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A Vulcan’s
Love
-By Emulated
Chapter 16: Repairs
T’Luk
hovered his finger above the doorbell and looked at me, “Are
you ready?”
I nodded, “Yeah.”
He
tapped the button. We waited for a few seconds before the doors
parted and Counsellor Troi appeared, “Good morning
Ensigns.”
“Good morning Counsellor.” Replied
T’Luk.
“Good morning.” I replied.
She
smiled at us before she stood back, allowing us to enter, “Please,
come in.”
T’Luk stepped in first and I followed. I
had never been in Counsellor Troi’s office before, but it was
what I expected. It was a nice sized room located next to the outer
hull so there were a few large windows on one side. In one corner was
a desk with a computer console, towards the centre of the room, close
to the windows was a chaise lounge and some other seats.
T’Luk
walked over and sat down on a sofa so I went and sat down next to
him. Troi walked over to the replicator, “Would you two like
anything to drink?”
I shook my head, “No thank
you, I’ve just had breakfast.”
“I would like
a glass of water, please.” Asked T’Luk.
She smiled
at him and turned toward the replicator, “One glass of water
and one glass of orange juice, both cold.” The machine chirped
a response and replicated the drinks. She walked back over and sat
down on a chair opposite both of us, handing T’Luk his
drink.
“Thank you.” He replied, before he sipped
some of it down.
It was the morning after yesterdays chaotic
events. Once T’Luk and I left the shuttle bay, Counsellor Troi
took us down to sickbay where we could be checked over. They didn’t
find anything wrong with either of us physically, but both a mental
and emotional viewpoint, I was still quite out of it. During the
events in the shuttle bay, I actually felt very little, especially
when I knew that T’Luk was nearby, however, once I was out of
immediate threat, my emotions began to flow back to me. I wasn’t
sure what was suppressing them in the first place, neither did I
care, until they returned that is.
As soon as we finished up
in sickbay, Counsellor Troi walked with us back to T’Luk’s
quarters where she made sure that we’d be ok for the night. She
did make an official request that we were to see her the following
morning. I didn’t mind, I just wanted to rest. Once she was
satisfied, she left us in peace. T’Luk and I didn’t hang
around. We went straight over to his bed and slept, with T’Luk
holding me tightly in his arms. It wasn’t just the physical act
of being held by him that comforted me, it was the way that he
affected me emotionally. I knew that I was safe.
Troi stared
at us in that familiar way, undoubtedly she was using her empathic
abilities to sense how we felt. After a few seconds, she focused on
me, “Ensign.” She said, looking at me, “Could you
please excuse us for a second?”
I raised my eyebrows at
that before I stood up, “Of course, Sir.”
“Thank
you.” She replied, as I stepped out of the room.
I
waited outside for all of thirty seconds, before she called me back
inside. I walked back in and frowned, wondering what was going
on.
“I’m sorry about that Ensign, I just wasn’t
sure if Ensign T’Luk had shared some rather…personal
information with you.” She said. I assumed that she was
referring to his ‘condition’ so I nodded and sat down.
Troi looked at T’Luk again, “As I was saying, when we
reached you in the shuttle bay, I could sense some anger.” She
paused, “I was quite surprised to see that it was coming from
you.”
T’Luk nodded, “Indeed.” He
paused, “I experienced a great deal of anger yesterday.”
“Was that because of how Anders was treating
Kai?”
“Yes.” He looked at me, “When
Anders entered the shuttle bay, pointing the phaser at Kai, I was
finding it hard to suppress my emotions.”
“But you
were able to?”
“Yes. My condition only allows me
to experience a small amount of emotion in extreme circumstances, it
does not remove my ability to suppress my emotions.”
She
nodded, “Lieutenant Anders sustained minor injuries,
considering what you could have done to him.”
“Given
a Vulcan’s natural temperament, it is likely that Anders could
have sustained some severe injuries.” He replied.
I
looked closely at T’Luk. It was hard to imagine that someone so
calm and peaceful could be capable of something so destructive, but
like he said, it is in his nature. If Vulcans had never learned to
suppress their emotions, then there was no doubt that things would
have happened a lot differently last night. Saying that, had the
roles been reversed and I had been T’Luk, then I’m not
sure if I would have been able to restrain myself as well as he did.
But I’m not Vulcan.
“Another thing that caused me
some confusion was how you knew where Kai was, or that he was in
trouble.” She said.
T’Luk looked at me, “Kai
called for me.”
Troi frowned, “But didn’t
Lieutenant Anders destroy your combadge?” She asked, looking at
me.
I nodded as T’Luk continued, “He did not use
the Comm system.”
“Telepathy.” Said Troi.
I
looked at her, “How did you know?”
“I could
sense some type of telepathic communication last night, when I saw
you two in the shuttle bay, it was quite strong.” She paused
for a moment, staring at me, “And I can sense it now,
slightly.”
“I see.” Replied T’Luk.
“At
first it confused me, while I know about Vulcan telepathy and the
bond, I never thought that it was compatible with Humans.” She
looked at me, “But after I did a little research, it turns out
that such a bond can occur between a Vulcan and a Human.”
T’Luk
nodded, “That bond exists between Kai and myself.”
She
smiled, “Yes, yes it does.” She looked at me, “That
may also explain how I sensed very little emotion from you when I
first entered the shuttle bay. T’Luk may have been suppressing
it.”
“I did not attempt such an action.”
Said T’Luk.
“It could be a simple effect of the
bond. You knew that Kai was in pain, emotionally, so the bond
suppressed his emotions.”
I nodded, “I felt a
similar thing happen earlier, when we were in deflector control. It
was as though I had no emotions. I felt very little.”
“Yes,
it was most likely T’Luk suppressing them.” She
replied.
I frowned, “It’s quite confusing.”
Troi
smiled, “I can see how it would seem like that, however, given
time, you will come to adapt to it, like a type of sixth sense if you
will.”
I looked at her, “But weren’t you
born with telepathy? I mean, haven’t you had your whole life to
adapt to it?”
She shook her head, “Betazoids are
rarely born with their telepathic abilities developed. Generally, we
acquire our telepathy during adolescence.” She looked at me,
“So I had ‘teething’ problems too, many people
do.”
I looked at T’Luk, “Did you have a
similar phase?”
“No, Vulcans are born with their
telepathic abilities.” He paused, “In comparison, Vulcan
telepathy is not as strong or potent as Betazoid telepathy. Neither
is it used to great extent in our society.”
“Oh.”
I looked at them, “So over time, I’ll get used to having
T’Luk ‘inside my head’, so to speak?”
Troi
nodded, “Yes. The nature of the bond is not to be intrusive, it
is to provide a mental and emotional link between two people.”
She paused, “For the bond to appear in the first place, it
suggests that there is a high amount of mutual affection and love
between you two.”
I shared a look with T’Luk. That
much I knew. That much I was certain of.
Troi smiled, “It’s
weird to feel emotions from a Vulcan.” She said, “While
it’s a very small amount, I can sense your affection and
respect towards Kai.”
T’Luk looked at me,
“Indeed.”
She looked at us for a few seconds
before she sat back, “So how do you feel?” She asked,
glancing at T’Luk, “Both of you.”
“I
am fine.” Replied T’Luk, “As I previously
mentioned, I only feel little emotion in extreme
circumstances.”
Troi nodded, “Ok, that’s
fine.” She looked at me, “Taylor?”
“I’m
ok.” I paused, “It’s like I can remember being
scared, but it’s like it wasn’t me, you know?”
“Yes,
I believe that it is part because of the bond. T’Luk was trying
to calm you down.”
I nodded, “That makes some
sense. It’s just weird. Shouldn’t I be feeling something
now?”
“What you went through yesterday was a very
traumatic experience. It’s not uncommon for the Human mind to
detach itself from recollecting such situations. You may remember
some parts, but not everything. So if you couple that with T’Luk,
then I think you have your reason why.”
“I
see.”
She stared at me for a moment, “I can’t
sense any potent emotions coming from you, it is as though nothing
happened.”
“But if T’Luk is stopping me from
feeling anything, what would happen if he suddenly went away. Like if
he beamed off the ship?”
“The bond has been known
to occur over a vast distance, many light years in some cases. But
even if you were ‘out of range’, I still don’t
expect you to feel much. T’Luk stopped you from feeling the
emotions in the first place and has limited your ability to remember
the ones that got through.”
I shook my head, “This
is very confusing.”
She smiled, “I agree. As a
counsellor, it is quite an unusual case, as there is no treatment I
can give you because there is nothing emotionally wrong. With either
of you.”
I nodded and thought for a moment, “So
does that mean we can return to duty?”
Troi looked at me
curiously.
“I would just rather do something, seeing as
I can’t remember much about yesterday anyway.” I
clarified. While I could remember what had happened, I couldn’t
remember how I felt. I knew I felt something, but I can’t
remember what.
“I don’t see any problem with
allowing you to return to duty. Tomorrow.” She paused and
smiled at the look on my face, “You may be fine, but one day
off wouldn’t hurt. It will give you time to rest.”
I
looked at T’Luk. I suppose one day off wouldn’t hurt. At
least it would let me spend some more time with him, rather then
spending our time working. I nodded at her.
“That’s
fine. I can live with that.”
T’Luk nodded, “I
concur. We can return to duty tomorrow.”
*
I reached out and held
him tightly, “I love you, baby.”
“I love you
too, Kai.” He replied.
We were back in his quarters
after our ‘appointment’ with Counsellor Troi. She only
kept us for a while longer before she allowed us to leave. Seeing as
we were off duty for the day, we wasn’t sure what to do at
first, but we decided to return to his quarters, at least for the
time being.
I pulled back and kissed him briefly, looking deep
into his eyes, “Thank you…for yesterday.”
“I
do not understand.”
“For stopping…Anders.”
I said, not wanting to say his name, “You stopped him
from taking me off the ship.”
He thought for a moment,
“You called for me, so I came.”
“Yes you
did, straight away.” I said, smiling at him before my
expression became serious, “I could feel your anger.” I
paused, “In the shuttle bay, when you had Anders.”
He
nodded, “He threatened to hurt you, I could not allow that.”
I
held his hand, “And you stopped him, you protected me
T’Luk.”
He was silent for a moment, “I would
not have killed him, Kai.”
“I know.”
“But
you called my name.”
I looked at him, “Yes,
because I knew that if you wanted to, you could have killed him with
very little effort.” I squeezed his hand, “But you
wouldn’t have done that.”
“How can you be
sure?”
“Because I could feel it. I could feel your
control over the anger.” I looked into his eyes, “T’Luk,
you were tested in the worst possible way. You were pushed to the
limit, to see if your suppression would hold.” I paused, “And
it did, it not only held, but it was strong.”
He stared
at me.
“You may have a ‘condition’ which
limits your suppression, but after the restraint demonstrated
yesterday, I think you are stronger than any Vulcan out there. Even
those without a ‘condition’.” I shifted closer,
“Ever since you were born, you’ve always had to work that
bit harder, just so you can live like every other Vulcan. But when
they tell you that they can ‘treat’ you, you say no.”
I smiled, “You want to stay the way you are, because even
though you work that bit harder, it makes you, you. It makes you
T’Luk.” I squeezed his hand again, “And that’s
why I love you so much. Because you’re unique, because you’re
special.” I leaned closer, “Because you are a
Vulcan.”
“I love you Kai.”
“I
love you too, babes.”
*
“Hey guys.” I
said, as T’Luk and I took a seat.
“Hey, how are
you two?” Asked Trey.
“I am fine.” Replied
T’Luk, looking at me.
I nodded, “I’m ok,
thanks to T’Luk.” I didn’t want to make a big deal
out of T’Luk’s heroics as he wouldn’t want that,
but the truth of the matter was that he saved me.
H’Jan
nodded, “We heard.” He looked at T’Luk, “Hope
you gave him a punch from me.”
“I exercised
sufficient force, but I did not attack him.”
Trey looked
at him, “He’s lucky that Vulcans can’t get
pissed.”
T’Luk paused for a moment, “Indeed.”
I looked at him, it was clear that he was still somewhat bothered
about how he handled things.
H’Jan shook his head, “But
taking you hostage, why the hell did he do that?”
I
shrugged, “I was in the wrong place at the wrong time. He saw
me there, so he took me hostage.” I leaned forward, “Anyway,
let’s talk about something else.” I said sipping some of
my drink.
“Sure.” Said H’Jan, “Erm, we
should have warp drive back online within 48 hours or so.”
“That
was quite quick.” Replied T’Luk.
“Yeah, well
one of the ships sent by Intelligence, the Majestic spared
some extra engineers, so we’ve had quite a team down
there.”
“Was the damage extensive?” Asked
T’Luk.
“A bit. Fortunately, the deflector itself
was not damaged, otherwise we’d probably be in a space dock.
No, it was mostly the monitoring systems or the adjacent EPS conduits
that were damaged. All things that can be replaced with relative
ease.”
I nodded, “The efficiency of Starfleet
engineers.” I remarked, causing H’Jan to smile. I looked
at him, “Any word on another generator?”
“Actually,
we’re having one delivered to us. The Prometheus is
going to pick up an extra one when it reaches Earth, it’ll
bring it to us, seeing as we’re stuck here.” Replied
H’Jan.
Trey turned to him, “I thought that special
engineers need to install it.”
H’Jan laughed,
“They’re not ‘special’ engineers, they just
built it.” He nodded, “But, yes, we can install
it.”
“Great! Any idea when they’re
coming?”
“In about a day, but we have to have
deflector control finished first, before we install it. So when we
have warp drive, we should have the generator online not long
after.”
I nodded, “Oh, and do you guys know about
the girl who Casey’s dating?”
“Yes.”
They answered together.
I looked at them, “You
did?”
H’Jan nodded, “Casey came by
engineering a few days back, he mentioned something about a certain
someone.” He leaned closer, “What’s she like?”
“I
didn’t really speak to her, but she seems nice.”
“Yeah?
He said she was a nurse, what does she look like? I might have seen
her around.”
“Well she has short bl-“ I
began before I noticed Alex enter the room. I watched as he looked
about, noticed us and walked over.
“Wow, hey, are you
guys ok?” He asked, plopping himself down next to Trey.
I
nodded, “Yeah, we’re ok.”
“I almost
died yesterday when I heard Anders’ voice over the Comm
system.” He said, “It must have been terrible.”
My
brain quickly flashed back to that moment, “Yeah. Yeah it
was.”
H’Jan quickly changed the topic again,
earning a small smile from me, “So, Kai was telling us about
Casey’s new girlfriend.”
Alex looked at me, “You
mean Laura? Yeah, she’s dating Casey. Quite a nice person,
funny too.”
I stared at him. It seemed that T’Luk
and I were the only ones with our heads buried in the sand. Or better
still, I knew what had been on our minds for the past week or so.
*
I giggled at his touch,
“What is your fascination with my ears?”
“What
is your fascination with mine?” He replied, while tracing his
finger along my lobe. We were in my quarters after hanging out in the
mess. We were both laying on the sofa, with me laying on top of him,
and my head against his chest.
I turned and looked at him,
eyeing the pointed cuties, “What’s not to like?” I
asked, reaching out and running my finger across the small point,
“They’re so cute, T’Luk.”
“Your
ears are cuter.” He remarked.
I began to giggle again,
but was interrupted by my computer console that began to chirp,
“Incoming transmission.” Called out the
computer.
“Who is it?” I requested.
“Mary
Taylor.” Replied the voice.
I turned to T’Luk,
“Mum.” I said, before I stood up and walked over to my
console. I keyed in a code and opened the channel. There was a slight
pause before my mum and dad appeared on the display.
“Hi
guys!”
“Hi Kai, how are you doing?” Asked my
dad.
I nodded, “I’m ok.”
“We
heard what happened, how are you?” Asked Mum.
I smiled,
“I’m doing fine. It wasn’t a very nice experience,
but it’s over now.”
Dad frowned, “If I had
been there, I would have given that guy some serious damage.”
He said, sounding really pissed, “Who does he think he is,
threatening my son like that?”
Mum nodded, “He’s
just lucky that we weren’t there.”
I was quite
taken aback by their display of anger. It was another fact to remind
me that, no matter how far I travel away from home, or how old I get,
I’m still going to be their son. Their only son. They were well
within their rights to be angry.
“Erm, yeah. But really,
I’m fine. T’Luk looked after me.”
Mum’s
expression softened, “We heard all about your hero of a
boyfriend.” She looked at the display, “Is he
there?”
“Yep, just a second.” I said before
I picked up the console and carried it over to the lounge. “Mum
and Dad wanna say ‘Hi’.” I said as I sat on the
sofa next to T’Luk and placed the console on the table in front
of us.
“Hi T’Luk, how are you?” Asked my
mum.
“I am fine, thank you. How are you?” He
replied.
“Yeah, we’re ok.” She smiled,
“Thank you for taking care of our son again.”
T’Luk
nodded, “You are most welcome, but Kai is my partner I will
always take care of him.” I smiled at his use of ‘partner’
rather than ‘boyfriend’.
“We know you will.”
She replied before smiling at us, “You two look so cute
together. I bet everyone’s talking about you.”
I
blushed, remembering what Commander Caves said about the senior staff
briefings, “Erm, I wouldn’t know. But thanks.”
We
spoke to my parents for a while longer, filling each other in about
our lives. It felt so good to talk to them with T’Luk next to
me. It felt more ‘natural’ somehow. It was hard to
explain, but it was definitely a benefit.
Once we said goodbye
and I closed the channel, I sat back against T’Luk, resting my
head against his shoulder. He reached out and held me. He slowly
rubbed his hand across my chest and belly. It wasn’t erotic or
anything, but very soothing. I was quickly finding myself drifting
off to sleep at his gentle touch.
“Kai?” He called
out softly.
“Mmm.”
“Do you want to
sleep?”
I shook my head slightly. I didn’t want to
sleep, but his soft actions wasn’t helping much. I was loosing
the battle to stay awake. I could feel his warmth on my back and
could smell his relaxing scent. And after a few more minutes of
enduring T’Luk. I was out like a light.
*
I slowly began to awaken
when I heard T’Luk talking to someone. I didn’t move, I
felt too comfortable where I was. After several seconds, I felt
someone stroking my ear again. I sighed softly and pressed backwards,
feeling his weight behind me.
“Kai?” He
whispered.
I opened my mouth, “Yes.”
“We
have to get up.”
I groaned at that.
“Commander
Jones just called for us.”
I groaned again. I wanted to
stay there, in my slumber with my baby. After a few moments, I
shifted. Only then realising that I was laying on my bed, rather than
the sofa, and was dressed only in my boxers.
“I thought
you’d be more comfortable.” He said, as though he was
reading my thoughts.
“Mmm. Yeah.” I moaned as I
opened my eyes. I stayed still for a moment before I sat up and
stretched. I glanced over and saw T’Luk perched on the edge of
the bed, looking at me. “Hi babes.” I said, yawning,
“What time is it?”
“Two thirty seven.”
I
nodded, “Ok.” I slid over towards him and kissed him
lightly, “We go see what Commander Jones wants, then we come
back to sleep.”
“Ok, Kai.”
I giggled
at him, “You’re so adorable.” I said, as I got off
the bed and pulled on my clothes. Once I finished, I looked over to
T’Luk, “You ready?”
He stood up and walked
over, “Yes.”
We exited my quarters and walked
towards the nearest turbolift and rode it down to deck 12. Once we
arrived, we took the short trek to astrometrics and walked inside.
Comm. Jones was standing there, she didn’t look very pleased
about something.
“Good afternoon Ensigns, how are you
two?” She asked.
I nodded, “I’m fine.”
I replied, with T’Luk nodding in agreement. I looked at her,
“What is it, what happened?” I asked.
She took in
a breath, “We’ve been tracing all transmissions sent out
from Anders’ quarters and any terminals that he used while he
was onboard.” She paused, “He managed to hide his tracks
very well, we wouldn’t have found anything, but the people from
Intelligence are trained to deal in this type of thing.”
“What
did they find?” Asked T’Luk.
She took in a breath,
“As you may have suspected, there were more moles in Starfleet
than Anders and Meyer. Intelligence found a network operating on both
Earth and on some star ships.”
I felt a shiver flow down
my spine, “How many?”
“Twenty-seven people
have been apprehended by Starfleet. That is believed to be the final
figure.”
“How did they manage to operate for this
long, without being detected?” Asked T’Luk.
She
looked at us, “Actually, someone discovered what they were
doing.”
“What? Who?”
“Ensign
Shannon Hayes.”
I thought for a moment before my eyes
widened. Shannon Hayes. I remembered her.
“The
explosion aboard the USS Venture while we were in orbit of
Romulus, was not Ensign Shannon Hayes one of two fatalities?”
Asked T’Luk.
Comm. Jones nodded, “Yes. From what
we could tell, Hayes was killed by one of the moles working on the
Venture.”
“I thought it was an accident,
that an EPS relay ruptured.” I said.
She shook her head,
“It was staged to look like an accident. Hayes found out about
them, so they…murdered her.”
“I can’t
believe it.” I said.
“Indeed, it is quite
disturbing.” Replied T’Luk.
“Intelligence
quickly issued orders to arrest them, all twenty-seven. We have just
received a communiqué that they have all been arrested and are
pending secure transportation by Starfleet Intelligence.” She
replied.
I looked at her, “Did intelligence manage to
find out anything from Anders or the moles?”
She seemed
to flinch slightly from that question and stared at us, “They
found out something.”
“What?” I asked.
She
looked at us and walked closer, lowering her voice, “This has
to stay strictly off the record. I do not have clearance to tell you
this.”
T’Luk and I nodded.
“It has
been confirmed that the terrorist cell are planning something.
We’re not sure what, when and how.” She paused,
“Starfleet Intelligence intercepted one data packet, it
contained a casualty estimate.”
“Casualty
estimate?” I asked.
She nodded, “For an attack.
The attack that they are planning.”
“What was the
amount?” Asked T’Luk.
“Millions.” She
shook her head, “The report specified millions of casualties.
All expected to be fatal.”
“My god.”
*
TWO WEEKS LATER
Admiral
Ive stared out of his window for a brief moment, before he turned to
Vice-Admiral Becker, “They want to know what the terrorist cell
are planning.” He paused, “I cannot tell them what I do
not know.”
“Of course, Sir.” He walked
closer, “There are five thousand people trying to answer that
very question.”
Ive nodded and walked over to his desk,
“And now they wish to invite the Romulans over for a
meeting.”
They,
as Admiral Ive put it, was the President of the Federation and
Starfleet Command. Ever since Starfleet Intelligence discovered the
data packet containing the predicted casualty report, Command has
been eager to learn more. Ive didn’t blame them for that, but
as he told them many times, they’ll know when he knows.
As
for the meeting, given the level of cooperation between the
Federation and Romulan governments during the current crisis, both
parties believe that it would be beneficial to come to an exclusive
agreement. A formal sharing of information if you will. It was by no
means an alliance, but it was a big step in the right direction.
Instead of conducting such a meeting over subspace, it was decided
that a face-to-face meeting would be better.
“Have they
given any indication as to when or where they want to conduct this
‘formality’?” Asked Becker.
“They want
to have the Romulans over within the next month. As for where, Vulcan
seems quite poetic, so that would be their most probable
choice.”
Becker nodded, “Romulans setting foot on
Vulcan, for diplomatic purposes. Who would have thought…”
He said trailing off.
Ive was silent for a moment before he
spoke up, “Politicians.” He remarked, “They see one
way out so they take it, always oblivious to what could happen
later.”
“It’s too soon, they should wait
until the crisis is over. A diplomatic meeting would be an ideal
target for a terrorist cell.”
Ive looked at him, “I
agree.”
“I take it you’ve given your
recommendation to the President?” Asked Becker.
Ive
nodded, “I told them to postpone the event, given our alert
status.”
“What was their response?”
“They
will take it into consideration…” Replied Ive, trailing
off. It was a phrase that was given to him frequently whenever he
advised Command about potential threats.
“They leave it
up to us to save the day. Now that’s poetry.”
Ive
turned to him, “Indeed, it is our duty, as such will need to
prepare.” He interlinked his fingers, “The event will be
kept secret, therefore we need not concern ourselves with controlling
the media to a degree.”
“Would you like me to
assemble a meeting with the department heads?”
“Yes.
I want them assembled in the situation room in twenty minutes.”
He replied. It wasn’t unusual for Ive to request meetings out
of the blue. It was another reason as to why he was regarded at the
best he did. He had the whole of Starfleet Intelligence working at
110%.
“Yes, Sir.” Replied Becker as he tapped on
his PADD, but paused when he looked at a notification, “Sir,
the USS Hood has just been fitted with a generator. That gives us
twenty-six ships with anti-cloak generators.”
While
Starfleet initially began to build the generators at a slower pace,
as soon as the USS
Titan reported that
the generator was a success, that it could detect the cloak,
Starfleet quickly vamped up production of the units so as many ships
as possible could be fitted with them.
“Very good.”
He replied, “How many ships could we have fitted within a
month?”
Becker calculated the math, “Sixty seven,
Sir. Including the ones we already have and taking account of the
installation time for older star ship classes.”
Ive
thought for a moment, “That should cover many of the central
planets. We should also have no problem creating a ship based
detection grid around the diplomatic meeting, wherever they decide to
hold it.”
“Yes, Sir.”
Ive looked at
him, “Go and make the necessary arrangements for the meeting. I
will be along shortly.”
Becker nodded, “Yes,
Sir.”
Once Becker left the room, Ive stood up and walked
over to the window. His eyes scanned across San Francisco. Scanning
across the millions of people that lived there.
Millions
of people.
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