welcome home Excelsior

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"Leak is sealed and Radiation is purged now Captain I think everything is good. Main powers only at 60% but enough to get the ship home" Xall said removing the helmet of his hazmat suit

"Thank God… " Tadashi said crawling out of the service way with Thrall

"Sato come in"

"Ye bro?"

"I think we are good here and um well I want you to head to New Bajor and complete the Cargo run. Thrall will join you if he wants but me Xall and Vanessa are gonna take Excelsior home"

"Uh, is that a good idea? Maybe we can go together? I'm not used to being in charge this long, kinda freaking me out" Sato said

Looking to thrall and Xall they both shrugged

"I think you got this brother.. but if it makes you feel better we'll follow you but someone's gotta fly this beauty" Tadashi said chuckling

"Vanessa set course for New Bajor we'll send word to Starfleet about what happened

" Oki Doki " Vanessa said "course laid in engaging"


New Bajor

"We've assumed an Orbit new Bajor seems confused. They weren't expecting a ship named Excelsior. I just told them we're escorting the Hayashi.  Word came back from Starfleet they currently have no operations in the gamma right now but said we could deliver our findings to deep space nine as soon as possible I don't think they believe we have the Excelsior" Vanessa said

"Ah well..  finish offloading supplies and since Sato doesn't like being alone Xall set up remote control of the Hayashi and just have her follow us let Sato and Felix come aboard" Tadashi said

"Aye sir shouldn't be to difficult" Xall said sitting at the Engineering console and working. "Establishing a link. Hayashi computer responding to my commands and yes sir link established remote control intiated. She'll follow us" Xall reported

"Fantastic. As soon as Sato and Felix are onboard Vanessa set course for the Wormhole

"With pleasure I like the Hayashi but just piloting this beauty and knowing the history she represents makes me feel proud," she answered. "But of course laid in here we go. Main power was restored and all systems are functioning"

Deep space nine

"Deep space Nine welcomes us home Tadashi and the USS Hood with Admiral Jefferies and.. Admiral Sulu are waiting they wish to board as soon as we dock" Vanessa said

"Ok dock us in nicely V.  Thrall and Sato let's go greet The Admirals" Tadashi said standing up

At the airlock Tadashi stood nervously with Thrall wrapping an arm around his waist. "Chill" he laughed

The doors swished open and the stations red doors rolled open with Admiral Jefferies and Sulu approaching

"Tadashi you never cease to amaze me first the Birmingham. Then a Borg Sphere and now a copy of the Excelsior. What's next, the Enterprise?" Jefferies jokes

"Seems I have a knack for finding supernatural things, trust me it was never my intention.  Mr Sulu… I guess welcome to the Excelsior" Tadashi said

"Tadashi, you've known me long enough, call me Hikaru.  I must say it's been a long time since I've seen these corridors"

Both men stepped aside as a crew of Starfleet personnel began moving in with cases and equipment

"Uhh?"

"No need for alarm, obviously Tadashi, this Excelsior shouldn't really exist.  The original has been confirmed as still at the Federation fleet Museum. They're here to look this one over and just make sure her existence ain't gonna rip apart the space time Continuum the normal stuff you understand. We want to go over her logs and details including your side of the story. Let's go talk" Jefferies said

Tadashi nodded and Sulu took the lead, taking them to a conference room close by. All four sat at the table

"Well it began with what was supposed to be a normal cargo run to New Bajor. Vanessa, my helmsman, picked up a Distress call from cap…Admiral Sulu said they had been caught in an unknown anomaly and that it had dragged them in. " Tadashi said

"I went over my older logs and I remember that anomaly. We broke free by inverting then collapsing a warp bubble. But my science officer detected high levels of Tachyon radiation as well as other energy levels he couldn't identify" Sulu added

"So this anomaly somehow transported the Excelsior not only 65k Light Years into the Gamma but ahead 10 years into the future and while duplicating both ship and crew? That seems like a stretch I'm not gonna lie we know of Temporal anomalies that have sent ships into the past. And anomaly that has thrown starships far into the depths of space. But doing those two and copying? I find it hard to believe" Jefferies said

"What if this Excelsior's crew? It's Sulu?" He continued

" Excelsior encountered a non corporeal life form who's presence was lethal to Humans. I don't fully understand it but the entites had been trapped by the Dominion and the Excelsior crew while trying to collect resources for repairs and inadvertently released these entities and we're killed.  The entities tried to board the Excelsior and communicate but Sulu saw them as Hostile and attempted to contain them which resulted in the Entities becoming Hostile . It's my understanding that they killed Sulu and his crew but couldn't pilot the Excelsior alone or the Excelsior lost power and locked itself down per Sulus security protocols and they were trapped aboard till we came."

"I see. Again far-fetched I'm already ordering the dispatch of the USS Farragut to this planet. They are gonna perform detailed research and scans and confirm. Hopefully if any remains exist we can bring them home" Jefferies said. "Tadashi understands Starfleet will be questioning you heavily including Temporal Investigation. So right now just go back to your ship but… thank you for bringing another ship home"

Tadashi nodded and stood up with Sulu rising as well

"I'd like to spend some time aboard Excelsior If that's ok? And I'd like Tadashi to join me"
Sulu said

"I…. Well I'll allow it Admiral just try to keep out of the way of the work crews"

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