Sean sat back as the shuttle raced toward the Nausicaan ship. He was relaxed with the choice he had made. He felt as though he had done no wrong. Well... a little perhaps, but other than that he didn't feel guilty.
"Sean, the *Ronin* is asking us to return," Lieutenant Hancock said as he ran his fingers over the flight controls.
Sean leaned forward and opened a control panel, reached in and pulled out an ODN chip. "Really seems as though this shuttle has trouble receiving communications," he replied with a grin. Sean then got up and walked to the shuttle's replicator and ordered a cup of coffee. His thoughts were wondering what would happen to his friend when they returned. He knew his friend William was a gifted young physician, and that he had a young child to help care for. *I won't let you go down with me. I wouldn't be a friend if I did that.*
"Hey Doc, how long before we intercept the enemy vessel?"
"Forty-five minutes, Sean. Why?" Will said, turning his head to see that Sean had a PADD in hand.
"Enough time for me to do something. Don't worry about me and what I'm doing, laddie." Sean was quiet while he tried to figure out how he would write out his confession, then it came to him.
Lieutenant Sean O'Neal *USS Ronin-A* Chief of Security. I swear to god and on my Loyalty Oath to the United Federation of Planets, that on Stardate 2461973 I deliberately stole a shuttle and sabotage the *USS Ronin* to destroy and carry out what I believe to be retribution for the death of Captain Ryan Evans. I also took Lieutenant Junior Grade William Hancock as my prisoner and forced him to fly the stolen shuttle. He had no idea of my intentions.
Sean locked out the PADD and placed it in his cargo pocket. He then made his way to the copilot seat and sat quietly as did Hancock for the duration of the trip to destroy the enemy ship.
"Sir, we are approaching the Nausicaan ship," Hancock said with pleasure.
"Good. Bring us in at bearing 04 mark 21." Sean powered up the phasers and locked them on the ship's plasma leak. He waited until the shuttle was about 300 meters from the venting warp nacelle.
"Take that you bloody murdering pirates!" Sean yelled as he held the phaser fire control button down and a volley of phaser fire erupted from the phasers cutting a swath through the Nausicaan ship's warp engine. The nacelle then exploded and a few other explosions followed.
"I'm reading a massive energy flux -- they are going into a warp core breach. The *Ronin* is going to pick that up," Hancock said as he flew the ship out of the edge of the Briar Patch. The Nausicaan ship exploded in a huge fireball. The shockwave hit the tiny shuttle and rocked it causing minor damage.
The two officers took a sigh of relief and gave each other a high five. Then the shuttle's sensors began to beep. Sean looked down to see a few unsavory surprises.
"Oh crap. Hold on!" Sean yelled as a another Nausicaan ship fired it's phasers at the shuttle, taking out its shields. The shuttle rocked and rolled over knocking them out of their seats. Sean struggled to regain his foothold.
[Inferior Federation vessel. Prepare to be boarded or be destroyed!] The comm channel blurted out.
"Very well," Sean said, pressing another button that sent out an automated distress call.
*Now I wish I would have thought this thing out fully.*