Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers: Miracle Workers by John J. Ordover (editor) & Keith R.A. DeCandido (editor)

Author:John J. Ordover (editor) & Keith R.A. DeCandido (editor)
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Science Fiction, Fiction, Star Trek Omnibuses, Star Trek
Publisher: Pocket Books
Published: 2002-02-01T07:00:00+00:00

By the time I left the hospital, the suns had set and the day’s work was done. Sarindar looks a lot different at night. During the day, it’s one of the most beautiful sights in the galaxy. The crystalline trees and bushes stretch into the sky and shine in the sunlight. The prismatic effects are glorious. At the right angle, you can see a tremendous spectrum burst—rainbows without rain. It’s a streak of colors from red to violet flying off into the sky. I have to admit that I spent a lot of time this first day letting myself get distracted by the colors and the bright beauty of it all.

At night, though, it doesn’t look like much of anything. Sarindar doesn’t have a moon, so the only illumination is provided by the stars and by the dull lanterns that had been issued to the work camps. I wish I’d thought to bring some Starfleet lamps, which would have illuminated the whole place, and perhaps glinted off the plants and ground, but the only one I have is attached to my sonic rifle. The Nalori lanterns cast the dullest of yellow glows—they seem to wash all the life out of the planet.

Or maybe it’s the workers themselves. They sit outside their tents—tents —and eat, drink, play cards, tell stories, but there’s no enthusiasm. Nobody is ever smiling. The stories I catch snatches of all sound depressing. The drunk ones are all melancholy, and the hungry ones only seem to be eating to sustain themselves (though, given the quality of the food, that’s probably all you can expect).

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