Star Trek
Rise of the Machines

T E A S E R

Helana drives her Car down a road in the countryside. She stops at a Forest, finding two empty Cars. One is a grey Car that is smashed into a tree, and the other is a Corvette. "...Oh my God."

Helana kicked her door open and leaped out her SUV. She pulled her semi-automatic Handgun out the back of her pants and slowly made her way through the forest. She followed the tracks and broken branches made until coming to an opening in the foliage.

Looking up she saw nothing... unless you consider a hovering space craft nothing! Because at that point Helana stopped in her tracks witnessing a strange structural object hovering in the sky. It was a Timeship, from the future.

Inside, two Androids were at the controls, scanning the area for omicron particle signatures. "Scans do not indicate the presence of any other Vessel" One said. - "We seemed to have jumped after their exit" the other replied.

"Now we will never find where Kelik went." The first Android commented. "He should have never stolen that Timeship. Suliban don't listen to orders."
Before they could continue thier conversation, a sudden flash appeared out thier window. In the sky, a Federation Nova Class Starship hovered. It opened fire on them, firing photon torpdoes.

"What is that!?" The Android had no clue.
"Scans indicate it is from the 24th Century..."
The screen then clicked on as they were hailed.
*Surrender yourself. You will not continue to operate.* A similar Android came on screen, from the Bridge of the Nova Class Starship. *Surrender!*
"It is Program Beta." The first Android recognized him. He moved a few hover panels around and blasted torepdoes into the sky.

The Starship was hit by the torpedoes, but returned fire. Both vessels hovered in the sky, blasting torpedoes and phasers at each other. The Starship hovered around and blasted phasers along the side of the Timeship. The Timeship returned a polaron burst and blew one of the Starship's Nacelle's. "Reroute power to the Weapons!" Captain Cortez yelled to his crew. The Android Ambassador stood beside him. "Systems are failing!!" An Ensign yelled from her console.

The Starship trailed smoke, but blasted a tractor beam onto the Timeship, stressing thier hull. The Timeship buckled under stress, swinging around the sky. It took out the tip of a tree as they sent a spike pulse up the tractor beam, dissapating it. Both vessels were badly damaged and trailed off spinning in opposite directions.

Helana just watched as they left her circle of vision within the Forest. She had never seen any craft like that before, with that kind of fire power. As the shock in her eyes calmed, she lowered her Handgun. She was looking for her Partner but didn't find him. He was gone. "Lei..."

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