"ensign Keller would you take us to 10,000 kilometers of the asteroid field?" asked Picard knowing that to go through it would be suicidal
"10,000 kilometers aye"
and so they get to that distance an scan the field and come up with only one possible solution
"Data I want you to take a shuttle and see if you can navigate that field if you can give us the exact same route"
"yes captain"
well Geordi monitored Data from the bridge with the code Jewel had given him when he lost the signal "La Forge to Data respond please…La Forge to Data respond…Data this is La Forge answer me now please…La…" he sighs in defeat "bye Data I'll miss you"
"Geordi what's going on?"
"Data's gone captain I was monitoring him using Jewel's code and the signal disappeared"
"understood we will uh…we will find a way around the field"
three months later on VOYAGER a simple survey almost turned to disaster if not for Lt. Sandel's quick thinking and all over the quadrant the crew of the Jewel readapted to life in Starfleet and working with others.
A month after Voyager was saved Jewel was actually starting to see some progress in the beginnings of the new program that would teach academy students how to use bows and arrows
"well things are finally picking up Lt. you seem to be the most comfortable with this new routine why?"
"well after seeing how your aim has improved immensely I figured that maybe there was something to these new weapons after all sir"
"you're partially correct Lt. but it's not just the weapons that made my aim improve"
"than what was it sir?"
"where we had to use them forced all of my crew to adapt and learn how to effectively use the bow and arrow we had to practice until we got the use down to perfection"
"what do you mean you were forced to adapt and learn how to effectively use the weapon?"
"simple my crew and I were stranded on a desert like planet for two years and these weapons allowed us to hunt for our food, and with the food available we could survive long enough to get off the planet"
"well than I say let's continue work and get these weapons down well enough to teach all the academy students"
"easy there Lt. you're just going to learn the basics like the academy students are I don't want you trying to do advanced stuff all I want you and the cadets to know is basic uses of the bow and arrow, how to use them safely and how to aim if they're ever assigned to my crew permanently or temporarily I will work on the moving targets with them is that understood"
"yes ma'am" they all said knowing that it was one rule that they would never be allowed to break
finally the six months passed and they all went back to Earth to go back home and update each other and just be a family again of course as Jewel predicted it was as if the six moths had never happened
"so I hear you're the representative for those serving on the Enterprise how was it?"
"good for the most part"
"what didn't any of you like?"
"the memorial we had for Lt. Commander Data"
"Data's gone?"
"yes while trying to navigate through an asteroid field"
"understood"
and so she found out how all the assignments were and then she mourned Data's loss for a day
well a few weeks later Jewel had a team up with her former crew to help with a relief effort
"hello captain it's been a while"
"yes it has admiral how are you and your crew doing now that you're back home and mostly acclimated to working with people again?"
"we're all fine Picard I heard what happened I'm sorry for your loss"
"thank you so um do you know exactly what we're supposed to be doing on this relief assignment?"
"not really all I know is that we're supposed to give them supplies but other than that I have no further orders what about you?"
"I'm afraid I'm in the same boat admiral"
"typical we would have to face unknown situations that are going to be hard to deal with very well I'll see if we can't think of some sort of attack plan on my ship"
"than I shall do the same admiral after all we should both be prepared for anything on this sort of mission even battle"
"yes we should I'll tell you our plan once we have it"
"and we shall do the same admiral"
and so they both think up a good plan and put it into action in fact they actually didn't need any contingency of battle but they had it in place just in case and once that was done they went there separate ways knowing for a fact that they were needed to do other assignments like protecting the neutral zone
"ensign to the neutral zone warp thirteen and if it becomes desperate go up to warp fifteen but no faster than that we don't want to come up so fast that we can't slow down in time to make sure we're ready for battle"
"with pleasure sir"
and so they head to the neutral zone and Geordi is seeing how fast they were going and he's shocked to see the speed
"captain the admiral is going faster than recommended speed and at a speed that no other ship is capable of in fact after a quick scan they can go up to warp nineteen"
"warp nineteen but that's impossible no ship can go that fast it would tear them apart in fact the speed that they're going at right now is too fast for that frame to handle"
"I don't know how sir but it looks like they've not only reinforced the materials but it looks like they did something to the engine to make it go that fast and not really affect the ship once I've finished my scans I'll have Data…"
they all go silent at that name knowing that he was gone yet they were still coping with his loss
"never mind sir I'll just ask the admiral if I could talk to the person who designed that engine and see if he can explain exactly how he managed to make the ship so fast of course I'm not going to do that since it's probably so that they could get home faster and besides I wouldn't know exactly what I would have to do for such a modification"
"good idea Geordi ensign get us out of here and to Vulcan we have an ambassador to pick up and escort to a peace conference"
"aye sir"
and so they go to Vulcan and then to the conference. After a few weeks they met up with Jewel and her crew at DS9
"so admiral what brings you here?"
"basic supply run plus after all the excitement that's been going around for our crew lately we needed a break what are you doing here captain?"
"we're also here for supplies and then we're heading back to Earth for some much needed upgrades that can only be done there"
"so I hear Geordi is interested in our modifications to our engines"
"yes and to be honest I'm also a bit curious as to how you can go that fast without tearing the ship apart"
"well I don't know all the details but according to my chief engineer the modifications weren't too complicated it was just a matter of seeing what the ship could already do and then find a safe way to boost the power of the engine and also increase the speed but he says that there are a few complicated steps that have to be taken if you're going to upgrade the engine"
"I think I'll just leave you to the fast speed I think that Geordi just wants to learn about different modifications that could be made to engines since that's his field of interest I don't think he plans on doing those modifications to our ship"
"it's good for him to have some curiosity that means he's willing to learn anything"
well suddenly they hear a commotion and turn to see two of Jewel's officers on the ground
"what's going on you two?"
"sorry admiral we kinda got carried away with the chase and when I went to tag him I didn't stop in time to avoid crashing in to him thus the reason you heard us crash"
"oh guys how many times must I tell you that when you play this game you must adapt according to the environment you're in?"
"we know always be ready to change speed, course and how long you play"
"exactly guys now than keep on playing but please be careful I don't want Odo to get onto you for no real reason"
"no problem" the Lt. on top of the ensign brings out a walkie-talkie "this is the Lt. Starfleet wins round five of alien vs. Starfleet"
"good job that was the last one OK get back to base then we'll switch off oh and that makes Starfleet four aliens one"
the two officers leave
"admiral what was that just now?"
"oh that's our version of tag it's a form of training for us"
"I see does captain Sisko know what's going on on his station?"
"yes Picard he does I asked permission before I let my crew do this and Odo knows about this as well so all he really does is make sure that we don't get out of hand"
"I thought you were here to relax"
"we are relaxing captain we only have ten officers at a time playing the game the rest do whatever they want that involves taking a break"
"so how long does the game last?"
"until either Starfleet or the aliens have five wins"
"that's an interesting rule admiral I wonder if we could join in"
"sorry captain but I'm afraid that you wouldn't understand everything that we do in this game"
"oh come admiral it's a simple game of tag"
"actually it's not as simple as I make it sound only Odo is ever allowed to join if he wants and for right now he's not playing for the simple reason that he thinks this will distract him from his job"
"understood admiral"
well soon Jewel realized that it had been six months since the loss of Data and she was depressed because little did anyone know it but Jewel and Data with Picard's permission would have been together again for three weeks as a training session for her crew because even though they were very adept at pretty much any trouble that came there way they needed Data to teach them how to handle very unexpected problems that needed thinking of his speed or if not his speed at least as close to it as they could manage through simulations