Hello all. I finally wrote the first chapter of my fic. It is like 1:30
in the morning but I finally finished writing it. I hope you like it. So
without further ado. Please R&R. I have updated this chapter along with
the others to change the stardates to later times.
I do not own Star Trek. I wrote this out of pure respect for the great show.
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He was walking through Starfleet headquarters wondering about his new assignment. The fourth pip on his collar made him think he was getting a command.
He had received accelerated promotions because of continual transfers. Starfleet had never kept him in one place for long. At 33, he thought he was rather young to receive a command. He thought he was too inexperienced for a starship command.
'I'll probably fly some damn computer console,' Captain Jackson thought.
"Captain Jackson, report to conference room three. Captain Jackson, report to conference room three," the computer stated over the loudspeaker. Jackson knew he was about to receive his new orders.
Outside the conference room hatch, Jackson started feeling nervous. 'I hope this is quick. I hate long meetings,' he silently thought as he entered.
Jackson stood 1.85 meters tall. He wore the standard command uniform of 2358. His short brown hair kept neat and his dark brown eyes portrayed business. He tried to keep his eyes from showing his emotions, but it wasn't working this time.
At the long black conference table sat three male admirals, two male captains and one female commander. 'This is going to be a long meeting. That sucks,' Jackson said to himself.
"Captain Jackson, please have a seat," Admiral Thomas began. Captain Jackson sat down at the far end of the table.
"Josh, we called you here to discuss your starship design," Admiral Thomas continued.
'What ship design.... Oh,' Jackson trailed off.
"We have produced the prototype and want you to command it. The class name is Oshiana," Thomas finished.
"What?!" Jackson started. "I'm getting a command?" It was partially unexpected.
"Yes, that is what we have concluded," Admiral Drake finished.
"You will be the captain of the USS Australian NX-71217," Admiral Lanes added in.
"Experimental registry huh," Jackson stated slightly annoyed. "How many changes from the original design?" Jackson finally recalled what he had given to the design department.
"None actually," one captain began. Jackson did not recognize him. "We left it as it was."
"We have assigned you your first officer. Commander Norland has served on several ships but this will be her first Executive Officer position. I know you will be pleased," Admiral Thomas stated. The woman was human with long dark hair that was in a tight ponytail. She had Purple eyes and appeared to be only about 28 years old. She looked to be about 1.8 meters tall but Jackson couldn't tell with her sitting down.
"Ok, that sounds fair. When does the ship get underway?" Jackson asked.
"We would like you to head out tomorrow on your first assignment," Admiral Drake stated. He seemed like he wanted the ship to be rushed out. "You have that long to get settled in. Official ceremony will take place at 1700 hours. So you have two hours to gather your personal belongings and get over there."
"With that, Captain Jackson, Commander Norland, I wish you both Godspeed. Go take your command," Admiral Thomas concluded the meeting.
"Thank you gentlemen," Jackson concluded and headed out with Commander Norland on his heels.
Jackson transported his few belongings over to the Australian. He was single and only took shore leave at Earth. Although he would soon change the shore leave part, he doubted he would meet someone. He met up with Commander Norland outside of the shuttle that would take them to the Australian.
"I didn't get your whole name Commander," Jackson stated starting a conversation.
"Commander Rem Norland sir. And you?" she replied.
"Captain Joshua Jackson. With that, we at least know one person on this ship. It should help."
"Yeah it should sir."
As the shuttle departed, Jackson began wondering what the ship would actually look like. The schematic drawings only did so much. Nothing is like seeing it in real life. Commander Norland was thinking the same thing. Only she had not seen the schematic drawings of the ship.
As the shuttle traced between ships in the Utopia Planitia shipyards, Jackson began wondering about how far out the ship was. 'Where the hell....' Jackson stopped in mid thought when the shuttle came over an Ambassador- class ship reveling the USS Australian.
The shuttle began to give a short exterior tour of the new ship. The elongated saucer section was 220 meters long and 110 meters wide at its furthest points which was close to the back of the saucer. It gave an arrow shape to the front of the ship. The first noticeable difference was the three notches on either side of the forward saucer section. The first one began about 11 meters from the bow and was ten meters long leading into the other two that were the same size extending back a total of 30 meters into the saucer. Each one had a torpedo launcher in it. Giving the ship six forward bays.
"They left the six torpedo bays in the design. I'll have to thank them later," Jackson spoke under his breath.
The shuttle then came down alongside the 555-meter ship. The engine section resembled the engine section of the refit Excelsior-class ships. Although it had a forward arch that went almost halfway across the saucer section. The most interesting part of the engine section was that the ship had three nacelles. Two in the same place as an Excelsior-class, respectively, and the third centered and extended above the other two. The port and starboard nacelles are about the same size as the Nebula-class ship and of the same design. The third nacelle appeared to be about 70 meters longer.
The shuttle then began its approach on the shuttle bay that was located at the back of the superstructure on the saucer section.
"She is more beautiful than I had imagined," Jackson stated, not caring if anyone heard him or not.
"Yes she is," was the only reply in the shuttle.
Lt. Commander D'Kut was waiting in the shuttle bay along with other officers and about 50 or so crewmembers waiting for the new captain to arrive. D'Kut, the chief engineer, was a Vulcan. Like a few other Vulcans, he chose to join Starfleet. This was his first chief engineer assignment. He would have been proud but he is still a Vulcan. Emotions would never surface. He was always in control of them. His 1.9-meter height gave him a towering stance over the shorter members of the ship. His hair was short, black, and well kept, like most Vulcans.
The shuttle entered the bay and slowly came to a rest on the deck. As the rear hatch opened, the crew assembled started to look for the new captain.
"Attention on deck!" Commander Hewett called out. She is the Chief Medical officer aboard, and currently the officer in command. She is about 1.8 meters tall with long blondish-red hair. Her blue-green eyes were focused on making a good first impression on the new captain.
Captain Jackson and Commander Norland first stepped on the smooth deck surface of the shuttle bay. Captain Jackson took his place behind the small podium to read the orders.
"Captain Joshua Jackson is to hereby take command of the USS Australian as of stardate 40177.8. Signed Vice Admiral Thomas, Starfleet Command. Computer enable voice command authorization Jackson delta three."
"Voice command enabled. USS Australian now under command of Captain Joshua Jackson," came the computers reply.
"As I stand here before you all today, I can already tell that this ship will have an eventful horizon. I expect that each member of this crew to give his or her all to this ship to ensure its success. The crew of this ship is now a close family. Each person depends on everyone else. The ship leaves spacedock tomorrow at 1200. With that I say Godspeed to all of us." After the short speech, Captain Jackson stepped down from the small podium and began shaking the hands of, what appeared to be, the senior staff.
And thus, the USS Australian began its first mission.
I hope this is good. Seeing as how you are down here already and you read the fic, please review. It helps me out drastically. The next chapters may or may not be longer. Depends on how much I feel like writing.
I thought I would update this to clarify something. My name is Joshua Jackson. It is in no way related to the actor. The other names came from random cities in an atlas and keyboard hits to come up with something new.
I do not own Star Trek. I wrote this out of pure respect for the great show.
Means drastic scene change
He was walking through Starfleet headquarters wondering about his new assignment. The fourth pip on his collar made him think he was getting a command.
He had received accelerated promotions because of continual transfers. Starfleet had never kept him in one place for long. At 33, he thought he was rather young to receive a command. He thought he was too inexperienced for a starship command.
'I'll probably fly some damn computer console,' Captain Jackson thought.
"Captain Jackson, report to conference room three. Captain Jackson, report to conference room three," the computer stated over the loudspeaker. Jackson knew he was about to receive his new orders.
Outside the conference room hatch, Jackson started feeling nervous. 'I hope this is quick. I hate long meetings,' he silently thought as he entered.
Jackson stood 1.85 meters tall. He wore the standard command uniform of 2358. His short brown hair kept neat and his dark brown eyes portrayed business. He tried to keep his eyes from showing his emotions, but it wasn't working this time.
At the long black conference table sat three male admirals, two male captains and one female commander. 'This is going to be a long meeting. That sucks,' Jackson said to himself.
"Captain Jackson, please have a seat," Admiral Thomas began. Captain Jackson sat down at the far end of the table.
"Josh, we called you here to discuss your starship design," Admiral Thomas continued.
'What ship design.... Oh,' Jackson trailed off.
"We have produced the prototype and want you to command it. The class name is Oshiana," Thomas finished.
"What?!" Jackson started. "I'm getting a command?" It was partially unexpected.
"Yes, that is what we have concluded," Admiral Drake finished.
"You will be the captain of the USS Australian NX-71217," Admiral Lanes added in.
"Experimental registry huh," Jackson stated slightly annoyed. "How many changes from the original design?" Jackson finally recalled what he had given to the design department.
"None actually," one captain began. Jackson did not recognize him. "We left it as it was."
"We have assigned you your first officer. Commander Norland has served on several ships but this will be her first Executive Officer position. I know you will be pleased," Admiral Thomas stated. The woman was human with long dark hair that was in a tight ponytail. She had Purple eyes and appeared to be only about 28 years old. She looked to be about 1.8 meters tall but Jackson couldn't tell with her sitting down.
"Ok, that sounds fair. When does the ship get underway?" Jackson asked.
"We would like you to head out tomorrow on your first assignment," Admiral Drake stated. He seemed like he wanted the ship to be rushed out. "You have that long to get settled in. Official ceremony will take place at 1700 hours. So you have two hours to gather your personal belongings and get over there."
"With that, Captain Jackson, Commander Norland, I wish you both Godspeed. Go take your command," Admiral Thomas concluded the meeting.
"Thank you gentlemen," Jackson concluded and headed out with Commander Norland on his heels.
Jackson transported his few belongings over to the Australian. He was single and only took shore leave at Earth. Although he would soon change the shore leave part, he doubted he would meet someone. He met up with Commander Norland outside of the shuttle that would take them to the Australian.
"I didn't get your whole name Commander," Jackson stated starting a conversation.
"Commander Rem Norland sir. And you?" she replied.
"Captain Joshua Jackson. With that, we at least know one person on this ship. It should help."
"Yeah it should sir."
As the shuttle departed, Jackson began wondering what the ship would actually look like. The schematic drawings only did so much. Nothing is like seeing it in real life. Commander Norland was thinking the same thing. Only she had not seen the schematic drawings of the ship.
As the shuttle traced between ships in the Utopia Planitia shipyards, Jackson began wondering about how far out the ship was. 'Where the hell....' Jackson stopped in mid thought when the shuttle came over an Ambassador- class ship reveling the USS Australian.
The shuttle began to give a short exterior tour of the new ship. The elongated saucer section was 220 meters long and 110 meters wide at its furthest points which was close to the back of the saucer. It gave an arrow shape to the front of the ship. The first noticeable difference was the three notches on either side of the forward saucer section. The first one began about 11 meters from the bow and was ten meters long leading into the other two that were the same size extending back a total of 30 meters into the saucer. Each one had a torpedo launcher in it. Giving the ship six forward bays.
"They left the six torpedo bays in the design. I'll have to thank them later," Jackson spoke under his breath.
The shuttle then came down alongside the 555-meter ship. The engine section resembled the engine section of the refit Excelsior-class ships. Although it had a forward arch that went almost halfway across the saucer section. The most interesting part of the engine section was that the ship had three nacelles. Two in the same place as an Excelsior-class, respectively, and the third centered and extended above the other two. The port and starboard nacelles are about the same size as the Nebula-class ship and of the same design. The third nacelle appeared to be about 70 meters longer.
The shuttle then began its approach on the shuttle bay that was located at the back of the superstructure on the saucer section.
"She is more beautiful than I had imagined," Jackson stated, not caring if anyone heard him or not.
"Yes she is," was the only reply in the shuttle.
Lt. Commander D'Kut was waiting in the shuttle bay along with other officers and about 50 or so crewmembers waiting for the new captain to arrive. D'Kut, the chief engineer, was a Vulcan. Like a few other Vulcans, he chose to join Starfleet. This was his first chief engineer assignment. He would have been proud but he is still a Vulcan. Emotions would never surface. He was always in control of them. His 1.9-meter height gave him a towering stance over the shorter members of the ship. His hair was short, black, and well kept, like most Vulcans.
The shuttle entered the bay and slowly came to a rest on the deck. As the rear hatch opened, the crew assembled started to look for the new captain.
"Attention on deck!" Commander Hewett called out. She is the Chief Medical officer aboard, and currently the officer in command. She is about 1.8 meters tall with long blondish-red hair. Her blue-green eyes were focused on making a good first impression on the new captain.
Captain Jackson and Commander Norland first stepped on the smooth deck surface of the shuttle bay. Captain Jackson took his place behind the small podium to read the orders.
"Captain Joshua Jackson is to hereby take command of the USS Australian as of stardate 40177.8. Signed Vice Admiral Thomas, Starfleet Command. Computer enable voice command authorization Jackson delta three."
"Voice command enabled. USS Australian now under command of Captain Joshua Jackson," came the computers reply.
"As I stand here before you all today, I can already tell that this ship will have an eventful horizon. I expect that each member of this crew to give his or her all to this ship to ensure its success. The crew of this ship is now a close family. Each person depends on everyone else. The ship leaves spacedock tomorrow at 1200. With that I say Godspeed to all of us." After the short speech, Captain Jackson stepped down from the small podium and began shaking the hands of, what appeared to be, the senior staff.
And thus, the USS Australian began its first mission.
I hope this is good. Seeing as how you are down here already and you read the fic, please review. It helps me out drastically. The next chapters may or may not be longer. Depends on how much I feel like writing.
I thought I would update this to clarify something. My name is Joshua Jackson. It is in no way related to the actor. The other names came from random cities in an atlas and keyboard hits to come up with something new.