30 Worlds: Megaforce, Episode XVIII: "Golden Voyagers"
CHAPTER NINE
Ship's Log, DDV Amidala, Mission Date 1,188, Prince William recording.
We are less than an hour away from the Bajor Sector, and all personnel are at their stations readying for battle. I have checked in with the captains of the other ships in our joint armada, and they have informed me that their ships' crews are ready for whatever may come.
The darkened Bridge was a hive of activity as the officers at the various stations were performing final systems checks prior to entering battle with the A.I.C. forces. William strolled past each station, checking the officers' work.
"We are approaching the Bajor Sector," Chad said. William made his way back to the command chair and activated its restraint system. The other officers did the same at their stations. "Take us out of hyper-light," William said. "Gold Wing, launch!"
As soon as the fourteen ships exited warp drive, Scarlett Army starfighters began to pour out of each capable ship's launch bay. "Sergeant Calhoun, begin preparations to initiate multi-vector assault mode as soon as Gold Wing is completely launched," William said.
"Aye, sir," Calhoun said. "Initiating m.v.a.m. launch sequence in 5...4...3...2...1." On the viewscreen, the Amidala began to separate into three sections, each with their own maneuvering capability and weapons systems.
"Multi-vector assault mode complete," Calhoun said. "All right then," William said. "Let's plow the road!" On the viewscreen, the middle and ventral sections flew off in differing directions—the middle section flying towards where the Enterprise-A and Defiant were under attack by a cluster of A.I.C. fighters, while the ventral section destroyed a Sidious-class scout with its weapons.
"Nice shot, Phineas," William said to Phineas Flynn, who was piloting the ventral section with step-brother Ferb Fletcher. Over where the middle section was being piloted by Zenon and Clara Oswald, Clara brought the middle section onto an intercept course with three of the A.I.C. fighters.
"Nice and steady, Zenon," Clara said. "Go!" "Way ahead of you, Clara!" Zenon responded. On the viewscreen, the middle section let out a barrage of laser fire that destroyed the fighters, allowing the Enterprise-A and Defiant to finish off the stragglers.
A few minutes later, Mal reported, "Incoming message from Voyager, William!" "On the holo-com, Mal!" William said.
A holographic projector in front of the viewscreen activated, revealing Janeway. "Prince William, Ensign Kim has located the exact coordinates of the anomaly generator," Janeway said. "Routing coordinates to the Amidala."
"Coordinates received, Kathryn," William said. "Rangers, with me. Sergeant, you have the conn!" William disengaged his restraints and led the other Rangers to a waiting turbolift. "Main Shuttlebay!" William said.
A U-Wing starfighter gleamed in the floodlights as William led the other Rangers up to it. "All right, guys, here's the plan," William said. "The anomaly generator is directly tied into Terok Nor's systems. If we shut down Terok Nor, we shut down the systems keeping Q shackled. If we free Q, we shut down the anomaly generator."
"But, William, we may not make it as far as the command center," Chad said. "Chad, remember we have these," Lennier said, holding up his MegaCellular. "And we have these," Sofia said, pointing to her head and her heart.
"Chad, as you are so fond of saying, 'we're all in this together,'" William said. "Let's go." William made his way to the cockpit as the rest of the away team got strapped into restraints in the passenger compartment.
On the Enterprise-A, Ensign Pavel Chekov saw an alert on his panel. "Keptin, Amidala is launching a starfighter. Course indication is towards Terok Nor," he said.
Kelvin Kirk smiled at Uhura. "Lieutenant, tell all ships to protect that starfighter. It must reach Terok Nor!" Kirk yelled.
On the Prime Enterprise, Prime Uhura turned to Prime Kirk. "Captain, incoming all-call from the Enterprise-A: Priority shifting to protecting a starfighter launching from DDV Amidala on course to Terok Nor," she said.
"Proceed, Mr. Chekov," Prime Kirk said. "Aye, Keptin," Prime Chekov said before turning back to his Tactical board.
On board the U-Wing, William clenched his teeth as an A.I.C. starfighter began to bear down on his position. Just before the A.I.C. fighter could launch an attack, however, it exploded—courtesy of a photon torpedo barrage from the Prime Enterprise.
One by one, each A.I.C. fighter that approached the U-Wing fell before an attack from one of the Starfleet ships. Meanwhile, the ships from the Scarlett Army concentrated their firepower on the A.I.C. capital ships.
William saw a perfect ingress point on the U-Wing's tactical display. He leaned down to the stairway leading to the lower compartment. "Hold on to something!" William said before turning his attention back to the view from the viewport.
In the command center of Terok Nor, Gul Skrain Dukat and the hooded A.I.C. action commander watched as on the central viewscreen, the U-Wing starfighter bore down. "Where's our support?!" Dukat said.
"Starfighters are being suppressed by the Starfleet ships, while the capital ships are being distracted by the ships from the Scarlett Army!" a Klingon warrior said.
Dukat turned to the action commander, a worried expression on his face. "What are we going to do?" Dukat asked.
"I don't know about you, Skrain, but as for me..." the commander said before bulling back his hood. "I promised I'd see Prince William again," Kalabar of the World of Halloweentown said. "And I always try to live up to my promises."
Kalabar walked into a nearby turbo-elevator car and left the command center moments before the U-Wing impacted the station.
"Welcome to my world, Prince William," Kalabar said as the turbo-elevator car sped on.
::TBC::
