Lense couldn’t help but laugh at the captain’s transparent psychological ploy. If Lense won’t come out of her shell for her own sake, maybe she will for the crew.
Then she laughed again, this time a little more genuinely, because—well, hell, the old momzer was dead right. “Yeah, sure, why not?” she said with a grin. Besides, if she did in fact only have a limited time before having to leave the da Vinci, then she should make the very most of the time she had left with these people. “Let’s celebrate.”
About the Author
WILLIAM LEISNER began writing at age six, scripting and drawing comic strips that featured his younger siblings, their animate stuffed animals, and lots of potty humor. Mercifully, none of these works have survived to the present. More recently, he had three stories published in Pocket Books’ Star Trek: Strange New Worlds series: “Gods, Fate, and Fractals” in Volume II, “Black Hats” in Volume IV, and “The Trouble with Borg Tribbles,” the third-place winner in Volume V. Other writing accomplishments include a pair of award-winning teleplays for the student-run TV station at his alma mater, Ithaca College, and a story concept sale to Star Trek: Voyager. A native of Rochester, New York, he now lives in the Twin Cities.
Coming Next Month:
Star Trek™: S.C.E. #58
HONOR
by Kevin Killiany
While repairing an observation post, P8 Blue and Domenica Corsi find themselves caught in the middle of an interplanetary conflict on a pre-warp civilization—with one side unwilling to fight, even to defend themselves.
Unable to stand idly by and allow a slaughter to take place, Corsi and Blue must risk breaking the Prime Directive in a fight they may not even win…
COMING IN NOVEMBER 2005
FROM POCKET BOOKS!
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