Bridge of the Saratoga
10:00 AM

"That thing is huge," Kirk murmured as he gazed at the viewscreen.

Huge was an understatement. According to readings the anomaly was as large as a planet.
The anomaly that Nero and Ambassador Spock had come from had resembled a massive black
hole surrounded by lightning streaks.

This anomaly was completely different in appearance. It was red in color and appeared to be
constantly fluctuating, in both size and appearance. One moment it resembled a round sun-like
object, the next a nebula, the next a formless mass. It also appeared to be seething with energy
and massive lightning-like flashes regularly shot through it.

It definitely didn't look like something to be lightly trifled with.

Kirk turned to his Helmsman. "Hold us here, Akari. Until we know more of what we're dealing with,
this is close enough."

Once he would have gotten a lot closer, but having a ship with children on it tended to make him
cautious when dealing with huge unknown anomalies that appeared to be fluctuating and for all he
knew could expand at any second.

He thought briefly of Matthew's month old twins and the tiny life growing within his Soul Sister.

His future nephew.

Knowing that they was going to become parents had changed his Soul Siblings and knowing that
he was going to become an uncle has changed him as well.

'Your lives I will defend. Your trust I will never betray.'

No, he would take no unnecessary risks.

He glanced around at his Bridge crew. Unlike larger ships, not every post on a Delphis class bridge
needed to be fully manned. But Kirk had ordered that until they were far from this…whatever it was,
it would be, 'All hands to Science Stations.' So every post and console, on both the bridge and
the rest of the Saratoga was full.

He turned to Petty Officer Steven Bower, who stood at Sensors. "Bower, run a series of long range
detailed scans and launch probes. I want as much information as we can get."

He looked at his Navigator. "Arex plot an escape course and keep our shields at maximum."

He turned to his Helmsmant. "Akari, you watch that thing like a hawk and get us out of here fast if it starts
to do anything weird. If both Thelin and I are away from the bridge, you're to remain at the helm.
Keep your foot near the pedal at all times and burn rubber if you even think that thing's doing something."