Chapter Eight
The Captain's Decision
(Janeway)
The Borg again!?! Those cyborgs were a major pain.
"Where is the fight?" I asked.
"Our home world at 113 mark 4 is the main front," Matari replied.
Hmmm. That was right in our present course. "We can help you. For a price. Do you know where the planet Earth is?" Oops. That made me skound like a Ferengi.
"Of course. It's in the Alpha Quadrant, in the Sol system. Why do you ask?"
"A year ago, we were brought here from Earth by an entity known as the Caretaker. We are trying to get back home," I informed him, "Can you help us?"
"We might. It all depends on the Borg," Matari said.
We had to depend on our enemies to get home?!
There was a beeb from Matari's ship. A signal of some kind. "Captain! The Borg have broken through our defensive perimeter! We need your help immediatly!" Matari's voice sounded shocked, urgent.
I had to hurry. "Tom, lay in a course for the Karn home world at 113 mark 4. Warp eight."
"Aye, aye." Paris replied as he entered the commands into his console.
The Karn ships suddenly lept away at the speed of light. Seconds later, we went to warp.
Ensign Harry Kim looked up from his station. "Captain, we will be arriving in four minutes."
Not a moment to lose. I activated my comm badge. "Red alert! All hands report to battle stations. B'Elonna, we're about to engage the Borg. You have three minutes to boost power to the shields and weapons."
"Yes, ma'am," came B'Elonna's comm filtered reply.
I tensed, as we raced faster than light to what could quite possibly be our doom.
The Captain's Decision
(Janeway)
The Borg again!?! Those cyborgs were a major pain.
"Where is the fight?" I asked.
"Our home world at 113 mark 4 is the main front," Matari replied.
Hmmm. That was right in our present course. "We can help you. For a price. Do you know where the planet Earth is?" Oops. That made me skound like a Ferengi.
"Of course. It's in the Alpha Quadrant, in the Sol system. Why do you ask?"
"A year ago, we were brought here from Earth by an entity known as the Caretaker. We are trying to get back home," I informed him, "Can you help us?"
"We might. It all depends on the Borg," Matari said.
We had to depend on our enemies to get home?!
There was a beeb from Matari's ship. A signal of some kind. "Captain! The Borg have broken through our defensive perimeter! We need your help immediatly!" Matari's voice sounded shocked, urgent.
I had to hurry. "Tom, lay in a course for the Karn home world at 113 mark 4. Warp eight."
"Aye, aye." Paris replied as he entered the commands into his console.
The Karn ships suddenly lept away at the speed of light. Seconds later, we went to warp.
Ensign Harry Kim looked up from his station. "Captain, we will be arriving in four minutes."
Not a moment to lose. I activated my comm badge. "Red alert! All hands report to battle stations. B'Elonna, we're about to engage the Borg. You have three minutes to boost power to the shields and weapons."
"Yes, ma'am," came B'Elonna's comm filtered reply.
I tensed, as we raced faster than light to what could quite possibly be our doom.