Cutting Corners

[Hansen to Bridge.]

Lieutenant Harris, who had now taken the Bridge answered the call. "Go ahead."

[Sir, I was hoping to speak to the Captain. I have something urgent to discuss with him.]

"Commander Devore is not in a fit state to answer. Can I help you?"

[I have a recommendation for how to shake off the Loreans. A few years back, during the brief Klingon war, the *Defiant* was being pursued by a Vorcha class attack cruiser. They used a precisely modulated tractor beam to deflect the disrupters of the Klingon ship. If we were to use a similar method, tuning our tractor beam to the high EM frequency of telepathic communication, we should be able to stop them.]

At that moment, Ensign Shaka decided to butt in. "Ensign, in case you had forgotten, this ship is fitted with an SS drive. Even if we were able to modify the tractor beam sufficiently, what makes you think we won't burn out the only SS reactor Starfleet has, in the process."

[That's where you come in. At the precise moment that the tractor beam comes online, if we transfer all warp power through our Constitution class drive, we should be able to gain enough power to complete the manoeuvre.]

After what seemed like an eternity of waiting, Lieutenant Harris made up his mind.

"Ensign Shaka, get down to engineering and help Mr. Hansen. Ensign Hansen?"

[Yes sir?]

"How long until we can perform the procedure?"

[Computer is ready and awaiting initialization command. Oh, And Shaka.]

A slight smile reached across the Lieutenant's face. "Do it."