A Hard Rain by Dean Wesey Smith

Author:Dean Wesey Smith [Smith, Dean Wesey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction, Adventure, General, High Tech, Fiction
ISBN: 9780743419277
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2002-01-02T08:00:00+00:00

Two hours before the Heart of the Adjuster is ripped off

Captain’s Log.

I have given, with great hesitation, Mr. Data and Chief Engineer La Forge permission to set up a test of the device they are calling the Adjuster on the holodeck. Due to the subspace distortions coming from the four singularities forming the Blackness, all ship’s systems are unstable, the holodeck among them. I have been informed that it has flashed through ten different programs in the last hour, including two Klingon training scenarios and a Dixon Hill case. The safety devices in the holodeck are going off and on like a flashing light.

Chief Engineer La Forge has assured me that he will set up a screen using a small portion of the Auriferite mineral around the controlling systems of the holodeck to make sure the holodeck functions within a safe range. He tells me there may still be some fluctuations, but not enough to make a difference in their tests.

I am not assured, since the mineral does not screen a large percentage of the subspace disturbances. My officers both feel they need to adjust their device before a full-scale attempt is made to shield the impulse engines and restart them. Otherwise they risk the entire device and all the mineral needed to make it work.

They have assured me that the only way is to set up a test on the holodeck. They feel the risk of losing the device in the holodeck is worth the greater risk of not having a test and failing on the restart of the impulse engines. So I have reluctantly agreed.

I am continuing to keep other personnel following other possible means of solving our problem, but so far this device is our most promising lead.

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