Star Trek Vs Star Wars: The Fall

Epilogue

Epilogue

Commander Aldrin walked out of Admiral Picard's Ready Room with her head hung low. Normally if she was like this, it would be because her superiors had dressed her down pretty severely. But this time it wasn't the case. This time, she attempted to shun herself from the rest of the bridge because she had just had to give the full report of the Battle of Tatooine, two days after it had occurred.

68 ships lost, over 65,000 souls gone she reminisced inside her head as she walked in the turbo lift.

"Deck 14." She ordered as the turbo lift took her to her destination. I guess it's different when you have to deliver the report rather than help with it.

She couldn't put it out of her mind. So many mistakes had been made prior to the battle. Leaving the Klingons and Romulans behind even though the Empire couldn't get any more ships than what they had at the battle. Not attempting to stop them from using hyperspace to ram into their fleet. Letting Fleet Admiral Halsey kill everyone and everything on Tatooine.

As the turbo lift slowed to a halt before it opened to it's destination, Aldrin suddenly felt a mysterious sensation, almost as if someone was watching her. Looking around outside the turbo lift, she found nothing but empty hallways as she slowly walked to her temporary guest quarters.

As soon as she opened the door, she heard an unfamiliar voice say "You know, if you were really sad, you'd leave Starfleet over this."

"Who's there?" She demanded as she increased the lighting to see the perpetrator.

"Oh, no-one really, just someone who's keeping tabs on your petty little war." The lights were now fully lit up, and Aldrin could now clearly see who was inside her quarters.

"Q," she coldly demanded, "get out. Now."

"Oh I'm sorry, have Jean-Luc and Kathryn been speaking ill of me behind my back?"

"I don't have the patience or the will to put up with you right now. Go pester someone else if that makes you happy."

"Why Miral I'm touched." Expressed Q with a faked shock. "No-one I've ever met has told me to go away like that before."

"That doesn't mean I can't say it." Argued Aldrin. "Now go."

"Fine, fine, I'll leave." Relented Q as he moved towards the door. "Ah, before I go though, there was something I wanted to tell you."

"Get to the point Q."

"You see, when the stardrive of the Arizona collided with the Eclipse, the saucer was far enough away not to be destroyed. Now while it was hit with a massive shockwave, it did manage to fall into the gravity well of Tatooine, where it crashed on the ground as per Starfleet saucer landing procedures dictate, in no small part to the automatic software picking up on this. Once the battle was over, Imperial scouts searched the wreckage for anything meaningful, before stumbling upon the only survivor and only occupant of the saucer at the time-"

"Stop it Q." Requested Aldrin as she staggered back into a wall. Facing away from Q, she held her hand over her mouth to try to hide her expression, before recomposing herself and asking "Are you saying he's alive?"

"Oh yes, he very much is, Miral." Answered Q as he slowly walked up to her. "Currently in an Imperial cell while they work out how to interrogate him for information."

"We've got to save him." She stayed as she started towards the door.

"A-a-ah." Stopped Q as he put his arm in front of Aldrin, barring her passage. "No-one's going to believe you. They'll think you're crazy."