PROLOGUE
Onboard Deep Space 9, the computer is alerting the Starfleet officer manning the sensor station with clicks and beeps.
"Colonel, sensors indicating neutrino buildup."
Colonel Kira Nerys walks over the officer station. "That's mean one thing, the wormhole is about to open." She tap a few commands on the console and something was troubling her. "Put the station on red alert."
"Yes ma'am." The female officer said as the lighting of the command center darken and klaxon sounded.
Sisko walks out of his office with a calm demeanor. "Report!" He said.
"We have an unscheduled arrival." Kira said as she transfers the data to her PADD and handed to her commanding officer.
Outside of the station, the wormhole burst to life spitting out a large single ship with grey hull. It has weapon emplacement on the top deck. It looks like a battleship that should be in water instead of space. It has two engines that is attached to a pylon protruding out of the ship. On the hull of the ship is the ships name. TAS PORT ROYALE. The ship itself is damage, it's broadside hull is literally on fire.
The Federation 9th fleet and who is assigned to the sector surrounded the ship with their shields up and their weapons ready and targeted the PORT ROYALE .
"Captain, we got visual of the vessel." Chief OBrien said as he activate the view screen to show the ship is adrift. The computer scans the hull of the ship that gave him a readout what happen.
"It looks like the ship went through hell." Kira said.
"Sir, weapons signature indicate the Thalaron energy with 2.2 variance."
"What does that mean?"
"It means that the ship been attacked by the Dominion." Jadzia responded to Kira's question.
"Any lifesigns?"
Jadzia looks at her console and tap a few buttons and reported. "Sensors can't penetrate the hull of the ship."
"Can we transport to the ship?"
O'Brian nods his head as a negative.
"The fleet responded, they are unable to scan the ship." Worf reported as he reads more report from the computer. "They are awaiting for further orders sir."
"Commander Worf, prepare a boarding party."
"Yes sir." Word said stoically.
Worf in his EVA suit and a compliment of Starfleet 5 Marines attaches to the USS Saratoga, a galaxy class attached to the 9th Fleet. As they board the Runabout, Jadzia in her EVA suit ran to give him a hug and a kiss.
"Seeing me off?"
"No silly, I'm flying you there" she smiles at him "besides, I can't let you have all the fun." Jadzia says as she sat down on the pilot seat and turn the runabout on.
The Runabout approaches the cripple ship and examine the damages.
"Must been in a hell of a battle." Jadzia said as she fly towards what looks like a hanger bay starboard side of a ship.
It slowly flew in the hanger and touchdown. Jadzia scan the area with her own eyes, she could see bodies after bodies of the ship crew.
"My god," she said as she put on her helmet.
With their weapons drawn and their lights on, they slowly walk out of the runabout and heads toward a closed hatch.
Jadzia with her tricorder examine the dead body, she reads the name of the dead written on the chest and took picture of a patch on the right shoulder.
"Redford is human, he belong to a Tau'ri Alliance Navy." Jadzia said as she scan another body.
"Tau'ri?" One of the marines said.
"The question is what is a Tau'ri?" Jadzia ask.
Worf on the other hand approach the closed hatch and tries to open it with his Klingon strength but it won't budge. As he tries to find a bulkhead for an emergency release when he accidentally tap on a control crystal and the hatch opens.
Jadzia made it to the bridge of the ship and only to find it empty, there was no remain of the crew like she saw earlier. All there is computer monitors flicking and and floating debris.
"I don't understand, what happen to the crew?"
"Engineering is empty also." Worf said over the com.
"Ma'am," one of the marine called to a working computer.
Jadzia scans the computer with the tricorder and open a panel in the bottom of the screen revealing a crystalline circuitry.
"I can't make head or tales of this technology, it's the most advanced computer system." She is amazed and wonder why Federation scientist haven't thought about it. She touches the crystal and it sparks and the whole bridge lit up.
"What did you do honey?"
"Nothing." Jadzia cringes. She tap a few commands on the computer saw a file containing video feed. "But I found files from this Admiral Ramirez."
Onboard DS9, Captain Sisko and Admiral Ross is monitoring the boarding party, watching every moment until the computer alerted them that the derelict ship has breach the firewall of the most secure network in the Federation.
"Sir, the ship has scanned us."
All of sudden, in the middle of the room; a holographic image shimmers to life. It was a humanoid and grayish in color with a large eye and long skinny arms and leg.
"No need to take drastic measure."
"Hello, May I ask who you are?" Admiral Ross questions the alien.
"I am Sif, I am an artificial intelligence construct of the Tau'ri Alliance ship PORT ROYALE." Sif looks at both men and blink.
"Who is this Tau'ri?"