Stardate 2020.06.14
“More power!”
“Scotty, I need more power!”
“I need everything diverted to the Forward Deflector Shields!”
“I’ve given ye all she’s got Captain! I haven’ no more to give ye!”
Captain Don, of the Starship Winnebago, glance worriedly over at First Officer Paula, who just shrugged her shoulders and said quietly,
“I’ve never seen it so bad, but don’t worry, she’ll hold together.”
Outside, the barrage continued.
The damage to the Forward Viewscreen became more and more apparent as the remnants of the Drones splattered on the outer hull of the Starship.
Captain Don lamented, “This will be a mess to clean up. If I use the Viewscreen Clearing Gear it will just smear their remains all over and it will take half a light-year to fix! We’re way too close to the Sun this time of year and the Cosmic Radiational Effect will fry the bastards onto us like seared scallops to an un-seasoned skillet!”
The Starship Winnebago was hurtling down Intergalactic Route 70 passing through the wilds of the Outer Rim Colony of Marylandia when the attack commenced.
An alien race, the Cicadians, had unleased their Red-Eyed Kamikaze Drones on all unsuspecting craft traveling through the Northeast Quadrant of the Home Planet and the attack was forecast to continue for another few weeks before the Cicadians would eventually die off.
But, not before they instilled billions of Sleeper Cells that would return in the future and unleash their savage attack (purportedly in 17 years) on the Intergalactic Travelers of 2038.
The only course was to hold on until the end and hope that by 2038 better deflector shields will be developed by Starfleet or, be retired by then and not need to deal with this kind of viciousness again.
Captain Don steeled himself and came to the realization that, unfortunately for now, the only course left open for him was to endure the attacks until the Cicadians eventually wore themselves out and died.
The Starship Winnebago continued on her Five -Year Mission to explore strange new places, to seek out new restaurants and new National Parks, to boldly go where no Motorhome has gone before.
3 replies on “These are the Voyages of the Starship Winnebago”
Very well written! Put a smile on my face! Never got into Star Trek, but now I’m thinking I better take a closer look.
I’m not much of a writer, but I have had a different sort of invasion. Several deer in my area have waged war against me and my efforts to have a colorful flower garden. They visit during the night and eat all the blooms and buds of my day lilies, New Guinea impatiens, petunias, begonias, hostas blooms and leaves, geraniums – everything that flowers. That jump the pool fence which is the mandatory 48” as if it were a low curb.
They will always be here. There’s no 17 years of respite, which means this may be the last time I witness the invading cicadas.
Nah…. I’ll see you in 17 years!
🙂