As the team were sitting in the cockpit of the runabout travelling at maximum velocity, the crew were talking amongst themselves. Aiyana turned to the Captain.

“So Captain, when do I call you Captain, Ma’am, Sir… what do I call you?” Aiyana asked.

Meila couldn’t help but smirk, every questions that every Ensign and Cadet has asked a superior officer. “It really does depend on the situation. Notice how we are casual now, you can call me Meila, if we are not in a casual setting you can call me Captain, Ma’am and if my hair is up, you can definitely call me Captain or Ma’am. Speaking of, we are getting close to where the …”

Before she could finish, the runabout was pulled out of warp, caught in the gravitational well of a planet.

“Captain there is a planet!” Peacegrove reported.

“Reverse thrusters, dump the warp core.” Ordered Meila. She wanted to dump the warp core, because she knew they were going to crash.

“The warp core is fused Captain, dropping out of warp that soon and … long story short, not possible, not even manually Captain.” Grieves said.

“Transport it out? I don’t want to cause the planet to go boom Ensign.” Meila protested.

“It seems, there is some sort of force prohibiting that Captain. It looks like it is in some sort of phase.”

The ship continued to race to the surface, brushing against the top of the trees.

“Send out a distress beacon… BRACE!” Meila ordered. She quickly jumped into the other Conn Chair Opposite Aiyana and got on the bracer – seat belts. The rest of the away team followed suit…