From netcom.com!ix.netcom.com!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!cdc2.cdc.net!news1.cris.com!voyager.cris.com!Essex Sat Dec 9 07:55:25 1995 Xref: netcom.com alt.startrek.creative:32179 Path: netcom.com!ix.netcom.com!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!cdc2.cdc.net!news1.cris.com!voyager.cris.com!Essex From: Essex@cris.com (John Charles Chapman Junior) Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative Subject: Eye of the Beholder (ST/SW) 1/?? Date: 8 Dec 1995 23:37:18 GMT Organization: Concentric Internet Services Lines: 865 Message-ID: <4aai7e$3lf@spectator.cris.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: voyager-fddi.cris.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Here is a story that I have been working on I hope to have Eye of the Beholder Written by John C. Chapman Jr. PROLOGUE: It has been three years since the Incident on Veridian 3 where the USS Enterprise D crashed and Captain James T. Kirk died. It has been two years since Starfleet discovered a lost sister race of humanity from the gamma quadrant on board a rag tag fleet led by the Battlestar Galactica and the Battlestar Pegasus. It has been one year since Starfleet and the Battlestars destroyed the cylon empire. The Crew of the Enterprise-D has been reassigned to different ships and dutys. Captain Jean-luc Picard was given command of Starfleet academy and promoted to Admiral. Commander Riker was given a command of his own on board the USS Titan a experimental starship and promoted to Captain. The Treaty of Algeron which prevented Starfleet from developing a cloaking device was declared null and void when the Klingon empire conquered the Romulan Empire. Peace was finally achieved in the Alpha Quadran when Bajor who had conquered Cardassia joined the Federation and the Klingon Empire joined forces with the Federation to destroy the Borg once and for all. A new treaty was signed by Gowron and the Federation. Or at least they thought they had achieved peace.... Author's Note: Here is the Prologue to the story, the story is a ST/SW/BG story so not to confuse anyone. It may take awhile to complete the story but hopefully not to long. Thanks for Reading, John C. Chapman Jr. Internet E-Mail: johnny.chapman@sbaonline.gov essex@cris.com jchapmam@eicbbs.wseo.wa.gov *********************************************************************** Chapter One ************ "So tell me Jean-Luc, how has life as Head of Starfleet Academy been treating you?" Asked Captain William Riker of the USS Titan. "Will, I really hate this job. I mean there isn't any excitement in the job. I really miss being in command of the Enterprise." Exclaimed Picard." Have you spoken to any of the old crew since the last get to gether we had?" Asked Riker." I keep in touch with Beverly and Deanna, but Geordi and Data has seemed to be on a top secret project that even I can't find anything about."stated Picard. Just as Captain Riker was starting a new sentence, he was interrupted by a cadet with a message from starfleet command. "Admiral Picard, there is a prioty one message from Starfleet Command requesting that you and Captain Riker return with me to Headquarters immediately." Shouted the Young Cadet. "Thank you, did they say what it was regarding?"inquired Picard. "No Sir." stated the Cadet. "Well Captain Riker it seems that our discussion can wait till another time." said a very happy Picard. He was hoping that a new assignment had come up for him. ************************************************************************ Mean while in a galaxy far, far away. A fleet of Ships gathered around a smile planet. A planet which until recently was the Capital of the New Republic, this planet is called Corsucant. This day will be now and forever be remembered for the return of Emperor Palpatine and the Imperial Fleet into power again. "Rise all of my loyal Admirals, you have done well in exterminating the so called New Republic. But we are not finished yet, there is still the threat of the Skywalker family and their friends still out there. I want my personal Super Star Destroyer ready in the hour to go after them. Have the Fleet ready to move out as soon as it is ready." spoke a rejuvenated Emperor. "As you command my Emperor." Stated Grand Admiral Thrawn. ************************************************************************* "Chewy, what seems to be taking so long on getting the hyper drive back on line?" inquired Han Solo. The huge wookie shouted back something Han could not understand. "Han, leave him alone and come spend sometime with your family." spoke his wife. She was once know as Princess Leia Organa, now she is Leia Organa Solo of the Rebellion and wife to Han Solo. "Leia, I am sorry that we weren't able to rescue Mon Motha, but she refused to leave corsucant. I am just glad that you and our children are safe. So how are Jenna and Anakin anyway, I haven't heard a peep out of them since we came out of hyperspace."spoke Han "They are down below in the smuggling compartments asleep. And about Mon Motha, she knew her time had come to make a stand against the Emperor. I still cannot understand how he came back after Vader tossed him into the depths of the Death Star."spoke Leia "Leia, don't ask me questions like that, Luke is the one you should be talking to about that...." Han Solo did not finish his sentence for the Empire had found them and wasn't taking any prisoners. "Chewy get us out of here now!! Leia radio Luke and tell him to meet us at the prearranged meeting site."Shouted Solo. **************************************************************************** Chapter 2 Captain's Log: stardate 49562 We the crew of the USS Voyager have great hopes now that we have just came into contact with what seems to be a federation scout probe. "Captain to the Bridge." came Tuvok's voice over the Comm. "On my way."replied Captain Janeway. A few minutes later Captain Kathyrn Janeway entered the bridge of the USS Voyager. "What seems to the problem Tuvok?"asked Janeway. "We have picked up what seems to be a Vortex of some kind."replied Tuvok. *********************************************************************** Meanwhile in a distant part of the Galaxy, the Star's End was in pursuit of the Millienum Falcon. "Send a squadron of Assault Gunboats after them. I want them taken alive." orders Emperor Palpatine. Back on Board the Falcon. Han Solo and Chewbacca was doing their best to outrun the Imperials. The Huge Wookie informed Solo of what seems to be a Vortex. "Lando, what kind of readings are you getting from that thing?"asked Solo. "Han, I think that would be our best bet at getting away from the empire. I think it is stable enough to get us out of here." replied Lando "OK Chewy set a course to take us through. Send the corrinates to Luke and Wedge. Tell them that is the only possible way to outrun the Imperial ships." yelled Solo. The Millienum Falcon and the Two X-Wings disappeared into the Vortex for the unknown. "My lord, the Assault Gunboats report that the Millienum Falcon has disappeared into a Vortex. They want to know if they are to pursue or brake off." asked the Lieutenant. "Tell them to follow them to end of the Universe if they have to!! I want them captured." ordered Grand Admiral Thrawn."Order the rest of the fleet to follow as well, the Emperor wants them captured they are the last of the Rebellion." ************************************************************************* "Captain there is something coming out of the Vortex. It is one ship...make that eleven ships coming through. It seems that ten of the smaller ships are in pursuit of the larger vessel. Sir they are firing upon the ship with what seems to be LASERS. The ships seem to possess a shield that is equilivent of our shields. Sir they have disabled the ships shields and is going in for the kill." replied Kim "Red Alert, everyone to battle stations. It looks like we need to give them a helping hand. The odds seems to tipped to the smaller ships advantage." ordered Captain Janeway. "Open a channel to the ship and lets see if they need our assistance?" "Channel open Sir." answered Tuvok "This Captain Kathyrn Janeway of the Federation Starship Voyager, can we offer assistance to you." "This is General Han Solo of the New Republic ship Millenium Falcon, we are in need of assistance and need of it now." "Mr. Tuvok hail the smaller craft." ordered Janeway. "This is Captain Janeway of the Federation Starship Voyager..you are to cease fire and break off you attack on the Millienum Falcon. If you do not we will be forced...."But before Captain Janeway could finish her sentence a Assault Gunboat used a ion blast to disable the Millienum Falcon and rendered her crew unconscious and started a attack run on the Voyager. "Captain, they are making a attack run at us." yelled Ensign Kim "Evasive manuevers Lt. Paris, lets see how they like a phaser up their tail end." ordered Commander Chakotay. The Assault gunboats began their attack run on the voyager. Laser after laser hit the voyagers shields doing no damage. "Tau two this is Tau one begin using concussion missles against these rebel scum." ordered the Gunboat Leader. "Captain they have launched missles at us, impact in three seconds. 3,2,1..impact. They seem to have no affect against our shields. Sir returning fire...all ten attacking vessels have been destroyed. Captain Janeway two more fighter craft have came through the vortex they have the same markings as the frieghter. Sir they are hailing us." said Tuvok."Patch it in Mr. Tuvok" ordered Janeway. "Unidentified vessel this is General Luke Skywalker of the New Republic please indentify yourself." "This is Captain Kathyrn Janeway of the United Federation of Planets USS Voyager. General Skywalker we have just assisted some of your comrades against ten unknow vessels, can you shed some light into this??" "Those vessels was Imperial Assault Gunboats..they have been tracking us since we entered the vortex. May we land aboard your vessel for repairs?"asked Skywalker. "General Skywalker, prepare to be beamed aboard and your vessels will be brought aboard by a tractor beam." replied Janeway. "Wait a minute beamed a....."Luke Skywalker never finish that sentence for he, Wedge Antilles and the rest of the crew were beamed aboard the Voyager. "Mr Paris lay in a course for that Federation probe Warp Nine." ordered Captain Janeway. Just as the Voyager entered warp and left the system. Nine more vessels came through the Vortex. The Star's End was the First through the Vortex followed by the rest. "Captain, some more ships just came through the Vortex as we were leaving, the scan is just coming in....MY LORD the size of the first vessel is bigger than any ship that we have ever seen. IT is the size of space dock back at earth. Eight more ships have came through the Vortex they have just a little bigger than our Galaxy Class Starship. Sir they haven't scanned us yet." said Kim. "Good lets keep it that way. Lt Paris maximum possible warp. I want to reach that probe as soon as possible. If the Federation has been able to send a probe this far into the Delta Quadrant. Maybe we can use that same process to get us back into the Alpha Quadrant." Ordered Janeway. Meanwhile back on the Star's End. "My Lord, we have found traces of our Assault Gunboats. There seemed to have been a battle and our forces lost." said the scared ensign. "How could ten of the best Imperial Assault Gunboats be destroyed by a corellian frieghter and two x-wings!!!!" as the Emperor anger raged out of control the ensign was caught in the assault of his fiery. The Ensign never knew what killed him. " Admiral Thrawn, the vortex seems to be collapsing on itself. Sir the Vortex is no more." said another ensign. "So it looks like we are trapped here..so we will be a new empire out of this unknown part of the universe." Said the Emperor. ****************************************************************** "Thank you Captain Janeway for allowing us to come aboard. I am still amazed as how you, what did you call it, 'beamed' us aboard." Spoke Skywalker. "We are glad to assist you in anyway. Are you from the delta quadrant?" asked Janeway. "We are from a galaxy far from here. By our instruments we are about a hundred million light years from our own galaxy." said Wedge. "Can you tell us a little more about yourselves and the Imperials." asked Captain Janeway. "I am Luke Skywalker, Last of the Jedi Knights. The Jedi Knights was the guardians of the Old Republic before Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader hunted them all down and killed them all. Darth Vader was once called Anakin Skywalker. He was my father. About ten years ago the Empire created a device called the Death Star. It was a battle station the size of a moon. We managed to find a weakness in that station and destroy it. Two years after the first Death Star another one was being built. This one was being personally supervised by the Emperor himself. We discovered this and began a assault against it. Darth Vader captured me and took me before the Emperor. There he tempted me to turn to the Dark Side of the Force. Vader and myself battled, but I refused to kill my Father. So the Emperor began to try and kill me. Vader at the last second turned from the Dark Side and tossed the Emperor to his doom or what we thought was his doom. Vader died in my arms there on the Death Star. We thought we had the Empire defeated for good. We were wrong. About six months ago the Emperor re-emerged more powerful than before. He with his fleet of star destroyers caught us off guard and wiped out all of the New Republic except for us. We managed to escape Corsucant before they arrived. Some were not so lucky. And that brings us to now." spoke Skywalker. "What is this FORCE you spoke of?" Asked a curious Chakotay. "It is all around us. It flows through every creature, every plant, everything. I serve the good side of the force. The Emperor and his followers serve the Dark Side of the Force. All Jedi uses the force as his defense and his offense. I am the Last of the Jedi Knights." Answered Skywalker. "Captain Janeway, our guest seem to have regained conscious. They are asking to see you." replied Kes from sickbay. "General Skywalker if you and Captain Antilles wil follow me I'll take you to your comrades." asked Janeway. "Call me Luke Captain." asked Skywalker "As you wish, Luke." replied Janeway. A few moments later Captain Janeway and Skywalker arrived at sickbay. As they entered into sickbay Han Solo saw Luke. "Luke am I glad to see you. Will you tell them that we are all right." asked Solo. "I am glad to see that you are feeling better General Solo. It seems that you had a little disadvantage back there in that battle so we gave you a helping hand." spoke Janeway. "Thank you Captain Janeway, we are thankful for your help. If the Empire catches up with us there won't be anything to save you though."Spoke Han Solo. "Captain Janeway, we would like to speak to your superiors in a plead for assistance against the Empire." asked Leia. "As of now we have no way of communicating with our superiors because for the last three years we have been stuck out here with no way home." replied Janeway. "That may not be true Captain, we have established communications with Deep Space Nine. It seems that Starfleet has found a warp conduit left over by the Borg to the delta quadrant. They have been searching for us every since we showed up missing. Captain Sisko wishes to speak to you." spoke Tuvok. "If you will excuse me I must take this call. It is really important." said a very excited Janeway. "Captain Sisko you don't know what a site is to see your face." "Well Captain Janeway, I am flattered. Now how in the world did you get in the Delta Quadrant?" asked Sisko. "It's a long story. Can you get me the details on how to use these warp conduits? We are anxious to get home. Oh by the way I need you to send starfleet command this message I am transferring to now. It will give complete details on the situation that we have here right now. Janeway out." "Oh, by the way Captain Janeway, it is good to see you again." ********************************************************************* "Admiral Thrawn, it seems we have detected a vessel on long range scanners sir. Its engine seems to match those left in the debris of our ships sir. Shall we pursue?" "Tell all ships to plot a course for that vessel. I want those rebels captured." **************************************************************************** Meanwhile back on DS9. "What do you mean the food is bad?" asked Quark. "Just what I said. The food tastes horrible." said Dax "Sorry no refunds."said Quark as he rushed away to another customer. "Same old Quark. Never gives a refund on anything."laughed Bashir. **************************************************************************** Elsewhere in the Alpha quadrant, a large ship circle around a planet that has become home to its people. The Battlestar Galactica had been out patrolling when the call came in. "Captain Apollo, your father's condition has took a turn for the worse. He has requested that you and Commander Cain come right away." said Doctor Kelar "Father, what is it that you wish to speak with us about. You should be resting." asked Apollo "Apollo, I asked you and Commander Cain here for the purpose of who controls New Caprica defense force."spoke Adama "Father, you are in charge of the defense force. As soon as you get better..."but Adama interrupted his son. "Apollo, my time here is about up. I sent for you and Cain because as my last command I am asking you and and Cain to take control of the Battlestars and ask the Federation for membership. As of now you are Commander of the Battlestar Galactica. Now leave me and Cain we have much to discuss." asked a tired Adama. As Apollo left his Father, he notice a white glow coming from a hallway. He entered and disappeared. "Cain, I must ask a favor of you before I die. I want you to stay behide, you and the Pegasus to stand guard over the Planet. I fear that a evil is on the Horizon and it will take the might of the Galactica and the Federation to defeat it. But I want a last line of defense for New Caprica just in the case whatever is out there makes it here."asked Adama "Adama, you know I am the warrior at heart and if there is to be a battle it should be I out there fighting evil, not your son and the Galactica..."spoke Cain "I know you don't understand now, but Apollo is destined to be the greatest warrior this fleet has ever seen. I was told by a angelic being while I was in the coma that his destiny lies elsewhere. I pray to the lords of Kobol that they are right. Please honor my last request." asked Adama. "I understand, every since they intercepted the Pegasus and myself and given us directions to find you and Earth. I have trusted their judgement. I will honor your request on one condition..that once you cross over into the next life that you will tell my beloved wife that I miss her every day. Sheba is growing more and more into her image. Please promise me this." asked Cain. "I...promise....." and as suddenly as he came out of the coma. The great Commander Adama went back into the unending sleep and died within the hour. Apollo awoke onboard the celestrial vessel of the seraphs as the Capricans had begun to call them. A friendly face was there in front of him. "John, what am I doing here in your dimension. I need to get back to my father. He is at deaths door."pleaded Apollo. "Apollo, your father is in no danger. He crossed over to our dimension a few minutes ago."spoke John "Can I speak to him. I need to know what is going on."asked Apollo. "Son, they have brought you here to tell you of the approaching danger. I fear Count Iblis has returned."spoke Adama. "Iblis, we haven't seen him in twenty yarhen. Why should he return now?"asked a confused Apollo. "It seems that right now, he is going to present himself before a galactic empire more deadly than any Cylon Empire. He will convince their leader that to return with him to hunt us down and everyone that we call friend. I fear that the Federation will fall before their combine might unless help is brought to the aid of all. Go to Admiral Picard, tell him this story and tell him that he could use the assistance of a old friend in the oncoming battle. Tell him that we can not interfer in this battle. Count Iblis is to powerful for us to take on in combat. He will need the help of someone more powerful. He will know who we speak of. Now go."ordered Adama. "Father before I go, I want to say that I...." "I know Apollo, give Sheba and Boxey my love. Tell them that we all shall be rejoined someday. Now go." Apollo was back on board the Galactica. A tear ran down his face, he knew what must be done. ************************************************************** On board the Star's End, Mighty Emperor Palpatine was in a deep meditation when something happened that he thought was impossible. Someone was seating there, in his throne without himing sensing their presence. "Who are you stranger?"asked Palpatine. "I am a friend."Answered the Stranger. "I have no friends. I want to know how you were able to keep your presence unknown to me. Either you are a great wielder of the dark power or a Jedi." "I am Count Iblis, I am the dark power. You feed off of my power, you are my servant." "Stranger, you are either very stupid or very brave. Either way you are very dead." with that Emperor Palpatine unleashed a fiery of lightning bolts against Iblis. Iblis laughed. "Surely you did not really think that you could do harm to me? did you? I am older than the heavens themselves. But I am not here to do battle with you, but to offer a deal with you. I am in need of a fleet to do battle for me. I am in search of a ship called the Galactica. I want these people hunted down, exterminate any and every one that gets in your way. In in return, I will give you all the dark energy that you could possibly dream of controlling. I will give you the power to rebuild your empire. Do we have a deal?"asked Iblis "I would be a fool to turn down this offer. I will have these beings that you want as well as the rest of the pathetic fools that escaped my wraith."laughed Emperor Palpatine. ******************************************************************* Commander Cain and the now Commander Apollo kept their word to Adama. Apollo and the Galactica set course for Starfleet Command. Cain remained behind as the guardian of New Caprica. ******************************************************************** **************************************************************************** Chapter 3 ********* The Battlestar Galactica slowly enter orbit around the planet earth. This was a sight that no one will every be able to get use to. The Battlestar size alone could put fear into any enemy. With the weapon upgrades installed by the federation the ship is even more deadlier now. All her vipers are now equiped with phasers instead of laser cannons. It would have been a glorious site to have seen the look on Baltar and the Cylons if we had these weapons back at Caprica. The twelve colonies would still be alive and so would my family thought Commander Apollo as he set there in the Commanders seat. It would take him a while to get used to seating in his fathers place. "Admiral Necheyev, the Battlestar Galactica is requesting clearance for their shuttle to land. Commander Apollo of the New Caprican fleet says he must speak to you. He says it is of the upmost importance."spoke the Cadet. "Tell them I will be expecting them. Permission to land." said Admiral Necheyev. Why can't they just let us install the transporters on board. It would make it a lot easier to go to and fro than using a shuttle, thought Neceyev. It took Apollo several minutes to land and reach the waiting room to meet with the Heads of Starfleet. TO tell them the story that his father relayed to him onboard the ship of lights. *********************************************************************** As the shuttle landed at starfleet command Admiral Picard was wondering what starfleet had in mind for him and Captain Riker. "Greetings Admiral Picard, Capatin Riker...if you will follow me, I'll take you to meet with the rest." asked the Young Cadet. "Will, what do you think is going on??"asked Picard. "I don't know sir."replied Riker. A few minutes later and they were at the main board room of the head of Starfleet. Seated around the table was various admirals from all over starfleet. At the head of the table was Admiral Necheyev. "if you will all have a seat I will get on with why I have called all of you here." stated Necheyev."Thank you all for coming on short notice. Starfleet intelligence has pick up readings of a fleet of sorts coming from the Delta quadrant. As you all know since the discovery of the warp condutis used by the Borg, we have been in contact with the Voyager, who is now on her way back to the alpha quadrant and directly to earth. During a normal recon of space, the Voyager picked a signals from a small vessel being pursued by a fleet of ships. The vessel and several other crafts came in sensor scan of the voyager. Captain Janeway has stated that the scans showed that 1 of the ships to be the size of three starbases starships combined. The rest are just a little over the Size of of the Galaxy class ships. Janeway and her crew intercepted a small craft , a frieghter called the Millienium Falcon. The crew had been rendered unconscious by a blast to the ship, it was drifting through space unmaned and unpowered. The Voyager came in contact with what seem to be fighter craft using a LASER technology that seems to be the quite less than our phasers. the Voyager managed to destroy the attacking vessels and bring the frieghter on board. Two other craft were brought on board as well at their request. Captain Janeway insisted that she wait until she spoke to me in person to explain what was going on. But she said to have the fleet prepared for the worst." Finished Necheyev. "Admiral, what has that got to do with me?" Asked Picard. "Jean-Luc you are here by relieved of duty at Starfleet Academy and put back in charge of Command of a Starship as well as that of the fleet. You will keep your rank of Admiral."stated Necheyev. "What ship will be assigned for me to take command of?"asked Picard "As of 0900 today you will be in command of a modified Galaxy starship renamed USS Enterprise NCC-1701-E, it is a super dreadnought Starship. Its weapon systems have been upgraded to the best that starfleet has to offer. There is a main phaser Cannon and then there is the other phaser banks all over the ship. A Phase Cloaking device has been install. The shields are compose of a mulit-wavelength harmonics, which should keep a enemy from ever finding a correct frequency since there isn't one. Gentlemen please come in."stated Necheyev. Lt. Commander Data and Lt. Commander Geordi LaForge enter the room. "Admiral Picard, we have been designing a new warp drive system which will give you the power to achieve warp beyond 10. The design came from the Battlestar Galactica and a captured borg vessel. Data.." LaForge stepped aside to let his Pale friend speak. "As you all know, the warp conduits that the borg used are scattered throughout the universe. What no one has be aware of is that they really didn't need these for the purpose of travelling but as a escape route just in case their warp drive ever collapsed. These warp conduits seem to have been here for the past hundred or so years. The Borg have been gathering specimens from each different race in this quadrant to see if they were fit to be assimilated. After by brother Lore interfaced with the Borg he learned of this and all of the Fail-Safe programming built into the Borg. I recently decided to reactivate Lore for the Purpose of downloading his memory into my positronic brain to learn why he did what he did. I learned from his memories that he knew of a Gateway that led to a distant part of the Delta Quadrant that the Borg had yet to explore. For some unknown reason the Gateway would only appear every twenty to thirty years and the Borg decided it was best if they did not explore into the phenonenum. It would seem ladies and gentlemen that the gateway has reappeared and brought a new threat to the Alpha Quadrant. Lt. Commander LaForge and Myself have been assigned to the new enterprise for the purpose that we know the ship better than anyone else." replied Data "Admiral Necheyv, I would like for to be assigned to the Enterprise as Captain under Admiral Picard. I feel that I should be his first officer again for this mission." asked Riker "Captain Riker, we called you here for that purpose itself. The experimental starship USS Titan has been designated a failure and that your command talents would be best suited for the Enterprise. You will keep the Rank of Captain, but will be Admiral Picards first officer. Lt. Commander Data is hereby promoted to full commander. Lt. Commander Geordi LaForge is also promoted to full commander and is hereby placed as chief engineer on board the new enterprise." ordered Admiral Necheyev."Ensign will you ask Captain Apollo to come in. "Thank you Admiral Necheyev for allowing me to come and speak with you, I had not expected to be speaking in front of all the Admirals here."Spoke Apollo "Well we have just finished of meeting. But I would like for them all to listen. It must be of some importance for you to come out to speak and not your father Captain Apollo." "Admiral, my father died at 0900 hours this moring. As of now I am in control of New Capricas defense force. I am also now Commander of the Battlestar Galactica." "I am sorry to hear that your father has died. He was a great man in the little time that I knew him."Spoke Picard. "Thank You Admiral Picard." "Why is it that you are here Commander?"asked Necheyev. "As you know, we we added by a strange ship of light on our voyage to find earth. We have come to find that when ,at least people from the colonies die, they enter the dimension of the Seraphs. They have came again to warn us of an approaching danger. A evil is on the horizon, and its name is Count Iblis. He is a being of great power and its seems that the Seraphs cannot control him any longer. As my father was dying he asked me to come before the Starfleet security committee and relay this message as well as to ask for membership into the Federation. He also told me to give Admiral Picard a message. He said to tell you that Iblis is far stronger than before and the Seraphs cannot interfer this time. He said we may need the help of someone more powerful than themselves to win the day. He said you know who I am talking about." The words ran through Picards mind like a dagger. He couldn't mean, no he wouldn't mean, not Q!!!! "Commander, I feel that the Federation could use all the help that it can get. Membership is granted and as of now you are promoted to Admiral in Starfleet and Commander Cain is also promoted to Admiral. You will accompany Admiral Picard and Captain Riker back to New Caprica where from there you will travel to Deep Space Nine and there you will meet up with the Voyager and her passengers to find out anything else that you can on these strangers. Dismissed." ***************************************************************** Admiral Jean-luc Picard was heading once again back to the Captains chair to Command the newly built and christened USS Enterprise-E. He thought that it would be another Galaxy Class starship, but the size of the new Enterprise alone made his heart stand still. The ship was so huge that it was being built at the utopia plantia ship yards at the Mars Colony. The Ship was just as large as the Galactica if not larger. Four Warp Nacels and what seemed to be a huge cannon on the underbelly of the Saucer section. A ship of this size could carry at least a crew of fifteen thousand plus civilans. Starfleet must really be paranoid about enemys of the federation if a ship of this size was built so fast and without anyone knowing about it. This wasn't a exploration vessel, this was a vessel of war. Captain Jean-luc Picard for the first time in his life was scared of the unknown. "This is shuttle Montgomery requesting clearance to land onboard the USS Enterprise."asked the Ensign. "Shuttle Montgomery this is Captain Riker permission granted. What took you so long Admiral?" laughed Riker. "How in the world did he beat me here?"asked Picard to himself aloud. "I don't know sir. I was not aware that you was wanting to beat Captain Riker aboard. If I had known maybe I could...."was saying the very nervous ensign, when Admiral Picard broke in."I'm sorry, I was talking aloud to myself. You have done a splendid job and getting me here." The Ensign slowly brought the shuttle into the landing bay. There awaiting him was fimilar faces and some he did not know. "Welcome aboard Admiral."greeted Captain Riker. "Hello, Number One."replied Picard. "It's good to see you again Jean-Luc." spoke Doctor Crusher. And with a flash of light Admiral Jean-Luc Picard disappeared to somewhere else. He opened his eyes to see a familar face in front of him. Where was he? "Welcome to the Continuium, Mon Capitan." "Q? Why did you bring me here, why not my ready room?" "Because we have a really serious problem back on your plane of reality. It seems that a specie some what like ourselves of the Q, has decided to break the big no-no rule. They have used their powers to further gain more power for themselves, that itself isn't that big of a no-no. What they did with that power on the other hand is the biggest no-no of all.. they used their powers to bring havok and chaos to an unspecting civilization, they used this new found might to enslave hundreds of thousands of beings into following them to their doom. That is why we have to step in to stop them before they cause all of humanity to be wiped out along with all other races in this galaxy." Spoke Q. "Exactly who is these beings and where did they come from?"asked Picard "I was afraid you was going to ask that question. Well let me start from the beginning, and what I tell you must never be repeated to another living soul or not living soul. Do you remember when the Continium offered Riker the power of the Q?"asked Q "Yes, I do. It had the potential of good but also had the potential for evil. I always wonder why you offered Riker the power?"asked Picard "We did not simply offer it to him, we of the Q Continium discovered millienums ago that we were not the only beings to have such powers. We discovered a race called the Seraphs four thousand years ago. They had just discovered how to manipulate the power of the universe. What I am about to tell you will be hard for you to comprehend, but the time is now for one of your race to understand." "I was born over twenty millienums ago, hard to believe, some of the elder Q's have been around since the dawn of this dimension. We are the guardians of the Multiverse, you see there are countless universes that are parallel to this one. In all except this one, there was no other races that had the power such as ours, except this one. It seems that evolution had stepped in and had created several different races that would achieve the next step of evolution, one of the races was the Seraphs as you already know, the next race to start evolving is humanity we did not simply offer to Riker the power, we simply started to evolve him to the next level. Unknown to Riker he still has the power, it lies dormait in him. Wesley Crusher was one of the few of your race first to evolve to the next level. He has been part of the Continium for sometime now. The traveler was simply one of us sent to guide and teach young Crusher the uses of his powers. But onto what I was saying. The Seraphs divided into two separate groups, one of them was the Ship of Lights as they are called to the Capricans, the others, or should I say the other, is a being of pure evil. I know that you think I am evil, but I am not. All those incidents that I visited upon you were test to see if you are ready to cross into the next stage of evolution. But back to my story, as I was saying the Seraphs have set down guidelines similar to the Q's own guidelines for which we all must obey or be destroyed by the High Lords. The evil one has decided that he doesn't have to follow any rules, the Seraphs can not ask us directly for help or Iblis would know. That is why Adama told Apollo to ask me for the help. What the Galacticans don't know is that Iblis has achieved to the next level of evolution. He made a pact with a evil far greater than himself for Power, in return he would enslave the Universe to his will. Oh, by the way I forgot to tell you that 'when in need the most all one has to do is look inside of theirself for the power to overcome all'"spoker Q. "Q, what the devil is that suppose to mean??"asked a irratated Picard. "You have to figure that one out for yourself"Laughed Q. Just as suddenly as Jean-luc Picard has been transported to the Q Continium he was back on board the Enterprise. Everyone looking at him like he hadn't left at all. "Is there something wrong Admiral?" asked Commande Data. "No Data, nothing is wrong at all. Number One we need to be at Deep Space Nine by 1200 hours. So please see if you can get things going at a little faster pace. I'll be in my quarters." spoke Picard. "You heard the Admiral, everyone to their stations we need to get underway as soon as possible."ordered Captain Riker. The Super Dreadnought Class Starship slowly moved out of orbit around Mars. It was good to be back on the Enterprise thought Captain William Riker. "Geordi set a course for Deep Space Nine maximum speed, lets see what this new engine system can do. "ordered Riker. "Ok Captain, we are going to test the Hyperdrive system that we installed. We should reach Deep Space Nine in half the time at maximum warp using this new system."spoke LaForge. With that comment the four Warp Nacel that was shaped in a X formation slowly moved together to become two giant warp nacels and the first federation starship created a artifical wormhole, and in a flash of light they sped away towards DS9. **************************************************************************** Chapter Four *********** "So tell me Captain Janeway, what is this Federation of planets that you spoke of earlier?"asked Leia Organa Solo "Well it is a government made up of thousands of worlds. The Federation capital is my home planet called Earth. We are a race of explorers and not a race bent on war. We have several bordering empires at the edge of Federation space. Among them are the Klingon Empire and the Romulan Empire. There was the Cardassian Empire, but from the reports that I got from Captain Sisko earlier this evening, it seems that the Cardassian Empire is now controlled by the Bajornan Government. We were lost in the delta quadrant for four years, we were on our way home when we intercepted you and the Imperials. I just hope that all that much hasn't changed in our absence."Spoke Janeway. "Chakotay to Janeway, we have arrived at Deep Space Nine. Captain Sisko wants for you and our guests to beam over as soon as possible. He says starfleet wants you ready for a meeting by 1200 hours today." "Well it seems that we are needed at the station, so if you will follow me, we shall beam over and meet with Captain Sisko." Meanwhile back on board the Star's End. A angry Admiral Thrawn was beginning to lose patience with no trace of the Rebel crafts. "Are there any signs of the Rebel crafts."asked Thrawn. "Admiral, it seems that the Rebels trail ends here, I would guess that they were taken aboard another ship and left by a ship which folds space when she moves."spoke the Science Officer "Are there any way of knowing which direction they went in?" "Yes, it seems that they leave behind a ion trail. They have set a course mark O-nine-five twenty degrees by fifteen degrees. It seems that they are heading for a spacial distortion in that area."spoke he Science Officer. "Set a intercept course maximum speed."ordered Thrawn. The fleet of ships went into hyperspace in a blinding flash of light. ************************************************************** the rest down by the first of the year.