Right Where We Left It
| Star Traks: Boldly Gone | |
| Episode name | Right Where We Left It |
|---|---|
| Season | 9 |
| Episode number | 4 |
| Writer(s) | Alan Decker, Anthony Butler |
| Year | 2503 |
| Stardate | 178543 |
| Chronology | |
| Previous in series | We'll Always Have Romulus [BG] |
| Next in series | Welcome To The Hotel California [BG] |
| Previous in timeline | We'll Always Have Romulus [BG] |
| Next in timeline | Welcome To The Hotel California [BG] |
Life is quiet aboard the USS Anomaly as Rosalyn Bain settles in and adjusts to retirement. But, since this is a story, something has to happen. Um...how about a big boom? Yeah. That will work.
Summary
After deciding to retire from her positions as a Tactics Instructor at Starfleet Academy and a Section 31 agent, Rosalyn Bain settles into life aboard the USS Anomaly, enjoying breakfast with her husband, Captain Reginald Bain and surprising the ship’s Romulan officers with her skill at juoni ball while also trying to resist using any of her Section 31 technology.
The Anomaly is sent deep into the Beta Quadrant to respond to a distress call from a Federation deep space exploration ship. They rescue the 35 person crew but find the ship unable to be repaired, so they destroy it to ensure the technology does not contaminate any other civilizations.
On the way back to Federation space, the Anomaly suddenly lurches, throwing the crew around, and loses main power. Lieutenant Shelly Marsden is forced to seal off the quantum singularity to prevent the ship from exploding and reports to Bain that the Anomaly is completely fragged. Warp drive is also offline, reducing the ship to polaron engines only.
With the ship completely disabled and the comm system down, Bain sends Commander Vioxx, Sub-Commander Remax, Centurion Nortal, and Lieutenant Bre'zan Brazzell in the Allegra to go get help from Waystation Prime. Once they launch, though, Remax finds that the computer has no idea where they are. He then detects eight ships approaching. Vioxx, not wanting to get destroyed, orders Brazzell to get them out of there.
The eight ships lock onto the Anomaly with tractor beams and begin towing it. Bain orders phaser distributed to the crew in case they have to repel boarders.
On the Allegra, Remax grows frustrated with the lack of information from the sensors. He can detect nine stars, seven of which have solar systems, but absolutely nothing beyond that.
The Anomaly is towed into a solar system, and Bain and Tovar, joined by Rosalyn, prepare to defend the bridge. Five beings materialize, two of whom are immediately stunned into unconsciousness. The other two dive for cover and scream for Bain to stop firing. He does so, and they find, much to their surprise, that the boarders are Multeks. The Multek Enclave vanished about twenty years earlier, taking all of its solar systems with them as well as Tovar’s parents.
The Multek introduces himself as Captain Bollux and explains that the Anomaly’s appearance came as a surprise to them and that the Multek Frequoq is waiting to meet with them. Lieutenant Commander Tovar asks to accompany Bain, hoping for news about his birth parents.
The Allegra reaches the edge of the space they can scan and Remax calls for them to stop before they hit what appears to be a solid black wall in front of them. Nortal impulsively blasts the barrier, which reflects the energy back at the Allegra, damaging the ship and causing it to start losing power. Vioxx orders them to head to a nearby Class M planet they detected.
Bain and Tovar beam down to Multos to meet Frequoq Wurlitz. She says that she will help locate Tovar’s parents and repair the Anomaly, but there’s no hurry, since they won’t ever be leaving the Multek Enclave.
To be continued…
Featuring
- Captain Reginald Bain
- Commander Prosak
- Commander Vioxx
- Lieutenant Commander Tovar
- Lieutenant Shelly Marsden
- Sub-Commander Remax
- Dr. Natalia Kasyov
- Centurion Nortal
- Sub-Lieutenant Zantak
- Cabral
- Rosalyn Bain
Author's Comments
Most of this story was focused on re-establishing the status quo...or setting the new status quo really. Kasyov and Rosalyn both have had their circumstances change, but they aren't the only ones adjusting, as evidenced by Bain's discomfort with having to think about Tovar's relationship with Marsden. It's a lot of character material that needed to be dealt with after the near-constant running around of the first three stories.
I think the juoni ball scene is the first time I've ever tried to invent a sport. It's been mentioned in passing at least once before, but I decided that I wanted to show it, which meant that I had to come up with the rules. I attempted to come up with something that seemed distinctly Romulan while still seeming like a playable sport. JK Rowling still owns the invented sport territory with Quidditch, I suppose, but juoni ball sounds far less painful.