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As promised, here is the first bit of the first Churchill story. I'll put
m= ore up as and when I finish it (I've got about 30-40,000 words on the
compu= ter but I'm still putting the finishing touches to it). Any comments
are mo= re than welcome.

STAR TREK CHURCHILL


STORY ONE

CHAPTER ONE

Captain's Log, Stardate 1283. Let the record show that I have taken command=
 of this Constitution-Class starship, the U.S.S. Churchill. We are due to d=
epart from Starbase 1 in four days on a trajectory that will take us into
u= ncharted territory within three months. By the time we get there, any
probl= ems with this newly completed vessel should have been solved.=20

As he turned off the log recorder on his chair Captain Thomas Brand smiled.=
 The bridge of the Churchill was quiet as most of the engineering teams onb=
oard were working in the engineering section. He knew that most of his life=
 for five years would be spent and the idea filled him with a strange sense=
 of pride.

Brand looked at the view out of the main viewscreen at the great expanse of=
 the upper side of the vessel's saucer section. A trio of EVA-suit clad fig=
ures stood at the outer edge of the hull, inspecting a section of the hull.=
 Brand walked to the Communications console and opened a comms line. "Lieut=
enant, are the microfractures bad enough that you will need to replace
thos= e deck plates?". One of the figures turned and nodded.=20

The voice that emerged from the speakers was calm. "Aye Captain, I
don't th= ink the plating would stand up to anything over warp 6.5 without
buckling. = I'll have to replace it then go over any plating from the same
shipment inc= ase the flaw is common to all of them".

Brand smiled, he knew that Lieutenant Tabitha Burke, informally known to
he= r friends as Tabby, was on her first tour of duty as Chief Engineer and
she=
 was determined nothing was wrong. The fact that she was recommended to him=
 by her former CO as, in his opinion, one of the best engineers in the flee=
t meant that Brand was certain that she could handle any problems that were=
 likely to crop up. "Understood, Contact Starfleet Command if you need any =
more engineering crew".

Lieutenant Burke nodded again before speaking. "I don't think that
will be = neccesary but if it is I will do that Captain". Brand turned
off the comms = and walked around the side of the bridge until he was
standing in front of = the viewscreen, watching the three figures busily
removing the offending hu= ll-plate from the hull.=20

As he watched, Brand considered the future. He was going to be commanding a=
 untried ship and crew into unknown territory, far beyond the range of inst=
antaneous subspace communication. The crew would essentially be on it's own=
 should they encounter anything dangerous. Despite his confidence in his cr=
ew, Brand still felt a little nervous. He just hoped it was unjustified.


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As promised,
here is the fir=
st bit of=20
the first Churchill story. I'll put more up as and when I finish it (I've g= ot=20
about 30-40,000 words on the computer but I'm still putting the
finishing=20 touches to it). Any comments are more than
welcome.
STAR TREK=20
CHURCHILL

STORY=20
ONE
CHAPTER=20
ONE
Captain=92s Log, Stardate 1283.
Let the reco=
rd show=20
that I have taken command of this Constitution-Class starship, the
U.S.S.=20 Churchill. We are due to depart from Starbase 1 in four days on a
trajector= y=20
that will take us into uncharted territory within three months. By the time=
 we=20
get there, any problems with this newly completed vessel should have
been=20 solved. 
As he turned off the log
recorder on his cha=
ir=20
Captain Thomas Brand smiled. The bridge of the Churchill was quiet as most = of=20
the engineering teams onboard were working in the engineering section. He k= new=20
that most of his life for five years would be spent and the idea filled him=
 with=20
a strange sense of pride.
Brand looked at the view out of
the main vie=
wscreen=20
at the great expanse of the upper side of the vessel=92s saucer section. A
= trio of=20
EVA-suit clad figures stood at the outer edge of the hull, inspecting a sec= tion=20
of the hull. Brand walked to the Communications console and opened a comms = line.=20
"Lieutenant, are the microfractures bad enough that you will need to
replac= e=20
those deck plates?". One of the figures turned and nodded.

The voice that emerged from the
speakers was=
 calm.=20
"Aye Captain, I don=92t think the plating would stand up to anything
over w= arp 6.5=20
without buckling. I=92ll have to replace it then go over any plating from
t= he same=20
shipment incase the flaw is common to all of them".
Brand smiled, he knew that
Lieutenant Tabith=
a Burke,=20
informally known to her friends as Tabby, was on her first tour of duty as = Chief=20
Engineer and she was determined nothing was wrong. The fact that she was=20
recommended to him by her former CO as, in his opinion, one of the best=20
engineers in the fleet meant that Brand was certain that she could handle
a= ny=20
problems that were likely to crop up. "Understood, Contact Starfleet
Comman= d if=20
you need any more engineering crew".
Lieutenant Burke nodded again
before speakin=
g. "I=20
don=92t think that will be neccesary but if it is I will do that
Captain". = Brand=20
turned off the comms and walked around the side of the bridge until he was=
=20
standing in front of the viewscreen, watching the three figures busily remo= ving=20
the offending hull-plate from the hull. 
As he watched, Brand considered
the future. =
He was=20
going to be commanding a untried ship and crew into unknown territory, far=
=20
beyond the range of instantaneous subspace communication. The crew would=20
essentially be on it=92s own should they encounter anything dangerous.
Desp= ite his=20
confidence in his crew, Brand still felt a little nervous. He just hoped it=
 was=20
unjustified.






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