<Sickbay>
I was totally relaxed. A liitle 20th and 21st century classical music was
playing quietly in the background and I was lying down in my chair. This
was the first time in days I had been able to completely relaxe. Suddenly
Yellow alert sounded.

=/\=Malari to Satarius(I knew she was in control of the bridge as the
captain was sleeping)=/\=
<Satarius>Satarius here Malari, I expect you wan to know about yellow alert.
Well get up to the bridge pronto and you will find out.
<Malari>See you in 2 minutes, Malari out.

I walked along to the turbo lift and was in the bridge three minutes later.

<Satarius>Malari, sit down.
I sat down.
<Malari>Well whats happening?
<Satarius>O'brien contacted us 10 minutes ago. He has been threatened by
some unknown lifeform. They threatened to destroy the Scoperta.
<Malari>Wow! Does the captain know?
<Satarius>Theres the other problem, the captain is out of commision for a
while. Starfleet orders, I don't know what they are but I am now the
captain until we get back to DS10 and I want you to help me. Sort of an Xo.
<Malari>O.K, but shouldn't we be a bit more wary than just Yellow alert?
These people must be serious. We might need help. How long till O'brien is
back?
<Satarius>20 minutes.
<Malari>I want to call the USS Sollertia if thats alright, they might be
able to help if they are free.
<Satarius>O.K lets contact the..........
BOOM! A phaser burst hit the ship.

<Satarius>Helm, damage report.
<Helm(NPC)>Breaches on decks 12, 13 and 14. Shields in place.
<Satarius>Red alert, shields up. Casualty report?
<Helm>None, yet.
<Satarius>Take us round Ensign.
<Helm>Ay, ay ma'am.
<Malari>Oh dear. That is one mean ship.
<Helm>They are charging weapons, and sensors show that they have phasers
twice as powerful as borg ones!
<Satarius>Arm quantum torpedoes, ready phasers.
<Helm>They are firing!
Boom. Two torpeodoes hit the Scoperta.
<Satarius>Damage?
<Helm>Shields at 15 percent, but they could have taken us out then. Why
didn't they?
<Satarius>Open all hailing frequencies. Alien vessel this is the USS
Scoperta, we mean you no harm. Why are you firing at us?
<Helm>They are responding, audio only.
<Satarius>Put them on.
<Alien(NPC)>This is our space, your kind has already been warned Romulans!
We told you not to come back. You killed lots of our people and now we will
kill you. We gave you fair warning.
<Satarius>We are not Romulans! We are the federation. We come in peace.
We are merely explorers. If you scan us you will see that we are not nearly
as strong as you.
<Alien>Very well but we must have one of your people in return. The one in
the shuttlecraft is not good enough, you may have him. But our sensors show
that there is one of the great ones aboard your ship. Send him over, we
will use him as our messenger. Lower your shields in 15 minutes and we will
take him, if not we will destroy you.

The Aliens ended the transmission.


<Satarius>Helm, start repairs. Malari, captains office.
<Malari+Helm>Yes ma'am.

I followed Satarius in to the captains ready room. She sat down.
<Satarius>Any ideas Malari to who this great one is?
<Malari>Well there is something that springs to mind. Many years ago when
my people first took hosts and started to travel the galaxy we stumbled
along a wormhole into the Delta quadrent. The ship was lost for many years
but eventually it came back. The crew spoke of an amazingly advanced
civilization that worshipped us. I think this is that civilization. They
want me.