Exodus: the Trek/ Wars crossover of the century

[tom_88_2]

great story

[Dax Orien]

Definitely interesting enough to catch my attention, Link. I'm impressed that you haven't hit any bumps yet. All in all, terrific plot thus far. Keep it going!

[Link, the Hero of Time]

PART IV - THE RAVEN IN FLIGHT.
Picard looked around his group. They might all be top notch personnel, but he faced the minor problem of getting them to Q's coordinates. "Now all we need is a ship. Unless, Q, you'd care to stop all this fooling around and take us directly? Q grimaced.

"Oh, Picard, whatever gave you the idea that I might make this all easy for you? No. You need a ship."

"Why?" Vash put in. "You didn't need one to take me on our little archaeological whistle-stop tour of the galaxy."

Q grinned smugly. "I'm not half the omnipotent immortal I used to be, my dear." He intoned sarcastically. "I simply can't be bothered to haul you around willy nilly for your personal amusement anymore. I've grown tired of all that. No, you'll need a ship."

Picard closed his eyes. "So in other words, you can't do it."

"Won't, Picard. I won't do it, not I can't do it. It just makes things more interesting."

The Raven spoke. "I have a ship. We will go immediately."

Q rubbed his hands. "Attaboy. Oh, this is going to be more fun than I've had in eons." He began to sing. "Here we are again, happy as can be..."

Tallera shot a glance at Picard. "I really am going to break his neck for him one day."

"But not today, my over-aggressive friend. Not today." Q clapped his hands. "Now, shall we stand around discussing things while the universe goes foom, or shall we flit off and find the excitement?"
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Wesley finished checking the readouts on the navigation console. "Where's the rendezvous?" he asked.

Troi looked at Wedge.

"Near Kashyyyk. Han and Leia are en route from Coruscant now."

"Okay." Wes tapped his communicator.

"Bridge to Captain Riker. We have the star maps and our destination."

"Very good, number One. Warp Two." The Enterprise blurred into a starbow and was gone.

"Go to hyperdrive for Kashyyyk. And notify Admiral Ackbar that he needs a new frigate on patrol."

"The Sunfire is already outward bound. All personnel, jump stations. All personnel, jump stations. Orienting for the jump to lightspeed." The Excelsior rotated, aligning her prow with the distant speck of light that was Kashyyyk's main sun. And was gone.

Leia was beginning to get tired of this. "Again?" She said. "It's not my fault. I had that unit overhauled two months ago." "No hyperdrive. Again."

"I think its-Ow!" there was a ringing sound. "Is that the pipe? Or is it the emptiness of your head making all that noise?" "Ha-ha. Chewie, I need a Ditmars-six wrench and a coil of Polygamite monofilament. And if you've got a Mark Nine microcutter, that'd help." Chewie grunted and passed the tools down. "Never should have let Lando near this tub." Han's voice echoed up from the pit of piping.

"I just found a sabacc card down here. I'm willing to bet that half the man-hours I paid for were spent on cards..." Leia groaned and went up to the bridge. It was remotely embarrasing that a Counselor of the New Republic had to rely on a rackety old smuggler's vessel for transport, and she said so.

"I agree most heartily, Princess Leia." C-3P0 piped up from the corner. "Well, sweetheart, I love you too. This rackety old smuggler has patched up the Hyperdrive, so anytime you like we can get going for Kashyyyk." "I'll believe it when I see it," she said with a smile. Han pulled the lever and the stars blurred into starlines. "I beleive it." She said, a little surprised. Han smiled from behind a layer of grease.

"See? This old bird's got a few years left in her yet."