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PatrolsThe ship was ready. The crew, well we would soon find out. It was time to pull away from the dock and complete a few trial runs for fine tuning. I gave the order to depart. Koruk looked at me as I got up from my seat. He was aboard for the maiden voyage, as well as his chief engineer, who had assisted in the refit of the ship. "Resoli, you have the bridge." I stated and with Koruk, entered the turbo lift. "Deck 7."
We entered my quarters which I had requested to be redone to include a private office apart from the living areas. In the office was a nice large desk, several chairs and a couch. Not too mention bookshelves several pieces of alien art and a replicator. I had intended on spending a great deal of time in here researching everything about New Romulus. I ordered us a coffee and a tea to our liking and motioned for Koruk to sit down. I sat down next to him and handed him his tea. The couch was situated so that it faced both inward to the office and outward to space. Basically my quarters were on deck 7 below the bridge but all the way forward so that when I looked out all I saw was stars. We sat in silence.
"So I suppose we should plan out our patrols of this sector" I said after about 20 minutes had passed.
"I think we should start with the systems closest to New Romulus and work our way to the outer systems, at least until the shakedown of the Phantom is complete." Koruk stated
"I think that would be best as well. We can start with Chaltok" I replied. "Helm set course for Chaltok, Warp 10." I added after tapping my combadge. "Estimated arrival time?" I inquired.
"2 hours, 10 minutes, Captain" responded the helmsman.
"So what should we do for the next hour and a half?" I asked with a smile. "How about we take a hike somewhere in the mountains of Colorado? Maybe do some fishing?"
"Better yet, why don't we go kayaking around the beach of Risa?" Koruk added.
"Deal. I will change and meet you at holodeck 7 in 5 minutes." I finished.
The kayaking trip was fun. The time had passed like the blink of an eye. We had gone to my quarters to shower and dress for duty when the ship shuddered violently. "Computer! Report!" I shouted, grabbing on to Koruk for stability.
"Port side structural damage as the result of a plasma torpedo hit. Hull breaches on Decks 12 through 15, all contained." the computer responded.
We quickly got dressed and headed to the bridge. When the turbolift doors opened I saw several Borg Drones. One drone had my science officer and was assimilating him. We drew weapons and began to fire. Red beams and bolts could be seen through the mayhem and smoke as the Borg attempted to subdue the crew. Koruk went left and I went right together we targeted each drone one by one and dropped them. Resoli was unconscious on the deck. The ship shuddered again as I reached the operations station. One of my officers had been able to raise shields but they were down to 30%. I reinforced Structural and rerouted power to the shields. The ship was caught in a tractor beam. Out of the corner of my eye I spied a drone with its tendrils tapped into a console. Koruk had managed to get to Tactical and was firing phasers at what we now knew to be a sphere. The turbo lift doors opened and several officers entered. They quickly assessed the situation and took the appropriate stations. "Helm! get us moving! Tactical target that sphere and launch torpedoes. Koruk! Take science and try and get us out of this tractor beam!" The chief got to me and saw the drone assimilating the nearby station. Took my weapon and began firing. The drone beamed out immediately. "Chief man this console" I said moving towards the helm. "Get that screen up so we can see what we are dealing with!" I yelled. As the ship came about we saw there were 3 spheres and several probes attempting to surround the Phantom. Phasers began to fire along with fore and aft torpedo spreads. I got to my chair and opened a small panel. Pressing a green button a bright pinkish orange beam began cutting into the nearest sphere. "Lock onto that sphere and take it out." I commanded. Phaser fire was redirected and torpedoes loosed. after the second volley the sphere exploded. The probes had been taken out fairly quickly leaving only the two remaining spheres attacking. One was badly damaged and attempted to retreat while the last immediately went to warp. another spread of torpedoes and the limping sphere disintegrated.
"All Stop" I said quietly followed by "Report"
