Star Trek: Oaths
By Glenn Hauman
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Dr. Elizabeth Lense has had a fine career. She was first in her class at Starfleet Medical - ahead of the genetically enhanced Julian Bashir -- and a hero during the Dominion War, and is now the chief medical officer on the U.S.S. da Vinci. but Captain David Gold notices that her performance has not been up to snuff. She's been listless and stressed, and is delegating most of her responsibilities to the da Vinci's Emergency Medical Hologram.
Her malaise couldn't possibly come at a worse time, because a virus has erupted on Sherman's Planet -- and the planet's entire population, as well as the crew of the da Vinci, are now marked for death by the virulent plague!
Can Lense find her way out of depression to determine a cure? And will the cure the worse than the disease?
Glenn Hauman
Glenn Hauman is a novel and short story writer, book illustrator, and comic book colorist. He has worked in print and electronic publishing including his TV and novel work within the Star Trek and X-Men franchises. He is a columnist for ComicMix. In 2011 he joined with Peter David, Michael Jan Friedman, Robert Greenberger, and Aaron Rosenberg in assembling Crazy Eight Press, an electronic publisher that publishes ebooks directly to fans.
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Star Trek - Glenn Hauman
CHAPTER
1
Lense focused.
The sickbay of the da Vinci was quiet, with Vance Hawkins the only patient in, being treated for a fractured ulna and torn ligament injury sustained during a security drill. Dr. Elizabeth Lense was ignoring him. She continued to sit in her office and stare at the computer screen on her desk.
Emmett, the Emergency Medical Hologram treating the injury, closed the tricorder. You are free to go, Mr. Hawkins. Your injury will be fine by the end of the week. May I suggest that you be more careful next time?
Sorry. Occupational hazard.
Yes, well, perhaps a change of occupation might be better for you. You’ve visited sickbay more than any other member of security. You may wish to consider a less hazardous line of work.
What? And give up show business?
I’m sorry, I don’t quite get the reference.
Never mind. Doctor, is there anything else I should do?
No,
Emmett said. Avoid overuse of the arm, and general rest should be fine.
Doctor?
He looked past Emmett and addressed Dr. Lense.
Hmm?
Dr. Lense looked up, distracted.
Is there anything else I should be doing for my arm?
No, what Emmett said is just fine.
Okay. Thanks. And thank you, Emmett.
You’re more than welcome. Always happy to see you. Not happy to see you hurt, of course, but—
I know what you meant, you big lug. Don’t use too much electricity.
Emmett watched him leave, then said, Dr. Lense, I’ve filed a full report. Is there anything else you need me for?
No, Emmett. Switch off, but reactivate if anybody else comes in. Is that clear?
Yes, Doctor.
Emmett vanished.
Good boy,
she said to the empty air.
She went back to her terminal, tapping occasionally at different places on the screen. Eleven minutes later, her communicator beeped. Gold to Lense.
Go ahead, Captain.
Doctor, I’d like to see you in my ready room.
Certainly. I can be up by the end of the—
Now, Doctor, if you don’t mind.
Lense hesitated. All right. I’ll be there in five minutes.
Thank you. Gold out.
Resigned, Dr. Lense got up to leave—abandoning the problem she had been working on and was so close to solving.
She didn’t see that by moving the red nine to the black ten, she would free up the ace of clubs.
Captain’s Personal Log, Stardate 53661.9.
I’ve just summoned Dr. Lense to my office. Actually, ordered
is probably the correct word.
I hate to actually pull rank on my crew. The fact that I have just done so merely indicates to me that my course of action is an appropriate one.
Because of the nature of that action, I am going to record the transcript of our upcoming conversation here. Should it be necessary later, I will transfer it to an official log entry, although it’s my hope that can be avoided.
Times like this, I wish Rachel was here. She always reads people better than I do. It was good to see her, Daniel, Esther, and the twins—not to mention Esther’s new beau, Khor, son of Lantar. That meeting went off without a—
The doorchime just rang. Starting transcript now.
TRANSCRIPT STARTS
G: Come.
L: Sir.
G: Come in, Doctor. Have a seat.
L: Thank you.
G: A drink?
L: Nothing for me, thanks.
G: Congratulations, Doctor. You’re the first officer on board the da Vinci I’ve actually had to call in for a performance review.
L: Really, sir.
G: Yes. And would you like to know why? [Pause.] It’s because I know almost nothing new about you—nothing that isn’t already in your official file.
L: I see.
G: I never see you outside of meetings that I call. I don’t see you in the mess hall. I don’t see you interacting with the crew, except in a professional capacity—and lately, I’ve been getting reports you haven’t even been doing that. I understand that you’ve been letting the Emergency Medical Hologram do most of your patient work.
L: Yes, I have. Emmett’s supposed to learn procedure, and there’s no other way to do that than to let him do the work, interacting with patients and situations in the field.
G: The specifications on this EMH gave him a huge medical database. Yes, it had the personality of a first-year resident, but that was to make it seem eager and helpful. Not burned out and abrasive.
L: Well, that may be what was planned. He’s still rough around the edges. I believe he