"Captain Starfleet is getting a distress call from the USS Ishimuro! They are requesting any ships in the vicinity to head out immediately." Uhura's voice rang out over the comm. Kirk took one look at the rest of the bridge crew that were also in sickbay before turning back to Dr. McCoy.
"Go." Was all McCoy had to say before the entire bridge crew stampeded out of sickbay at a dead run to the bridge.
"Sulu get us to the ship as fast as you can!" Kirk shouted when they reached the bridge. "Uhura hail the Ishimuro let's see if we can get some info what is happening over there and let Starfleet know we are responding to the call.
"Aye Captain" Uhura said quickly taking her station. Within seconds the Enterprise was at maximum warp.
They dropped out of warp just at the edge of the solar system where the distress call was coming from.
"Sulu shields up, yellow alert we don't know what we are flying into."
"Aye Sir."
"Start scanning see if you can find the Ishimuro."
"Captain I have located it. It seems to be orbiting a large M-class planet ahead of us." Spock said.
"Hail them." Kirk said leaning back in his chair.
"No response Captain" Uhura said after a few long moments.
"Check for life signs"
"None present" Spock said turning around in his chair to face the captain.
"Alright Sulu, Bones you're with me, we need to get on that ship. "Kirk said pushing himself out of his chair and speed walking towards the turbo lift. Sulu had to jog to get in before the doors closed. They met up with Doctor McCoy and a security detail in the transporter room.
"We have no idea what we are beaming into so phasers on stun, we don't want to hit any crew members." Kirk said as they stepped onto the transported pad. "Energize"
They materialized aboard the Ishimuro with phasers drawn. Immediately the eerie silence in the ship unsettled them.
"Everyone stay together; we make our way to the bridge. It may hold some clues as to what happened here." Kirk said stepping off the transported pad. As soon as they stepped out into the hall they realized just how bad the situation was.
"This wasn't an attack it was a massacre!" McCoy exclaimed. All around them lay debris and bodies, McCoy quickly examined a few before announcing his conclusion to the rest of the crew. "They were shot, but these burns come from a higher powered phaser than I have ever seen before."
"Well whoever made them also made something that could break through the blast doors." Sulu said examining what was left of the massive steel door. "There is path straight to the turbo lift."
"We need to get to the bridge so let's get moving." Kirk said leading the way. The bridge looked no different than the rest of the ship with the phaser marks burned into the walls and pieces of metal scattered about. Carefully avoiding the sparking consoles, the crew spread about the bridge.
"I found Captain Hollister!" one of the redshirts cried out "He's dead!"
"Captain." Spocks voice came over the communicator.
"Yes Spock?" Kirk said stepping away from the others.
"We appear to have found something rather interesting in the ships computers."
"What did you find?" Kirk asked his raised voice attracting the attention of the others who all stopped what they were doing to listen in.
"We were scanning their computers when we came upon the security cameras. There is a video you need to see."
"We are ready to beam back now"
"Acknowledged, I will give Mr. Scott the order."