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Part 2 of Borg of Star Trek Online
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Published:
2015-05-27
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2015-05-28
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Star Trek: Enterprise and the Totally Self-Indulgent Fanfic

Summary:

After eight or nine episodes of Enterprise, my Star Trek Online character insisted she wanted to play. The plot bunny had me by the throat. This is the result.

Time-travel is a time-honored tradition in Starfleet. Why, every good little cadet dreams of the day when they'll get to meet someone important, themselves, or just check out old space stations when they were fresh and new. Not to mention even a dinky little ship will overpower the ones of the era!

But what's a green-blooded, pointy-eared captain to do when stopping the destruction of the first starship Enterprise leaves that important historical craft crippled? And with far too much likelihood of investigating things they shouldn't, that will upset the timeline and possibly unmake you?

In times like these, it's always worth thinking: WWKD? Where K is for the famous, infamous, and notorious Kirk, of course...

(An acceptable cover, following a long tradition of "barely applies to the story inside," is at http://archangelbeth.deviantart.com/art/ST-Self-Indugent-Fanfic-cover-566543130 )

Notes:

There will often be commentary in the end-notes. Ignore them as needed.

Note that any out-of-continuity errors -- based on this being written after watching a mere handful of episodes -- should be attributed to alternate timelines, because Elements know we have plenty of those running around.

Chapter 1: Prologue

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

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Prologue

Behind the two vessels, battle no longer quite raged, with implosions marking the losing side's former ships. It was a terrible waste of genetic matter at best.

Which was one reason why the captain of the larger, more advanced ship had hailed the one she chased. "Do surrender," the captain urged, with understated sincerity. "You're outgunned, the Kinaen is faster than you are, and the Glitch is tracking down your escort back there."

"Traitor," the other captain spat back at her. "Enjoy your final moments!" He cut the comm.

Before the Kinaen's captain could finish her order to disable the fleeing ship, space... ripped. The fugitive plunged through the hole.

Without hesitation, the Kinaen followed.

Interlude

It's been a long road / Getting from there to here

*a finger mashes the "skip forward" button*

(Vocals! On a Star Trek series! That's just... wrong. Theremins and orchestras all the way!)

Notes:

1: "the Glitch" is a nickname for Eleven of Ten, whose story is not explained here.

2: The Kinaen is a Daeinos Heavy Destroyer. (See sto.gamepedia.com for more details.) It is usually in Regenerative Mode.

3: It's a perfectly nice set of opening visuals. It's a perfectly adequate, ear-worming song. But Star Trek is for orchestras and theremins! Not vocals! Uncanny valley!