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Ok as well before we start this is based on the series Star Trek Voyager but with a twist from the original story line and i hope you like it. Chapter 10: Civil War Part 1
The conference on Andoria had gone smoothly I thought to myself as I sat on the bridge. The ship was returning to earth to drop off the president and Admiral Janeway, along with my parents and the chief of Starfleet intelligence. The head of Starfleet had left yesterday after he was called to return to Earth. The journey home was going as expected and a lot of the crew were completing maintenance work as we had the spare time. Secretly I think everyone was just trying to impress the president. "Admiral on the bridge." B'Elanna announced. I turned my head to see my mother, father and Admiral Janeway along with Admiral Ive. "Jack, we need to talk in private now!" My mother announced. I stood up and headed for my ready room as everyone was already walking. "Computer seal the doors to this room no entry without my authorisation" Kathryn announced. I heard the doors lock as I went and stood by the window and looked out. "Anyone care to explain what's going on?" I asked. "25 hours ago we received a priority 1 message and we have just had it confirmed. Starfleet is facing a civil war." My mother told me. I stood there in total shock. "You are joking right." I asked. "On this occasion Jack she's not." My father replied. I stood there and thought for a moment. "There has never been anything like this in the history of Starfleet." I eventually said. "What happened." I added. Everyone looked at me before looking at Kathryn. "During the meeting on Andoria I made a few points about the technology that we brought back from the delta quadrant with us including the armour and the transphasic torpedoes and developing these technologies for use on starships now. The tactical advantage to Starfleet would be incredible. The head of Starfleet command Admiral Hayes objected to any of this but after a vote it was decided that a research project should be put in place and the president herself has backed this project. Hayes left early saying that he had other commitments but we knew he was pissed off about being over ruled. It's not the first time either. Over the last few months Hayes has continually been getting more and more annoyed at how he was being over ruled and he has voiced his opinions with regards to the president and how she runs the federation on more than one occasion and what he has been saying isn't what people want to hear. Now when he got back to earth he sent a message. It said that he was going to fight to over throw the president and he has a lot of backing. 15 minutes ago your mother confirmed that this is true. A number of starships have sworn their allegiance to Hayes and his cause to become the new president and run Starfleet and the federation the way he sees fit. We are hoping that the president has allies and now we are officially in a civil war. Hayes has rounded up his ships and left earth for a secret base he's been establishing the where abouts we are unsure of. We need your support Jack. Better yet the president needs it" Kathryn told me. I turned to her and said "You can count on me and this crew." She smiled. "That's exactly what I wanted to hear. Now given that, we need to get back to earth and set up a command system of our own. From here on the president has now officially declared Voyager as the flagship of the federation." She told me. I smiled. "But what about the enterprise?" I asked. "The enterprise is the second flagship. Captain Picard has already been told." My mother told me.
The journey back to earth was tense. After briefing the senior staff and making an announcement to the crew we finally were getting close to being back at earth and setting ourselves up a command post. But I have this feeling in me that said that we would be getting into some trouble before we did and it wasn't long before I was proven right. "Captain I'm picking up a vessel on an intercept course, distance 250,000 kilometres and closing." Harry announced. "Can you identify them?" I asked. "Yes sir, it's the USS Okinawa" he told me. "That used to be Admiral Layton's ship." I said. "Admiral Janeway and all other Admirals to the bridge." Tom said. I looked at him and nodded as the doors to the turbolift opened. "Captain." My mother said as she stepped off the turbolift and walked down to me. "Admiral we have detected the Okinawa on approach." I told her. She looked at me and then Kathryn and then turned back to me. "Friend or foe mum?" I asked. "Foe, the Okinawa should be in dry-dock being decommissioned." She told me as I looked at the view screen. "Let's not be too hasty they might be friendly if people at Earth have sent us an escort." My father said. "Hail them." I ordered. I heard harry work the controls and there was no answer. "No response." He told me. "Captain they are powering weapons." B'Elanna told me. I walked towards the centre of the bridge and looked at them on the view screen. "I guess this means they want a fight." I said.
"Red alert, all hands to battle stations." I said as the bridge went crimson red. "Raise shields, arm weapons." I then said as I sat back down in my chair and brought the centre console up. "Jack if you fire on that ship you will be officially declaring this war." My mother said as she, Kathryn, my father and Admiral Ive stood around the console above the captain's chair. "That's why I'm going to let to them fire first." I said. "Harry open a channel." I added. "Channel open." He replied. "This is Captain Jack Carter of the starship voyager, identify yourself." I ordered. There was no answer. That was when the ship shook. "And so it begins." I said. "Paris come about, bearing 92 mark 270." I said. "B'Elanna target their weapons systems and fire." I added. "Firing" she said. I saw on the view screen as she fired phasers and torpedoes impacting the Okinawa "Direct hit to their weapons array, minimal damage." Harry announced. "What that should of taken out at least their phasers." B'Elanna announced. They returned fire as conduits sparked. "Not the time, Paris come about bearing 251 mark 090, B'Elanna return fire." She fired again and as before they took only minimal damage. "What's going on, they aren't taking any damage." Tom asked. They continued to fire at us and we took more damage. I moved over to a console and started to view their status. "They have tied their shield grid and their warp core together. Their shields are being power fed by their warp core." I announced. "Target their impulse engines." I said "Target acquired." B'Elanna said. "Wait, Harry call up the Okinawa shield frequency's and B'Elanna adjust phasers to that frequency." My mother said. "That won't work mum, they will have thought of that." I told her. "Well we need to do something we are being battered here." Tom said as we took another 4 direct hits. Conduits sparked and consoles ruptured. "Shields at 46%" B'Elanna announced. Another two hits and I was starting to get worried. "Well Admirals, I could really use some suggestions." I said to Kathryn, my mother and father. "You're the captain you must know what to do." My father said. "Well I have to admit this is my first time fighting a federation starship, so I'm out of my league." I said. "I'm not! Tom come about get us to position 194 mark 23." Kathryn said standing in the middle of the bridge. We took another 2 hits and more conduits sparked and consoles ruptured. "Shields at 18%." B'Elanna shouted. "Kathryn at the risk of sounding like a worrier, DO SOMETHING!" I shouted at her. "Jack please!" She said. "In position Admiral." Paris said. "They are coming about ma'am" harry said. "B'Elanna call up the prefix codes for the Okinawa. Input them into the computer and then begin accessing their systems." She said. "The prefix codes why didn't I think of that." I said. "Prefix codes entered I have access." B'Elanna said. We took another hit. "Shields at 4%" Harry said. "Oh shit. B'Elanna lower their shields and target their weapons and engines." Kathryn said. "Target locked." B'Elanna replied. "Fire!" I screamed. I saw as 3 quantum torpedoes struck them "Direct hit. Their weapons and impulse engines are down." Harry told me. "Hail them." I ordered. "On screen." Harry replied. The view screen came to life and there sat Admiral Layton. "Well played captain. I shall be seeing you soon." He said before he closed the channel and his ship took off at warp.
"Come in." I said as the door chime to my ready room went off. The doors opened and in walked Tom with a pad in his hand. "Damage report for you babe." He said as he sat down at my desk. I set my coffee down on the table and took the pad from him. I read it over and then looked at him. I sighed and threw the pad onto the table and got up, walking over to the window. He looked at me for a second before standing up and walking over to me. "Jack everything will be fine." He said to me. "Will it? Remember your temporal physics lessons I gave you. For every action there is a ultimate reaction. And here we have it." I told him as I turned to face him. "What do you mean?" He asked me. "My future self and Kathryn's future self broke the temporal prime directive and got us home early. And now that we are here the federation is at War with itself. This should never have happened." I told him. "That's not our fault, it's just something we have to deal with. Like everything else that's happened while we have been back it's just something we deal with." He told me. "Your right as usual." I said smiling at him. He pulled me in for a hug and I wrapped my arms around his waist and rest my head of his shoulders. "No matter what happens just remember I will always love you." He told me. "I love you too." He said. "Captain to the bridge." Paris said over the comm. "On my way." I replied. I kissed Tom before we left and exited the ready room.
As I walked onto the bridge the first thing I noticed was the big blue and green planet on the view screen and I knew I was back home. "Captain we have 15 starships on approach all lead by the Enterprise." Paris told me. "On screen." I ordered as Tom and I sat in our seats. "We are being hailed." Harry said. "On screen." I said. "Captain Carter." "Captain Picard." I replied. "We are here to escort you to Earth." He told me. "Shame you didn't think of that an hour ago when the Okinawa was attacking us." I told him. "My apologies." He told me. "It's not a problem captain." I told him. "I'll see you at Starfleet Command Captain. Picard out." He said before ending the transmission. "Mr Paris take us to earth and enter orbit." I told him. "All Admirals please report to the bridge." I said over the comm.
10 minutes later and we were in Earth's orbit and the president and all admirals had joined us on the bridge. "Madam president I would advise that we beam down to earth and convene a meeting with the remaining Admirals that are on earth and assess the situation." Kathryn said. "Indeed however I would like to make an addition to that. Captain Carter and Commander Walker I would like you to attend as well." She said looking at us both. "Yes ma'am" I replied. "Then let's move shall we." The president told us. "B'Elanna the ship is yours." I said as we all moved to the turbolift. "Deck 8" I said as we all entered. After a short ride we all arrived at transporter room 1 and beamed down to Starfleet command and we were now sat in the meeting. "How many ships does Hayes have?" I asked. "At the minute we know that he has at least 3500 starships under his command." My father told me. "Damn, what is the actual recorded amount of starships that are still in service?" I asked. "Given the recent dominion war effort it has taken some time to update records and find out an exact figure. However we know now there are 5300 in service including Voyager." Admiral Ive explained. "So Hayes has more than half of our ships?" I asked. "That's right." Kathryn said. "So how do we know who's on what side?" I asked. "That thankfully is an easy answer. Hayes has given all of his ships a number between 1 and 3500 to use as their transponder codes. Command staff here at headquarters discovered this and began conducting scans. With help they have discovered the ships that Hayes has so he knows and now so do we. We have now black listed all those ships that have his codes so we know what ones are ours. We have then contacted our starships and had them return to earth. I received a final total that we have 1800 starships around Earth. Voyager was the last one to arrive." My mother told me. "Well it looks like we have got a lot to do." I stated. "Your right Jack we do have a lot of work to do. The idea now is to put this rebellion away. The president has told me she wants this over as quickly as possible. Our allies have all made their position clear as have we, this is an internal matter and we want it treated as such." My mother said. "Has there been any news on who will become the new Commander in Chief will be?" I asked. "In fact Captain Carter, I have come to a decision." The president said from the head of the table. "Ma'am?" I asked. "I have thought long and hard about this and have come to a conclusion. To you all I will say that I had 3 candidates in mind, Admiral Julie Carter, Admiral Edward Jellico and Admiral Kathryn Janeway." She said and I looked at my mum and Kathryn who were both shocked, "I have come to my decision. One of you is about to remove your 3 pip bars from your collar and uniform sleeve and replace them with 5 pip bars." The president said. "Admiral Kathryn Janeway please stand." The president then said. I was shocked. "It has become apparent to me recently that you are a very formidable woman and we need a woman like you to lead Starfleet. Given the number of combat hours you put in during your voyage through the Delta Quadrant and the fact that you survived has amazed me. It therefore gives me great pleasure to promote you to the position of Commander in Chief. Congratulations you are now the new head of Starfleet." The president said shaking Kathryn's hand and the whole room erupted into applause. "Thank you all. I accept this position and the responsibilities that come with it. I assure you that I will not be making any of the mistakes that Hayes has done and I will not rest until this civil war is ended." Kathryn said. The president proceeded to attach the admiral bars to Kathryn's Collar and sleeves. "Ladies and Gentlemen we have a lot of work to do, so let's get down to business." Kathryn said.
"Captains log stardate 25163.4 over the course of the last 3 hours we discussed everything in the meeting with the Admirals. It was decided that all starships would put into dry-dock or a starbase for re-arming of weapons and any repairs that needed to be made. During this time it is down to me to meet with Kathryn and co-ordinate a new fleet plan and put ships in to fleets. I have to admit I find this whole experience of being the captain of the flagship to be unsettling. I am in charge of the entire federation fleet. After repairs and re-arming is complete each fleet would be sent out to try to locate and find the rebel base and once it had been found all ships will move in and take the base. Not much work to do then. Voyager has the honour of going into space dock first and we are currently docked at McKinley station undergoing repairs. Commander Walker is co-ordinating the repairs and getting the ship back in working order. All I can say now is Admiral Hayes, you better be worried. Starfleet is coming after you. End log." I said as I finished my log.
To be Continued...
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