Bless the Beasts (Star Trek: Voyager)
Chapter One
THE U.S.S. VOYAGER SWEPT through the long night
of the Delta Quadrant and all around it the
unknown stars were white diamonds strewn across
the black velvet of space.
Captain Kathryn Janeway gazed at the vast
starlit field on the bridge's main screen and
pondered the distance between Voyager and home.
Seventy-thousand light-years. It was a figure
that haunted her dreams.
"Captain?" The voice belonged to Lieutenant
B'Elanna Torres, chief engineer.
Janeway swung her command chair to face her.
"What is it, B'Elanna?"
Torres peered at the diagnostic screen of her
engineering console. A frown wrinkled her
already corrugated brow. "Our power levels are
much lower than they should be. I've detected a
problem with the theta-matrix compositing
system. It's not recrys ... read full excerpt from Star Trek: Voyager #10: Bless the Beasts ebook
