Star Trek - Log 2

by Alan Dean Foster

  They entered the bridge where Scott—relieved, as usual—formally returned command to Kirk.

  "Where to, Captain?" asked Sulu, back in his comfortable seat at the navigation console.

  "Set a general course for the Omicron region, Mr. Sulu. I think everyone deserves an extended R & R, this time. I know I do!"

  "Yes, sir!" Sulu responded gleefully.

  "It's a good thing we were able to stop Keniclius," intoned McCoy, blatantly emphasizing the "we." "Imagine . . . a whole shipload . . . maybe a whole city . . . full of giant Spocks!"

  He put on an expression of exaggerated horror while Spock looked over distastefully from his position at the library control and tried to ignore McCoy.

  "What a terrifying thought! . . ." the good doctor continued, unstoppable. "Giant Spocks running all over the place! Spocks towering over helpless villages, running amuck through peaceful farmland . . . turning! . . ."

  "It might be easier to stand than you, Doctor," interrupted Sulu inscrutably.

  "What?" McCoy responded with outraged innocence. I'm no giant."

  Kirk thought he saw an unholy gleam in Sulu's eye.

  "No," the helmsman admitted, "the trouble is you never stop cloning around."

  McCoy chased him all the way back to engineering.

  Table of Contents

  CONTENTS

  PART I: THE SURVIVOR

  I

  II

  III

  IV

  PART II: THE LORELEI SIGNAL

  V

  VI

  VII

  VIII

  PART III: THE INFINITE VULCAN

  IX

  X

  XI

  XII