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Fan Fic: Star Trek Tempest
dariuskoronikov
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( Forgive the grammer an spelling errors, dyslexsic using wordpad to type..but I hope you like the basic concept of it though if it was a book/novella certian events would happen differently )
Captain Darren Douglas was nervous, after all this was his first command, assigned to the Nova class USS Tempest . as he rode the turbolift to the bridge he couldn't help but think of the crazy turn of events that had led him to this it seemed like only yesterday he was a young helmsman aboard the Nebula class USS Oxford during the battle to retake Deep Space Nine during the Dominion War when, under fire,the bridge was hit, killing the Captain and most of the senior staff, Dary was lucky to have been on his way there via turbolift when contact with the bridge was lost. He diverted the turbolift away to the auxillary control room and take command from there, and in the process manage to take out several of the Domnion fleets larger ships, an achievment, Starfleet apparently thought, worthy of the Christopher Pike Medal of Valor and in the last fifteen years has had a meteoric rise through the ranks to his own command despite still being in his thirties, something only the likes of James T Kirk and Tryla Scott achieved, he never let it get to him though.
The Turbolift reached the bridge and Darren exited and marveled at the sight, it was compact yet functional, had the Helm controls in a single station near the front of the bridge, the Captains Chair and the First officers chairs were side by side near the centre with the tactical/security systems on a stand alone console directly behind them on eaither side were the science and operations consoles and at either side of the viewscreen were the engineering and general systems consoles, he looked at the captains chair longingly, but relised he had to meet his command staff before doing anything as trivial as testing out how comfy the chair is, a crewman, looking up from the science console suddenly stood up to attention "Captain, the senior staff are in the conference room as you requested", Darren, still uneasy with the formalty of command simply said "at ease , we don't want you in sickbay with cramped muscles now do we?" and he made his way to he conference room.
In the Conference room was the USS Tempest first Officer, Commander T'Lol, an old friend of Darrens, she was as dependable and the only person he ever considered for the job. Chief Engineer Lieutenant Tony Moss, a man who as well as being a damn fine engineer has served with Darren on the USS Oxford. Lieutenant Ezekiel Washington, the head of security, was a man who looked like he would be ready to take on even a Jem'Hadar even if he was only armed with a toothpick, Helm officer Ensign Nor'ani Vanda, a young Andorian who had a natural talent for flying unlike anyone he had seen before, Lieutenant Commander Latara Alani, the Bajoran Operations officer, Lieutenant Surok, ships Doctor, Dary liked Vulcan doctors in general, they just got on with the healing and didn't let emotions get in the way. And Lieutenant Jaina Dell, a joined Trill who was going to serve as ships counseller, Darren looked at them sitting at the table, wondering just how well everyone will gell, but duty called, so he stepped forward and adressed his staff...
"There are some familiar Faces" Darren Started "and there are faces I hope will become familiar over time, I formally welcome you all aboard the USS Tempest, and I hope we will all learn to Function together as a coherent unit, now any questions before I continue?" Tony raised his Hand. Darren then guestured for him to speak, Tony cleared his throat and began"Is it true you asked one of my engineers to reinstall the old EMH mark one from the USS Oxford into sickbay?" Darren smiled, he wondered when Tony would bring that up after the Battle for Deep Space Nine, the EMH was activated to treat some plasma burns Tony sustained "Now Tony, I know you didn't like him but at the time he was the only Doctor on the ship and like us is a survivor, I should have told you I requested I put him in storage untill I got an opportunity like this". Seeing he had not other questions he began...
"Following the destruction of Romulus the Romulan Empire has unsuprisingly began to open talks with the Federation and Klingon Empire for talks, these talks will be happening at Starbase 23 which is where we are going to report to Admiral Rolt, where we will recieve further orders, it is also where we will be assigned our science officer Ensign Rolt Gilora" he paused Admiral Rolt was the first Bajoran to reach admiral in Starfleet and like him, most had guessed that the new science officer was probably his daughter, although latara had a bemused look on her face she said nothing "Well, if thats everything, we will leave spacedock within the hour, dismissed" everone filed out except Latara "can I have a quick word captain? she said. he nodded with a smile, "well, its about our new science officer.. Gilora is not a Bajoran name.. it sounds more.. I dunno, sorry abrought it up" and with a shake of her head she walked away leaving Darren bemused.
Later while Darren was setting up his ready room, a strip of Douglas tartan over his chair and was unpacking other personal effects when T'lol came in to announce that the ship was ready to leave, he guestured her to sit and asked her "T'lol, I have been meaning to ask, I have noticed on your service record that you have actively avoided postings to all Vulcan vessels and facilities, why?" he asked, she looked at him as if judging if she should say r not but eventually spoke "Captain, if the Federation, and by extention Starfleet is to continue it would be wrong to indulge in the sort of self segregation some of my people seem to partake in, logic may work for us, but I have expereinced other races make great achievements while still relying on emotions" Darren sat nodding with interest "basicly you don;t like how some Vulcans look down on species who still let our emotions run wild" she agreed "Exactly, thank you for understanding captain", they both exited the ready room onto the bridge...
Darren, for the first time sat in the captains chair, taking a moment to enjoy the feeling before issuing the command he had long wished "Ensign Vanda, take us out, half impulse and at the earliest opportunity set a heading to Starbase 23, warp 6" Vanda gave a slight smile as she keyed in the commands into the helm controls "aye sir" she said with a cheer, the USS Tempest, which her new crew was finally operational
The peacefullness of the journey was broken when Ezekiel picked up a distress call, "Onscreen Mr Washington" Darren commanded, the main viewscreen showed a flickering image of a young female Romulan officeer on what looked like a badly damaged bridge "this is Subcommander Teroth of the Imperial Warbird Kuran we are being att..." it was cut off, "Comms are being jammed Captain Ezekiel announced, Darren looked at T'lol and asked "who could be attacking the Romulans so close to Federation space?" T'Lol pondered then finally suggested "It can be one of two things, either it is a trap, but there does seem to be little logic behind such a ploy, the other is there may be persons who do not want these talks to even begin" Darren nodded "either way, we have to do something, Ensign Vanda, change course to the origion point of the distress call..engage"
The USS Tempest arrived on the scene to see the Warbird being attacked by a Klingon Vorcha attack cruiser and three birds of prey" Mr Washington hail the lead ship" Darren commanded, on the screen appeared the captain of the Cruiser "This is Grol son of Razik of house Kaval" Darren and T'lol glanced at each other, that explained alot, House Kaval was one of the houses that withdrew from the Klingon high council in protest of the talks with the words let the honorless pet'aq die like their worthless planet echoing the great hall as they left and had committed acts of terrorism against the Romulans leading the High council to formally distance themselves from their actions. Darren resumed his interest on the screen as Grol continued "Leave the area at once or we will attack you and your puny vessel, he said with an evil grin" it was true the Tempest was not a match for them but he had to do something "Captain Grol" Darren retorted "your actions have been condemmed by your own government and by the Federation, and we will not leave and let you continue this attack" he signalled Washington to cut the transmission and start issuing orders, Red Alert, Ensign Vanda, put us in closer to the action, Mr Washington, target the nearest ship and fire at youre discrecion" the Tempest joined the battle...
The Klingons didn't take long to react to the new enemy presence and one of the attack ships headed out to intercept the Tempest head on, both ships exchanging Phaser fire as they charged toward each other like jousting knights, Darren gripped the arms of his command chair as the ship rocked with phaser fire "Mr Washington, arm the REAR torpedo launcher" Ezekiel was about to ask why but thought against it, he knew the importance of tactics on the battlefield too much to question orders in the heat of battle, the two ships were near collision when the Tempest slightly changed diection to avoid being rammed head on by the attack ship, instead they narrowly missed each other, they were so close they could hear the attack ships engines as it few over mere metres from the bridge, " Mr Washington, rear torpedos..FIRE" before the attack ship could loop back and try another run at the Tempest, the Tempest launched three torpedos from the rear launcher, the first two weakened the attack ships rear shields enough for the third to slam right into the engine assembly, causing the ship to explode "one down" Latara noted from the Operations station "three to go"
The Tempest opened fire of the nearest remaining Brid of Prey, which was making an attack run on the Kuran. Phaser fire engulfing the enemy ship but still it maintained course, weakinging the beseiged ship's shields, it passed over the Romulan ship, but he Tempest flew under and when the two ships emerged at the other side, the Federation ship opened up with its forward torpedos, destroying the Klingon ship instantly. Darren was impressed "Some good flying there Nor'ani, just one more of those attack ships left, Mr Washington, wheres the other one?" before Ezekiel could answer, the ship rocked with phaser fire "Sir" he said calmly "I don't need to scan, they have found us"...
"Evasive action " Daren ordered, and the Tempest lurched to avoid being hit, but the Klingon were still there, no matter what Vanda did the attack ship matched the Tempest move for move, "damn that pilots good" muttered Vanda, Latara swiveled in her seat, "Captain, more good news, the Kuran's suffering heavy damage, if somethings not done about that cruiser shes done for" Darren cursed, Nova class ships weren't warships, and certianly couldn't take on anything as big as that cruiser, not through any conventional means anyway..." Ensign Vanda, head straight for that cruiser, full impulse, but ensure our unwanted guest is still behind us" she nodded, Dary then looked up at Ezekiel, "arm the rear torpedo launcher again, and when I give the word, target one of the bird of preys wings and fire" Ezekiel tapped in the appropraite commands, "ready when you are sir"...
The Tempest, with the attack ship in its wake sped toward the Attack Cruiser, the cruiser, while still pounding the Kuran, opened fire on the oncoming ship "shields down to 15 percent "Ezekiel informed calmly, Latara stared at the viewscreen and the enemy ship filling it "Sir, if we don't move away soon we'll collide..unless..?" Darren looked at her with a wry smile and looked up to Phil and uttered "Don't worry I think I know what he is doing", it looked like the Tempest would ram into the cruiser when suddenly Darrens plan became apparent "Mr Washington, rear torpedos FIRE!, Ensign Vanda hard to starboard NOW!", the torpedos sheared off the port wing of the bird of prey and sent it into a spin, its momentum sent it crashing right into the cruiser, an explosion along the side of the larger ship erupted and when it died down there was a huge jagged hole, "cruisers shields are down, smaller internal explosions, weapons offline" Latara announced with a look of awe and bemusement on her face, they had did it, against all the odds.
The Warbird which had been on the defensive for so long opened up a barrage on the now crippled Klingon ship, the Tempest lopped around and opened up its weapons payload on it, the cruiser started to break up, then as a salvo of torpedos hit it amidships from the Tempest, erupted in a glorious fireball. "Captain" Ezekial said "we're getting hailed by the Warbird", on the screen came a picture from the Romulan bridge, Commander Teroth was on her command chair but you could see that the rest of the bridge was worse for wear, "Greetings Captain, they hit us hard my commanding officer and the ambassador are in sickbay most of our system barely functioning, on behalf of my crew I thank you for coming to our aid" that must have been hard to say, Romulans were as stubborn as they were secretive "no problem Commander, do you still have warp power?" Darren enquired, he could see Teroth consulting with a member of her crew, she finally dismissed the crewman and returned her attention to Darren "we can have low warp if we divert all power from our weapons and shields"
Seeing as she wasn't going to be more forthcoming Dary decided to pry further "I assume you were heading for Starbase 23?" Teroth seemed to just stare at him hrough the viewscreen, as if noticing him for the first time, the she seemed to relax a little, "You are correct, Admiral Shivak was delivering the ambassador when we were ambushed by such a great force" Darren frowned, Large force?, one battlecruiser and three attack ships wasn't large, he looked over at Latara who evidently had the same thoughts "theres some wreckage of at least two more attack cruisers" she reported, Darren turned his attention back to Teroth "Well Comander as luck would have it that is our destination too, it would make sense for us to escort you there", she nodded and seemed to soften even more, even smiling "Yes, yes it would Captain, ready when you are and once again.. thank you" anmd with that the transmission was ended "Ensign Vanda, resume our orgional heading, warp three, we don't want to leave the Romulans behind", both ships jumped to warp, destnation.
Darren sat at his Desk in his ready room, they had docked with Starbase 23 two hours ago, ands their next assignment wasn't for a few days yet, he had gave the crew some leave, they had done well in their first test of ability. the door chime brought Darren out of his musings, T'lol came in "some guests to see you Captain",he steped back and A tall Romulan male in an admirals uniform entered with subcommander Toreth following carrying a metallic container Darren dismissed T'lol and smiled "Admiral Shivak I assume" said, the Admiral nodded "you are correct Captain, I shall be honest with you, your ship was out powered, outgunned and outclassed and yet you came to our aid of an ally, who until recently, you have had learned to distrust and be wary of, I do not think I could have done he same in your situation, i command you on youre skill and bravery, you have my gratitude, I believe the Subcommander here wishes to to offer you some thanks of her own" he said with polite bow as he left the ready room, Teroth gave a shy smile and laid the container down on the desk "I won't Lie Captain, I thought I was going to die out there, I do not think i can ever thank you enough but I hope this can go some way of showing my appreciation, there are more of these in a crate being delivered to youre cargo bay as we speak" she leaned closer and suprisingly kissed his cheek and whispered "thank you" she straightened up and walked out.
Darren was taken aback, what was that all about he wondered, and carefully opened the container, inside were six bottles of blue liquid, Romulan Ale, just then T'lol entered and picked up a bottle, studied it and set it back down "Romulan ale, A token of thanks I assume" Darren nodded as he set the container behind the desk "It would be rude to refuse such a gift" he had hidden it away just in time as he when Admiral Rolt entered the room "Captain Douglas, I presume" Darren went to stand up but Rolt guestured him to continue sitting "Relax Captain, I'm just here to give you your orders, , the grey haired Bajoran sat opposaite Darren and smiled "in three days time I want the Tempest out partoling the neutral zone int he area near this Starbase with the USS Rosetta alongide my flagship the USS Wilhelm, sends a message to the Romulans not to confuse these talks as weakness and gives the Federation cotizens peace of mind, this is just for as long as the talks continue of course" Darren nodded and asked "and our new Science officer?" Rolt smiled "of course " reached over the desk and hit the intercom button "Ensign Rolt, you may enter now" when she entered Darren relised what Latara may have been trying to say earlier in the ready room, whil she had the Bajoran ridged nose and wore a bajoran earring, the rest of her features, on her forehead, around the eye sockets and her ears were, albiet softer looking, features assiciated with Cardassians, she wore her dark hair short and styled up, "Ensign Rolt Gilora reporting for duty" she declared, the Admiral walked over shared a loving glance at her before leaving the ready room with the words "Better get back to the talks2 before turning to Gilora and saying softly I'm proud of you my daughter, your first posting" as the doors closed T'lol and Darren looked at each other..this would be an interesting time for the crew of the USS Tempest
The end.. for now
Captain Darren Douglas was nervous, after all this was his first command, assigned to the Nova class USS Tempest . as he rode the turbolift to the bridge he couldn't help but think of the crazy turn of events that had led him to this it seemed like only yesterday he was a young helmsman aboard the Nebula class USS Oxford during the battle to retake Deep Space Nine during the Dominion War when, under fire,the bridge was hit, killing the Captain and most of the senior staff, Dary was lucky to have been on his way there via turbolift when contact with the bridge was lost. He diverted the turbolift away to the auxillary control room and take command from there, and in the process manage to take out several of the Domnion fleets larger ships, an achievment, Starfleet apparently thought, worthy of the Christopher Pike Medal of Valor and in the last fifteen years has had a meteoric rise through the ranks to his own command despite still being in his thirties, something only the likes of James T Kirk and Tryla Scott achieved, he never let it get to him though.
The Turbolift reached the bridge and Darren exited and marveled at the sight, it was compact yet functional, had the Helm controls in a single station near the front of the bridge, the Captains Chair and the First officers chairs were side by side near the centre with the tactical/security systems on a stand alone console directly behind them on eaither side were the science and operations consoles and at either side of the viewscreen were the engineering and general systems consoles, he looked at the captains chair longingly, but relised he had to meet his command staff before doing anything as trivial as testing out how comfy the chair is, a crewman, looking up from the science console suddenly stood up to attention "Captain, the senior staff are in the conference room as you requested", Darren, still uneasy with the formalty of command simply said "at ease , we don't want you in sickbay with cramped muscles now do we?" and he made his way to he conference room.
In the Conference room was the USS Tempest first Officer, Commander T'Lol, an old friend of Darrens, she was as dependable and the only person he ever considered for the job. Chief Engineer Lieutenant Tony Moss, a man who as well as being a damn fine engineer has served with Darren on the USS Oxford. Lieutenant Ezekiel Washington, the head of security, was a man who looked like he would be ready to take on even a Jem'Hadar even if he was only armed with a toothpick, Helm officer Ensign Nor'ani Vanda, a young Andorian who had a natural talent for flying unlike anyone he had seen before, Lieutenant Commander Latara Alani, the Bajoran Operations officer, Lieutenant Surok, ships Doctor, Dary liked Vulcan doctors in general, they just got on with the healing and didn't let emotions get in the way. And Lieutenant Jaina Dell, a joined Trill who was going to serve as ships counseller, Darren looked at them sitting at the table, wondering just how well everyone will gell, but duty called, so he stepped forward and adressed his staff...
"There are some familiar Faces" Darren Started "and there are faces I hope will become familiar over time, I formally welcome you all aboard the USS Tempest, and I hope we will all learn to Function together as a coherent unit, now any questions before I continue?" Tony raised his Hand. Darren then guestured for him to speak, Tony cleared his throat and began"Is it true you asked one of my engineers to reinstall the old EMH mark one from the USS Oxford into sickbay?" Darren smiled, he wondered when Tony would bring that up after the Battle for Deep Space Nine, the EMH was activated to treat some plasma burns Tony sustained "Now Tony, I know you didn't like him but at the time he was the only Doctor on the ship and like us is a survivor, I should have told you I requested I put him in storage untill I got an opportunity like this". Seeing he had not other questions he began...
"Following the destruction of Romulus the Romulan Empire has unsuprisingly began to open talks with the Federation and Klingon Empire for talks, these talks will be happening at Starbase 23 which is where we are going to report to Admiral Rolt, where we will recieve further orders, it is also where we will be assigned our science officer Ensign Rolt Gilora" he paused Admiral Rolt was the first Bajoran to reach admiral in Starfleet and like him, most had guessed that the new science officer was probably his daughter, although latara had a bemused look on her face she said nothing "Well, if thats everything, we will leave spacedock within the hour, dismissed" everone filed out except Latara "can I have a quick word captain? she said. he nodded with a smile, "well, its about our new science officer.. Gilora is not a Bajoran name.. it sounds more.. I dunno, sorry abrought it up" and with a shake of her head she walked away leaving Darren bemused.
Later while Darren was setting up his ready room, a strip of Douglas tartan over his chair and was unpacking other personal effects when T'lol came in to announce that the ship was ready to leave, he guestured her to sit and asked her "T'lol, I have been meaning to ask, I have noticed on your service record that you have actively avoided postings to all Vulcan vessels and facilities, why?" he asked, she looked at him as if judging if she should say r not but eventually spoke "Captain, if the Federation, and by extention Starfleet is to continue it would be wrong to indulge in the sort of self segregation some of my people seem to partake in, logic may work for us, but I have expereinced other races make great achievements while still relying on emotions" Darren sat nodding with interest "basicly you don;t like how some Vulcans look down on species who still let our emotions run wild" she agreed "Exactly, thank you for understanding captain", they both exited the ready room onto the bridge...
Darren, for the first time sat in the captains chair, taking a moment to enjoy the feeling before issuing the command he had long wished "Ensign Vanda, take us out, half impulse and at the earliest opportunity set a heading to Starbase 23, warp 6" Vanda gave a slight smile as she keyed in the commands into the helm controls "aye sir" she said with a cheer, the USS Tempest, which her new crew was finally operational
The peacefullness of the journey was broken when Ezekiel picked up a distress call, "Onscreen Mr Washington" Darren commanded, the main viewscreen showed a flickering image of a young female Romulan officeer on what looked like a badly damaged bridge "this is Subcommander Teroth of the Imperial Warbird Kuran we are being att..." it was cut off, "Comms are being jammed Captain Ezekiel announced, Darren looked at T'lol and asked "who could be attacking the Romulans so close to Federation space?" T'Lol pondered then finally suggested "It can be one of two things, either it is a trap, but there does seem to be little logic behind such a ploy, the other is there may be persons who do not want these talks to even begin" Darren nodded "either way, we have to do something, Ensign Vanda, change course to the origion point of the distress call..engage"
The USS Tempest arrived on the scene to see the Warbird being attacked by a Klingon Vorcha attack cruiser and three birds of prey" Mr Washington hail the lead ship" Darren commanded, on the screen appeared the captain of the Cruiser "This is Grol son of Razik of house Kaval" Darren and T'lol glanced at each other, that explained alot, House Kaval was one of the houses that withdrew from the Klingon high council in protest of the talks with the words let the honorless pet'aq die like their worthless planet echoing the great hall as they left and had committed acts of terrorism against the Romulans leading the High council to formally distance themselves from their actions. Darren resumed his interest on the screen as Grol continued "Leave the area at once or we will attack you and your puny vessel, he said with an evil grin" it was true the Tempest was not a match for them but he had to do something "Captain Grol" Darren retorted "your actions have been condemmed by your own government and by the Federation, and we will not leave and let you continue this attack" he signalled Washington to cut the transmission and start issuing orders, Red Alert, Ensign Vanda, put us in closer to the action, Mr Washington, target the nearest ship and fire at youre discrecion" the Tempest joined the battle...
The Klingons didn't take long to react to the new enemy presence and one of the attack ships headed out to intercept the Tempest head on, both ships exchanging Phaser fire as they charged toward each other like jousting knights, Darren gripped the arms of his command chair as the ship rocked with phaser fire "Mr Washington, arm the REAR torpedo launcher" Ezekiel was about to ask why but thought against it, he knew the importance of tactics on the battlefield too much to question orders in the heat of battle, the two ships were near collision when the Tempest slightly changed diection to avoid being rammed head on by the attack ship, instead they narrowly missed each other, they were so close they could hear the attack ships engines as it few over mere metres from the bridge, " Mr Washington, rear torpedos..FIRE" before the attack ship could loop back and try another run at the Tempest, the Tempest launched three torpedos from the rear launcher, the first two weakened the attack ships rear shields enough for the third to slam right into the engine assembly, causing the ship to explode "one down" Latara noted from the Operations station "three to go"
The Tempest opened fire of the nearest remaining Brid of Prey, which was making an attack run on the Kuran. Phaser fire engulfing the enemy ship but still it maintained course, weakinging the beseiged ship's shields, it passed over the Romulan ship, but he Tempest flew under and when the two ships emerged at the other side, the Federation ship opened up with its forward torpedos, destroying the Klingon ship instantly. Darren was impressed "Some good flying there Nor'ani, just one more of those attack ships left, Mr Washington, wheres the other one?" before Ezekiel could answer, the ship rocked with phaser fire "Sir" he said calmly "I don't need to scan, they have found us"...
"Evasive action " Daren ordered, and the Tempest lurched to avoid being hit, but the Klingon were still there, no matter what Vanda did the attack ship matched the Tempest move for move, "damn that pilots good" muttered Vanda, Latara swiveled in her seat, "Captain, more good news, the Kuran's suffering heavy damage, if somethings not done about that cruiser shes done for" Darren cursed, Nova class ships weren't warships, and certianly couldn't take on anything as big as that cruiser, not through any conventional means anyway..." Ensign Vanda, head straight for that cruiser, full impulse, but ensure our unwanted guest is still behind us" she nodded, Dary then looked up at Ezekiel, "arm the rear torpedo launcher again, and when I give the word, target one of the bird of preys wings and fire" Ezekiel tapped in the appropraite commands, "ready when you are sir"...
The Tempest, with the attack ship in its wake sped toward the Attack Cruiser, the cruiser, while still pounding the Kuran, opened fire on the oncoming ship "shields down to 15 percent "Ezekiel informed calmly, Latara stared at the viewscreen and the enemy ship filling it "Sir, if we don't move away soon we'll collide..unless..?" Darren looked at her with a wry smile and looked up to Phil and uttered "Don't worry I think I know what he is doing", it looked like the Tempest would ram into the cruiser when suddenly Darrens plan became apparent "Mr Washington, rear torpedos FIRE!, Ensign Vanda hard to starboard NOW!", the torpedos sheared off the port wing of the bird of prey and sent it into a spin, its momentum sent it crashing right into the cruiser, an explosion along the side of the larger ship erupted and when it died down there was a huge jagged hole, "cruisers shields are down, smaller internal explosions, weapons offline" Latara announced with a look of awe and bemusement on her face, they had did it, against all the odds.
The Warbird which had been on the defensive for so long opened up a barrage on the now crippled Klingon ship, the Tempest lopped around and opened up its weapons payload on it, the cruiser started to break up, then as a salvo of torpedos hit it amidships from the Tempest, erupted in a glorious fireball. "Captain" Ezekial said "we're getting hailed by the Warbird", on the screen came a picture from the Romulan bridge, Commander Teroth was on her command chair but you could see that the rest of the bridge was worse for wear, "Greetings Captain, they hit us hard my commanding officer and the ambassador are in sickbay most of our system barely functioning, on behalf of my crew I thank you for coming to our aid" that must have been hard to say, Romulans were as stubborn as they were secretive "no problem Commander, do you still have warp power?" Darren enquired, he could see Teroth consulting with a member of her crew, she finally dismissed the crewman and returned her attention to Darren "we can have low warp if we divert all power from our weapons and shields"
Seeing as she wasn't going to be more forthcoming Dary decided to pry further "I assume you were heading for Starbase 23?" Teroth seemed to just stare at him hrough the viewscreen, as if noticing him for the first time, the she seemed to relax a little, "You are correct, Admiral Shivak was delivering the ambassador when we were ambushed by such a great force" Darren frowned, Large force?, one battlecruiser and three attack ships wasn't large, he looked over at Latara who evidently had the same thoughts "theres some wreckage of at least two more attack cruisers" she reported, Darren turned his attention back to Teroth "Well Comander as luck would have it that is our destination too, it would make sense for us to escort you there", she nodded and seemed to soften even more, even smiling "Yes, yes it would Captain, ready when you are and once again.. thank you" anmd with that the transmission was ended "Ensign Vanda, resume our orgional heading, warp three, we don't want to leave the Romulans behind", both ships jumped to warp, destnation.
Darren sat at his Desk in his ready room, they had docked with Starbase 23 two hours ago, ands their next assignment wasn't for a few days yet, he had gave the crew some leave, they had done well in their first test of ability. the door chime brought Darren out of his musings, T'lol came in "some guests to see you Captain",he steped back and A tall Romulan male in an admirals uniform entered with subcommander Toreth following carrying a metallic container Darren dismissed T'lol and smiled "Admiral Shivak I assume" said, the Admiral nodded "you are correct Captain, I shall be honest with you, your ship was out powered, outgunned and outclassed and yet you came to our aid of an ally, who until recently, you have had learned to distrust and be wary of, I do not think I could have done he same in your situation, i command you on youre skill and bravery, you have my gratitude, I believe the Subcommander here wishes to to offer you some thanks of her own" he said with polite bow as he left the ready room, Teroth gave a shy smile and laid the container down on the desk "I won't Lie Captain, I thought I was going to die out there, I do not think i can ever thank you enough but I hope this can go some way of showing my appreciation, there are more of these in a crate being delivered to youre cargo bay as we speak" she leaned closer and suprisingly kissed his cheek and whispered "thank you" she straightened up and walked out.
Darren was taken aback, what was that all about he wondered, and carefully opened the container, inside were six bottles of blue liquid, Romulan Ale, just then T'lol entered and picked up a bottle, studied it and set it back down "Romulan ale, A token of thanks I assume" Darren nodded as he set the container behind the desk "It would be rude to refuse such a gift" he had hidden it away just in time as he when Admiral Rolt entered the room "Captain Douglas, I presume" Darren went to stand up but Rolt guestured him to continue sitting "Relax Captain, I'm just here to give you your orders, , the grey haired Bajoran sat opposaite Darren and smiled "in three days time I want the Tempest out partoling the neutral zone int he area near this Starbase with the USS Rosetta alongide my flagship the USS Wilhelm, sends a message to the Romulans not to confuse these talks as weakness and gives the Federation cotizens peace of mind, this is just for as long as the talks continue of course" Darren nodded and asked "and our new Science officer?" Rolt smiled "of course " reached over the desk and hit the intercom button "Ensign Rolt, you may enter now" when she entered Darren relised what Latara may have been trying to say earlier in the ready room, whil she had the Bajoran ridged nose and wore a bajoran earring, the rest of her features, on her forehead, around the eye sockets and her ears were, albiet softer looking, features assiciated with Cardassians, she wore her dark hair short and styled up, "Ensign Rolt Gilora reporting for duty" she declared, the Admiral walked over shared a loving glance at her before leaving the ready room with the words "Better get back to the talks2 before turning to Gilora and saying softly I'm proud of you my daughter, your first posting" as the doors closed T'lol and Darren looked at each other..this would be an interesting time for the crew of the USS Tempest
The end.. for now
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U.S.S. Tempest