Episode 58: "Homecoming"

The arrival at DS19 went as expected: the station was aiming their weapons at the Gibraltar. After all, Captain McMillan and the Gibraltar crew were still seen as fugitives, thieves and even murderers. But there wasn't time for that: they needed Commander Juliesse of DS19 to trust them. The cloned USS Pico was on its way here, and it would soon destroy the station.

Unfortunately, convincing Commander Juliesse to trust the Gibraltar crew was easier said than done. It took all of the crew's diplomatic skills to even be allowed to beam on board. Once there, Captain McMillan did what he had to do: he stepped in front of the DS19 commander. Unarmed. He knew that if he failed to convince Juliesse, he and his crew would be put in the brig, and they'd die along with all of the DS19 crew once the Pico attacked.

Thankfully, McMillan pulled it off. While Juliesse still didn't completely trust him and the rest of the Gibraltar crew, at least he managed to offer her something that no reasonable commanding officer would reject: proof. If only the Gibraltar crew were allowed to work on DS19's sensor array, in order to adjust it, then the DS19 sensors themselves would be able to spot the clone particles in the cloned ship.

As McMillan, Desade, Johnson, Westland and Weatherwax went outside to adjust the sensor array, Commander Braveheart and Ensign Debbydo stayed at Main OPS, working in tandem with the rest of the crew to alter the sensors. They didn't have much time: the Pico would be here momentarily.

The modifications were completed in the nick of time: the USS Pico had just dropped out of warp. Commander Juliesse ordered the scan, and. . . she found clone particles at the frequency the Gibraltar crew had mentioned. Only now, did she truly believe them.

But accepting the Gibraltar crew back and clearing their name would have to wait: first they needed to dispose of the Pico. Luckily, Commander Juliesse had a surprise ready: with a single command, she contacted the Klingon Ambassador, and explained who *really* destroyed the Klingon outpost: the clones. It didn't take much convincing for three Klingon ships to decloak, and to disable to cloned Pico. The danger was no more.

Sadly, the Creator escaped. . . but with his cloning facilities gone, at least he wouldn't be a threat in the near future. Right now, DS19 was saved, and the Gibraltar crew was home again. No longer fugitives... it'd been a difficult couple of months, but it was well worth it. They were home.