A Fury Scorned (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
Chapter One
As he waited in his ready room, Captain Jean-Luc
Picard wondered exactly what Starfleet wanted
from him. The Federation Council had given no
orders to Starfleet Command and seemed uncertain
of what to do; he suspected that the Council was
waiting for its advisors to come up with a plan
of action. In the meantime, he was faced with a
dilemma that was probably unsolvable and very
likely to end in tragedy.
No, he told himself. Tragedy was not an outcome
to dwell on; he would do whatever it took to
prevent it. But what could mere mortals, even a
highly trained starship crew, do about a nova
that threatened a world of twenty million
people? How could the Enterprise help when only
days remained before Epictetus III was swallowed
by its sun?
The Federation Council clearly wanted to do
something helpful and compassionate, if
possible, during the short time remaining to the
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