"A bumpy ride"
by Ensign T'Kang
Chief Engineer - USS intrepid


Things were getting dicey as the task force of ships navigated 
the asteroid field.  Evidently, some wayward asteroids had 
drifted into the corridor the five starships were navigating and 
causing problems.

T'Kang was monitoring the USS Intrepid's progress through 
the corridor when a hail came in from the bridge.  It was Cadet 
Salek, the bright new star on the engineering crews team.  The 
Vulcan officer had come up with the idea of using the deflector 
to generate a subspace field around the random asteroids to 
lighten them and shove them harmlessly out of the way.  It was 
a technique that had been used successfully before to move 
much larger objects than these asteroids.  With subspace 
fields, entire space stations could be moved with mere 
thrusters.   The fact that the Cadet had thought of it on the fly for 
this situation was quite remarkable.

T'Kang gave his approval for Mister Salek to proceed.  He only 
hoped that the other ships in the task force would follow suit 
and help to blaze a clear trail for the Intrepid to follow.  Being 
the trailing starship at the rear of the pack, any mistakes or 
collisions of the lead ships would only cascade and make 
things more difficult for those that followed.

Referencing the navigational console in main engineering, 
T'Kang could see that the Intrepid and the lead ships were 
already two thirds of the way through the asteroid field.  If they 
could hold together for a little while longer, they would clear the 
asteroid corridor and be ready to engage the panthers and 
liberate Gamma Ethos IV.

A warrior's anticipation raced through the Klingon's veins.  The 
taste of battle was swirling in T'Kang's mouth as he thought of 
the upcoming battle and the chance for the USS Intrepid to 
redeem itself for the poor showing in the earlier conflict.

"bortaS blr jablu'Dl'reH QaQqu' nay'" T'Kang declared in 
Klingon.  Indeed, Revenge is a dish which is best served cold.