Eugenics - 003 - To Reign in Hell by Star Trek

Author:Star Trek [Star Trek]
Language: deu
Format: epub
Published: 2011-02-06T10:07:09.390000+00:00

Kirk struggled to keep up with these unexpected twists. "I'm confused," he admitted. "If you're not with Khan, who are you?" "We are the Exiles," she declared, raising her chin imperiously. "Sworn foes of the despot, Khan Noonien Singh, and all who serve him. For over a decade, we have lived only to bring his diabolical reign to an end." The last of the dissidents, Kirk realized, led by the daughter of Khan's old nemesis. Kirk recalled from Khan's journal how divisions within the colony had headed toward a breaking point in the years after the cataclysm. I guess Khan chose to leave these rebels behind when he made his escape from the planet. "Fascinating," Spock remarked. "It appears that the Eugenics Wars repeated themselves three hundred years later, pitting superhuman against superhuman once more." That explains that armory I glimpsed earlier, Kirk thought. Khan and the Exiles were fighting a civil war here, right up to the point that Khan hijacked the Reliant. Khan probably sealed up Marla's crypt right before he left the planet, in order to keep the Exiles from desecrating his loving memorial - just as Astrid did, the first chance she got. Furthermore, he reasoned, Astrid and the rest of the Exiles must not have realized that Khan was missing until well after Reliant's crew was rescued from the planet. Not too surprising, given the hostile relations between the two tribes; the Exiles probably kept pretty clear of Khan's territory until just recently. "Enough!" Astrid snapped. "You cannot deceive us with such transparent playacting." She fondled the phaser in her grip and glared venomously at Kirk. "As leader of our tribe, I have sworn a blood oath to bring down the Tyrant. Do not attempt to shield him from our vengeance!" "But Khan is dead!" McCoy blurted out. "He was blown to atoms nearly a year ago!" Astrid reeled backward, looking as though she had just been struck by lightning. But she quickly regained her composure - and hostile attitude. "That's impossible! Do you take me for a fool?" "He's telling the truth," Kirk insisted. "Khan and his people escaped Ceti Alpha V in a stolen starship, but the ship was soon destroyed in battle." He omitted mentioning the Genesis Device, which would only raise more questions in the woman's mind. "There were no survivors." "Lies!" Astrid accused them, her Valkyrie-like features contorted in fury. "The Tyrant cannot be dead, not at the hands of mere ordinary humans. And a stolen spaceship... do you expect me to believe such nonsense?" She regarded Kirk with open suspicion. "If Khan died so long ago, what were you doing here now, in the tomb of his inferior wife, no less? Don't tell me that your return to this world is a mere coincidence." Kirk was startled by the vehemence of Astrid's reaction. But perhaps it's not so surprising, he reflected. Khan's departure several months ago must have thrown these so-called Exiles into a state of crisis. If their

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