"What?" was his predictable response, after I explained my idea to him in the Chapel's ready room.
I explained it again, although I knew he had understood it the first time. "If we get onboard the timeship, we may be able to disable it from inside. Otherwise, we're get blown away as soon as we leave the nebula."
He shook his head. "So we just let them capture us?"
"No. But as soon as they drop their shields to beam us aboard, we transport there. If we can beat them to it, we may have a chance."
Riker sighed. "It won't work," he said.
"Probably not," I agreed. "What else do we do? Self-destruct the ship? Either way, I die, and Braxton gets what he wants."
"Very well, Kathryn. If that's what you think we should do, I'm willing to give it a try. Do you have any idea how we can disable the ship?"
"No clue," I admitted. "But if I can get some close-range tricorder scans, I may be able to locate a power source or something."
Riker looked at me kind of funny. "And if you can't?"
"Then we're no worse off than being sitting ducks in a broken medical ship without even functioning phasers."
Riker nodded. "Well, let's get to the bridge and tell the crew—or Julian, as the case may be."