Ship of the Line
Excerpt
Chapter 1
Year 2278
Bridge of the Klingon Ship SoSoy Toj
"Today, my excellent warriors, our success will be etched on the gravestones of fifty thousand Federation dead. Today, my excellent warriors, you and I will fall upon nothing less than a fully populated and operational starbase."
Space boiled out before their supercharged warship, flickering on the giant forward viewscreen. The stars in the distance were the yellow and pink stars of civilization, orbited by planets bubbling with progress, the most populated sector of the settled galaxy. From this point on, all the space before them would be Federation territory.
And the commander's craggy face flexed with envy.
"Look," he said, moving his crippled hand. "Even their space is better than ours,"
He sounded deeply moved by what he saw.
Was he? Or were his words for th ... read full excerpt from Star Trek: The Next Generation: Ship of the Line ebook
