Star Trek: Voyager: Unworthy (Star Trek: Voyager) by Kirsten Beyer

Author:Kirsten Beyer [Beyer, Kirsten]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction, Adventure
ISBN: 9781439103982
Goodreads: 6180992
Publisher: Pocket Books
Published: 2009-09-29T00:00:00+00:00

Five hours later, and without damage to the deflector or core, Seven had successfully expanded the range of Voyager’s subspace receivers by approximately thirty thousand light-years.

It would be another hour and forty minutes, however, until Seven’s efforts were rewarded.

“You have to talk to her,” Tom said.

He was seated at Chakotay’s left and had been quietly insisting for the last several minutes that whether or not their search results bore fruit, they were honor-bound to return to the scene of the battle to retrieve Planck’s remains and more thoroughly analyze the debris field for remnants of their other ships.

“I know,” Chakotay replied.

“Between the two ships we’re talking about over seven hundred people. That’s too many families back home to leave wondering what happened to their loved ones.”

Chakotay hadn’t considered it from this point of view; he was more worried about the seven hundred plus crewmen and officers that might still be in need of rescue. But Tom was right.

“I know,” Chakotay said again.

Tom paused, clearly not satisfied with Chakotay’s acknowledgment.

“It’s not that I don’t understand the risks,” Tom went on. “But I can’t believe she’d just abandon them without knowing for sure that they were destroyed.”

Chakotay met Tom’s eyes. “I get it,” he said intently. “But I’d like to see her come to that conclusion on her own before—”

“Captain,” Ensign Lasren interrupted from ops.

“Yes, Ensign?” Chakotay replied, turning to see the young Betazoid’s face alight with relief.

“I think I’ve found our needle,” Lasren said.

“On-screen,” Chakotay ordered as he turned back to the main viewscreen.

A dark, grainy image filled the screen, replacing the star field. At first, Chakotay couldn’t see what had Lasren so excited.

“I know it’s not much to look at, but this is the best image I can pull from the astrometric sensors,” Lasren said. After a moment, a subtle blue flash emerged and then disappeared so quickly Chakotay almost thought he had imagined it. “The debris field conceals the image but for that tenth of a second. It appears that the Federation contact is located well within the system.” When no one hurried to congratulate him, Lasren continued, “It’s faint, but I’m almost sure it’s them.”

“Who?” Chakotay asked.

The wind left some of Lasren’s sails as he replied, “I can’t say for sure.”

“Could it be debris?” Tom asked.

“Yes,” Lasren reluctantly admitted. “But as it’s the only contact visible, I’m thinking it’s an intact vessel, probably Demeter.”

Chakotay stared hard at the image that Lasren had running in a recurring loop. Every few seconds, the blue flash appeared, almost daring him to come closer.

“I agree with Lasren,” Harry piped up from tactical. “It’s definitely a Federation signature. I’d estimate approximately six hundred thousand kilometers from the system’s fourth planet. It’s also a viable trajectory from Demeter’s last known course.”

Before Chakotay could contact Eden to inform her of this development, she hurried onto the bridge, her face aglow.

“Ensign Gwyn, you should be receiving new coordinates from astrometrics at any moment. Plot a slipstream jump and let me know the moment you are prepared to execute.

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