Temporal Inegtrity - Aftermath
Posted on 11 Nov 2024 @ 9:11pm by Captain Ricardo (Rico) Montoya & Lieutenant Heather Fischer-Montoya
1,343 words; about a 7 minute read
Mission:
M-18 The Past is Future
Location: En route to Deep Space 3
[Ready Room]
"Captains Log....
"After having returned to the proper time I contacted Starfleet to inform them we had encountered a temporal event. Given the situation a full report over subspace was not advisable and Headquarters agreed. We should be arriving at Deep Space 3 within the hour to give a full report to the Department of Temporal Investigations. I did inform command that the crews memories had been altered and would need specialists to see how to repair what had been done to the crew.
"To say the crew felt used is an understatement, but once the DTI issues are settled I intend to grant everyone shore leave while Medical works the issue of, hopefully, restoring our memories.
"Before returning to our century we observed the Enterprise to ensure it continued on as history had recorded. Being so close to makers of so much of the Federation's history had left many star struck, even if none of us actually remembered anything after the ship left Earth following it's refit. While cloaked we managed to get detailed scan of the Enterprise for the Federation's historians. To be honest, the temptation was there to beam over just to be aboard her. But we didn't belong on that ship any more than they belonged on the Phoenix.
"Additionally, the remains of the timeship we encountered was destroyed by sending the wreckage into a nearby star. I also ordered the removal of all the modifications and the destruction of all data and scans regarding the temporal technology. I have no doubt that this will be looked down on by some, but I feel this action was necessary and in accordance with the Temporal Prime Directive as technology from the 32nd century had no place in our time. The powers that will be will just have to be happy with the seven survivors from the time ship."
"End log."
Spinning his chair he looked out the portal as the stars streaked by and he closed his eyes as he let out a deep breath with a huff as he recalled the recent events that had taken place....
[Bridge]
"...Once the Borg cube is destroyed we will attempt to access the historical database on one of the damaged starships and compare their records to ours. If everything goes according to plan we will know what the truth is, but first we have to get through the Borg.
"That said...Red Alert! All hand to battle stations and prepare for Multi-Vector Assault Mode."
As the ship prepared for combat Rico looked to his XO who was already heading to the turbolift and as he moved to join him he stopped Yaotome as she to move to her MVAM assignment. "Lt. Yaotome, you will command the saucer section. Once we have completed our jump we will separate..."
[Battle Bridge - Upper Drive Section]
Rico stood behind the Ops/Helm console, his hand coming to rest on the shoulders of the two manning each station.
"Set temporal coordinates. Time frame, stardate 50893.5. Spatial coordinates, Alpha Quadrant, forty-six alpha by zero zero one, Target, the Sol system."
"Coordinates set."
Taking his seat, "Activate the Jump."
The Phoenix had timed it perfectly and had joined the fleet at the last minute after the fight had already begun. If anyone was wonder who they were that concern was nothing compared to the threat from the cube approaching Earth.
The fight was going as history had recorded and right on que USS Enterprise arrived and flew through the melee. Even though they knew what was going to happen begin there and actually seeing the Enterprise was awe inspiring.
The bridge was filled with the sounds of the battle when the call from Federation Flagship came in. =^=This is Captain Picard of the Enterprise I am taking command of the fleet. Target all of your weapons onto the following coordinates. Fire at my command.=^=
The channel remained open as the Enterprise waited for confirmation and conversation on the bridge of the Enterprise continued.
=^=Sir the coordinate you have indicated do not appear to be a vital system.=^=
=^=Trust me Data.=^=
=^=The fleet's responded they are standing by.=^=
After a slight pause the order came, =^=...Fire.=^=
The Phoenix formation was swinging around to bring their full amount of the Phoenix's firepower to bear on the Borg cube. As Picard gave the order Rico echoed the order. "All sections open fire. Prepare for evasive action and rendezvous as planned."
In the chaos following the destruction of the Cube they did mange to get their hands on a computer core to discover they had been lied to. The history in their memories and the ship's memory banks are vastly different from what they found. If they had 'ensured' the destruction of the Enterprise under Captain Kirk the Earth would have been destroyed.
A deep dive into the ship's systems found a trigger that had been planted that would have destroyed the Phoenix after they had 'completed' their mission. Using the recovered computer core they were able two rewrite their systems and restore the computer's historical data. Now that they new the truth they had to move from ensuring the destruction of the Enterprise to the protection of the Enterprise.
They had jumped to coordinates, weapons at the ready, and raise their temporal shields and began adjusting the temporal frequencies to phase them further and further out synch with the surrounding space-time. It had been a hunch but one that paid off.
The Time ship they had first encountered was there; waiting. Rico looked to Operations, "Make sure our phases match."
As soon as they were synched they hailed them, doing his best to appear and sound friendly to the people that had tried to use them. "Here to watch the show?"
"This is a pivotal moment for us, you can't blame us for..."
It was then that Rico's expression soured and G'Ren stopped talking the moment her express shifted from friendly facade to panic he gave the order.
All six of the Phoenix's forward phaser arrays lashed out hitting multiple areas of the time ship. At the same time a full spread of quantum torpedoes pounded into the ship destroying any chance of escape or action of any kind. The ship listed powerless, dead in space.
Survivors were beamed to the brig and what was left of the time ship was collected up and they dropped the temporal shields and cloaked shortly before the Constitution class Enterprise emerged from a wormhole with a brilliant flash and asteroidal debris...just as their restored historical databanks said should have happened.
The door to his ready room opened and he listened to the footstep of draw closer as a pair of hands rested gently on his shoulders.
Heather bent down and kissed the hair on the top of Rico's head. She remained still for a few moment, letting them draw strength from each other's presence. No words can really describe what they had been through as a crew, and more so Rico as Captain of the ship. In a tone that left the response wide open, she asked: "What's next, mon Capitaine?"
Reaching he took her hand. "Most likely interrogations, condemnation and condescension from the DTI as well as getting to play guinea pig in DS3's medical complex while they try and repair what was done to our memories. If they can't fix it we will have to relearn 200 years of history and spend the rest of lives trying to remember which the memories we might want or need to use is the right one.
"I am and also second guessing my decision to beam those people off the time ship. Temporal Directive or not Star Fleet will probably try and milk them for as much information as possible and every power in the quadrant will be after them as well. It may have been better to just kill them, but I couldn't do that either...even though I probably should have."
Captain Ricardo Montoya
CO
Lt. Heather Fischer-Montoya
Ops
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