Untitled Chapter 1 A Tenchi/ST: TNG Crossover By Dale Ratner Standard Disclaimer. All comments should be sent to Shadow6865@aol.com. Chapter One "Mr. Data are you telling me that a Jurian Ship has been hidden in this galaxy for over three hundred years and nobody ever knew about it?" asked the Captain Picard. "Yes sir." "Do you know how to use Jurian technology?" "It was part of my programming but I have never had the need to use it before." Captain Picard remained silent for a few moments while trying to think of a proper course of action to take with these circumstances. The Jurian Empire decided not to join the federation when it was given the chance but they usually helped the federation whenever possible. If a federation crew were to step aboard and search an abandoned Jurian ship without permission of the Empress it could strain the relationship between Jurai and the Federation. On the other hand, a ship that has been hidden for over three hundred years has probably been long forgotten by the Jurians as well despite their long lives. "Commander Riker." "Yes sir?" "I want you along with Mr. La Forge and Mr. Data to beam unto the Jurian ship and find out as much information as possible about it. What was the name of the ship? Who was the owner? And what sort of cargo it was carrying? After you return with the information we will send it to the Jurian Holy Council along with information about the location of the ship. You will leave in ten minutes." "Yes sir" said Commander Riker as he stood up getting ready to leave for the mission. At first, Lt. Commander La Forge thought that he beamed down unto a planet as opposed to a ship. "Well it looks like we discovered what the cargo was and it appears to have spread over the entire ship." "Actually that is incorrect. Jurian ships and technology is unique because of it's dependency on nature especially trees. All Jurian ships will look more like forests than actual ships to those of haven't studied them." Data said correcting La Forge. "So where would the main terminal be located?" asked Commander Riker. "In the case of this ship there probably isn't a main terminal like there would be on the Enterprise or any other Federation ship." "Why not?" asked Riker. "I might be wrong but based on the structure of this ship and the type of fauna on this ship, I believe that it belonged to a member of the Jurian Royal Family." "How can you tell? And what difference would it make if the ship belonged to the Royal Family?" "If this ship belongs to a member of the royal family then it was structured to be more like a home than an actual ship so the ships controls can probably be fully accessed from every room and there is no bridge like the on one the Enterprise. I can tell because that black and violet flower over there is called a 'Royal Teardrop' and Jurian Holy Law states that the flower can only be planted where a member of the royal family resides whether it is on Jurai or in his or her ship." "Is there an access panel near here?" asked Commander Riker. "Yes it is right behind you." Commander Riker moved out of the way so Data could access the panel and look for the information that the group was looking for. "This is very peculiar," Data said after searching through the ship's database for a few minutes. "What?" asked Lt. Commander La Forge. "This ship is called Heaven's Fire but I can't find any information on who this ship belonged to or what sort of cargo it carried." "Is it possible that the database was hacked into and sabotaged?" asked Riker. "I would have say that the probability for that is very high. I suggest we split up and do a complete search of the ship in order to find more about it." Riker and La Forge nodded in agreement and the three men began to search the ship. Jurdi was absolutely amazed by the ship. He has seen and studied many different types of starships in his career ranging from old NASA rockets from the 1960s to the most advanced Klingon warships but he has never seen any ship that was so beautiful. This was a ship that didn't feel like a ship at all it felt more like an open field. Sure, the Enterprise had a holodeck that could generate lakes you could swim or fish in and flowers that could generate allergic reactions in people but you always new that they were false. But the flora on the Jurian ship was real and melded perfectly with the technology of the ship. He never saw a more perfect coexistence between nature and technology. He was close to experiencing what could only be described as an engineer's epiphany when Commander Riker's voice came over his communicator. "I found something" said Riker over the communicator. "What is it?" asked La Forge snapping out of his half-hazy state while walking over to Riker's location. "It is a cryostasis chanmber that is still running." "Is their anybody in it and identification of who it is?" asked Data when he and Jurdi arrived at Riker's location. "Yes there is somebody in it but the most important thing is the plaque that is right in front of the chamber." "What does it say?" "I can't tell but it is written in two different languages. One I have never seen before and am pretty sure is Jurian but the other language is either Japanese or Chinese. Mr. Data would you please read the plaque?" Data stepped over to the plaque and began to examine it. "You are correct sir the two languages on this plaque are indeed Jurian and Japanese." "Why would a Jurian plaque have Japanese on it?" asked La Forge. "I do not know but the plaque says; here sleeps Tenchi Masaki, 2nd Prince of Jurai. Son of Masaki Achika and Nobiyuki, Grandson of Masaki Yosho, Controller of 3 Wings of the Light Hawk. Born April 24th, 1979 in Japan. Placed here November 24th, 1998.