Story:Trekker's Alternity/Unlimited/Unforgivable

Prologue
ISS Unforgivable Stardate 2233.04 Typhon sector

"Imperial Command, Imperial Command. Please copy." Sensor nodes powered up and emitted the warbled signal of double-encoded subspace signals. The hull of the Unforgivable hummed as the engines fired and the deflector shields raised an electrostatic wall around the ship.

"Imperial Command demanding response. Query received." The antenna struggled to get a signal through the clouds.

"Imperial Command, logging a confirmation of aggressive posture, in accordance with regulations." The Unforgivable bridge was full of activity, with officers all vying for the bridge spots, eager for the possibility of military action. The communications officer had logged a demerit against a subordinate who had tried to hold the bridge post when the promising signals of technological salvage were received, porbably in the hopes of getting a bigger cut of any spoils resulting from battle with scavengers. There would be time for the agonizer later.

Commander Robert April circled his command chair. "What the devil is this thing? I was told we were detecting an offline warp signature!"

The bridge viewer scrolled data displays superimposed over the awesome vista of a hole forming in space.

"Lieutenant Kirk!" April's call brought George Kirk walking down the railing from the starboard sensor stations. "This is truly a fiasco. We are two days off course because we thought there would be salvage here. Instead, there's a storm that could swallow us whole!