Title：Star Trek - TNG R 013 - Q & A # Keith R. A. DeCandido.epub
- Title：TNG - PN 3 - Q & A
- Author：Star Trek
- Publisher：Simon and Schuster
- Date：2011-01-02T07:59:37.066000+00:00
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HISTORIAN’S NOTE
The main events in this book take place during the decline of the Romulan Empire brought about by the rise of Shinzon (Star Trek Nemesis). The Enterprise has been refitted for space, and Captain Jean-Luc Picard has filled her ranks with some new and some old faces. The captain awaits Starfleet’s ruling on his refusing to obey orders during the most recent Borg incursion (Star Trek: The Next Generation—Resistance).
FIRST PROLOGUE
SOMEWHERE…
SECOND PROLOGUE
SOMEWHERE ELSE…
1
U. S. S. Enterprise NCC-1701-EEn route to Gorsach IX
Two days before the end of the universe
BEVERLY CRUSHER DABBED SOME ICOBERRY JAM on her croissant and stared at her breakfast companion. “What are you thinking, Jean-Luc?”
Jean-Luc Picard smiled warmly at her. That alone was a rare gift. Beverly had known Jean-Luc for more years than she was willing to admit to out loud, and the number of times she’d seen that particular smile was few. The number of times she saw it when there was anyone other than the two of them in the room was close to zero.
He sipped from his ceramic cup of Earl Grey tea before answering the question. “Merely contemplating our current assignment. It’s something of a relief actually to be engaged in our mission statement for a change.”
“How soon before we arrive at the Gorsach system?” Beverly asked after swallowing a bite of croissant and self-consciously brushing the flakes off her lap.
“We should arrive by tomorrow morning. There’ll be a senior staff meeting this afternoon at seventeen thirty.”
Beverly nodded. “I’ll be spending most of the day doing physicals on the new arrivals.”
Jean-Luc set down his teacup on the end table next to the bed, then reached over to cup Beverly’s cheek with his right hand. “I must say, Beverly, I prefer this method of eating breakfast.”
Reaching over to the tray that sat between them on the bed, Beverly grabbed another croissant and stuck it in his mouth. “You’re just saying that because you don’t have to clean the bed.”
Tal
HISTORIAN’S NOTE FIRST PROLOGUE SECOND PROLOGUE 1 2 FIRST INTERLUDE 3 SECOND INTERLUDE 4 5 6 THIRD INTERLUDE 7 FOURTH INTERLUDE 8 FIFTH INTERLUDE 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 EPILOGUE FINAL INTERLUDE AFTERWORD
