Story:Star Trek: Churchill/Rules of Engagement/Chapter One

The Devonshire is at impulse speed outside the nebula cloud while the crew is working on repairing the power grid.

On the Bridge Lt. Witczak walks out of the turbolift.

"We've restored main power Major," Mr. Witcazk says as he makes his report to the Major.

Major Rivers looks at him.

"What happened?" Major Rivers says as she looks at the young officer.

He looks at her.

"A lucky shot Major even for the Dominion," Lt. Witcazk says as he looks at her.

She nods at him.

"Very well on your way back to Engineering Mr. Witcazk," Major Rivers says as she looks at him.

He nods and walks back into the turbolift.

"Lieutenant Rodriguez take us into the nebula let's find the Rutledge," Major Rivers says as she looks at her at the helm.

She nods and engages the Impulse engines as the viewer shows the inside of the nebula and then Mr. Brickey reports as he looks at his console.

"Major I'm picking up a debris field," Mr. Brickey says as he looks at his console and then reports to the Major.

She looks at him.

"Let's see it," Major Rivers says as she looks at Mr. Brickey.

He shows it and it's a debris field from the Galor-Class vessel.

"It looks totally destroyed I can't match the weapon signature to any known weapon signature," Mr. Brickey says as he reports his finding to Major Rivers.

Rodriguez turns to them both.

"Could the Rutledge done this?" Lieutenant Rodriguez asked as she looks at Mr. Brickey.

He shook his head.

"No the Rutledge is a heavy cruiser she couldn't of done this herself," Lt. Brickey says as he looks at Rodriguez.

Then he looks at his console.

"Major I'm picking up the Rutledge she appears to undamaged her power signatures are on-line," Lt. Brickey says as he looks at the console read out.

Major Rivers looks at the main viewer.

"Ready an away team find out what happened over there," Major Rivers says as she looks at the viewer.

Lieutenant Rodriguez leaves the helm along with Lt. Brickey and they head to the transporter room.

Onboard the Rutledge the away team beams onto the bridge.

"All bridge systems are down," Doctor Samuels says as he looks at the console read out.

Then Lieutenant Brickey looks at the life signs.

"I'm picking up four life signs from the Engineering section," Lt. Brickey says as he looks at the sensor read out on one of the console.

They head to the Engine room and search the area and find survivors.

Then an unknown vessel approaches from the left of the nebula cloud approaching both the Devonshire and the Rutledge, on the Bridge Lt. Witcazk looks at the tactical console.

"Major sensors are picking up an unknown vessel that just emerged from hyperspace," Lt. Witcazk says as he reports the sensor read out.

Major Rivers looks at him.

"Is it the Goa'uld?" Major Rivers says as she looks at him.

He looks at the console and shakes his head.

"No, it's not the Goa'uld it appears to be organic," Lt. Witcazk says as he looks at his console read out.

She looks at the viewer as the unknown vessel gets closer.

Onboard the Rutledge Lieutenant Rodriguez walks over to the team.

"Alright let's get out of here the Major is wanting up back aboard the ship there's a contact heading our way," Lieutenant Rodriguez says as she looks at Mr. Brickey.

The Away Team and the survivor beams aboard the ship.

The unknown vessel follows the Devonshire and fires at the ship's aft shields.

"Mr. Witcazk return fire torpedo full spread," Major Rivers says as she looks at him.

He goes to work on the console as the ship shakes hard.

"Shields are down to 12% main power is failing one more hit and we'll be defensless," Lt. Witcazk says as he looks at the console and then at Major Rivers.

She walks over to an ensign at the conn.

"Helm redirect course for enemy vessel, all hands this is Major Rivers abandon ship all crew head for shuttles and escape pods," Major Rivers says over the com.

The crew leaves their stations as the ship shakes and sparks erupt from the ceiling and consoles as debris falls to the floor and wires hang down from the ceiling along with a support beam and Rivers leaves the Bridge.

The Devonshire heads for the unknown vessel as escape pods and shuttles leave the ship and collided with the unknown vessel and explodes taking the vessel with it.

Year: 2378

In orbit around Mars Utopia Planitia Shipyards a BC-303 is docked at a berth as worker bees are flying around the ship finishing the work on the hull.

On the Bridge newly promoted Lieutenant Colonel Rivers walks onto her new command as Colonel Carter and Captain Halliwell are looking over the power systems that have Asgard upgrades.

"Typhuss she's here," Sam says as she looks at Typhuss.

Typhuss turns and looks at the crew.