Chapter 1
The U.S.S Avenger was heading towards the Orion System, its cloaking device, which was fitted at Deep Space 9, had been activated and fully tested. Starfleet had found what they believed to be the base of the Orion Syndicate, and the Avenger was despatched to that sector. Admiral Woof Maccu had orders from Starfleet to destroy the base, and hopefully deal the Syndicate a devastating blow with which they would never recover.
Woof Maccu, sitting in the captains' chair, was staring at the view-screen, but his thoughts were elsewhere. He thought back to the time, a few stardates ago, when the Syndicate had hatched a plan to cripple Starfleet by unleashing an incapacitating virus, starting with the crew of the Avenger.
Woof Maccu took this personally, as he had served with this crew for quite some time, and considered them his friends. As he thought about it, there was anger in his eyes, and revenge in his heart, but Woof Maccu was a Starfleet Officer first and foremost, and a Klingon second. Any thoughts he might have had of a vendetta were pushed to the back of his mind.
His thoughts were interrupted by the voice of Lt. Commander Q sitting behind him at the Tactical station "Admiral, we're five hundred miles from target", the tactical officer informed his commander.
"Thank you Commander" answered Woof, "Helm!" he ordered, "Drop us out of warp, reduce to impulse speed"
"Aye, Aye, sir" was the enthusiastic reply, as the helmsman swivelled round in his chair to face Woof. The voice belonged to Commodore Clarkz, a Klingengi. He was a hybrid, a result of a transporter malfunction. His Ferengi self and a Klingon had been accidentally merged, to produce the unique being he was today. Starfleet had decided it was too risky to try to separate them both, as it would mean certain death for one or the other.
They now had two fine officers for the price of one.
Woof apologised to Clarkz "Sorry Commodore, for a moment I forgot you were at the helm"
"That's perfectly okay", answered Clarkz politely, his Ferengi side coming through. Had it been his Klingon side, the reply
would have been totally different, as Woof knew fine well