Star Trek: Seekers - 002 - Point of Divergence by Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore

Author:Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Science Fiction, General, Media Tie-In, Action & Adventure, Fiction
ISBN: 9781476757261
Publisher: Pocket Books/Star Trek
Published: 2014-08-26T07:00:00+00:00

19

“All hands to your positions! Let’s move, people! Move move move!”

Clark Terrell’s voice exploded from Katherine Stano’s open communicator, the volume of his shouted commands enough to make her flinch. She stepped up onto the small cargo crate and peered over the larger container that had been set into the ground before her, giving herself a better view of the area around the Sagittarius. Defensive positions similar to her own had been prepared at intervals in a circle around the crashed scout ship, consisting of cargo containers, the trunks of felled trees, and even duranium plates Master Chief Ilucci and his engineers had pulled from the ship’s hull. The components had been set into the ground, behind which were holes, excavated using phaser rifles from the vessel’s armory, which were shallow enough for a person to stand upright while using the crates and other items for cover.

“Here we go again,” Stano said, looking to either side of her hole as stragglers moved toward their positions on the hastily constructed perimeter. Terrell had reported moments earlier that the Sagittarius sensors had picked up the approach of airborne Tomol life-forms, heading away from Suba and toward this island. Repair tasks on the ship had been suspended as the entire crew scrambled to complete final preparations for what everyone was sure was another attack. Based on the sensor scans, Nimur and her fellow Changed would be here in minutes.

And here we are, stuck.

The Endeavour had been out of communications for an extended period, with the exception of a single burst transmission containing a brief summary of the starship’s present condition following an attack from a ground-based energy weapon. Repairs currently were under way or being finalized on systems across the ship, which meant it still was vulnerable to attack from not only the ground but also the Klingon warship that remained in the Nereus system. Even delivering this update had proved to be a challenge, as the ship had been forced to attempt a high-speed flyby of the planet and stay within communications range just long enough to transmit the message. The short version of the story was that Stano and everyone else here on the ground would be without support from the Endeavour until further notice.

“Showtime, people!” shouted Vanessa Theriault, calling out to those Sagittarius and Endeavour personnel within earshot. Standing several meters to Stano’s right, the first officer had taken up position in the adjacent hole, her left hand resting on the stock of the phaser rifle she had laid across the edge of the hull plate barrier. Behind her, Lieutenant Lerax was talking into his communicator, no doubt working with Senior Chief Petty Officer Razka, the Sagittarius’s lead field scout and security head, to coordinate final placements of the scout ship’s crew as well as the Endeavour personnel, along with Kerlo and his fellow Tomol who had survived the fight with Nimur at the bird-of-prey crash site. Even Tormog had volunteered to take up a position on the line, the

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