Star Trek Deep Space Nine - 26 - Vengeance by Star Trek

Author:Star Trek
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Science Fiction
ISBN: 9780671004682
Publisher: Pocket Books, Inc.
Published: 1998-01-02T08:00:00+00:00

For a long moment, the pair stared at the receding dot

until it stopped. They could not see Klingons getting off,

but they knew they were. They couldn't hear them call

for backup, but it was moments away. Think, think,

think! thought O'Brien, but the only plan that suggested

itself was a pell-mell dash back the way they had

come... and surely the Klingons would swarm the

crossover bridge from both ends, anticipating just such a

retreat. "Damn it, there's got to be somewhere to go!" he

said, half aloud.

Bashir had a peculiar, faraway look on his face.

"What?" demanded the chief, grabbing the doctor's arm

to bring him back to the here-and-now.

"Chief, how tight is the forceshield around this sta-

tion?"

"What?" O'Brien scowled. "Julian, what are you on

about now?"

"Does... does the forceshield that surrounds Deep

Space Nine fit exactly against the outer hull? Or is there a

gap?"

Chief O'Brien's frown deepened. How did Bashir

always manage to find a safe spot? "Normally there

wouldn't be any gaps, but this station is a crazy-quilt of

Cardassian technology with--"

"So there are gaps," Bashir interrupted.

O'Brien's eyes narrowed, then suddenly widened.

"Oh, you're not thinking about... You're crazy!"

Bashit raised both eyebrows. "Wouldn't it work?

Couldn't it?"

O'Brien ran through the technical specs in his head.

There were a few places where he'd been keeping the

fields extended. Bloody hull always needed some repair

or other. The chief understood what Bashir was suggest-

ing. It was just crazy, though!

Yeah, crazy like a fox. "Come on, Julian, we don't have

all day!"

Miles O'Brien led the doctor along the tube toward the

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