A Flashback and a Dangerous Option.

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"You know... Why is it everytime something goes wrong, it has to happen to me?"

 

 

That was the thought of Ensign Jefferson Prescott Marks as he stared at the huge head of the Romulan commander on the view screen. As Captain Davies seemingly tried to explain and debate the relevence of the Agincourt with the Pax Primus prisoners, JP could only shake his head at the dire situation. In a nutshell, the Agincourt was dead in the water. This monsterous Romulan ship had managed to not only cripple the Agincourt's weapons, but also its Engines in one fell swoop. Even as JP assessed the damage wasn't critical, it was enough to keep them relatively defenseless against this ship.

 

JP's mind began to race as he tried to think of something to do to help pull the Agincourt out of the red and back into a plausable positive scenereo. He figured their just had to be someway to shift the momentum back into the Agincourt's favor that didn't involve direct access to weapons or propulsion. He thought back to his days at the Tactical school in Annapolis and wandered to the time the Tactical Program was brought back to Starfleet Acadamy to participate in the Kobiashi Maru simulator.

 

JP's eyes lit up as he thought back to his team's time in the simulator. Then, of course, he didn't know it was a no-win scenereo but even if he did, he would of wanted to test the limits of the simulator. A small smile crept up on his face as he recalled his Cadet Captain buckling under the pressure as 4 renegade Klingon Birds of Prey decloaked around their Galaxy Class vessel. He remembered the Captain look about hopelessly and turning to him for advice...

 

****CUE FLASH BACK SEQUENCE****

 

"TACTICAL! SUGGESTION!!!" The Cadet Captain yelped to JP.

 

With a look at his console and a slight gulp, he looked back down at the Captain. "We lost everything sir, weapons, Propulsion, power to everything but the transporters and life support... Even the warp drive is fluxuating. I suggest we Aban..." JP stopped himself as he thought about the Warp Drive and his eyes widened. "I suggest we pull a canister of Anti-Matter sir."

 

At that moment, a pin dropping could of been heard throughout the bridge. The Acadamy Commander, who was portraying OPS, looked back at JP. "Anti-Matter is extremely unstable. What would you suggest we do?"

 

JP swallowed deeply before staring dead at the 4 Birds of Prey. "I suggest we beam it right in-between those Turtlehead's shields and watch them all burn to space dust... Sir."

 

The Cadet Captain looked nervously from JP to the Acadamy Commander and back again. With shaking hands he slapped the button to Engineering. "Mr. DiPalma! Bleed me one canister of Anti-Matter and get it to Transporter Room 3."

 

A faint crackling was heard. "But sir," Dipalma responded, "The locks for the Anti-Matter weren't meant to go through the transporter, we could be blown to bits!"

 

"I AM AWARE OF THAT MR. DIPALMA!" The Cadet Captain snapped back.

 

"Errr... Aye sir."

 

Within minutes, the anti-matter was bled and the transporter controls were in the hands of JP. "On your orders sir," JP announced.

 

The Cadet Captain looked up at the view screen and the mocking laughter of the Klingon captain. "Send them all to hell Mr. Marks and once the package is away, get us out of here at whatever we have left."

 

"Indeed," Marks responded. With a holding of the breath, the Anti-Matter successfully transported directly into the Klingon's Shields causing an explosion which ripped the other three ships to space particles. The Cadet ship was also hit hard as the light flickered all over the bridge, however sensors indicated the ship was in one piece and a loud cheer erupted on the bridge. "Great idea JP!" "Way to go Marks!" "Nice thinking!"

 

The excitement was short lived however as 8 more Klingon ships appeared and tore the remains of the Cadet ship out from under them, but not before JP helped establish one of the longest running survival times in Kobiashi Maru history...

 

****END FLASHBACK SEQUENCE****

 

JP smiled slightly realizing that one idea may be the ace in the hole they had left. True, if they destroyed the Romulan ship, Intergalactic war would break out shattering all the peace that was achieved... However, his job was to find ways to protect the ship, not to be a diplomat for the federation. If the Captain was unsuccessful and couldn't get the Romulan ship to stand down, he was ready to suggest the dangerous option.

Edited May 6, 2005 by Dustin_Marks