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    Star Trek: Ambush
    Star Trek: Ambush
    Star Trek: Ambush
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    Star Trek: Ambush

    By Dave Galanter and Greg Brodeur

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    STARFLEET CORPS OF ENGINEERS
    What started out as a simple supply run turns into a life-or-death struggle! The crew of the U.S.S. da Vinci thought they were just bringing mining supplies to Beta Argola. But en route they find out that the planet has been attacked -- by the same superior forces that are now overwhelming the da Vinci!
    Overmatched by three enemy vessels that will not rest until the da Vinci is destroyed, the S.C.E. crew must use all of their wits to figure out how to take on a more powerful foe. And they have to do it soon, because the miners on Beta Argola are quickly running out of time before their reactor goes critical....
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPocket Books/Star Trek
    Release dateDec 14, 2001
    ISBN9780743428781
    Star Trek: Ambush
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    Dave Galanter

    Dave Galanter has authored (or coauthored with collaborator Greg Brodeur) various Star Trek projects, including Voyager: Battle Lines, the Next Generation duology Maximum Warp, The Original Series novels Crisis of Consciousness and Troublesome Minds, and numerous works of short Star Trek fiction.

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      Arrrrrgh! Christian Basile pulled back his freshly bleeding hand. He gritted his teeth and protectively pulled his wrist toward his chest.

      What happened? Maria came running up the stone corridor. What did you do?

      Christian grunted. I was trying to seal a coupling and my hand slipped. The damn backup generator was down again. I got ’er going but—at a cost. He tentatively showed her his blood-covered hand.

      Oh, my. Maria’s eyes widened at the sight of the gash on her husband’s hand. She took off her scarf and wrapped it tightly around his palm and the base of his fingers. We need to let the doctor see that.

      He shook his head. Later. Now that the backup is online again I want to make sure she stays that way. With his good hand Christian pulled a tricorder from his overalls and flipped it open.

      As it chirped alive, Maria took the tricorder from him and put it into the back pocket of her work belt. "You’re going to see the doctor."

      He ignored her and pushed past to the computer console at her left. I think— He made the mistake of touching the control board with his bad hand. Arrgh!

      Don’t do that! She rushed forward and pulled his arm back.

      Excellent advice, he said through clenched teeth, but had finished pulling up the data he needed. I think we’re going to be okay for a while.

      Maria tentatively guided him toward the center of the mining complex. Until it breaks down again.

      Yes, until then. He shook his head and let her guide him. She’s a finicky one.

      He sensed playfulness in Maria’s mock frown. Why do you keep calling it a she? she asked.

      Because she has me up at all hours tending to her every need, and I spend the longest time trying to please her, only to get a tiny bit of happiness in return. She’s the definition of ‘high maintenance.’ What else could she be, but a she?

      Maria groaned. That’s mind-numbingly sexist.

      It’s the Ferengi in me, he said, chuckling.

      You’re from Alpha Centauri, she reminded him unnecessarily. "Not a very sexist culture. And you do not have any Ferengi in you."

      You said you’d never hold my small lobes against me.

      She laughed. Listen to me and get this straight, she said, stopping them both and pulling him to her. If lobe size mattered, I’d never have married you in the first place. She kissed him.

      I know, he said around the kiss.

      I know you know, she mumbled, touching his lips with hers, then his chin, then his cheek.

      So … you don’t really think I’m a sexist? By now he’d mostly forgotten his throbbing hand. He kissed her again.

      Maria pulled back just long enough to answer. You don’t taste like a sexist.

      Neither do you, he murmured, then grunted in pain—she had pressed against his hand.

      Her brows knitting, she gasped and saw her scarf was now soaked with blood. We have to get that looked at.

      He nodded and they continued walking. "I’m hoping the doctor recommends bed rest," he said, and winked at her.

      You’re hoping bed, but not rest.

      Yes, I—

      A chirping alert from the tricorder cut off his thought and he quickly stopped to check it, pulling it clumsily from Maria’s belt.

      It’s the backup generator again. Closing the tricorder, he handed it back to her. Something else this time. How are we on batteries?

      Maria sighed and brushed a strand of dark hair from her eyes. He loved her hair, her olive skin … he should be thinking of the reactor.

      Last I checked we had forty-three percent charge.

      I wish we could increase the rate of charge, he said, but I think we’d blow the circuits again.

      Can you fix the new problem? What is it?

      Overload because the mix isn’t clean on the reactor. I’m going to fiddle with the mix again and reset.

      Of course. She nodded. Do you need—?

      A hand? He raised his bad paw but shook his head. Tell the doctor I’ll stop by the infirmary when I’m done.

      She nodded. He could tell she didn’t like letting him work on the generator before seeing the doctor, but she also knew how important it was to keep power running on a class-D planetoid.

      I’ll let people know the power will be back soon.

      "And see

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