Kobayashi Maru

[Barihawk]

First off, this story is not about Runescape. It's based on Star Trek.

 

 

 

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"Stardate 89043.6. Captain Merriman, U.S.S. Exeter reporting."

 

 

 

Rick paused. Captain Merriman, he thought. He liked the ring of it.

 

 

 

"We are on standard patrol of the Neutral Zone between the Federation and the Klingon Empire. Aside from minor astronaumical dust storms and the odd comet, we have had a rather boring..."

 

 

 

"Captain!," shouted Lieutenant Commander Parker, the communications officer. "Captain, I am recieving a signal on the emergency frequency!"

 

 

 

"Where is it coming from?" Rick replied. This was surely it...

 

 

 

"Localizing the signal, Captain. Its coming from sector G-7, heading 046 mark 210...from inside the Neutral Zone."

 

 

 

The other officers looked startled at the reply. Commander Bates looked up from her position at the science console. Lieutenant Forester and Lieutenant T'pring managed a grimace before concentrating on the navigation and helm displays.

 

 

 

"Confirm Commander, you say that it was coming from the Neutral Zone?" Rick was worried, his friends had told him he would not like this test.

 

 

 

"Yes, sir. The vessel is a frigate called the Kobayashi Maru" was the reply.

 

 

 

"On speakers. This is Captain Richard Merriman of the starship Exeter, we have intercepted your distress signal."

 

 

 

The voice was barely audible over the static: "Starship Exeter, this is the Kobayashi Maru. We are an Alterian freighter destined to Vulcan but we were struck by a proximity mine...*crackle*...-ife support failing Exeter. Can you help us?!"

 

 

 

The signal was overridden by static and the signal cut off abruptly.

 

 

 

"Captain, I have lost the signal. It appears to be jammed at the source."

 

 

 

Rick settled into his command chair and scratched his chin.

 

 

 

"Computer, data on Kobayashi Maru."

 

 

 

"Working: Kobayashi Maru is an Alterian freighter. Crew of 23 carrying 412 refugees out of the Neutral Zone." was the instant reply. A schematic was displayed on the screen.

 

 

 

"400 people...Damn..." Rick muttered under his breath. "Helm, set course for the Kobayashi Maru, full impulse power."

 

 

 

Helmsman T'pring turned from the console. Her typical Vulcan raised eyebrow glared at him. "Captain, may I remind you could happen if a starship enters the Zone."

 

 

 

"No need, Lieutenant. I am fully aware of the treaty stipulations. You have your orders."

 

 

 

"Aye, sir." She punched in the coordinates and the ship lurched forward. A few warnings were set off when the ship entered forbidded territory, but were shut off.

 

 

 

...

 

 

 

Two hours later, the Kobayashi Maru was onscreen, plasma bursting from her innards.

 

 

 

"Drop shields and prepare to beam aboard the survivors."

 

 

 

"Captain!" Commander Bates had jumped from her station. "We have three Klingon Warbirds moving on an intercept course!"

 

 

 

"Status of evacuation of the freighter?" Merriman asked.

 

 

 

"We still have 281 passengers to go, sir."

 

 

 

"Commander Parker, inform the Klingons that we are on a rescue mission!" Rick started to tremble. Three Warbirds against his Miranda Class Starship? The ship had been designed with scientific missions in mind...

 

 

 

"They are jamming all transmissions, si..."

 

 

 

A brilliant flash lit up the bridge. The Kobayashi Maru was no more.

 

 

 

"First Klingon cruiser has fired sir! The other two are locking photon torpedos on us!"

 

 

 

Rick was losing it. "Shields up! Divert power to the aft torpedo bays and phaser banks. T'Pring, get us the hell out of here!"

 

 

 

The world seemed to rip apart. Half of the bridge crew were thrown from thier stations. He looked down to see T'Pring halfway across the bridge with blood pouring from her head.

 

 

 

"Direct Hit on our engine section, sir!"

 

"All weapons offline! We've lost the warp drive and photon control!"

 

"Damage reports coming in, sir!"

 

"Casualty reports from all over the ship!"

 

 

 

Rick looked over to Parker, who was nursing a wound. The ship rocked again, the damage lessened due to the shields having managed to be raised.

 

 

 

"Lieutenant Commander, send a message bouis to Starfleet informing them of the situation."

 

 

 

The ship rocked again, the starboard turbolift burst into flames.

 

 

 

"The ship can't take much more of this sir!" cried the first officer as she stood to grab the plasma fire extinguisher off of the wall. Bates grunted in pain as the console exploded from behind her, killing her instantly.

 

 

 

Captain Richard Merriman looked around him at the corpses of his bridge staff. The room was starting to go ablaze. He was about to cry. He depressed the ship's communciation button. A boatswain's whistle was heard throughout the whip.

 

 

 

"All hands, this is the Captain. All hands abandon ship, repeat, all hands abandon ship."

 

 

 

The ship's evacuation klaxon went off. The fires extinguished themself. The dark red lights of the bridge went off and white floodlights brilliantly lit up the room. At the front of the bridge, the room cracked in two, and began to open.

 

 

 

"All right, thats it. Shut off that damned noise!" shouted the figure who stepped through the smoke.

 

 

 

Bates picked herself up and moved across the bridge to help Parker from under the false beam that had fallen on him. Across the room, T'Pring got up and wiped the blood off of her face. All the officers and crew left the room through the opening except for two.

 

 

 

"Hello, Admiral." stated Ensign Richard Merriman, Starfleet Cadet.

 

 

 

"Not so much, Ensign. The Klingons do not take prisoners." replied Admiral James Tiberius Kirk. "I'm afraid you may have to retake the test, Ensign. I must admit that the simulation computer was cruel today and did not even give you a chance."

 

 

 

Cleaning crews moved in to repaint the room and mop up the ash and fake blood.

 

 

 

"I am sorry, sir. I seem to have failed." was Rick's curt repsonse.

 

 

 

"Not true, Ensign. The Kobayashi Maru test is impossible to win. It is not to judge how you handle your ship or crew, but to see how you respond to a no-win scenario. You didn't even stand a chance this time around. I'm willing to lay my career on the fact that any real Captain in your position would be a dead man by now..." replied the veteran.

 

 

 

"But sir, surely it will reflect poorly on my service record for taking the test more than once?" queried a worried Ensign.

 

 

 

"Not so, Richard." Kirk said, "I myself took the test three times. Now, report to the debriefing room. Good luck with your next run."

 

 

 

"Yes sir, Admiral." Rick smiled. He stepped over the threshhold of the simulation room and began his walk down the hall.

 

 

 

Kirk smiled. He had watched hundreds of Cadets who had either died as a hero or cried like a child at the conclusion of the test.

 

 

 

Captain Spock stepped through the door.

 

 

 

"Admiral, the next test will be commanded by Lieutenant Saavik, who I have sponsored through the Academy."

 

 

 

Jim almost laughed. "A Vulcan Captain, you say? Well, let us not dissapoint her. We shall test her on the Enterprise model.

 

 

 

The two walked out of the chamber to the control room, ready to wreck another simulation room...and the nerves of a new cadet.

 

 

 

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So tell me what you think? I got bored and wrote it. [/b]

[Barihawk]

Just a note, if you guys want me to update this and make it a continuing story, I don't mind.

[nvw08]

Me like :) continue, I liked the proper grammar and punctuation :P Good story also :lol:

[Alduron]

I'm quite the Star Trek fan and I enjoyed reading your story.

 

 

 

Look forward to reading more :)

 

 

 

~Alduron

[archimage_a]

Not excactly your own story though?

 

 

 

You got most of it from book/T.V, but if you are going to elaborate it would be nice to have a star trek story.

 

 

 

soooo...what is your next idea, cap'in?

 

 

 

Also, I am pretty much an expert at star trek so any questions or stuff your not ENTIRELY sure on....I also have 'The STAR TREK ENCYCLOPEDIA A Reference Guide to the Future UPDATED AND EXPANDED EDITION(1997)' so that covers everything that happened in the Kirk Era(I am aware that this makes me sound like a geek and you most likely won't be using anything much from the episodes but at least you can have some infomation that you might not have had about the main characters)

 

 

 

It would be nice to have a crew of people doing this thing though...a new crew(if at all possible?)

[Barihawk]

The story is actually about Richard Merriman (who if I am right goes on to be the captain of the Enterprise-B).

 

 

 

I know the Kobayashi Maru is not exactly original, but this version of it is :).

 

 

 

If you guys want to create the characters to use, I'll be happy to make them! The only character going on in the storyline is Rick, so go wild!

[archimage_a]

Aye, aye Cap'in

 

 

 

It was John Harriman, who commanded the 3rd Enterprise.(Enterprise-B).

 

Also as a rough guide to time:

 

2269: TO series finished

 

2271: V'Ger is stopped and Spock is at the acadamy as Enterprise Captian

 

2284: Spock is in the acadamy as an instructor

 

2293: Kirk dies and John is Captian of the Enterprise, Spock is a special envoy to the Klingon's

 

 

 

Name: Hanor, Thith

 

Race: Human

 

Gender: Male

 

 

 

Health:Phobia of Small spaces, Fire. Broke both arms and his leg twice, caused by five different attempts to climb the Academy, although he denies it. Also emites a unusally high amount of static electricity.

 

 

 

Experiance:Climbed the Academy to the top, became Lieutenate after saving the Academy Commandant from a fused power coupling, which he had set up with the aid of Rick. Stationed on the Farragut and was trapped on a turbolift for 3 weeks with nothing but a bottle of whisky, his flint knife and a packet of freeze dried tomatoes.

 

 

 

Rank: Lientenante Junior Grade(Demoted after attempting to kill Rick)

 

Stories importance: Rick's friend, and the 'Commanding' character, taking command of any situation and cooly turning it to thier advantage.

 

 

 

Other info: Insists on the safeness of transporters after both his parents were killed in a shuttle accident. He was nearly lost in a transporter but still trusts them. Attempted to kill Rick after finding out that it was he, trying to get premoted, that had broken the transporter. Carmed down alot and takes more responsiblity for his actions.

 

 

 

Basicly he's the 'Spock' of the group, although he is strange, he is a good friend.

[Craven_Image]

Although I'm not a fan of star trek I did enjoy this which is saying something. Normally if I encounter bad wording or bad English I stop reading on; that never happened. Good story :)

[dragoncmd]

Woah, haven't seen you for awhile Craven.

 

 

 

Anyways I really liked it. It didn't have as much description as I usually like but you managed to keep it flowing nicely and have it be fast paced. Also it felt strange to read something without a ridiculous number of spelling and grammar errors.

[archimage_a]

Don't be too precise will you. There is no bad wording...so? Generally stories that have bad wording are also good. Useally its because the writer is so steeped in the story that they do not have time to spell check or such.

 

 

 

Anyhow when is the next chapter coming out?