First Contact
Captain's log, stardate 5576.3. A large planet has been found in the outer fringe of our galaxy. Nothing like it has ever been seen before. Starfleet Command has sent the Enterprise to investigate as we're the only vessel in the vicinity of the planet. Our present position is in the constellation Pegasus, which contains alpheratz, the most remote star in the entire galaxy. Basic sensor readings show the planet to be a class M planet with a median surface temperature similar to that of the Midwest in summer, or approximately 72 degrees Fahrenheit. Planetary inhabitants have not been studied yet due to galactic disturbances near the planet. Stand by for more word on the matter.
Kirk sits in the captain's chair and looks at the planet steadily approaching on the glass viewscreen. Once the Enterprise get within orbital range of the planet, Kirk says,
"Mr. Sulu, standard orbit. One-quarter impulse."
"Aye-aye, captain." Sulu replies.
Kirk then gestures to Spock and McCoy.
"You two. Meet me in the deck one conference room. ASAP"
5 minutes later, Kirk walks into the deck one conference room and says,
"Computer, activate hologram of planet."
A green holographic image of the planet appears on the table as Kirk says,
"Starfleet command has dubbed this planet Exeter for one of our ships lost in our failed attempt to rescue Vulcan. The Klingons have attempted to integrate this planet into their society for some time now and Starfleet has told us to expect them down on this planet."
Then, the lights dim and come back on.
Kirk pushes the ICS (intercommunication system) button on his side of the table and says,
"Kirk to engineering, what's happened to my ship, Scotty?"
"Sir?" Scotty replies.
"The lights just dimmed and returned to normal, Scotty. What happened to my ship?"
"Well," over the speaker, Scotty can be heard tapping on a screen and he continues by saying," Sir, best I can reckon, it was some type of directed energy burst from the planet's surface. The computer says we're running on fumes from the reserve power just to stay in orbit, sir."
"Can you get her back up to full power, Scotty?"
"I'll try but, I cannae guarantee anything until I can get a good grip on what caused it. Until I do that, I would suggest not using very much power, sir."
"Noted. Meet me on the bridge."
"Aye-aye, sir."
A whistle sounded from the viewscreen on the table and Spock turned it on.
"Captain, sensors have detected a wery large hydrogen-dioxide particle beam en route to zhe ship." Ensign Pavel Chekhov said.
"Origin of the particle beam?" Kirk said.
"Origin is on the planet's surface. Location is wery close to what sensors say is zhe capitol city."
"Go to red alert. Shields up, evasive maneuvers."
"Ve have six percent power, Sir. With zhat much power, we'll olny be able to sustain maximum shields for a total of 2 seconds."
"Alright, Chekhov. ETA (estimated time of arrival) to impact?"
"68 second, sir. Give or take 12 seconds."
"Thank you, Chekhov."
"You are wery welcome, captain."
The transmission shuts off as Kirk says to McCoy,
"Bones, get to the Med Bay."
Then he turns to Spock.
"Let's get to the bridge."
Kirk, Spock and Scotty get to the bridge as Kirk says to the bridge crew,
"This is the frigging Klingons, I'm telling you! There can be no other explanation"
Just then, Kirk finally sees the particle beam coming twoards the Enterprise. This thing is huge. It's approximately one-half a mile wide and extends from the planets surface to about 20,000 miles from the Enterprise. It's still creeping steadily closer. Kirk sits in the captain's chair and says,
"Mr. Sulu? Can we get out of the way of this anomaly?" He says.
"Yes-sir, I believe we can." Sulu replies.
He taps some commands into the console and then, the power shuts off, leaving the only light being that radiating from the particle beam to show what's going on.
"Sulu?!?" Kirk says, frantically.
The beam is almost at the Enterprise.
"SULU! DO SOMETHING!"
"I... I can't do anything, sir. Shields, thrusters, warp, impulse, weapons... life support systems... everything is inoperable." Sulu replies.
Kirk turns to Scotty and says,
"Scotty, use the stairwells. Get to the warp core and get that thing working before we crash.
"Aye-aye, captain." Scotty replies as he rushes frantically off of the bridge.
Just then, the particle beam envelopes the Enterprise and pulls it into the mercy of the planet's gravity. For about 2 minutes, the beam pulls the Enterprise with it and it disappears, leaving the Enterprise to deal with the effects of the entry of the planet's atmosphere.
"Sir, if we don't get power on to the shields, we'll be incinerated on reentry." Sulu says.
Under his breath, Kirk mumbled,
"Scotty, you'd better be there."
Meanwhile, down at the warp core, Scotty was working frantically to breathe new life into the dead warp core. He was putting core wires into places he didn't even know the warp core had. 2A goes into 2B slot. Red wire cut and spliced with the blue wire. Then after all that, there were two wires that needed connecting. He grabbed the wires, prayed to whomever would listen and slammed the warp core wires together. A roar from the darkest reaches of Hell screamed from the tattered warp core and powered up the Impulse engines. Back on the bridge, power returned and Kirk says,
"Mr. Sulu! 45 degree angle of attack! 100% impulse, NOW!!!!"
The Enterprise's shields get refreshed and put up. Then, Sulu tilts the Enterprise 45 degrees backward and hits full throttle on the impulse engines. Up on the viewscreen, a warning appears. It reads, 'COLLISION IMMINENT!!!!' The Enterprise begins its arc toward the sky and it barely misses the capitol city. It must have been a sight to see. The bottom of the secondary hull missed the highest roof by 12 meters. They cleared the city and then the power systems fail again. The Enterprise is sent shooting to the ground and it impacts and skids to a stop, without breaking apart, and destroys 20 apple trees and half a barn. The heat from the metal hull sets the rest of the barn ablaze. Kirk awakens 2 minutes later to an orange horse carrying him down the primary hull.
"Wha... Who are you?" He said.
"I'm Applejack. I'm taking you down where I took the rest of the crew." She said.
"Was that your barn?" Kirk says as the barn comes into view.
"Yep, that was mine! Good ol' Sweet Apple Acres."
"Can you take us to your leader?"
"Sure, but, her name's Princess Celestia."
So, sitting in a cart with Spock, McCoy, and Chekhov, looking back at the Enterprise on a hill overlooking the small village of Ponyville, Kirk thought to himself,
When, if ever, are we going to get home? Also, where are the Klingons who shot us down?