Star Trek Cowboy

Dead Space

On the bridge while still in warp travel Jet is sitting at the captain's chair with Mio still at the helm. Faye walked onto the bridge " Take over would you please Faye" Jet said getting up. Suddenly the ship starts shaking like crazy and Jet and Faye are loosing footing. Jet shouts to Mio, "Mio what's going on?"

 Mio in a panicked tone responds, "I don't know, but for some reason our Warp field is collapsing. Primary systems are going offline. Brace yourselves, I'm sure what's awaits us but hang onto your whatever's." Then another violent shake causes Jet to fall on top of Faye making them touch foreheads.

When the shaking stops Jet gets up, he helps Faye up as Spike, Ed and Kesta come onto the bridge, "What the frontorg happened?" Spike asked.

" what's the damage?" Jet asks, "I don't know. All diagnostics say there has been no substantial damage done to the ship, but all primary power systems are inoperative. Warp drive offline and shields at only minimum capacity. Fortunately no present danger of losing life support." Ed responds, Kesta then asks, "Well why are the other systems offline."

"Unknown, though there seems to be some kind of external damping field that is preventing the primary energy conduits from properly channeling power. So, all we have are just low shields, food and all other replicators at 40 to 50 percent capacity, and all we've got for movement are impulse and chemical rockets." Ed says,

"Uh guys is something covering the viewers sensors." Spike asks "No they are functioning normally." Kesta replies, "Then where did the stars go?" The Bebop is a drift in a vast dark void of nothingness.

"Does anyone have a clue as to where we are?" Jet asks sitting in the captain's chair, "Maybe reality stopped making sense and we are in nothing." Spike replies, "Try to be to be productive." Faye says, "Look as far as I am able to tell by the instruments, we are somewhere that seems to have a diameter of a least 1,000,000 kilometers, but other than that, nothing. Our distress beacon and all our other scans are just being bounced back to us. The only other thing I can tell you is that there is something in here with a mass of almost 4 billion standard planet masses. Somehow causing spacetime to just warp back in on itself." Ed says.

"Maybe this place is like a space time sink. A place where space curves back in so no single can get out. That objects can only drop in here by warp drive and the mass, of whatever is creating this damping field, that causes most power sources to go inert. Then nothing that falls into it can get back out." She continues, "Is there anything similar to this?" Jet asks, "Several records from legendary captains, but none with these circumstances and unless there is worm hole or some opening of some kind, I'm not sure what we can do other than gather as much data as we can and try to figure something out." Mio answers.

"Wait I'm picking up something on the scanners of that immense gravitational mass you stated earlier. Straight ahead about 2000 kilometers." Ed says "On screen." Jet says. There is still nothing until Kesta puts it through a gravitational lensing filter and they see a large spherical object similar to a meteor, "This is the source of the intense gravity and damping field?" Spike asks, "Not impressive I know, but even though its only the same size as our ship. It is still incredibly gravitationally massive. Almost like a black hole, but somehow solid." Faye  says, "This could probably be what is only theoretical. Solidified dark matter.",

"Guys I'm picking up something else. I think its another ship. To our left by about 400 kilometers." Ed said "Okay lets head there, maybe if there's anybody over there, they can help us, but be cautious." Jet says. When the scan results come in, they read, "Borg!" Spike says "Shields up and prepare to engage." Kesta orders. However, when they arrive and shine light on the Borg cube it has a full third of it blown off.

"What do the scans say?", Spike asked "No power emissions. No propulsion. No shields, and its reading total vacuum inside." Ed replies. Then they see all the Borg drones that are adrift in space, "Get us away from here." Faye orders, "Wait picking up another reading about 300 kilometers from this Borg ship. It's another ship, but of unknown origin." Mio says, "On screen." Jet orders.