Name: Stardate 2013
Pairings: Dr. Crusher/Picard, Riker/Troi, sort of Geordi/Data but not really
Rating: T for language
I do not own Star Trek, or anything in Star Trek, nor do I own the year 2013
Chapter 1
Captain Picard woke up to a throbbing pain in his head and a flashing red light.
"Oh," He moaned, sitting up. He was on the floor of the bridge. The lights were dark, save the red alert flashing. "Will? Deanna?" Picard squinted, and could see Will flopped over in his chair, and Deanna on the ground beside him.
"Ah. Sir, you have woken."
Picard looked behind him to see Data, alive and alert.
"Good to see you…unharmed, Mr. Data."
The android went to his Captain's side and helped him to his feet.
"Are you injured, sir?"
"Don't think so. Status?"
"We are in orbit, sir, around a planet similar to earth around the year 2020." Data went to his control pad and began examining their situation.
"Life support?" Picard asked.
"On secondary systems, sir." Picard tapped his badge.
"Picard to sickbay."
Silence. Picard thought for one horrified moment that Beverly had been killed in this…accident, or that the bridge had been separated from the ship.
"Sickbay here."
Picard sighed with relief. The sound of her voice was like sweet honey to his ears.
"Status."
"One dead, and a lot of injured. When can power be restored to sickbay?"
"Soon."
"Ok. Crusher out."
By this time the noise of their talking began rousing the others. Worf managed to get to his feet. Riker helped Deanna to hers. Data left his post to help Geordi find his VISOR, which had been ripped off his face in the fall.
"Does anybody remember what happened?" Picard asked. Geordi was at the engineering station, his sight restored. Riker and Deanna were in their chair, Worf at security, and Data at the counsel. Picard stood in the center of it all.
"No, sir." Riker shook his head.
"I contain no memory from when you walked in to start the day shift to when I awoke, Captain." Data did not turn to look at them, his eyes were on the counsel.
"That's odd. Data, you're supposed to have total recall." Geordi pointed out the obvious.
"Sir," Data changed the subject, "You are within the planet's sensor range. They are still under the Prime Directive, judging by the ozone depletion and the primitive satellites."
"We have a cloaking device?" Picard asked.
"Yes sir." Geordi started punching in some buttons. "Cloaking device operating."
"Very good." Picard tapped his communicator. "Picard to engineering."
"Lt. Barclay here, sir."
Geordi felt an odd sense of relief at hearing Barclay's voice.
"How are things down there?"
"Um, well, we're running on full impulse power. Warp d-drive is completely down, and we can't get it o-operating without help from a starbase."
"Something is telling me, Mr. Barclay, that we don't have a starbase to go to."
"W-why not?"
Picard turned to Data.
"Data, if I'm correct, we have somehow gone back in time, and are now orbiting earth around the year 2020."
"My sensors indicate that the year is 2013 in earth years." Data said. "We have indeed gone back in time. How or why I do not know."
"And without the warp drive…"
Riker finished his sentence. "We can't get home."
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"I need suggestions." Picard leaned back and tugged his uniform. Dr. Crusher, Will, Deanna, Data, Worf and Geordi had gone to the briefing room.
"We could beam down to the planet and try to find the supplies we need." Riker suggested. "I can have the replicators- if their online- give us clothes common to this time so we blend in. I can assemble an away team."
Picard shook his head.
"That sounds too risky, Number One. We don't want to violate the Prime Directive."
"Sir," Data spoke up, "If we are careful in what we say and do, we should not violate the Prime Directive."
"I know, Mr. Data, but it sounds too dangerous."
"I don't know that there are any other options, sir. If we do not find the materials necessary to repair warp drive, then we cannot leave."
"That is true, Captain." Geordi was sitting next to the android.
Picard sighed. "Number One, prepare an away team."
"Very well, sir." Riker gestured to Geordi and Data. They stood up and followed him out the door.
"Oh, Commander?" Picard started.
"Yes, sir?"
"If it's possible, try to find out how we got here."
"I'll try, sir."
They checked the warp drive to get the specifics on the damage.
The replicator was indeed online, and it gave Geordi a pair of black sunglasses, a red button down shirt, a white undershirt, a blind cane, and a pair of white shorts. Data received a large pair of glasses, a lumberjack button down, and a pair of skinny jeans. Riker got a pair of blue shorts and a white V-neck. All of them got brown sandals. It also gave them one hundred dollars each.
Geordi hid his VISOR in a shoulder bag, just in case he needed it.
"Remember," Riker said as they walked to the transporter room, "we're here to get supplies to fix our warp drive. We don't want to cause trouble, or do anything else, ok?"
"Yes sir." Data nodded. He was holding Geordi's hand, leading him to the transporter room.
"Good. Now, I suggest we split up. It will be easier to get the supplies we need."
"I'll stay with Geordi." Data volunteered.
"Sir," Geordi spoke to Riker, "Do you know what we're looking for?"
"We'll need to rebuild the stabilizer. I'll look for platinum."
"Ok."
They reached the transporter room. Data helped Geordi onto the transporter pad.
When everyone was in place, Riker said:
"Energize."
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"Mr. O'Brian?" Captain Picard's voice filled the transporter room.
The Transporter Chief tapped his communicator.
"Chief O'Brian here."
"Can we keep a lock on their coordinates, just in case we need to beam them out of there?"
"I can try sir."
"Very good."
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They were beamed down about a mile from any civilization. Riker tapped his communicator.
"Riker to Enterprise."
"Enterprise here. Lt. Worf speaking."
"We have successfully beamed down."
"Good."
"Riker out."
The three gathered in a little circle. Geordi had his VISOR on.
"Only communicate with the ship when you need to. We'll meet back here at 0400 hours." Riker ordered.
"Yes, sir." The other two said it at the same time.
"Good." They dispersed. "Let's go."
HI! I hope you like it so far, if you do please review. I'm going to introduce the subplot of Data-ness later on. Might be next chapter, might not.