Honor - Kevin Killiany [39]
“But when we see something wrong and don’t fix it…” Corsi let her voice trail off, gathering her thought. “Doesn’t the Prime Directive let the Federation avoid its responsibility to the rest of the universe?”
“On the contrary, Corsi. The Prime Directive, by its very strictness, requires and enables the Federation to honor its greatest responsibility: To respect the right of all peoples to find their own way.”
THE END
About the Author
KEVIN KILLIANY has been for twenty-five years the husband of Valerie Killiany and—for various, shorter periods of time—the father of Alethea, Anson, and Daya. In addition to being a writer, Kevin is a minister and mental health care professional in Wilmington, North Carolina. Honor is his second eBook in the S.C.E. series; his first, Orphans, appeared in 2004. Three of Kevin’s short stories have also appeared in Strange New Worlds (Volumes IV, V, & VII). In addition to Star Trek, Kevin also writes in the Classic BattleTech and MechWarrior: Dark Age game universes. His short fiction can be found on the BattleCorps website and his first MW:DA novel Wolf Hunters will be released in June of 2006.
Coming Next Month:
Star Trek™: S.C.E. #59
Blackout
by Phaedra M. Weldon
When a Federation world suffers a planetwide blackout, it’s the S.C.E. to the rescue. While Commander Gomez and her crack team of engineers work to help keep the planet from falling into chaos, the ship’s linguist, Bart Faulwell, is given a special assignment: the blackout was caused by an Asarion linguist named Jewlan, who triggered what appears to be a weapon in an archaeological dig.
The Asarion people have a unique biology that causes random shifts from male to female. Faulwell’s friendship with Jewlan, and her crush on him, is a minor diversion at first, especially given the struggles Faulwell is having with his own relationship. But when Jewlan becomes Joln, Faulwell finds himself with more than one difficult decision—especially when the power outage worsens and threatens to destroy not only Asario, but the da Vinci as well!
COMING IN DECEMBER 2005
FROM POCKET BOOKS!
Contents
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
About the Author
Coming Next Month: Star Trek™: S.C.E. #59 Blackout by Phaedra M. Weldon