Story Update
"Boarding the Normandy"
With the combined efforts of Vader and Emily, the hole in the ship was sealed, though the cargo bay was left in complete disarray
"The goal was to scare you off," Shepard explained,
"but things seem a lot more complicated than we believed." She gestured to Steve.
"This is Steve Cortez."
Steve nodded at the others but soon noticed Vega groaning as he got to his feet.
"Ah, James..." Steve walked over to his friend and placed a comforting hand on his shoulder.
"You all right?"
"Hm." James grunted and shrugged Steve off.
"Yeah, I'm good."
"Good job on the hole," Shepard said. She nodded her head and walked over toward Meceliss.
"All right, it's time to arrange some talks so we can all be on the same page."
***
Shepard wrangled the situation, using the commlink between Meceliss and Mizelia to communicate to both the Enterprise and the Discovery. She requested that representatives from each ship come on board the Normandy to help alleviate the situation. As well, she requested that the beings from "other universes" come aboard as well. She offered to send a shuttle for those that needed it, but with the communications link established, the Discovery was able to lock in the Normandy's coordinates and beam everyone on to the ship.
From the Discovery came Burnham and Stamets, while Kirk and Spock joined from the Enterprise. Considering the ongoing situation, the Discovery outfitted their guests with
communicators to their clothing so that they could speak with the bridge crew whenever they wished.
She gathered everyone, including her most trusted crew, to the War Room so that everything could be laid out on the table.
"... So," Shepard began, after hearing the exhaustive accounts,
"you're saying you can't use this 'spore drive' technology again, because the network it runs on doesn't exist in our universe?"
"That is correct," Burnham said.
"So, our situation is more dire now than ever. We have a large number of displaced individuals with no means of returning them where they came from."
"And I can't say it helped to have been fired upon," Stamets quipped.
James grimaced.
"Hey, the commander already told you. You could have been anything and we were firing warning shots. If we had shot to kill, both of your ships would have been destroyed!"
"An illogical statement based on conjecture," Spock cut in for a moment, turning his gaze to Vega.
"Without knowing each other's full capabilities, the battle could have gone either way had we all not managed to cease the battle, though considering you were technically outnumbered by a notable margin, it would be more--"
"Spock. Now's... not the time," Kirk interrupted, clearing his throat to get back on track.
Stamets shrugged at this while Burnham waited patiently.
"... We understand your position," she said.
"We are just thankful we managed to eventually establish communications."
"It is very interesting," said a lithe, female robot named EDI.
"That it was so hard to set up a line of communication speaks to the disparity in our various technologies. I could learn much from studying your ships, if only there were not more dire matters at hand."
"She's right," said Shepard with a small sigh.
"I'm afraid we're currently at war, so our resources are limited." She looked to EDI.
"Have you heard back from Kaidan or Samantha?"
"Negative, commander. We have heard no word from the Citadel."
"Just as well..." She looked back to Burnham.
"Considering the possible ramifications of your own situation, we will put our mission on hold to at least get you back on track. After that is done, I am afraid we'll have to return to duty. In the meantime..." She looked around at everyone.
"EDI and I will stay here with these officers to discuss what could possibly be done to get you back home. You are welcome to explore the ship at your leisure, which is a courtesy for the hard time we have given you."
"Very generous indeed, Commander," the Captain of the Enterprise said on behalf of the displaced group,
"I'm confident that as long as we work together, we'll certainly be able to think of something. Shall we, then?"
"Hmph." James stalked off, not one for this kind of work.
What seemed the most interesting places to explore were the
cargo bay, where repairs were being done after the fighting, the
infirmary, where Elliot was currently being held, and the
crew quarters where both rest and food could be found.
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