"That is a decent starting point," Data agreed. We open a jump point to the same destination as before and use a torpedo on it, detonating at the exact same moment the shuttle did." "I can modify a spread of solar torpedoes with larger naqia devices. "The easiest method might be re-creating the accident," Jarod explained. Caterina put a hand on her sister's shoulder for comfort. "And he's aliveā¦ you're sure that's him?" "He's in the past." Angel drew in a breath. On the main holoscreen set into the middle of the table, the image of Robert floated for everyone to look at. The present staff from the lost Enterprise filed in at Picard's left. The Command Staff assembled in the conference room with Julia in Robert's chair and Picard assuming the chair she normally took. Robert considered that and he knew from personal experience that farming could be difficult. "But didn't you say earlier the Valakkians didn't let you have the best land?", Robert asked. The Menk - Robert tried to think of his name but couldn't remember hearing it - lowered his head. Robert turned and saw a Menk male, the one who had led them into the village, standing beside him. Can they come for me? And if they don't, what do I do? The fact Archer had dealt with time travelers before gave him some hope he might find a way home, but how many months, or years, might that take him? And all the while he would be risking altering history by anything he did. Are they going to come for me? he wondered. It was, at least, a chance to get away from the Enterprise sickbay for a while and take counsel of his thoughts. This left him standing nearby, taking up the unofficial position of guard, or so Robert assumed. Robert felt very much the unnecessary pair of hands afterward Cutler was doing the handling of the samples taken and Sato was there to translate. Phlox quickly chose a structure to set up in. His own auto-translator working through his multi-device informed him of the conversation along all lines of the translation work, making it seem redundant from his point of view. Or, rather, he conveyed that message through Sato who spoke with the Menk in their own language. Phlox spoke with one about the need to get samples from the population. The locals all looked toward them with the kind of interest Robert would have suspected from small children. They walked into the center of the Menk village. "You wouldn't believe me, so you might as well say that." Robert grinned slightly and shook his head. "Visitor from another time? Or some strange alternate timeline where Humanity has discovered more advanced technology?" "Your EVA suit was transmitting a transponder signal into subspace. Robert had heard her name was Hoshi Sato, the ship's communications officer. "I'd like to know too." The other woman was Asian and looked closer to Robert's age, but not much older. "Well, you probably wouldn't believe me if I told you." Robert thought of an answer for a moment. "You're the one they found floating in space near here," Cutler said. One of the women who came down with Phlox, a Crewwoman named Cutler, was looking at him curiously. Robert wondered if that was an indication Archer at least accepted his claimed rank. The color trim was beige like Captain Archer's. He had accepted a Starfleet uniform for this mission to fit in with the others although they had taken off the patch and the rank insignia. Robert shifted the weight of the scanner equipment in his arms. Light pollution from the Valakian city spilled over those hills and dulled the stars of the night sky. The Menk village was a sharp contrast to the advanced metropolis visible over the hills.
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