Pavel Chekov stared impatiently out of the bridge window of the USS Ishimuro. He had been assigned to accompany them during their first terraforming mission. They were looking for an inhabitable planet that had many natural caves. Starfleet had ordered him to join them because of the tricky positions of the planets in their solar system. He had to bite his tongue to avoid asking if they had reached their destination yet. The course had been plotted into the computer all the pilot had to do was follow it to the letter and they would be fine.

"I could have done this from the station why did I have to come along?" Chekov mumbled under his breath

"Just in case any abnormal or undetectable gravity fields appeared." A voice to his left said.

"Ah Captain Hollister sorry I was just..."

"No worries ensign you want to be back with your own crew back at the space station. I have had a few missions like that myself over the years." Captain Hollister said crossing his hands behind his back. "As big and exciting as space is, it is just a big empty wasteland when you have no one you trust with you. With a crew you can trust it becomes an adventure. One you wish never to end."

"You speak as though you have experience in this matter"

"I am, I was once a young ensign like you and on my old ship there was no secrets. We trusted each other with our lives. That's why I am retiring after this mission, Starfleet has too many secrets now secrets get you and everyone close to you killed." Captain Hollister said with a faraway look in his eyes. Pavel was about to respond when the ship lurched to a stop.

"Kaplin what was that! Why have we stopped?" Captain Hollister shouted.

"We are caught in a tractor beam sir. It seems to be emanating from the surface of a nearby planet."

"Well get us out of it!"

"Sir people are being transported aboard!"

"Red alert all hands to battle stations!" Captain Hollister shouted over the alarms

"Phaser fire detected sir. They seem to be making their way to the bridge!"

"Chekov what the hell are you doing" Hollister shouted

"We are getting massacred sir, they are blowing through our barricade and blast door as as if they don't exist, I'm sending out a distress signal!"

"It's too late, they are in the turbo lift. Everyone phasers out, shoot on site!" Captain Hollister shouted as everyone took cover. The turbo lift doors opened to a hail of phaser fire as the invaders easily shot down everyone in the room.