Star Trek®: Destiny: Gods of Night by David Mack

Author:David Mack
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2008-11-15T00:00:00+00:00

Tuvok didn’t need to look up from his work to know who had just entered the science lab behind him. Heavy, rapid footfalls and a faint hint of an obscure Risan cologne had told him who it was. “Good evening, Mister Keru.”

“Pazlar says you two found something,” said the Trill chief of security.

“Her report may have been premature,” Tuvok said. “I am still conducting my analysis.”

Keru sidled up to Tuvok and eyed the starmaps on several adjacent monitors. “Tuvok, you’ve definitely got something here. Fill me in—I want to know whatever you can tell me about this.”

It was clear to Tuvok that Keru would not be willing to wait for his official report at the start of the next shift. He suppressed a surge of negative emotions and pointed out details as he spoke. “Lieutenant Commander Pazlar suggested that we narrow our investigation to those energy pulses that directly intersect known star systems. As she suspected, very few systems satisfy that criterion.” He began augmenting the images on the screens with illustrative overlays. “The first, which led us to this method, is a remnant of the supernova that created the Azure Nebula. So far, we’ve identified three others.” Pointing from each monitor to the next, he continued, “An uncharted system in the Delta Quadrant. A periphery system in globular cluster Messier 80. And an unnamed system in the Gamma Quadrant.”

“What about the other energy pulses?” Keru asked. “There had to be dozens of them.”

“If we assume that each one is targeted at a specific star or planet, then the remaining pulses appear to be focused on subjects outside of our galaxy.”

A dubious look creased Keru’s brow. “What if we have assumed wrong? What if the pulses are passageways that open in deep space, away from prying eyes?”

“Then we would need to modify our research accordingly.”

Keru narrowed his eyes and lowered his chin, signaling his apparent displeasure with Tuvok’s answer. “All right, then,” he said. “Let’s examine the facts in hand. Have you uncovered any connections between these four locations?”

“I have found no direct connections,” Tuvok replied.

Displaying the interrogatory style that had served him so well as a security officer, Keru asked, “What about indirect connections? Or suspicious coincidences?”

“I had hoped to conduct a more thorough investigation before sharing my initial discoveries,” Tuvok said, “in part because I am not yet convinced that they are relevant, to either the phenomenon ahead of us, or to the crisis currently unfolding within the Federation.”

His attention fully engaged, Keru pushed, “So you did find some kind of link?”

“Possibly,” Tuvok said. He changed the images on one of the monitors. “The beam intersection in the Gamma Quadrant falls inside a star system where, eight years ago, the Starship Defiant discovered the wreckage of the Earth ship Columbia.”

“I read about that,” Keru said. “It went missing right before the Earth-Romulan war.”

“Correct,” Tuvok said, and he pointed at the monitor showing the first intersection point. “They vanished in 2156, while traveling from the Onias Sector with a convoy near this supernova remnant, which at that time was a main-sequence star.

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