Star Trek: Borg Wars Prologue By: Xtreme Psycho 
(xtreme02@yahoo.com)

  “Damage report!” yelled Capt. Rothingham as the ship violently 
rocked. Bodies of most of his crew littered the  bridge. Those 
who weren’t killed were injured. The klaxon blared and the bridge 
was dark except for he pulsating  red light and an occasional 
shower of sparks. Most of the consoles were either blown to bits 
or were charred. 

  An ensign replied, “Captain, shields are down, phasers are at 
half capacity, torpedo launchers are offline, power is  
fluctuating on all decks….” The ensign was thrown over his 
console when the ship once again was hit from the  Cube’s weapons 
fire. The ensign got up from the floor, limped back to his seat 
and continued his report.

  “Hull breach on 5 to 8, 11, 14 and 21 sir! Phasers are down and 
the warp core is beginning to destabilize!”

  Wiping the blood from his forehead with the back of his hand. 
He tapped his combadge and said, “Lt. Commander  Sanchez, can you 
stabilize the warp core?”  There was no reply.

  “Lt. Commander Sanchez, this is the captain. Can you hear me?”

  At first nothing then, “<cough><couch> Lt. D’rik here. 
<couch><hack>.”

  “What is going on? Where’s Lt. Commander Sanchez?”

  The ship rocks.

  “She dead sir. She was trying to stabilize the warp core when 
the plasma coolant tank ruptured. We’ve sealed the  area but 
captain the core will completely destabilize in five minutes. I 
suggest we abandon ship. There’s nothing  we can do to improve 
the situation.”

  “Agreed. Rothingham out.”