To the Rescue "
By: Melissa Jarvis, Chief Security Officer, [RNPC]
Giuseppe Silvio, Chief Engineer, [RNPC]

Stardate: 58204.14 1930

=USS Zion and USS Eagle=

Silvio grabbed his tool kit and took two of his engineers with this to the transporter room. As he entered he found Ensign Jarvis and her team waiting for him. She greeted him with a nod. "We will go over first and make sure the coast is clear. Do you and you men have a side arms Sir?"

"Yes ensign we are armed," replied Silvio.

"Very well, "she said. Jarvis are her security team stepped onto the pad and she nodded at the transporter chief, "Energize."

Silvio watched as that faded away. The wait was a short one. "Jarvis to Zion, you may send over the engineers."

Silvio and his team were transported directly to the Eagle's engineering department. Looking around Silvio saw that there had already been a battle here. There were bodies all over the place. Ensign Jarvis and her team had taken up defensive positions around engineering. There was one engineer from the Eagle frantically trying to get the impulse engines back online. With a huge sigh of relief he approached Silvio. "I am afraid that I am all that is left. They beamed over and started butchering us."

"The warp core is still functional but the damage to the warp nacelles has been so severe we will not be able to use the warp drive, " he continued.

Silvio looked at the console, and indeed there would be no way to get the warp engines to work. He turned his attention to the impulse . They too were badly damaged. It appeared to Silvio that the damage was too complete for emergency repairs. "This is not looking good. I do not think we can repair her under these conditions," said Silvio with frustration in his voice.

Silvio tapped his comm. Badge, "Silvio to Zion, Captain, the damage is too complete over here for ..."

A phaser blast interrupted Silvio, it streaked past him and hit one of his engineers in the chest. The engineer was vaporized instantly. "I guess they mean business." Silvio thought as he dove for cover. Silvio landed beside Ensign Jarvis who had opened fire on a large group of attackers. Silvio drew his own phaser joined the battle as well.

Soon a large force of Zion Marines joined the battle. The Federation attackers were beginning to get desperate. They had now changed tactics. They were attacking the warp core itself. The Zion marines moved quickly to defend the core. After what seemed to Silvio like a lifetime the battle was over. The Federation attackers had fled engineering with the marines in pursuit.

Silvio's engineers had both been killed in the battle. The engineer from the Eagle was injured. "There is nothing we can do here anymore," said Silvio. He was about to order everyone back to the Zion when there was a loud yell from behind them. A severely wounded Federation attacker was running toward the warp core. Ensign Jarvis took aim and fired her phaser rifle hitting the attacker, but not before her managed to throw a device at the warp core.

"Get down!" Jarvis tossed threw herself against Silvio and the Eagle engineer pulling them to the ground. The explosion was deafening. Warning claxons erupted through engineering. "WARNING: Warp core breach in 10 minutes."

Silvio got up and pulled the Eagle engineer to his feet. "You need to eject the warp core. It is going to blow."

"Computer eject the warp core authorization thad-episilon-33-gamma," said the engineer."

Nothing happened.

He tried two more times with the same result

"WARNING Warp core breach in 9 minutes."

Silvio to Zion. The warp core is going to breach you need to get everyone off this ship we have 9 minutes."

Silvio went to a terminal and surveys the systems. If he could just get the core to eject all would be well. The core's familiar throbbing hum was now several times fasters that it should be . He turned to Jarvis, "Get everyone back to the Zion."

"You too Sir, " she said insistently.

"WARNING Warp core breach in 5 minutes."

"I have an idea, we might be able to get rid of this core and save this ship. Go!" he said.

Reluctantly Jarvis and the others beamed back to the Zion. Silvio was now alone.

Silvio tried everything he could think of to bring the ejection systems back online. Nothing worked.

"Warning Warp core breach in 3 minutes"

Silvio was working so furiously that he did not notice that Jarvis had beamed back and was watching him with a great amount of apprehension. "Sir, I think we better go." Startled by her voice Silvio jumped. "I thought I told you to go," said Silvio.

"You are my responsibility Sir. Now let's go," she said.

Silvio sighed, she was right, he was about to call the Zion for a transport when he thought he heard a scream. "Did you hear that?"

"WARNING Warp core breach in 2 minutes."

"Yes we have two minutes Sir let's go," she said.

"No, there is still someone here. He ran towards the sound of the scream. Jarvis, thinking he was insane followed, then she heard it to. They left engineering and heard it again , it was coming from a conference room.

"Warning Warp core breach in one minute."

The door would not open. Silvio tried with all his strength to force the door. It would not budge.

"Warning Warp core breach in 30 seconds."

Jarvis and Silvio together tried to force the door. It finally gave way. Inside the room here two small children. A boy and a girl. Bother were terrified and huddling under a table.

"WARNING, warp core breach in 15 seconds."

Jarvis and Silvio raced toward the kids.

"WARNING Warp core breach in 10 seconds"

Grabbing the two small children Jarvis tapped her comm. badge, "Zion 4 to beam out."