Star Trek: Generations: Sela's Desperate Shadow

Captain's Log: Stardate: 86195.0: The Crossfire has been assigned to assist the delegation on Khitomer regarding the legitimacy of the Romluan Republic. They are seeking allies as they do not want to be part of the Romulan Star Empire and break away from the grasp of the Tal Shiar. I can't say that I blame them. The Republic's leader, D'Tan has met with Federation officials for some time and it looks like that…

The intercom kicked on, interrupting Captain Zofchak's log entry.

Damn it

Captain Kennedy Zofchak was slightly annoyed as this was her third time trying to get her log entry to sound right. She was never able to get it on the first try as she had a tendency to make them too long or not professional enough. Earlier, she took a break between her first and second attempts to contact her sister Kyou, captain of the Enterprise. Maybe the talked a little too long but it wasn't every day they got to chance to talk. Not like the old days back on the Alexandria. Now that her two sisters were serving on the Enterprise and no longer in the academy, her worry for them had increased, especially after the incident with the Klingons and the Borg just after their graduation.

"Captain Zofchak," the female voice said.

"What is it, Ashley?"

"There's a priority one message from Admiral Janeway," Ashley said.

"Put it through in here." She sighed as she figured her log entry would just be another failed recording. She pressed the button on her monitor that showed the face of Admiral Janeway. "Admiral, what can I help you with?"

"There was an explosion at Khitomer. A bomb materialized behind the Klingon speaker but Temer, a member of the Romulan Republic sacrificed himself to save everyone in the room."

"So, is our mission changing to relief status?" Zofchak asked.

"No, I'm changing your mission altogether," Janeway said. "The bomb left residual elements associated with Romulan and Borg technology."

"Borg? Really? They're just asking for the Collective to come down here."

"Those are also my thoughts," Janeway said. "Sela has called for a conference with Federation diplomats in the Agrama System at the edge of the Neutral Zone. She wants to explain that the bombing was not her doing."

"I'll believe that," Zofchak said sarcastically. She saw Janeway smirk as that was another thought they shared. "Why the Agrama System?"

"It's the closest planet that has any sort of neutrality between the Federation and the Star Empire," Janeway said. "The planet is inhabited by Romulans but it's divided by those loyal to Sela and those who want to remain independent from all powers."

"I can't imagine Sela approving of that as she's putting up such a fuss about the Romulan Republic," Zofchak said.

"I can't either but she has made no moves against them and there have been no reports of anything going against those loyal to the empire," Janeway said.

"I'm sure it's just something Sela using to show she's being 'fair and gracious' to her people. So, what is it you want the Crossfire to do?"

"I want you and your crew to go to Agrama and investigate secretly while the conference is going on. If you disguise yourselves as Romulans, then you should be able to get further than blatantly showing you're a Starfleet officer. Find out anything you can about their use of Borg technology. If you find any, destroy it. Janeway out."

Zofchak leaned back in her chair. She pondered the mission itself and wondered who to take on the away team. She had to keep it to a minimum so it would be her and two others. She stood up and tugged on her tunic to straighten it. She walked out of her ready room and onto the bridge.

"Lieutenant Moss, set a course for the Agrama System. Warp 9," she said heading for her chair.

"Are we not going to Khitomer?" Commander Elisa Flores asked while watching her captain sit down.

"No, there was an incident and Starfleet has ordered us to Agrama because the Romulans have their hands in Borg tech and you know what that means for us. Sela has called for a conference to disavow any involvement in the incident in Khitomer and while she's busy with that, we're to investigate the side of the planet that is loyal to the empire. The conference will occur within the area of the independent states."

"Course laid in, sir," Moss reported.

"Engage."