B'Elanna is an excellent addition to the cast you are building.
I find the mixing very interesting.
Too bad Seska is probably going to betray everyone to the snakes because they are cousins
Hoping for more soon
Thanks

I like this, more than I thought I would. I hope you don't abandon it. I almost didn't read it, because of the "Nu" thing. Glad I did. Spelling and Grammar is spot on as well. Good job, looking forward to seeing where you take it.

I think Cortana has the right idea, BTW. One of the things I hate about some YAHF's is the "Buffy tries to change Xander back" trope, and it looks like you'll be avoiding that. Keep up the good work.

Are Janus and Q the same entity?

Can Cortana remotely tap into the internet and send an e-mail message to the Scooby Gang, or Jenny's cyber-coven, or Clan Kalderash? It'd let them know Xander is alive, and magic could help cure Cortana's future rampancy.

It’d be reasonable for Vulcan and Bajoran biology to respond differently to Goa’uld possession; an allergic reaction to Naquadah, or causing Seska’s latent Cardassian DNA to activate, or premature Pon'far mating instincts, etc.

Aside from technology, StarTrek-based medical knowledge could give Stargate Command a means to safely remove Goa’uld implanted into hosts, as well as possibly (1)duplicate Samantha Carter’s ability to detect Goa’uld presences and (2)invent a neural implant or hypospray inoculation to help someone fight off parasitic possession so they retain some degree of control over their bodies.

Can non-humans be given the ATA gene? The Atlantis crew came up with a gene therapy treatment to increase the number of ATA individuals.

The Tok’ra lack a Queen and suffer from zero to negative population growth, but Federation medical knowledge could convert a willing Tok’ra (like Anise) into a Queen via gene therapy, surgical modification, and hypospray treatments. There a few trans-species individuals: Seska converted herself into a Bajoran, and Arne Darvin from “The Trouble with Tribbles” was a Klingon who became human.

Can replicators made synthetic Naquadah? The Star Trek series never delved into the full ramifications of being able to manipulate matter and energy on an industrial level. Studying how the Stargate converts and transports matter over galactic distances could refine replicator abilities.

Xander or Cortana should specify how many people are needed to staff a skeleton crew: the original Enterprise had a crew complement of 430 while Picard’s ship had +1000. This new starship from the reboot “Star Trek” movie is closer to Picard’s size in terms of size and bulk. On the plus side, having the whole ship to themselves without Federation oversight means Xander, Chakotay, B’Elanna, Seska, and Tuvok have far more flexibility to modify rooms to suit their personal tastes, such as tearing down the wall between two senior officer quarters to create a five-room apartment suite, or building a Holodeck, or Chakotay turning the arboretum into his own private meditation room, etc. Don't be afraid to let Xander have some fun with the resources at his disposal; all work and not play makes Jack a dull boy.

How often does the Enterprise need to refuel its anti-matter supply, electro-plasma, or what-have-you? I was thinking that to converse finite resources, Xander may consider installing a secondary FTL propulsion system on the Enterprise.

The universal translator is partially based off of artificial telepathy as it identifies mental concepts by scanning brainwave activity and then analyze what words someone says when thinking about a specific idea or concept. The underlying mechanisms for the universal translator could be used to create a lie-detector or artificial empathic senses similar to Deanna Troy the half-Betazoid counselor of the Enterprise-D. Even if such a machine is large and not portable, it’d let Cortana sense the emotions of her crew which would help her retain the humanity she absorbed from Miss Jenny Calendar the Techno-Pagan Gypsy.

In real-life, studies into what is known as brain-reading or brain fingerprinting attempt to scan what a person is thinking, beginning in the mid-90s but not taking off until the early 2000s. They’ve had limited success where subjects try to get speakers or monitors to display the words or images they’re thinking of, and have been used in a few criminal investigations with mixed results.

Great chapter!

Really looking forward to seeing how Xander handles things.

Will they ever end going to a Star Trek uni for a time?

Is Cortana still in danger of ‘rampancy’ now that she is part of the Enterprise’s computer? Regardless of whether or not the tech-boost caused by the Narada’s arrival accelerated the development of Soong-type positronic brains, the android “Ted” shows up a few episodes after “Halloween” which could give Xander the tools needed to slow or prevent Cortana’s ‘rampancy.’

In terms of Xander upgrading SG-1, think about TOS episode “A Piece of the Action” where McCoy left behind his communicator in a Prohibition Era society and worried that ‘very soon’ the gangsters would be in space on equal terms with the Federation* due to reverse-engineering the device. A sticky-fingered member of Stargate or NID could gain a huge advantage by swiping something as innocuous as a communicator.

*http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7815543/10/Slayer-Magic

Would it better if commbadges were voice-activated instead of requiring a physical touch to activate. What about a Bloodtooth-like headset camera/communicator to help maximize crew efficiency?

I like how this could progress and what you've done with it so far, so I'm really hoping to see more! I like the new, more confident Xander, but I would recommend keeping some of his personality quirks to allow us readers to empathise with the most loved parts of his personality.

This story is getting really interesting.

First off, Ishta, played by the same actress that played the Vulcan science officer on "Enterprise". It would've been fun to have had that vessel or at least, that character pop up here. The thought of Xander having to deal with both women is just too funny. At the very least, if they reach an accord, Xander could begin to crew his vessel with some of the older girls Ishta has saved while being a home for the younger ones.

Which brings me to another point. Xander broadcast both audio and visual. That means that Moloc's Jaffa know she's onboard. Meaning that her cover is blown. What is the High Priestess doing on the enemy ship that destroyed their God's ha'tak? There should be fallout from that since Xander didn't destroy the two enemy vessels.

About the Maquis. I'm very happy to see B'Elanna Torres coming aboard. One of my favorite characters and someone who is very much like Xander's favorite kind of woman (Buffy, Faith, Cordelia, Anya, Ishta), a strong, head-strong, independent and powerful woman. I can see the clashes between these two and can't help but giggle evilly.

Secondly, the moment Chakotay and company realize the Enterprise is manned only by a single crewman and that the woman with him is a guest, they'll try to take over the ship. After all, they outnumber him, right? It'll be fun to find out what Cortana/Jenny will do. Beam them into the brig, without their weapons or maybe into space? Either way, it's pretty much a given that, using her internal sensors, she'll find out about the medical procedures Seska's undergone to make her look like a Bajoran. Fun times by all.

Well Xander now has the beginning of a crew and a quest to free the Jafa too. I hope he doesn't forget about his old friends just because he has new ones.
A lot of potential betrayal here too, I'm not sure I believe that Gouald about her intentions!

Great addition. I like the fact that you got some of the Voyager crew in here. Are they from the actual Voyager ST:TNG universe (albeit alternate since they somehow wound up in Xander's reality and/or may be reality "clones" that the wave copied and stranded them in the BTVS-verse as the original "them" may still be in their own universe)?

As a suggestion, you should - after deliberation between them - also have them combine tech between them, TNG, nuTrek, AND UNSC to upgrade/retrofit the Enterprise to appropriately be able to deal with not just the snakes but also with the Ori later on because you seem to have slightly nerfed the ship in this chapter from chapter one.

I like the way you've been able to blend Xander as having some sort of mix of the original James Kirk and nuKirk because he sounded more "seasoned" as a captain. The only thing I HATED in nuTrek was that they are too cavalier in handing out on the spot promotions to the chair the moment the current captain gets off the ship in some sort of do or die mission or whatever. For a paramilitary arm of the Federation - even in the nuTrek-verse - I think it's illogical (pun intended) that ingrained protocol went out the window/airlock every time it has a chance. The only time protocol was even closely followed remotely was in the scene when Kirk confronted Nero and offered assistance at the time the Narada was imploding into the rift when original Kirk would be the first in line before Spock in shoving several Photon Torps down Nero's gullet.

Very mysterious. How did they get there?

looking forward to reading more of this.

I like your story.
If you need a crew, could us Mudd's androids or Star Trek fans.
keep writing

That was quick. A bit under 2 weeks. Anyway, I suppose that's one way to get crew. Aren't the Val Jean crew Starfleet, though? The way they were talking made it sound like they weren't. I admit I don't know much about Star Trek, though, so I suppose they might not be.

EDIT: Thanks for clearing that up.

Nope, well except for one that was undercover ;) They're Maquis, which is basically a group of resistance fighters against Cardassians. There's a lot more to it, so if you're curious here's a link to the Memory Alpha article.

http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Maquis

YASOL!

This is on the verge of becoming a cool sub-genre and has several good writers involved. I hope that everyone continues to completions and that includes you. I enjoyed the minimal setup and jump right into the story. So many authors spend a lotta time rehashing purchase to being the costumes and going on about Buffy's 'lady' costume. Any way, great start to your story!

Ciao.