Upon Further Review . . .

[Tachyon 0]

“Upon Further Review, Your Universe Was Weighed, It Was Measured, and Has Been Found Wanting. Please Hold”

June 23, 2155

Lt.jg Dave Grey

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Interesting times a plenty. After helping out in sickbay, Grey left for the science lab to actually do some work. His body still ached, both physically and mentally, from the ordeal of the past few hours, but he felt much better. His locale did not do much to improve his health.

 

Even though this was the Challenger, it was not the same Challenger, it was not his Challenger. This one was subtly different. The corridors had a little less light, one of the doors was painted a slightly deeper shade of steel blue, and of course the crew members constantly wore belligerent yet subdued expressions. It seemed more like a siege fortress than any sort of exploratory vessel. Grey reflected upon the barbaric nature of the “Terrans” in this universe and wondered what had prompted them to become like this. And who was he to be disgusted? They had just as much right to be “barbaric” by his standards as he was “barbaric” to theirs.

 

The nonexistent science lab, at least, was in the correct place. He entered and saw T’Parek working diligently. They did not exchange many words, because of course she was a Vulcan and Grey was just plain boring. Thus began what would have been a typical day, save the fact that they had been transferred across universes on a mission to destroy a futuristic starship in the hands of a barbaric human empire. Their predicament only resulted in the slightest increment of Grey’s stress.

 

The work at hand concerned the vessel, which appeared to be named Defiant. Grey looked over the data available and began to work on how to exploit it for their advantage. After much discussion with Lieutenants Giovanni and Williams, and Lieutenant (jg) T’Parek, they decided to infiltrate the Defiant and overload its warp core. As for the data locked up in the computer core beneath the palace, another team would have to infiltrate that area and delete all data pertaining to the Defiant using a carefully constructed computer program.

 

The method of deletion confirmed, the engineers would of course be the ones building the computer program. It was up to the science department to figure out weaknesses in the palace and Defiant so that they could infiltrate both locations.

 

So yes, it was a very typical day. It just wasn’t supposed to be a day in the life of this Grey.