Complications

[Capt Ayers 0]

Location: Lambda Aurigae System

 

Commander Damin stands on top of the small hillock and looks down at the uncovered treasure below. It had taken a few days to uncover the mysterious ship and now that it was nearly uncovered he can't help but feel a thrill of anticipation at finding out what lies within. He had been informed as to who it apparently belonged to and what had happened with regards to certain personnel on Skyharbor Aegis but that really wasn't his concern. This dark blue and gray skinned somewhat arrowhead shaped ship before him was all that interested him right now. His eyes trace from the pointed bow of the ship back along the right edge, past the somewhat thinner waist of the ship to the flared out wing that flows back into the aft section of the ship. Like Federation Starships, the apparently El Aurian ship was a mirror-image of itself if it was folded in half along it's long axis. Unlike Federation Starships, and most other Starships, the El Aurian ship doesn't have any visible warp nacelles. "Perhaps that's what the wings are for." Commander Damin thinks to himself.

 

His musings are interrupted by a young Lieutenant stepping up to him and saying "Sir, we've checked three times now. There are no visible openings into the ship. We can't even find so much as a scratch on her hull. And we've tried every conceivable way of gaining access including a bi-polar torch and cutting phasers. We've even considered explosives."

 

Damin frowns slightly "The report from Aegis indicated there were openings...holes really in the hull."

 

The Lieutenant nods slightly "Yes, I can only surmise that they were repaired somehow. It was indicated in that same report that this ship did have that capability."

 

Damin's frown grows as he looks down at the ship. For the first time, the Commander feels some trepidation towards the alien ship.

 

Damin shakes his head "The Captain will want to start preparations to haul this thing out of here soon. Inform him that we'll be ready to begin preparations for that shortly." The Lieutenant nods and leaves the Commander to his thoughts.

 

A few hours later several Starfleet recovery craft, used to retrieved crashed ships, are holding position above the alien ship. This time Damin is overseeing the procedures from the bridge of his ship, the Ambassador class USS Valdemar which is acting as the flagship of the Task Force. Any party crashers, even the Borg, are going to find themselves facing enough firepower, considering the make-up of the Task Force to give them serious second-thoughts to interfering with the recovery effort.

 

He watches the recovery craft lift the crashed El Aurian ship from the surface. He waits a few seconds before turning to say to his Captain "Apparently, things are going to..." In mid-sentence, every alarm on the ship goes off.. He turns back to the viewscreen to see that things are most definitely not as they should be.