“Creating easier ways to explore? And just … figuring out life, and saving it? As much and as often as possible.” The attitude was pure Paul Stamets, not the bitter-tinged man that Culber had watched him become after the Klingon War began. Stamets and Justin Straal had joined Starfleet to further space exploration on every possible level. They hoped to unlock the mysteries of the universe. Then all-out war twisted their research—their life’s work—into a tactic rather than a tool of discovery.
