| abstract | - Having left R'lyeh safely behind (for the moment at least), Edward asks K'hallA about her growing violent temper. She tells him the news: she is with child. Both are happy at the prospect and they agree to tell the crew at a convenient time. Later that night, Shield is awakened by battle-cries. He finds that the captain's cabin is being attacked by MACOs. They attempted to take K'hallA, but she was quite capable of holding them off. However, once she sees that Shield is awake, her focus is broken and she is subdued. He then follows and the MACO team take their hostages and leave. A moment later, Shield wakes up onboard the USS Vindicator, en route to Earth to await a trial by Starfleet Command and the Federation Council regarding his crimes against humanity. Once they reach Earth, the two of them are incarcerated in a prison center somewhere on Earth, in what had once been known as New York City. While there, they meet a prisoner who tells them that they have a better chance with the Klingon tribunal than with the Federation Council. He states that he was brought in for trial just for making public speeches that were disagreeable to the ideals of the Federation. He pled guilty and recanted what he preached, and ended up with a life incarceration here. He says that, though he hopes that they are able to be released, he knows better than to wish for the impossible.
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