Interphase (Book 1 of 2) by Dayton Ward

Author:Dayton Ward [Ward, Dayton]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B000FC0Q8O
Publisher: Pocket Books/Star Trek
Published: 2012-07-13T17:35:05+00:00

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Sitting at the engineering station on the bridge of the Defiant, Sonya Gomez couldn’t deny the feeling that she’d stepped backward into history.

As she ran her hands along the glossy black console and let her fingers trace over the rows of multicolored buttons, she realized how Captain Gold had been enamored with the idea of boarding this vessel. The sensation had begun to assert itself earlier, down in the engineering section, but it was nothing compared to what she had felt when she set foot on the bridge.

Her trained eyes had inspected every station, every control, and come away impressed. The design of the Defiant’s nerve center, like many of the systems she’d seen so far on the ship, were ones that held up surprisingly well despite the gap in technology they represented. She had been very satisfied with what she had found in engineering.

“So you’re saying she’ll hold together?” Gold asked, a childlike grin dominating his features.

Gomez nodded. “Most definitely, sir. The maneuvering thrusters are operating well within acceptable parameters, even though they’ve been out of commission for a century. It’ll be more than enough to help the da Vinci pull us out if necessary. They certainly knew how to build these old ships.”

In addition to restoring power to the thrusters, Gomez had also returned power and life support to the bridge, allowing the away team to remove their environment-suit helmets. Of course, Gold had let her activate the automatic air scrubbers first, while he and Soloman had taken the time to remove the remains of Captain Blair and the unknown crewman he had found on the bridge. Gomez for one had been thankful for that. During the time it had taken her and Soloman to install the generators, they had encountered more skeletons of the engineering crew. The ghastly sight had begun to unnerve her more than she wanted to admit.

“Captain,” Soloman said from where he sat at the science station, “I have obtained access… to the ship’s main computer. We now have access to the entire data storage network, including the… captain’s logs.”

“Excellent,” Gold replied. “Maybe now we can finally find out what happened to this ship. See if you can find anything in the logs about the rift.” He paused for a moment before adding, “Or Tholians, while you’re at it.” Noticing Gomez’s questioning look, the captain shrugged. “A hunch.”

She turned to watch Soloman set to his task. Bynars as a race interacted with computers as easily as humans conversed with one another. On their home planet, the central computer system was highly regarded throughout the Federation as one of the pinnacles of information processing capability. Like others of his species, Soloman was used to computers possessing far greater power and speed than those of a century-old starship.

Despite his best efforts, however, Soloman was still adjusting to working as a lone entity, rather than being able to divide responsibilities with his bondmate. In the weeks following 111’s tragic death, Soloman had at times found himself confused, hesitant, even resistant to the idea of working alone.

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