The King’s Fleet, Starfleet and even the universe lost something when John Warren grasped his chest and collapsed onto the floor of the promenade at Starbase 756. John Warren, legendary commanding officer of the USS Quasar Quest, the Double Q was dying. He had been a ship commanding officer, a fleet commanding officer and a valiant leader in Starfleet and the King’s Fleet and all that was about to be lost. It was just too much to lose.
The King’s Fleet had had some history with the keeping alive of persons in a trill host. Until the King’s Fleet, no other race to race transfers had been successful but given the wealth of knowledge at risk, it was worth a try with Captain Warren before his body left his brain alone because of his failing heart.
The process was to remove his brain stem and merge it with a Trill and then embed that in the body of another Trill host to create a blended being. Because of the fears associated with losing some of the knowledge in the transfer, a Trill host who had aged to her early 20s in an external womb was chosen so your mind would be clear and would not jeopardize the knowledge of Captain Warren with some existing histories.
The goal had been intended to get a male host but there just was not time and the closest host was a external womb female. The risk of losing the knowledge was too great.
Imagine your brain waking up from a heart attack in the body of a 60 plus year old male in the body of a 20 something female. Jamie gasped when she awoke from the medical coma. She was alive. There were tubes everywhere. She pulled them out and stumbled into the lavatory. She gasped once more when she saw herself.
John had known Christian Moyer since the then Provisional Captain had served aboard the Quasar Quest as the Chief Tactical Officer. Christian walked into the gasps, “Sorry John, you were not supposed to find out like this.”
The 20 something female sat on the bed as Christian explained the events of the massive coronary. Christian then explained the process used to perpetuate the life of one Captain John Warren using the Trill host exobiology.
“Oh god!!”, Jamie exclaimed coming to grips with her new found life.
“You have a whole bunch of things to comprehend, understand and come to grips with. You don’t even have a name. I just don’t feel comfortable calling you, John.”, Christian chuckled.
“However I would be honoured to have you serve aboard the Double Q.”, Captain Moyer smiled.
“You would be given the rank of Commander because of your extensive experience but also to ensure the chain of command. The Quasar Quest is my ship now.”, Moyer snarled.
“Choose your name and join me on the bridge when you are ready.”, Christian smiled.
John Warren was no fool. He knew of the fan fiction legend of James T Kirk, his idol and mentor. Childish stories were written about a female Kirk and Mr. Spock. The stories of Jamie Kirk and Mr. Spock were hilarious. John chuckled as he looked into the mirror, “Commander Jamie Warren, Chief Tactical Officer, USS Quasar Quest. It has a nice ring to it.”
