Starfleet Captain Richard Baker scrutinized the ship status read-out on the view screen. He was hoping that the ship wouldn’t develop problems, but he knew this was futile and that something was bound to break. The Power output of the ship had been fluctuating for nearly an hour now. Richard had been trying to get on with his work, but he kept getting distracted by the power readout. He eventually got frustrated with it and tapped a few commands into the console on his chairs arm.
“Bridge to Engineering” Richard said into the open commlink.
“Reynolds here Captain” Thomas’ voice replied from the commlink speakers.
“What’s the situation with the power output?” He asked.
“There’s an imbalance of the Matter-Anti-Matter reaction” Thomas replied “No danger, it’s just messing with our power”
“Keep working on it, Bridge out” Richard said closing the channel. He looked up at the viewscreen. The Sensor display was flashing, a ship had been detected, two ships.
“Two ships” Frank reported a half-second later.
“Identify” James ordered.
“One’s a destroyer” Frank replied his hands flying across his console “The other ship is unknown to us, but it’s taking a beating, sensors indicate it’s venting anti-matter from it’s engines”
“We’re receiving a transmission” Rachel reported “Audio only, Translator working…Matrix complete, playing message”
“To any ships in the area” A female voice said urgently, well Richard thought it was a female “We are under attack by a raider, we require immediate assistance, I’m not sure…”
“Transmission cut off at source” Rachel reported.
“General Quarters, Red Alert” Richard ordered. The bridge lighting dimmed as red strips in the wall began to flash, a Klaxon began it’s call.
“Stand-by to drop out of Warp” Steven ordered “Stand-by Medical teams and Transporters”
“Slow to Impulse!” Richard ordered. In space, a short distance from the enemy ship and it’s victim,the Valiant rapidly decelerated as it returned to normal space.
“Fire!” Richard ordered as soon as Frank got a weapons lock on the attackingship. Blasts of Light sped from the Valiant as it opened fire on the enemy with a full Phaser and Torpedo salvo. The Enemy ship was caught off guard by the Valiant’s sudden arrival. This surprise attack by the Valiant had caught the enemy ship with it’s shields concentrating on it’s target, as such they were weaker on the vector the Valiant had arrived on. The Enemy ship was now drifting in Space.
“Damage report” Steven ordered.
“Minimal damage to all systems, they never got a shot off” Thomas replied through a commlink.
“Commander, take a medical team over, evac the wounded, I doubt that ship will hold together for much longer”
Steven nodded and stood, he motioned to Frank who stood and followed.
