A Call to Darkness - Michael Jan Friedman
Chapter One
Captain’s Log, Stardate 42908.6:
Our efforts to find the research ship Gregor Mendel have led us to the Trilik’kon Mahk’ti system, well outside the boundaries of Federation space. I do not believe it is an overdramatization to call Trilik’kon Mahk’ti our last hope.
We have been searching this sector for weeks, painstakingly inspecting every system, every planet-without so much as a hint of success. Even our communications beacons have been unproductive, their broadcasts met wit ...