Lieutenant Heavens looked up from her console
on Surak's Razor. Doctor
Mib Khan was on duty as Commander
Storvik slept, so she reported to him. "I've guaranteed that the computers
will hold together long enough for us to reach our destination," she announced, "but they won't last much longer than that. What happens if there's no one there to rescue us?"
"The Murgatroid knows where we've gone," the doctor replied. "Granted, they're
even more helpless than we will be; but sooner or later
Ifix will repair the main comm systems or my clones will
repair sickbay and re-establish
ansible communication with the rest of me."
"So I shouldn't worry?"
"Nah. If you're finished with the computers, then you can go off-duty. Go into the hold and get a drink from
Lothar."