"Move it Lt. I need to be there right now"
"Sentinel what has gotten into you?"
"Sorry sir, but I am acting on my authority as a Jedi right now, something is following us and I think they know that there is a Jedi on board, the only thing I can think of is either Jedi hunters or Sith, but seeing as how I'm not detecting a huge amount of darkness it's most likely Jedi hunters"
"Can you put on your Force inhibitor before they drop out of warp and come back to us?"
"Sorry sir but that's not possible right now I need all of my abilities if we're going to beat them"
(Sighs) "I understand Sentinel, you lead and we'll follow"
"Right all hands Yellow alert be prepared for Red alert as soon as we're fired upon, shields are up and weapons ready, I also have hailing frequencies open waiting to see if they respond"
"And who answers?"
"Depending on the response I will answer unless I feel it's better that you answer"
"Right, anything else we should do Sentinel?"
"No sir I can't...wait, could you get Commander Data up here Lt.? I normally would but unfortunately I'm a bit busy with a few other things and I don't have the time"
"Got it"
Data heads up to the bridge in short order and asks for a situation report which he is quickly given
"Sentinel I do not understand why you have not called either Captain Picard or Commander Riker as they have higher authority then either of us in normal situations"
"It's easy sir, I need you to take the helm because I might be calling in moves real fast and you're the only person who will be fast enough to make the proper adjustments, not to mention I want someone from the command team up here in case I become incapacitated at any point in time"
"Understood Sentinel awaiting your orders"
The enemy ship arrives and continues to ignore Ashland's hails and then fires upon them making the ship go to red alert and Ashland firing off the phasers. Not long into the battle Ashland suddenly realizes she has to make a very dangerous move but it was the only move left open to them and by this time both Riker and Picard had joined them on the ship despite their exhaustion and were quickly read in on the situation and let Portland continue to make the call and she makes a request that confuses everyone for only a few moments into her speech
"Captain open ship wide communications"
"Open"
"All hands this is Sentinel Portland speaking, by now you know that we are currently in a battle, we don't know what the ship wants because they are refusing to answer to our hails and they are succeeding in draining our shields and will destroy the ship and everyone on it unless we do something drastic. I am ordering all civilians and half the crew to evacuate to the drive section which will then separate from the saucer section and go to the nearest Starfleet station they can find, once there they are to contact Starfleet Command directly and tell them what has happened. They are also to inform Starfleet about the possibility of Jedi hunters in Federation space and that they are to warn all Jedi about this threat and then contact the Republic and ask for any information about current Jedi hunters and for any assistance they can think of in helping catch said hunters operating in our space. Once finished you are to stay at the station until you either hear from the saucer section or have our destruction confirmed by another Jedi or Starfleet vessel, Sentinel Portland out"
Picard cuts ship wide communication and looks to Portland for further orders
"Captain, Commander those instructions apply to you as well, they're going to need you in a worse case scenario and besides Commander Data is already here in case something happens to me"
"I think not Sentinel, while we may have to obey your orders normally you do remember that Command has given both the Captain and First Officer the right to refuse orders if they feel the grounds are sufficient. I believe that you are incapable of doing this without us due to poor judgment as such Riker and I will..."
Both Picard and Riker suddenly collapse on the floor unconscious
"Lt. Thomas take them to the battle bridge and then return to your post"
"What exactly did you do to them?"
"Mild Force suggestion to go to sleep, it shouldn't last longer than five minutes which is more than enough time for the saucer to separate and the drive section to be heading to the nearest station at maximum warp, Ensign Collins will help you Lt. but he will be staying on the battle bridge"
Two minutes later Lt. Thomas was back and a minute after that they got confirmation that the drive section had separated and they were being hailed by it
"Open frequencies"
"Sentinel good luck with the enemy"
"Thank you Lt. now then no matter what happens you head to that station even if the Captain orders otherwise I am giving you full authority to override his orders tell him...tell him that it's the final day of the play and the lead actor has fallen ill, as the lead actors second he must carry on with the show for it to be a success"
"I understand sir"
"Good now get out of here before you lose your chance maximum warp"
Not three minutes later the ship showed up once again and this time they actually answered hails
"Well this is a surprise, did you send your Jedi away while you delay us here?"
Data and Portland look at each other for a brief moment and when Ashland nods Data nods back and they switch places indicating that Ashland was the one to speak for the ship
"Actually no we did not who are you and why have you ignored our hails and attacked our ship?"
"Simple we figured we had nothing to say to you until now, and we are Jedi hunters who are you?"
"I am First Junior Sentinel Ashland Portland also known as Jedi Knight Ashland Portland what do you want with me?"
"The government of Solon wants to try you for actions made during a peace treaty you were there for shortly after you first attained your Knighthood"
"That was almost twelve years ago, and what are the charges?"
"The murder of the Prime Ministers daughter"
"That's impossible she was no where's near me while I was fighting the rebels I would have sensed her otherwise, and besides why wait twelve years to press charges against me?"
"Who knows but you either surrender to us or deal with bounty hunters in the near future"
Ashland turns and gives the signal to silence communications between the two ships
"Troi are you sensing the same thing I am?"
"Possibly but they seem very adept at hiding their feelings"
"They would, they have to be very careful around Jedi because of the fact that we can tell a lot of things through feelings and these are some high level hunters. I know for a fact he isn't lying about the bounty hunters but I can't see why he's mentioning them, or even why these Jedi hunters are here because the government of Solon knows that all they had to do was request my surrender to them to the Senate who would pass that request on to the Council who would have gotten in contact with me and I would have surrendered per my orders"
"But why lie to us and even then why wait twelve years, like you said they didn't do anything then so why now, what could have changed to make them press for charges now?"
"I don't know councilor but I suspect something is going on with the Solon government"
"They are waiting for a response Sentinel"
Ashland turns back around and communications are resumed
"What proof do you have that if I surrender to you the crew will be left alone by other Jedi hunters and all bounty hunters that might be sent after me?, after all it takes six and a half months just to get from Earth to Coruscant the ship could be destroyed by someone looking for me and not believing the crew that I was gone after all"
"We'll transmit a message to all Jedi and bounty hunters once you surrender to us so that they know we have you"
Ashland sits down and goes into a thinking pose for a few moments and then sits up again
"I think not, I believe that you're lying about the whole thing after all if I really was wanted as a criminal Solon would have gone through the proper channels and I would have known by now that I was needed back in the Republic, Lt. launch torpedoes on my mark and once that's done get ready to head to warp Ensign"
They quickly indicate that they were ready and Ashland told them to do what she ordered them to do