Dark Mirror (Littafin Duane)

Dark Mirror labari ne na almarar kimiyya ta marubuciyar Ba’amurke Diane Duane, wani ɓangare na saga na Star Trek .  An saita shi a cikin duniyar madubi, kuma yana ba da bayani game da mafi yawan al'adun tashin hankali.   

A cikin Dark Mirror, Mirror- Spock ya bar Kasuwancin kuma ya tashi ta cikin matsayi kuma ya jagoranci ƙoƙari na sake fasalin Daular. Duk da haka, Mirror- Kirk ya tsara shi don cin amana, wanda ya haifar da kisa na Spock. Ba da daɗewa ba Mirror- Wani Vulcan ne ya kashe Sarek wanda ke neman aikinsa. A sakamakon haka, yunƙurin gyare-gyare na Spock ya mutu tare da shi kuma har yanzu daular tana da rai da ƙarfi. Klingons wata ƙabila ce da ta ci nasara, daular ta tilasta musu bauta bayan sun sha kashi. Har ila yau daular ta sha kayar da 'yan Romulans, amma sun kashe kansu gaba daya maimakon mika wuya ga mulkin Terran.

Dark Mirror ya ba da labarin yadda Kyaftin Jean-Luc Picard da ma'aikatan Enterprise-D aka tilasta su yin hulɗa da takwarorinsu. Kamar Madubin Jigo na Asali, Madubi, takwarorinsu suna da muguwar dabi'a da zalunci. Alal misali, Mirror-Captain Picard ya kashe Mirror-Jack Crusher don neman matarsa, Beverly Crusher, don kansa. An ƙara tilastawa Crusher gina makami na tushen halittu. Mirror- Deanna Troi jami'in tsaro ne wanda ke amfani da azabtarwa cikin yanci. Ayyukan ma'aikatan kamfanin Mirror-Enterprise-D sun cika da zalunci har ma da ayyukan kisan kare dangi. Ba a amfani da masu sadarwa na sirri da gangan a cikin madubi Starfleet; saboda yawaitar kashe-kashen da ake yi, suna sanya ma’aikatan cikin saukin ganowa da kashe su.

Lokacin da ma'aikatan Enterprise-D suka gana da ma'aikatansu, sun gano cewa Daular tana shirin tsallakawa cikin sararin samaniyar Tarayyar . Mataki na farko na shirin shine kama wannan kamfani na duniya, kashe ma'aikatan jirgin, da amfani da jirgin a matsayin mai kutse. Duk da haka, ma'aikatan Kasuwancin suna iya yin watsi da tsare-tsaren su, kuma su nemo hanyar da za su hana Masarautar ta mamaye Tarayyar.

Kyaftin Picard ya gano cewa daular sararin samaniyar madubi ta kusan kai iyakar abin da take iya fadadawa zuwa yanzu. Picard ya yarda cewa suna shirin mamaye duniyar 'babban', kawai saboda ba su da wani zaɓi. Har ila yau, ya gano cewa tsaba na Mutuwar Universe ta zalunci ta ta'allaka ne a Khan Noonien Singh wanda ya lashe Eugenics Wars . A ƙarshen littafin, Picard yayi magana da Mirror- Worf kuma ya bayyana cewa nan ba da jimawa ba daular za ta yi nisa sosai don kula da duniyar da take sarrafa cewa za ta rushe, kuma Worf ya kamata ya sanar da mutanensa don su kasance a shirye idan wannan rana ta zo.

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