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[Story by Shawn Alpay, Character Art by Thomas Marrone]

Previously on Star Trek: Loma Prieta…
Episode 1: Shifts – Prologue
Episode 1: Shifts – Act 1
Episode 1: Shifts – Act 2
Episode 1: Shifts – Act 3
Episode 1: Shifts – Act 4
Episode 1: Shifts – Act 5
Episode 1: Shifts – Act 6
Episode 1: Shifts – Act 7
Episode 1: Shifts – Act 8

EPILOGUE

Captain’s Log, Supplemental.

It’s been two weeks since the incident in the Daynor sector that conveyed the crew of the Loma Prieta through the Anchor into this mirror universe.  Our universe, depending on one’s perspective.  Unfortunately, our trusty ship could not follow suit, having been too heavily damaged by the advanced weaponry employed by the Federation of that other reality.  My senior staff engaged the auto-destruct, presumably destroying the Anchor in the process, as the anomaly hasn’t appeared in this reality since that time. 

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[Story by Shawn Alpay, Character Art by Thomas Marrone]

Previously on Star Trek: Loma Prieta…
Episode 1: Shifts – Prologue
Episode 1: Shifts – Act 1
Episode 1: Shifts – Act 2
Episode 1: Shifts – Act 3
Episode 1: Shifts – Act 4
Episode 1: Shifts – Act 5
Episode 1: Shifts – Act 6
Episode 1: Shifts – Act 7

ACT 8

Setting down the flashing tricorder and leaning it against the window, Perkins popped open his combadge and quickly inspected its contents.  He removed its power cell and held it up in the dim light for inspection; it had been cracked in a couple of places, most likely when he fell during the last exchange of fire.  He glanced around the power conduit room for a suitable replacement, then made his way over to a drawer and pulled it open, finding a neat row of PADDs.  All of them were locked out with high-level security clearance, no doubt, but each of them possessed a suitable power replacement — so Perkins fetched one up and, holding the edges with his pinky and thumb, slapped the back flatly down on the desk nearby, cracking open the outer casing and revealing the circuitry inside.  He deftly extracted a power cell and slotted it into his combadge, then placed it back on the left breast of his sooty uniform and tapped it.

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[Story by Shawn Alpay, Character Art by Thomas Marrone]

Previously on Star Trek: Loma Prieta…
Episode 1: Shifts – Prologue
Episode 1: Shifts – Act 1
Episode 1: Shifts – Act 2
Episode 1: Shifts – Act 3
Episode 1: Shifts – Act 4
Episode 1: Shifts – Act 5
Episode 1: Shifts – Act 6

ACT 7

The Loma Prieta’s impulse engines and starboard maneuvering thrusters roared to life, and the Starfleet vessel arced gracefully ahead and left, narrowly avoiding a stream of green plasma energy slung by one of the nodes on the innermost science station.  A reply of three photon torpedoes was quickly volleyed, zipping forward and narrowly missing their target, with one of the projectiles impacting on the surface of the ring installation and the other two missing completely, disappearing into the anomaly.

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[Story by Shawn Alpay, Character Art by Thomas Marrone]

Previously on Star Trek: Loma Prieta…
Episode 1: Shifts – Prologue
Episode 1: Shifts – Act 1
Episode 1: Shifts – Act 2
Episode 1: Shifts – Act 3
Episode 1: Shifts – Act 4
Episode 1: Shifts – Act 5

ACT 6

“Captain Sung!  And Mr. Perkins!  A pleasure to see you both.  But may I ask, why have you diverted from your reported course?”

“Admiral Rothschild?” Sung said, staring at the viewscreen.  “Are you here?”

“No, Captain,” Rothschild replied, folding his arms.  “I’m back at Starbase 415… expecting you.  The installation in which you find yourself is configured to remotely prepare weapons and notify Starfleet Command upon detection of any vessel.”

“Admiral… what is this place?”

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Please note, STAR TREK: LOMA PRIETA will be taking a mid-episode hiatus starting today. We will return with Act 5 of Episode 1 on Tuesday, October 8th.

[Story by Shawn Alpay, Character Art by Thomas Marrone]

Previously on Star Trek: Loma Prieta…
Episode 1: Shifts – Prologue
Episode 1: Shifts – Act 1
Episode 1: Shifts – Act 2
Episode 1: Shifts – Act 3

ACT 4

“Rothschild here.  What’s the latest, Commander Sung?”

“He’s been read his charges and directed to the brig, Admiral, per your direction.”

“Very good.”  With his bulky build and greying beard, Admiral Rothschild cut an imposing figure in his chair as displayed on Commander Sung’s console, though he clearly exuded the air of a man past his physical prime.  “That’s very good.  Starfleet won’t stand for such incursion against its vessels, and Perkins will taste justice soon enough.”

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