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“Maybe,” Gold replied. “But first we need to make sure the ship won’t fall apart around us.” He turned his attention to the science station. “Soloman, do we have internal sensors? Can you give us a damage report?”
The Bynar keyed commands to the science console as his face was bathed in the soft blue light of the station’s viewfinder. Several moments passed as he reviewed the information supplied by the Defiant’s limited sensors.
“There are . . . hull breaches on decks eight, thirteen, and . . . fifteen,” he reported. “There is also some buckling . . . in the port warp nacelle.” As he turned away from the viewfinder, the Bynar added, “The damage is minor, given the . . . intensity of the attack, Captain. We were . . . most fortunate.”
Gomez sighed in relief. “I’ll say. If that’s the extent of the damage, then we should be okay even under the pull of the da Vinci’s tractor beam.”
“If she’s still there,” Gold said. “She may have been disabled or destroyed by the Tholians, or Mr. Duffy has obeyed my orders and taken her out of the area. Either way, we may not be able to rely on the da Vinci to get us out of here.”
STAR TREK
S.C.E.
BOOK TWO
MIRACLE WORKERS
Keith R.A. DeCandido, Kevin Dilmore, David Mack, & Dayton Ward
Based upon STAR TREK ® and
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created by Gene Roddenberry,
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created by Rick Berman & Michael Piller
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INTERPHASE: BOOK TWO
Dayton Ward
&
Kevin Dilmore
CHAPTER
1
On more than one occasion, mostly during the early years of her career, Commander Sonya Gomez had experienced feelings of helplessness in the midst of a crisis. As she stood on the bridge of the U.S.S. Defiant and studied the surreal image displayed on its main viewer, such feelings once again taunted her and dared her to submit to their stifling embrace.
Along with Captain David Gold and Soloman, she watched as the interdimensional rift continued to mend itself, sealing the Defiant inside this pocket of chaos ambiguously known as “ interphase” and separating them from the U.S.S. da Vinci and their entire universe. At the moment, helplessness seemed almost appropriate.
The mission, like so many others Gomez had undertaken since joining the Starfleet Corps of Engineers, had started out easily enough. Daunting and compelling from both technical and historical perspectives, the task of retrieving the Defiant had energized the entire da Vinci crew, from Captain Gold on down. The recovery of the fabled