Damn, read up to page 7 and got bored of all the bickering about Klingons appearance.
The show is a fill in, it is supposed to be around the same time the Enterprise was out with Kirk, that is why it is weird that they have knowledge of the Defiance of the future being sent to the dimension they went to, but, it is possibly explained because of the Lead engineer scientist and the DNA from that creature can instantly travel to any point in time and space with the aid of the spores and so on.
Anyway, I like it as a fill in, it is basically a mix from the original exploring and the war of the klingons from that other show, is it the Defiance?