DENALI STATION – After a harrowing battle in an alternate reality, the crew of Denali Station successfully return home.
The crew of Denali Station faced a harrowing ordeal after being violently thrust into an alternate dimension, where they fought to survive and find a way home. Stranded and separated, half of the command staff crash-landed on the surface of an alternate version of Ring 42. It was there that they discovered the device responsible for pulling them into this dimension and aligned with the local resistance led by Thomas “Villkat” Falt.
Shortly after this discovery, hostile security forces attempted to storm the science lab where the team had found the device. Villkat stayed behind to confront the soldiers, buying valuable time for Commodore Oddas, Ijo, and the rest of the Starfleet team to escape. Alongside resistance fighter Enni, Villkat’s second-in-command, the team fled to a hidden transporter room, eventually reaching a small hangar where they boarded a resistance ship and headed for the USS Eagle in orbit.
Aboard the Eagle, the crew faced their own crisis as hostile forces from the BDS Kai Ircash, a warship commanded by Colonel Oddas Ushow—this dimension’s version of Commodore Oddas’ sister—boarded the ship. Lieutenant Commander Falt organized a defense team, dispatching Lt. Commanders Kendrick and Kettick, along with Ensigns McGillian, Harford, and Zavesh, to repel the intruders. The chase led through the ship’s service tubes, but the team fell victim to a telepathic attack from the alternate Karen Stendhal, causing an explosion that left both Kettick and Stendhal badly injured. Acting quickly, Lt Commander Kendrick transported the injured crew to Sickbay, though he stayed behind to pursue two remaining intruders—this dimension’s versions of Doctor Harford and Katsim Peri.
Before Kendrick could stop them, the intruders reached the bridge, stunning several crew members in an attempt to seize control of the ship. Lt Commander Falt managed to lock out the Eagle’s computer systems just as Kendrick and the newly assigned HCO Officer, Ensign Archer, arrived to surround the intruders.
In a surprising turn, Falt initiated negotiations and discovered that the intruders were seeking to defect. Katsim Peri, in a gesture of trust, handed over the codes to lower the Kai Ircash’s shields, allowing the Eagle to fire a spread of quantum torpedoes, severely damaging the enemy warship.
Meanwhile, aboard the resistance ship, Commodore Oddas and Lieutenant Drex watched the battle helplessly, attempting to power the dimensional device for their own escape. With the Eagle victorious, the team aboard the resistance ship beamed over, joined by Ijo, who leapt into the transporter beam at the last second.
Reunited at last, Lieutenant Drex activated the device, successfully returning the USS Eagle and its crew, along with Ijo and Stendhal, back to their original dimension. Upon arrival, they were met by a rescue shuttle piloted by Lt Commander Stelek and newly arrived Ensign Tanner, who escorted the ship back into orbit. As Doctor Harford rushed to tend to the injured in the clinic, the crew began repairs and prepared for a much-needed period of shore leave.
Written by Tomas Falt
