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CHAPTER TEN
TUVOK'S "HEIR"
(Marco)
After all of my battles as an Animorph, I thought I knew loud. My definition of loud was radically changed as the Borg's new weapon hit the Voyager. The blast coused everyone to fall to the deck, even me. Tuvok landed near me, and didn't get back up. I got up and checked him, and he was still alive.
Captain Janeway turned towards the Operations station, where Ensign Harry Kem was getting shakily back to his feet. "Ensign Kim, damage report," she ordered.
He checked his board and said, "Hull breaches on decks six through twelve. Emergency force fields in place, our port nacelle has been hit, and our port ventral phaser has been disabled. Shields are at twenty-six percent. Wounded are being transported to Sickbay. No casualties yet."
"Captain," I said, "Tuvok's down."
She looked at me. Take his station."
I walked over to the tactical station, and I nearly fainted myself. The console had so many buttons it made the Enterprise-A look like a first grader's toy. Well, being a Trekkie has rewarded me with valuable knowledge of the Voyager.
"Computer, go to manual targeting mode," I said.
Then, a joystick that looked suspiciosly like the one to my old PS2 rose out of the console. Time to rock, I thought as I grabbed the joystick. Suddenly, I felt as if this were no big deal. As if I did this every day.
Janeway then gave me an official order. "Fire torpedoes, dual spread."
Ah, time for a real-time test of my gaming skills that were probably superior to anyone in the universe. If this was in any way like a PS2 joystick, the thumb button was for the torpedoes. I took the chance and pressed the thumb button twice, and was rewarded with two photon torpedoes flying right into the Borg cube.
Lieutenant Tom Paris swerved Voyager around as the captain said, "Aft torpedoes."
Too many Star Trek shows told me that wouldn't be smart. Again drawing from my Trekkie experience, I whispered an override into the computer and had the ship turned around, bringing the forward weapons to bear upon the cube. I targeted the phaser arrays on the Borg weapons on the cube's corners, while I targeted the center of the "front" for the torpedoes. I fired. The weapons hit the Borg ship, disabling its weapons and barraging the cube's command nexus.
The ship suddenly became a green fireball as a power surge ruptured the cube's power nodes. Thanks to my superior tactical strategies, the Borg cube was destroyed.
I heard a soft whoosh near me. I turned around to see that a medical team had just stepped out of the turbolift and had knealt down by Tuvok, still unconscious on the deck beside me. A member of the team placed a small device on Tuvok, and he dematerialized, probably being beamed to Sickbay. But something puzzled me. Why hadn't they just locked on to his communicator signal? The answer was on the floor. Tuvok's badge lay on the deck, cracked in half.
I picked it up and tossed it to a member of the med team. "Hey," I said, "take that down to B'Elonna Torres for replacement. It's Tuvok's badge."
The man who caught it nodded and left, leading the team to the turbolift.
Captain Kathryn Janeway stood and came to me. "You are Marco, correct?" I nodded and she continued. I hereby give you a field commission of Lieutenant Commander for your excellent performance against the Borg. However, for disobeying a direct order from the captain of the vessel you are on, you are demoted to Lieutenant. Seven, retrieve for Lieutenant Marco a comm badge and a command uniform. Harry, please note in the computer the new addition to the crew."
I swelled with pride as the captain gave out orders. I turned to Jake and James, a teasing grin playing on my face, teasing them that I was a part of the crew already, while they were not. They only grinned back in satisfaction.
CHAPTER TEN
TUVOK'S "HEIR"
(Marco)
After all of my battles as an Animorph, I thought I knew loud. My definition of loud was radically changed as the Borg's new weapon hit the Voyager. The blast coused everyone to fall to the deck, even me. Tuvok landed near me, and didn't get back up. I got up and checked him, and he was still alive.
Captain Janeway turned towards the Operations station, where Ensign Harry Kem was getting shakily back to his feet. "Ensign Kim, damage report," she ordered.
He checked his board and said, "Hull breaches on decks six through twelve. Emergency force fields in place, our port nacelle has been hit, and our port ventral phaser has been disabled. Shields are at twenty-six percent. Wounded are being transported to Sickbay. No casualties yet."
"Captain," I said, "Tuvok's down."
She looked at me. Take his station."
I walked over to the tactical station, and I nearly fainted myself. The console had so many buttons it made the Enterprise-A look like a first grader's toy. Well, being a Trekkie has rewarded me with valuable knowledge of the Voyager.
"Computer, go to manual targeting mode," I said.
Then, a joystick that looked suspiciosly like the one to my old PS2 rose out of the console. Time to rock, I thought as I grabbed the joystick. Suddenly, I felt as if this were no big deal. As if I did this every day.
Janeway then gave me an official order. "Fire torpedoes, dual spread."
Ah, time for a real-time test of my gaming skills that were probably superior to anyone in the universe. If this was in any way like a PS2 joystick, the thumb button was for the torpedoes. I took the chance and pressed the thumb button twice, and was rewarded with two photon torpedoes flying right into the Borg cube.
Lieutenant Tom Paris swerved Voyager around as the captain said, "Aft torpedoes."
Too many Star Trek shows told me that wouldn't be smart. Again drawing from my Trekkie experience, I whispered an override into the computer and had the ship turned around, bringing the forward weapons to bear upon the cube. I targeted the phaser arrays on the Borg weapons on the cube's corners, while I targeted the center of the "front" for the torpedoes. I fired. The weapons hit the Borg ship, disabling its weapons and barraging the cube's command nexus.
The ship suddenly became a green fireball as a power surge ruptured the cube's power nodes. Thanks to my superior tactical strategies, the Borg cube was destroyed.
I heard a soft whoosh near me. I turned around to see that a medical team had just stepped out of the turbolift and had knealt down by Tuvok, still unconscious on the deck beside me. A member of the team placed a small device on Tuvok, and he dematerialized, probably being beamed to Sickbay. But something puzzled me. Why hadn't they just locked on to his communicator signal? The answer was on the floor. Tuvok's badge lay on the deck, cracked in half.
I picked it up and tossed it to a member of the med team. "Hey," I said, "take that down to B'Elonna Torres for replacement. It's Tuvok's badge."
The man who caught it nodded and left, leading the team to the turbolift.
Captain Kathryn Janeway stood and came to me. "You are Marco, correct?" I nodded and she continued. I hereby give you a field commission of Lieutenant Commander for your excellent performance against the Borg. However, for disobeying a direct order from the captain of the vessel you are on, you are demoted to Lieutenant. Seven, retrieve for Lieutenant Marco a comm badge and a command uniform. Harry, please note in the computer the new addition to the crew."
I swelled with pride as the captain gave out orders. I turned to Jake and James, a teasing grin playing on my face, teasing them that I was a part of the crew already, while they were not. They only grinned back in satisfaction.