Episode 1: Prelude of things to come
In an undisclosed location, a woman snarled at her minion. “For millennia, Cybertron has remained hidden. Only one thing able to reveal its location. And all that stands between us and Cybertron’s destruction is a single ship and crew.” She growled. So, where ARE THEY!"
“Unknown m’lady.” The minion replied. “It appears they have gone under cloak. A type of cloaking we cannot penetrate.”
“Imbecile! The Cyber Compass is finally vulnerable after so many years, and you STILL failed!” The woman growled.
“We shall not fail again ma’am!” The minion responded, terrified.
“FIND THEM!” The woman growled, scaring the minion off.
With the Minion gone, the woman felt a tingle in her stubby horn. She grimaced. “We WILL get that Compass. Cybertron will be yours my lord.” She said.
Space: The final frontier. This is the story of the USS Equestria. A ship fresh out of construction, with a crew fresh from the Academy. Together they will embark on a mission of discovery, and evolution. They will explore a strange new frontier, seek out new life and a new civilization, and boldly go farther than anyone has ever gone.
“Chief Engineer’s log: Stardate 32120531.09. We are about ten days into our voyage to JungleTron and the USS Equestria is holding station over an asteroid, currently undergoing a mining operation to mine as much of the Energon detected in the asteroid surface as we can. Meanwhile, I’m working on a way to stretch out our supply, and simultaneously make feeding these Cybertronians more efficient.”
In the shuttlebay of the USS Equestria, Kasey and a team of Engineers were hard at work building a machine. “So how long does it take to process a single Cube of Energon?” One Engineer asked.
“According to Teletran, about a half hour for the size of cube that Harmony needs.” Kasey responded.
“And to process the crystals into its liquefied form, about 20 minutes.” Another Engineer added.
“Exactly.” Teletran chimed in. “And in its liquid form, it provides greater nutrition for Cybertronians than cubes. Well, normal Cybertronians anyway. Harmony still needs a cube a day.” He said.
“You guys chew through this stuff fast don’t you.” An engineer commented.
“One cube split into 64 smaller cubes will last me and Blitzwing 4 days.” Cliff said. “And Harmony needs one who cube a day.”
“So we go through five cubes every four days.” Kasey calculated. “And we only found 12 cubes in the Derelict.”
“So it’s a good thing we found this Energon Deposit when we did.” Teletran said. “Otherwise we wouda been in trouble.”
Kasey nodded, before everyone heard the machine they were working on power up. Kasey smiled as she stepped back. “Alright! Our new Energon Processing and Fueling Station is online.” She reported.
“Time to test?” Cliffjumper, who had busied himself offloading the mined Energon Crystals the mining teams brought back in their shuttles.
“Testing Time.” Kasey said as she called up her tricorder hud. “Everyone step back. Just in case this thing blows.” She said.
Everyone stepped back as Kasey tapped at her HUD. “Power levels stable, All systems appear to be nominal. Cliffjumper, introduce the raw energon.” She said.
Cliffjumper took a crystal he had just offloaded and placed it on top of a clear tank. Once the crystal was settled, Kasey hit the initiation button. “Commencing processing.” She reported.
The Crystal glowed a shade of red and a blue liquid started filling the tank, with each drop, the crystal got smaller. Kasey smiled. “Ladies and Gentlebots, I do believe we have a functional Energon Processor.” She announced.
“We won’t know for sure until it finishes processing and we test its viability.” Teletran said. “Luckily we’ll know in twenty minutes.”
Kasey nodded as she tapped her combadge. “Lt Cmdr Baker to Bridge, our new Energon Processor is online. Processing an energon sample for viability testing now.” She said.
On the Bridge, Sela responded. “Acknowledged chief, I want an update once your tests are complete.” She said.
“Aye sir.” Kasey responded as the connection was cut. Soon after, Norman received a new signal on his console.
“Commander.” Norman said. “We’re getting a signal from Blitzwing.”
“Put it through.” Sela responded.
A few seconds later, Blitzwing’s voice came up. “Blitz to Equestria, no sign of Terrorcon activity in this asteroid field. We’re the only ones.” He reported.
“Acknowledged Blitzwing. But stay sharp. We do not know when or where they will attack, but we do know that they WILL attack.” Sela told him. “We will be unable to evade them forever.”
“Hmph, just let them come. They don’t stand a chance.” Blitz responded. “You guys seemed to handle them well last time.”
“I am reasonably certain that the Cyber Compass is what won us that skirmish Blitzwing, we cannot rely on it every time.”
“If you say so Commander.” Blitz responded. “Blitzwing out.” With that, the connection was cut.
Risa shook her head. “He makes it sound like the Terrorcons last time were a cakewalk.” She commented.
“Even at full power, our phasers took 4 shots to kill a single Terrorcon.” Yamik said. “At a fire rate of 2 shots per second, two seconds could be the difference between life and death against those things.”
“And we don’t know what our ship’s weapons can do against a Terrorcon ship since Blitz destroyed the last one before we could fire on it.” Shron commented.
“Do not worry Lt Cmdr Darklight.” Sela responded. “I am confident you will get to shoot at a ship sooner rather than later.”
“If I might chime in, I would prefer we avoid engaging the Terrorcons for as long as possible.” Harmony commented.
“Precisely why we have the Cloak Harmony.” Risa responded. “It is an added layer of stealth.”
“Even so, it would be unwise to stay in one place for too long. Norman, patch us through to the mining team.” Sela said.
“Patching you through now Commander.” Norman responded as he opened a channel. “You’re on.”
“This is Commander Sela to Mining Exhibition, Captain Maxima what is your status?” Sela asked.
Down on the asteroid, Proxima Maxima, NOT wearing a spacesuit, tapped her combadge to respond to Sela. “Making good progress down here commander, I’d say the Bottleneck is the shuttle capacity more than anything else. Did Baker give an update on the processor?” She asked as she lit her horn and shot a laser at another Energon Crystal, cutting it at its base.
“The Energon Processor is online. We should know if it produces Viable Energon soon.” Sela reported.
“Good news. Teletran said liquid Energon was somehow more efficient than unprocessed and cubed energon, correct?” Proxima asked.
“He did. If the processor works, it could stretch our supply of Energon significantly.” Sela responded.
“Affording us the benefit of not being idle for too long.” Proxima said. “Are there any shuttles left? Or anything?” She asked.
“All our auxiliary craft are assigned to cargo detail. The only other thing we have would be the DOTs. However it would take several of them to lift a single Energon crystal.” Sela responded.
“Any assistance would help commander, send all available DOTs.” Proxima replied.
“Acknowledged Captain.” Sela responded as the connection cut.
Proxima nodded and went back to her task, which, along with several other Equestria Crew members, was mining. She magically lifted all the crystals she had mined and brought them out to the loading area. “Lieutenant, the DOTs are being deployed to help us carry the stuff up to the ship.” Proxima told the supervising officer.
“Sounds great Captain.” The officer responded. “Also, how is it fair that you don’t need a space suit but the rest of us do?” They asked in a not so serious tone.
Proxima giggled at the joke question. “Some of us are just born with that ability.” She said. “I certainly won’t say no to being able to breathe in space.”
“All of Starfleet envies you Captain.” The officer said.
“Oh but do they envy your foolish excursion into Extra Galactic Space?” Said a male voice.
Proxima and the officer glanced around, confused, until they saw a man in a Starfleet Captain’s uniform. And nothing else.
Proxima and the officer glanced at each other. Both wondering what or who this person was. “Uhm, hi?” Proxima said.
“Bonjour mon capitaine.” The man responded. “I will get straight to the point. You and your crew do not belong all the way out here. Go back, or you will regret it.” He said. Proxima and the officer could see that he had a serious look on his face.
Another glance between the legitimate Starfleet Officers, both confused. “And you are…?” The officer asked.
“Surely your Starfleet Records mention me. I gained notoriety as Jean-Luc Picard’s guide. His best friend. I also encountered Captain Janeway a few times and I warned your kind about the borg in the 24th Century. And we are the ones that put up the barrier to keep the lot of you safe from what’s out here.” The man said.
Proxima’s eyes widened. “Q!” She identified the man, realizing who he was.
“In the flesh.” Q said before he raised his hand and snapped his fingers. Both he and Proxima disappeared in a flash of light, leaving the supervising officer all alone with the Energon. Once they recovered from the shock, they tapped their combadge.
“Ensign Brackley to Equestria, the Q took the captain.” They said.
“The Q?” Asked Norman. “They haven’t bothered us for centuries.”
“Well they’re back sir.” The officer responded.
In a desert environment, Proxima glared at Q, who had taken them there. “Where the hell are we Q?” She asked.
“In the continuum itself. In a state that is perceptible to the likes of your kind.” Q responded.
“Why did you bring me here.” Proxima demanded.
“I told you. The Federation does not belong in Extra Galactic Space. There are dangers out there the likes of which you cannot possibly fathom.” Q responded.
“We’re WELL aware of Unicron. Of that I can assure you.” Proxima responded. “And given that we are STILL out there even after we faced the Terrorcon threat. I can also assure you that we are aware of the risks and have accepted them.”
Q chuckled. “Oh Captain, you really believe Unicron is the ONLY threat out there. There are things out there that defy Logic itself. Things that can and WILL affect you and your crew for years to come should you encounter them.” He said.
“As I said.” Proxima replied. “We know the risks. But we have a mission that is worth that risk. Unless you’re willing to snap our three Cybertronians back to Cybertron yourself, and supply us with an infinite amount of Energon to keep Harmony CyberSpark running indefinitely. We’re pressing forward.” She declared. “I suggest you stay out of our way.” She warned.
Q stayed silent to that. At first Proxima was confused, expecting Q to have a comeback to that, but when she saw the look on his face, she came up with a possibility. “I see…either you are unwilling to do such things, or UNABLE to.” She said.
“...Cybertron has remained hidden even from us ever since their great war.” Q admitted.
Proxima couldn’t help but let out a snicker at that. “A planet hidden even from the all powerful Q. And yet you would deny our three passengers the right to their homeworld.” She said.
“I’m not Denying them anything. You can just leave them on an asteroid and they can find their own way back.” Q countered.
“If they could they would have.” Proxima responded. “Send me back to my ship. We’re pressing on and you cannot convince me to do otherwise.” She declared.
“Fine. If you won’t listen to my advice. Perhaps a demonstration is in order.” Q responded. “Enjoy dealing with the Terrorcons.” He said.
Proxima blinked, realizing what Q might do. “Wait! Hold—“ Q snapped her back to the Equestria’s bridge before she could finish.
On the Bridge, everyone stared at Proxima, who just appeared in the flash of light. “Captain?” Sela asked, standing up from the Captain’s chair.
Proxima took a moment to process what just happened, and then decided to speak. “Red Alert, Weapons to full power. Get the Mining teams back on board. Now!” She ordered.
“What’s going on?” Shron asked.
“We’re about to have Terrorcons on us. I’ll explain later.” Proxima responded as she tapped her combadge. “Blitzwing. Return to Ship. We’re gonna need you to help us with Terrorcons.” She said.
“Terrorcons? But I never found any in this area.” Blitzwing responded.
“I’ve been informed they’re coming. Get back to Ship now!” Proxima told him.
“Alright.’ Blitz responded as the connection cut and the ship went to Red Alert.
Norman checked the incoming message on his console. “Good news captain, we’ve mined as much Energon as we can realistically carry. DOTs and Shuttles returning to Ship and crew are beaming back.” He reported.
“Raise shields the second everything’s onboard, and tell them to double time it.” Proxima said. “We’re gonna try to get out of here before the Terrorcons arrive but I doubt we’ll be able to do that.”
“Captain, it was reported the Q took you from the asteroid, what did they have to say?” Harmony asked.
“I’ll explain later but suffice to say they’re bringing to Terrorcons here. So be ready for anything and everything.” Proxima said. “Prestine! Spore Bridge generator?”
“Online and fully charged captain.” Lt Cmdr Prestine responded.
“Good. Prime it, if we’re able to we’re bridging out of here.” Proxima responded.
“Not happening. I’m detecting three Terrorcon Patrol Vessels dropping out of warp. They’re headed right for us!” Shron called out.
Down in the Shuttlebay, Starfleet officer, and Teletran and Cliff were scrambling to get everything squared away and everything back onboard. “Get that Energon into the confines of the forcefield. Lockdown all essential and critical components. And make sure all phasers are set to maximum power. No stunning this time.” Baker said as she directed the chaos.
Cliffjumper fist bumped himself before his hands transformed into blasters. “Looks like it’s Terrorcon busting time.” He said.
On a Terrorcon ship, a minion sent a signal to its superiors. “M’lady, we have a visual on the ship.” It reported.
“What? But you just reported no sign of them.” The lady on the other end said.
“We experienced something that made us change locations.” The minion responded.
“Hm. Well, no matter, get that Cyber Compass!” The lady growled.
“Yes M’lady.” The minion said as the three ships moved in on the Equestria.
On the Equestria’s bridge, Norman received a notification on his console. “Captain. All personnel and Energon are onboard.” He reported.
“Shields up! Shron, let’s even the odds with Multi-Vector Mode.” Proxima ordered.
“Aye captain!” Shron responded as he set up Multi Vector Mode.
The three segments of the USS Equestria split apart from each other and each targeted a different ship.
Meanwhile, some distance from the resulting battle, Blitzwing rocketed through space. “Of course Unicron couldn’t leave us alone for a bit longer.” He commented. He turned an Asteroid and came within visual range of the battle. He saw each of Equestria’s three segments battling a Terrorcon ship. He also saw several smaller ships chasing the beta segment, which had the Shuttlebay. “Oh no they don’t.” He said. He figured Equestria was rotating shield frequencies to make it harder for the Terrorcons to beam onto the ship, so they decided to use boarding craft. Yeah that was not happening. Blitzwing altered his course to intercept the shuttles and proceeded to unleash his weaponry on them, firing his laser cannons and unloading his missile payload. “Blitzwing to Equestria, the cavalry has arrived to prevent boarders.” He reported.
“Much appreciated Blitzwing.” Sela responded. “Maybe when you are done with the enemy shuttles you might help with the patrol ships.” She said.
“Just give me a minute and we’ll be done here.” Blitzwing responded.
“Acknowledged.” Captain Maxima responded. “Let’s finish this quickly. Attack Pattern Delta 2.” She declared.
Beans of energy and torpedos were flying in all directions. After Mopping up the shuttles, Blitzwing turned his own weaponry against the patrol ships. “Eat Decepticon superiority you Terrocreeps!” He growled as he laid in on the ships.
On the Bridge of the Equestria, the saucer section rocked and sparks exploded out of the wall consoles. “Shields down to 90%!” Shron reported.
“Boarders?” Proxima asked.
“Negative. Remodulation is working.” Shron responded.
“All the same, it can fail at any moment so everyone keep their guard up.” Yamik advised.
“Damage?” Sela asked.
“Power surges reported on several decks, no critical damage.” Norman reported.
“Damage to the enemy?”
“Two ships destroyed. One going critical, explosion imminent.” Shron reported.
“Then what the heck are we still doing here? Blitzwing, get back onboard, let’s get the Equestria back together and get out of here!” Proxima ordered.
“Aye aye captain.” Blitzwing responded as he throttled it back to the Equestria’s Shuttlebay. The Saucer section formed up with the beta and gamma sections and they all reconnected together.
On the bridge, people started calling out. “Blitz is back onboard.”
“All segments reconnected.”
“Helm. Warp 9! Floor it!” Proxima ordered.
Even though Helm responded and threw the ship into warp, everyone on the bridge looked at Proxima. Proxima glanced around and deduced what they were eying her for. “Not feeling Floor it eh?” She asked.
“Not your best choice.” Risa said.
“I’ll get it eventually. Risa, engage the cloak.” Proxima said.
“Aye captain.” Risa responded. “Now that we’re out of danger, Senior staff meeting in 20 minutes.” She said. “Sela you have the Con, I’ll be in my ready room.” With that, she walked off the bridge into her ready room.
With her gone, Sela transferred to sitting in the Captain’s chair. “Harmony, are you still receiving signals from our communications buoys?” She asked.
“Yes commander, I’m still picking up their signals, why?” Harmony asked.
“Because For all we knew, Q might have tampered with them. Cmdr Norman, run a full diagnostic and send a test signal through to Starfleet. Just to be sure.” Sela instructed.
“Yes sir.” Norman responded, carrying out the order.
In her ready room, Proxima was busy accessing sensor data of the surrounding region and overlaying it with the 10-C’s star charts. “Yep, Q definitely snapped them within our range.” She discovered after analyzing the data.
“And maybe I shoulda snapped even MORE of them to you.” Said a familiar male voice.
Proxima’s ears perked up and she glanced up from her desk’s screen to see Q standing there looking all smug. “Q.” She said, the venom in her voice apparent.
“Well I must say you handled those things well.” Q said. “Clever little crew aren’t you.”
“Yeah. We are.” Proxima responded. “Now. Get the hell off my ship. And if you show up here unannounced again, YOU will regret it. Big time.” She warned.
“Oh captain. Don’t think I’ll leave you alone. I haven’t seen such potential in a crew since my old friend Jean-Luz Picard and his crew were around.” Q said. “I’ll see you around Mon Capitaine.” He said before he snapped and disappeared in a flash.
Proxima inwardly gulped at that admittedly chilling phrase. She had read about Picard’s encounters with Q in school, was she about to go through something similar?
“Captain. Should we be worried about Q?” Harmony asked.
“Nah. He’s more a frenemy than an actual enemy. He won’t harm us directly. But all the same, if he ever comes around, you can be damn sure we won’t like what he does.” Proxima responded.
“Do you believe he knows about the cyber compass? He might use that in his tricks.” Harmony said.
“I don’t know what he knows. But he’ll regret it if he messes with the compass.” Proxima replied, before realizing something. “…I wonder if he’ll be able to snap your T-Cog into working order…” She mused.
“Sela to Maxima, we’ve received a hail from an unknown location, the caller’s demanding to speak to you.” Sela said through the intercom.
“Acknowledged.” Proxima responded. She walked back out onto the bridge to see the lights off, and a hue of purple in her spectrum receptors. She turned her head over to the viewscreen, and saw a dark gray mare with a stubby horn, and clearly visible mechanical wings. “What the hell?” She asked. “An Equestr-“
“I am NOT an Equestrian. I am beyond what those puny ponies are!” The lady growled before she composed herself and smirked. “You must be captain Maxima. The captain of the ship holding what we want.” She said.
“And you are…?” Proxima asked.
“Call me Bio Bionic. Unicron’s most trusted and loyal servant.” Bio responded. “I shall get right to the point. You will surrender the Cyber Compass to us. Immediately.”
“Yeah. We’re not doing that.” Proxima responded.
“You may have gotten lucky so far Captain. But luck always runs out.” Bio said. “Give us what we want, or I swear upon the anti-Spark that gives me power, you will not be safe anywhere you travel within our operational range.” She said.
“Then bring it on Ms. Bionic.” Proxima responded. “You’ll find that we’re tougher than we seem.”
“We shall see Captain.” Bio responded, before the connection cut.
Once the connection cut and the lights turned back on, Sela turned to Norman. “Could you trace the signal?” She asked.
“Negative. She must’ve used some kind of scrambler.” Norman responded.
“That’s unfortunate. Woulda liked to know where we can go to phaser that mare straight into oblivion.” Yamik commented.
“Something tells me she wouldn’t be that easy to take out.” Proxima said.
“So what do we do now captain?” Risa asked.
“We stay the course. Evade when we can, fight when we need to, and Survive all the way to Cybertron.” Proxima responded.
“Sounds good to me.” Norman replied.
“Helm, are we on a direct course to Jungletron?” Proxima asked.
“A course correction is required captain.” The helm officer responded.
“Make it happen Mr. Paris. Maximum warp.” Proxima ordered.
“Aye captain.” Mr. Paris responded as he corrected their course.
Proxima took her seat back in the Captain’s chair and Sela glanced at her. “We are really in it now it would seem.” She commented.
“In it for the long haul Commander. In it for the long haul.” Proxima responded, as the USS Equestria and those aboard her accelerated to warp after the course correction.
To be continued…
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i enjoyed it
NICE
That's the symbol of the Jungle Planet for the Beastformers.
great chapter wonder what is going to happen next time on Proxima ball z
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Is it?
I know it as the symbol on the Jungle Cyber Key from Transformers Cybertron.
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A freudian slip?
Okay, just gonna put this out there; I locked onto this story for the last two words of the title exclusively, and only because they immediately sent my mind in this direction:
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Yeah. I felt it was appropriate given they were headed to Jungletron, which, as you might imagine based on context, will comprise of animal beings as inhabitants