An Unexpected Collision

The Enterprise did not get far in our journey. We collided with something at warp (which is an extremely rare occurrence, at best), and were violently thrown to a (partially-controlled) dead stop. We are currently adrift, with significant damage, and multiple casualties on all decks. We have activated a distress call, but do not expect a quick response, since the only vessels able to pick up our distress, would have to be local to our current position. By our early calculations, we are likely in the middle of nowhere.

At this point, our top priority is damage control, and medical aid. Our warp nacelles are dead, we have numerous breaches in our hull, and our inertial dampeners just barely compensated for the stress – enough that our crew survived the sudden transition out of warp, and weren’t turned into salsa against the bulkheads. Reports of broken bones, sprains, bruises, and concussions are numerous…. but we’re alive. We are still assessing our casualties, and do not yet have a full picture of our present situation.

We have no idea what we collided with, or even if that’s an accurate cause. We are likely too far away from any source of impact to investigate, but will be sending out recon vessels as soon as we are able. Warp collisions are virtually unheard of, although, all starships are still equipped with collision-response programming, just in case.

The Enterprise is not in good shape, but we do have stable internal power, gravity generation remains in place, and we were just resupplied at Gellius. We are transitioning to stationary platform operations, and can hold out until we are able to send for (or accept) rescue.

Captain Picard has suspended our assigned mission. Damage control and medical recovery will likely remain in effect for a few days.

-Lieutenant Sam Archer

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April 7, 2366 -- (Original Devron Timeline, altered by temporal anomaly)