"O.K. Sit down at the controls, Ramsey. That's right. Don't try
anything."
Ramsey was seated in the pilot chair again. His head was still whirling
but his strength had returned. He wondered if he could chance rushing
her but told himself she meant what she said. She would kill him in cold
blood if she had to.
"Bring the _Enterprise_ down on that world, Ramsey."
He sat there and stubbornly shook his head. "Margot, you'll be meddling
with a power beyond human understanding."
"Rubbish! You read my father's letter, didn't you? That fear's been
implanted in your genes. It's part of the heredity of our people. It's
rubbish. Bring the ship down."
Still Ramsey did not move. Vardin looked from him to Margot Dennison and
back again with horror in her eyes.
"I'll count three," Margot said. "Then I'll shoot the Vegan girl. Do you
understand?"
Ramsey's face went white.
"One," Margot said.
Vardin stared at him beseechingly.