"ensign try the sonic phasers and see if you can't knock out their weapons and once that happens we'll try and open communications again"
"aye sir"
well as it turned out all they needed to do was calm them down with the loss of weapons and then shutting down their weapons as well to make them listen
"it seems we made an error in attacking you"
"I don't blame you we're foreigners in your area and we looked like we were threatening your people when in actuality we were just trying to get some food"
"you are allowed to hunt on our planet if you want just don't touch the endangered species"
"if you'll let us know which ones are endangered and which ones aren't we'll make sure to do so"
and so they hunted some deer like the ones on Earth and a few other things that they were sure weren't poisonous to them and they also were allowed to pick some plants that they knew they could eat from and then they were on their way
"so admiral how long have we been here anyways?"
"five and a half years John, so hopefully we will be able to get back to the Alpha Quadrant soon like with Voyager and only be gone for seven years but if we keep running into trouble it might take us longer."
Well they reached the six year mark and that turned out to be the hardest on all of them.
"admiral we're being attacked by the Velnron again and this time it looks like their in for the kill we might not survive this onslaught"
"just do your best ensign and do plan Delta, Zeta 5 it might be our only hope"
"aye sir"
well they fought for several more hours when suddenly they got some unlikely help from the Tanisan who they helped shortly after entering the Delta Quadrant
"sir it's the Tanisan they're here to help"
"good maybe now we can do some more damage to them"
well they start coordinating their plans and it works they are able to beat the Velnron no problem
"thank you for your assistance but I'm wondering what you are doing so far away from home"
"well we sometimes do trading in this area and we just happened to detect you guys and as we got closer we saw that you were in trouble so we decided to butt in and help"
"well once again thank you we might not have survived had your timely interference not happened"
"no problem"
well a few hours later Jewel went to engineering
"chief we need to get new warp technology ASAP think you can do it?"
"maybe I've been looking into some theories but I might be wrong"
"just do your best is that understood?"
"yes sir"
well after six months he had a tentative new warp engine that could go to warp 12 all they needed to do now was test it
"all right ensign you know the setting warp 12"
"same setting warp 12 aye"
"engage"
well they went faster than ever but then they started getting warning alarms about overheating and a possible breach
"sir we must stop the test or we'll destroy ourselves"
"very well all stop"
"all stop aye"
and so they stopped and just in time too
"now what?"
"I honestly don't know Lt. but we'll figure it out we always do but for now the warp experiment is being shut down and that's final"
"understood I'll tell the chief"
"thanks I don't want to be the one to tell him"
well they meet a new species and unfortunately for them they were on the unfriendly side of things and so they had yet another very fierce battle but this time most of it was on the bridge
"hey admiral watch your back"
"same to you John"
"hey Lt. I would duck if I were you"
"yo creeps leave the ship alone"
"I need some help over here unless you want flambéed Lt. Commander"
"admiral duck"
"I would do the same if I were you ensign"
"John get these things into the forcefield already or we're gonna be cooked"
"hey guys say hello to a phaser rifle"
"doctor you have such impeccable timing thank you for your help"
"hey idiots I would turn around if I were you"
"you don't have a chance against us"
"oh yea tell that to the Dominion and the Borg and they had more forces all at once than you did or they took one of our own and used them against us you have neither so you really don't stand a chance against us after all we can be quite stubborn"
"I wouldn't say that if I were you human"
"well what do you know you know what species I am well put this in your computers we do not give up without a fight"
"that shall be your end"
"as if you really don't know a thing about us so you really can't win so just give up and save yourself some loss"
"we will never lose to the likes of you"
and then suddenly without warning John gives out a cry in pure horror
"admiral NO!, leave her alone you creeps, doctor get the admiral out of here"
"I will if you can clear the path for me"
"no problem doctor I'll clear the path here and in the halls"
and so after a much longer fight in the bridge and a few minor skirmishes in the hallways they managed to get Jewel to sickbay and soon after that the enemy retreated but the crew was still on edge because of the fact that they could lose their commanding officer to severe injuries.
"how is she doctor?"
"not good captain she has multiple injuries about two or three of them potentially life threatening"
James just sighs at that "do what you can doctor I'll be on the bridge if you need me"
"understood"
well it took a few weeks but Jewel finally came too and when she did the doctor contacted the bridge to let them know