Chapter 9: The Man Named Thomas

Mission 6: The Price of the Past

IKS Che’Ta’, USS Sentinel and USS Valhalla

The boots on the boardwalk made only soft thumps beneath a heavy layer of fresh snow. Swirling flakes, driven by an icy wind, drifted through fingers of lantern light spilling from open windows and from the posts lining the muddy street. One boot dragged, leaving a dark streak across the planks. [...]

Chapter 8: Divine Silence

Mission 6: The Price of the Past

IKS Che’Ta’, USS Sentinel and USS Valhalla

Father Rumar knelt before the altar in the church’s chancel, hands pressed together, head bowed, as burning candles cast a flickering orange glow across his ash-grey features, the shadows exaggerating the spoon shape on his forehead. The statue of a man nailed to a cross stared down at the [...]

Chapter 7: Garryowen and Glory

Mission 6: The Price of the Past

IKS Che’Ta’, USS Sentinel and USS Valhalla

Kravi’q Son of Ca’lin paused, breathing hard, his lungs burning with an intensity that he never knew possible. Twin hearts pounded in his chest with such ferocity that he feared that they would burst through his armor. All around him, the rolling grassy plain stretched into every [...]

Chapter 6: God Laughs at the Plans of Men

Mission 6: The Price of the Past

IKS Che’Ta’, USS Sentinel and USS Valhalla

The hum of the Valhalla’s environmental systems filled the air as Órlaith walked through the parting doors of the observation lounge. The Prometheus-class had that same sterile Starfleet smell: a mixture of new carpet, ozone, and chemical cleaners. It was like she never left her ship, [...]