Story:Star Trek: Sovereign/Brother's Keeper/Prologue

In Sector 234 in the Alpha Quadrant the USS Saladin is approaching a Class-J Nebula, while taking a break from border patrol on the main bridge Captain Ray Martin is sitting in the big chair looking at the nebula cloud as he turns to his Vulcan XO/Science Officer Commander Xonac at the Science console.

Commander what am I looking at here? Captain Martin asked Commander Xonac.

The Vulcan reports his findings to the Captain.

"Captain it appears to be a trace of meteron clouds and Metaphasic Radiation but nothing our shields can't handle, but we'll need to drop to one-third Impulse speed cause of the clouds gases will interfere with our Impulse Reactors," Commander Xonac makes the report to Captain Martin.

He turns in his Captain's Chair at the helm and looks at his Deltan Helm officer.

"Lieutenant Illia slow to one-third and take us in let's take a look at this new cloud, all science stations standby for scientific research," Captain Martin says as he looks at Lieutenant Illia and then pressed the com panel on his command chair's arm rest.

In the 24th Century the USS Sovereign is at Impulse speed in the nebula cloud doing studies as well.

''Captain's Log Stardate 53879.2. While taking a break from border patrol the Sovereign has discovered a nebula cloud that has some interesting stuff in it and we're happy to have Chief Science Officer Lieutenant Commander Samantha Wildman onboard the ship she served onboard the USS Voyager during its time in the Delta Quadrant we're happy to have her aboard the ship.''

On the bridge Captain Tyson is sitting in her Captain's Chair looking at the cloud on the main viewer as Commander Kadohata at her console makes the report.

"This nebula cloud matches the information from the USS Enterprise had on the Briar Patch in 2375, its has Meteron gases, metaphasic radiation, and well it's not gonna force us to drop to one third Impulse speed," Commander Kadohata says as she report her findings to Captain Tyson.

She looks at Commander Adams.