USS Dresden - Just Another Day Pt.2

Posted on Thu Jul 9th, 2026 @ 4:27pm by Commander Angel Devroe
Edited on on Thu Jul 9th, 2026 @ 4:34pm

Mission: SHAKE DOWN IN A NEBULA
Location: Unknown
Timeline: Unknown

~Snip~

About an hour later “Captain I’m picking up some sort of spacial anomaly on long range scanners” as she paused a moment “Captain it appears to be heading our way” Lieutenant D’Rin informed command.

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“What sort of anomaly is it Lieutenant” the Captain inquired.

But before D’Rin could answer the anomaly was suddenly upon them and grabbed the ship.

“What the hell” as Hank engaged the reverse thrusters with no effect as the anomaly started pulling the ship in faster.

Meanwhile SCI Amy could sense something was terribly wrong as she scanned the ship. She needed to get to the Bridge NOW! Closing her eyes she thought “Bridge”…..within a nano second she shimmered into existence before taking solid form again “Captain STOP! You’ll only make things worse.”

Shutting down the reverse thrusters he then turned in his seat “Explain” came the order.

“Think of that anomaly as a temporal wormhole. The more we resist the quicker it’ll pull us in and the greater the gravitational shear it will create. There’s a ninety five point nine percent of it tearing the Dresden apart and us along with it” Amy explained knowing her core directive was to protect the ship and crew at any cost…..even if it meant sacrificing herself to do so “I urgently suggest placing the fusion reactor on standby and using our reserve power to reenforce the shields and submit to it’s will…..that is our only hope for survival.”

Hearing that made Hank take pause as he turned to Tiffany “Number One?”

“Captain I don’t see where we have a choice in the matter if we want to get through this.”

“Agreed” opening comms “Lieutenant Tomas place the reactor on standby then tap into our reserves to power our shields then strap yourselves in for what may very well be a bumpy ride” Hank stated with much concern over their current situation.

“Captain? Are you sure” Tomas questioned.

“Not really but do it….that’s an order!”

“As you wish Captain” as he did as requested against his better judgement.

“SCI Amy initiate restraints” as a harness materialized on each seat strapping the crew in place. Moments later they entered to be what could be considered a tunnel of swirling lights “Red Alert” came the call as the shields immediately were engaged “Now we ride it through” Jacobs stated hoping this wouldn’t be the end of them.

The Dresden spun in a circular motion through the anomaly for about twenty minutes, although to the Crew it seemed much much longer. Checking his screens the ship seemed to be holding together without any problems which was a huge relief to Hank.

Finally the anomaly spit the Dresden out into space which was a welcome relief for the Bridge Crew as the ship came to a complete stop. Turning in his seat “Everyone ok” he inquired as the crew all responded “Yes.”

Opening comms once again “Lieutenant Tomas is everything fine on your end?”

“Yes Captain we do not seem any worse for wear. Do you want me to take the reactor off standby yet?”

“Yes, we’ll need to be able to move again” Hank replied “Science report….where are we.”

Checking her screens D’Rin then accessed Starfleet's star charts before answering “Captain I’m not exactly sure…..what I’m seeing doesn’t seem to match any of our known star charts” she replied.

Hearing the response Amy walked over to Science “May I take a look?”

D’Rin stepped back allowing Amy access to her screens “She’s correct in her analysis….they do not match at all” she replied while her computer mind started going through different scenarios.

“Explain” Hank ordered being somewhat baffled at the moment.

“Certainly Captain. Instead of inquiring where we are the better question is ‘when we are.’ Over time the stars tend to change their positions gradually but since we may have moved either forward or backwards through time, let’s assume fifty to one hundred years either way, the difference would be much more noticeable to us.”

“Wonderful” Hank replied then turned to Tiffany “Commander?”

Thinking for a few moments “It certainly makes sense since I don’t really see any other rational explanation.”

Letting out a long sigh “OK then…..so let’s assume, for the sake of argument, if we are now in a different timeline….let’s hope the Federation is still in tact” as he paused a few moments “Ok first thing first. Lieutenant D’Rin do you know exactly where we exited the anomaly?”

Checking her screens “Yes Captain I do.”

“Excellent then drop a location maker so maybe we can get back to our own time at some point” redirecting his attention “Tactical scan the area and see if you can find a Federation base, outpost, etc so we can make contact and get some answers” came the orders.

Minutes later “Captain the location marker is in place” D’Rin informed command.

Several minutes later “Sir I’ve located a starbase a few lightyears away” as he rechecked his screens “Captain it’s Starbase M-69” Lieutenant S’Var replied.

“What?!! If I remember my history correctly M-69 was evacuated around 2425 before an unknown anomaly completely destroyed the installation” then he paused “I guess that’s the best place to start then. Tactical send me the coordinates.”

“As you wish Captain” with S’Var quickly sending the coordinates to command.

“Ok here we go” as Jacobs went to warp five; the sooner he had some concrete answers the better.

An hour passed with the Bridge being very quiet with each person attending to their duties while thinking about their now unknown futures.

Approaching M-69 Hank dropped out of warp and proceeded to one half impulse. When within communications range he opened a channel “Starbase M-69, this is the Federation Starship USS Dresden, registry NCC-98579, Captain Hank Jacobs commanding. Acknowledge.”

Moments later [USS Dresden this is Traffic Control] then the Officer paused checking his screens [I can’t seem to find your ship in any of our ship databases] came the explanation.

Thinking a moment “Traffic Control I can assure you we are who we say we are.” Hank replied before pausing “May I speak to your Supervisor please.”

Moments later a tall beautiful younger woman appeared on his screen [Welcome Captain Jacobs, I’m Commander Angel Devroe….First Officer…what can we do for you Sir.]

Now he was getting somewhere “Commander thank you. First I would like a docking slip for the Dresden and secondly I would like to speak to whoever is in command of your installation…..it’s important” Hank replied.

Looking over the hologram of what was available Devroe then looked up [Captain let us tractor your ship into a docking slip for starters and to answer your other query Commodore Sureth is the Commanding Officer…..you can speak to him or myself or both if you wish] she responded [Also we’ll need some proof to support who you say you are and our Security will escort you to my office and I’ll inform the Commodore of your meeting request.]

“That sounds like a good place to start so anytime you’re ready the ship is ready for your intervention….also could we meet in thirty minutes, if that’s convenient for you Commander” Hank replied with a smile.

[That’s acceptable…I’ll see you shortly. Devroe out.]

Suddenly they could feel the tractor beam grab the ship as it slowly started to move. Minutes later the Dresden was securely nestled in a docking slip.

Tiffany leaned over towards the Captain and in a low voice “Did you happen to notice their uniforms and tech; I haven’t seen anything like that since visiting a museum as a child” she commented a little taken back at the moment.

Hank grinned “Yes I noticed so most likely we went back in time from what I’ve seen so far” as he paused “The question remains….how far back in time.”

Tbc

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