The Nanotech War
Chapter One
Captain Kathryn Janeway clung grimly to the arms of her captain's chair as the ship bucked and shuddered beneath her.
"How much longer?" she bellowed over the noise.
"About ten minutes!" Ensign Harry Kim yelled back from the science station. The bridge lights were dimmed, indicating an ongoing emergency.
"Shields at fifty-two percent," Tuvok reported from tactical. A nearby sensor panel exploded in a noisy shower of white sparks. The lieutenant commander's calm Vulcan features didn't even twitch. Janeway, however, had to work at keeping her own face schooled into a calm she didn't feel -- this ion storm was one for the record books. Even Tom Paris's boyish face was grim as he bent over the navigation board in a desperate attempt to keep the ship at least halfway steady. To Janeway's left, First Officer Chakotay's fingers stabbed madly at his own boards. Though Janeway suspected he was doing nothing but monitor data, at least he could do something. All Janeway could do was watch and issue orders.
Janeway's chair dropped several centimeters as another barrage hit the ship and her morning coffee sloshed around her ... read full excerpt from Star Trek: Voyager: The Nanotech War ebook
