entire future is at stake.
Beep. Beep.
"Come in!" Through the door walks Guinin.
"Guinin, what can I do for you."
"I know that we're in the 21st century, unable to return, and I know about the boy that you picked up yesterday from Deanna. My concern is that the people on this ship are getting worried that we may not be able to return, and an air of despondency hangs over Ten-Forward. You need to do something that will reassure them. Make an announcement telling them everything will be fine!" she responded.
"What can I do, Guinin?" I asked rather harshly.
Guinin, composed as ever stated "Give a speech of encouragement. Tell them that you are working on a way to return home. Also, as to getting home, try seeing what a wormhole can do." With that she left the room.
Picard sat and thought for five minutes before striding out onto the bridge. He strode to his command chair and triggered the comm.
"Attention all onboard the Enterprise," he began. "As all of you are no doubt aware, the Borg have created a temporal vortex that has sent us back to pre-warp, 21st century Earth. Further, because we are so far back in time, our temporal communications devices have been rendered useless. We're here alone. As of this moment, by my authority as captain of the Enterprise, while lacking communication from Starfleet Command, I temporarily suspend continuation of the priority one mission assigned to us, namely to eradicate the Borg, based on the fact that there is no immediate danger from the Borg, nor any way to fulfill our mission. Our new, temporary, assignment is to find a way to return to the 24st century. I want to reassure everyone onboard the Enterprise that the senior staff and I are making every effort to return to the 24th century. If you have any suggestions, please report them to your superior officer, and said superior officers shall in turn report them up the chain of command until they reach a member of the senior staff. I beg all to remain calm, we are working on it, however; due to the unknown nature of what we're facing while we wait, and given the hostilities of this time period of Earth history, I'm ordering a standing yellow alert, to remain in effect indefinitely. Picard out."
"Mr. Data, please note my actions in the Ship's Log. Especially make note of the mission suspension order I gave due to lack of presence of a flag officer. If you so believe my actions are correct, please certify the actions in the log. Remember you certify under penalty of perjury, an offence that garner's a general court martial. Commander Riker, I would ask you to also certify the log. You are under the same obligations and penalties as
Lieutenant Commander Data. Do both of you understand your obligations, options and penalties for non-compliance?"
"Yes sir. It shall be done." Data and Riker responded.
"Good, I had to give that legal spiel. Computer, senior staff meeting in the observation lounge, five minutes. Mr. Crusher?"
"Yes, sir" Ensign Crusher responded from the helm.
"Contact Mr. Randall on the surface and have him report to the staff meeting."
"Yes, sir." Wesley got up and left the bridge.
Lucas spent the rest of the weekend thinking on what had happened, and managed to develop a curiosity about the 24th century by the end of the weekend.
Everyone returned on Monday and Lucas found it difficult to keep his promise and refrain from telling the others about the Enterprise. He was distant, and the others noticed.
"Lucas?" Josie said, as they walked towards science class. He didn't answer.
"LUCAS!" Marshall shouted clapping his hands in front of Lucas' face.
"Wh…What?" Lucas said, snapping his head to look at them.
Josie replied sarcastically "Welcome back to reality. What's up with you?"
"Nothing, I just didn't get a lot of sleep last night."
"Oh…okay, but you'd tell me if there was a problem, right?"
"Right" Lucas responded as they entered the class.
"Good Morning. Today's lesson, which was brought up in science club last week will be focused on the study of Astronomy and the Universe. I am going to assign you a project. (Insert groans here). Now, it's nothing hard, potentially. You will pick a topic from the list; however the science club members have assigned topics, and create a poster board to present to the class. Or, if you want you can instead write a 5 page research paper. Josie and Lucas, I'm pairing you up with two topics, because one you've researched before and I would like you to write a paper, no page requirement, on it, and the other is completely new and you can choose paper or poster." Z said.
"What, but that's not fair!" Madison screamed.
"I'm doing this because I've given them twice the work of everyone else to compensate for the fact that they know a lot about their first topic and they will write a thorough report. I assigned them the second topic so they would have to do work like the rest of you and I paired them so they don't have too much work to do." Z replied.
Everyone picked their topics, and Josie and Lucas saw they were assigned Wormholes and "Science Fiction and Science: What is each and what science can be found in science fiction?"
"Well these are good" Lucas said, smiling. "The wormholes will be a piece of cake."
"Right" Josie replied. "Let's work on this tomorrow."
"Sounds good, see you later" Lucas said kissing her.
"Bye Lucas!"
Lucas returned to his room, his head filled with Josie, and saw that Marshall was out; probably doing his project. He sat down at his desk and was just about to go on the computer-
"Enterprise to Randall"
Lucas quickly found the commbadge on his desk and tapped it.
"Lucas here."
"This is Ensign Wesley Crusher. The captain requests your presence immediately at a senior staff meeting. We've locked on our transporter to your coordinates."
Lucas sighed. "Okay, I'm alone."
"Stand still then. Enterprise out."
Lucas quickly stood and felt his boy being torn apart while a white glow surrounded him…
There it is. I don't update very often because I have to first get in the mood for this story, and second, find time to update. Anyway, should Lucas tell Josie? I hope you liked the project. Also, I completely made up the Plasma HyperComm Grid and that whole explanation.