Star Trek: Chain of Attack by Gene DeWeese

Author:Gene DeWeese
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Science Fiction, Star Trek, Fiction
ISBN: 9780671666583
Publisher: Pocket Books
Published: 1987-01-02T08:00:00+00:00

"All right," McCoy said hesitantly after a moment of blinking silence,

"let's do things sensibly for a change. Mr. Sulu, you heard Dr.

Crandall. Prepare to fire. Lieutenant Tomson," he added, looking toward

the security chief, "be prepared to escort the captain and Mr. Spock to

their quarters as Dr. Crandall suggested." As he spoke, McCoy put his

hand on Kirk's wrist in what Crandall saw as an apologetic gesture. Kirk

stood up slowly from the command chair. "I hope you know what you're

doing, Bones," he said, slumping as he stepped down and moved toward

Crandall and the security detail. "Mr. Spock?" With only a slight

arching of his eyebrows, Spock turned from the science station and

followed Kirk, his hands raised roughly to shoulder level in the face of

the leveled phaser. Crandall stepped back out of his way, his grip

tightening on the weapon. "Everything is under control, Dr. Crandall,"

McCoy said, still standing to one side of the command chair. "However,

there's something you should see, there, on the viewscreen." "What?"

Crandall frowned. "I see only the Hoshan ship." "There," McCoy said, "in

the corner of the screen. Mr. Sulu, bring that object to the center of

the screen, maximum magnification." With a darting glance toward McCoy,

Sulu turned sharply back to the viewscreen, his fingers playing rapidly

across the controls. An instant later, the image on the screen shifted,

the Hoshan ship sliding off the upper left corner. "I still don't see

anything!" Crandall snapped impatiently. "Look more closely," McCoy

said. "There," Sulu said, raising his finger to point at a spot near the

center of the screen. "Right there." Squinting, Crandall took a step

forward. "There's nothing--" he began, but suddenly he was silent,

slumping to the deck as Spock's fingers closed

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