Encounter
By Joshua Caldwell
Updated December 11, 2003
Disclaimer
Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry and owned by Paramount Pictures. Star Wars created by George Lucas and owned by Twentieth Century Fox and Lucasfilm Ltd. I own the story and any original characters/species. No copyright infringement is intended.
Historical Note
The events of this story occur starting March 23, 2376, a year after the end of the Dominion War, and a year before the Voyager returns to the Alpha quadrant.
Credits
Script: Aqua
CGI Marcus Model: Mike Wright
CGI Scenery & Animations: Jan Jaap van Dijk
Cast
Hubble (Oberth Class) --
* Captain (Captain) -- Mikal Tweblek
* Chief Engineer (Commander) -- Steven O'Reilly
* Crewman 1 (?) -- Anonymous
* Crewman 2 (?) -- Anonymous
* Crewwoman (?) -- Anonymous
* Helmswoman (?) -- Anonymous
* Science (?) -- Anonymous
* Conn (?) -- Anonymous
* Nameless Ensign 1 -- Anonymous
* Nameless Ensign 2 -- Anonymous
* First Officer (Commander) -- Donald Belcher
Marcus (Nova Class - Refit) --
Captain (Captain) -- David Hornbuckle
Science (?) -- Anonymous
Conn - Timothy Wing
First Officer (Commander) -- Rachael Hawkins
Night Commander (?) -- ? Mehlet
Tactical (?) -- Anonymous
Science head (Lieutenant) -- Kisook Chang
Ensign 1 -- Anonymous
Nahale (Intrepid Class) --
Captain (Captain) -- Richard Lee
Eckard (Nebula Class) --
Captain (Captain) -- Keith Lang
Science head (Lieutenant) -- Natasha Tesla
Updates
December 11, 2003 --
* Made the following changes to the Teaser, Chapter 1, and Chapter 2:
* Changed Captain Joshua Caldwell to Captain David Hornbuckle
* Added casting list
* Enhanced cast names
* Corrected time format
* Made major and minor changes to the script
December 01, 2003 -- Added Chapters 1 and 2
November 30, 2003 -- Swapped names of Marcus and Hubble
Teaser
STARFIELD
Panning down: An Oberth class ship, the Hubble, appears, passing close to the camera. The camera follows the ship as it passes. Once the ship has passed, the camera remains pointing in the same direction while the Hubble recedes. In the background you see a large disturbed glowing disk with two bluish white poles of radiation stretching out. Looking carefully, you can see that each pole is actually composed of two high energy radiation jets wrapped into a tight helix pattern.
Scene changes to a small busy bridge:
Captain's Log, stardate 53223.0645 (2376). The Hubble has been sent to investigate an unusual stellar formation in the beta quadrant, a pair of small black holes orbiting each other at a velocity approaching that of light. Long range sensors have detected what may be a wormhole at the center of mass of the orbital pair. We think that because of how it may have been formed, this may be the second known stable wormhole. Unlike the Bajoran wormhole, there is no easy approach to this one; there are only two possible approach paths, each guarded by dual high energy ejecta from the black holes. To successfully enter, we would have to duck between these bands of radiation at warp, drop to impulse and sharply change course towards the center of orbit. On the approach corridor we will have to endure high levels of radiation and uncharted extreme gravitational distortions. Once we are in this corridor, there is no escape but through the wormhole itself. Normally, the Hubble could not survive such an ordeal, but we received a shielding upgrade in preparation for this mission. With this upgrade, we have a fairly good chance of success, though with a razor thin margin of error. We must remain exactly centered in the corridor, going off course by even as little as half a kilometer would mean our destruction. We will be observing the singularity for a full day while our chief engineer, Commander O'Reilly, completes his preparations. When he is finished, we will, as the cliché goes, boldly go where no one has gone before. In the meantime, a Nova class ship, the Marcus will arrive and stand by to lend assistance and relay messages.
Series of beauty shots showing the Marcus flying through asteroids, passing planets, etc.
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Dial-up: http:// aqua.triplehelix.info/nova.rm
Broadband: http:// aqua.triplehelix.info/nova2.mpg
Space, the final frontier.
These are the voyages of the starship Marcus.
It's continuing mission:
to explore strange new worlds,
to seek out new life and civilizations,
to boldly go where no one has gone before.
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