Chapter 3: Boarding Parties
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Mr. Morden walked coolly down the halls of the Borg cube, grinning. His appearance and manner resembled a used auto salesman, about to make a great deal. Behind him, strange noises would be heard every few seconds. Borg drones walked in front, beside, and past him, clearly ignoring him. Once he reached a section of the interior of the cube, he stopped on a walkway connecting levels and looked out at the Borg drones standing dormant in their alcoves. "I don't believe I or my associates understand you," he said to them. "What do you want?" Then, a voice from all around answered him, "We wish to improve ourselves." "You will be assimilated!" "Your culture and technology will be added to our own!" Morden smiled. "I think not," he said. The Shadows behind him became visible only for a few seconds as they slashed control panels and wires in the walls. Sparks flew, then several nearby drones regenerating in alcoves on that same wall came to life and began approaching the shadows and Mr. Morden. The shadows ran up and slashed the drones with lightning-fast claw moves. The drones fell, as the shadows continued attacking them and any nearby Borg technology. As they did this, however, the number of drones awaking and attacking increased, until they overwhelmed even the shadow team. In addition, some of these drones had been equipped with shooting weapons similar to Klingon disruptors, and were able to harm the shadows from a distance. Mordan and the shadows began running to the nearest opening, as they fought off drones, and they reached another enclosed hallway. Suddenly, the wall in front of them exploded, and a number of Stormtroopers emerged from the breach and began firing their blaster rifles at some of the drones, destroying them. This diversion allowed Morden and the shadows to escape to a different part of the cube, and while some of the drones began attacking this new threat, the rest continued the pursuit of the shadows. The storm troopers fired their blasters at more of the drones, but the drones had adapted to these weapons, and the shots were having no effect whatsoever. The Borg grabbed a few of the storm troopers and assimilated them. The rest of the troopers retreated to the breach they had used to enter this section, followed by the drones.
Morden and his remaining shadows reached a room close to the heart of the cube, only to see that the Borg drones in this section were still regenerating. The Shadows walked past them unnoticed or ignored until they came upon a force field that prevented them from proceeding. Some of the Shadows attacked this force field, but were unsuccessful in lowering it. Then, a Borg drone walked through the force field, onto the side in which Morden and his shadows stood. Like the other drones in this section, it didn't react at all to the presence of the Shadows. One of the shadows attacked the drone and knocked it to the floor. Morden then searched the body, looking for a device that would allow them to move past the force field safely, as several nearby drones came to life. The Shadows attacked the drones, keeping them busy while Morden continued to search the body. Finally, he found what he was looking for on the drone's head and ripped it off. Morden then activated it, and an invisible identification field surrounded his body. He then walked through the force field, and immediately, drones on that very side awoke and came after him. Then, a laser blast hit a control panel and the force field fell. Stormtroopers began running from the hall opposite Mr. Morden. Some of them aimed their rifles at Morden. Two of the shadows attacked the Stormtroopers. In response, the surviving Stormtroopers fired off their weapons everywhere, in an attempt to hit the lightning-fast shadows. They did hit one, and killed it, but the rest were too fast. Then, more drones arrived and began assimilating the troopers. The weapons of the Stormtroopers still had no effect on the drones. The Shadows began battling the drones again. One drone injected Mr. Morden with small tubes on his arm, assimilating him as well. A final surviving Stormtrooper saw the dangers around him, and he pulled out a remote control and hit the single button on it. This remote was the detonator to a number of explosive packs that had been placed on what they believed to be the main power core of the cube. These packs exploded, causing massive damage, and blowing out an entire section of the cube. Unfortunately, it was the section that the shadows, Stormtroopers, and drones were doing battle, and they were all destroyed!
On board the Death Star, the Emperor sat in his chair, watching a number of screens in front of him. There was a window behind the chair, from which he had been watching the space battle unfold earlier. Now, he was aware that a few ships had crash-landed inside the Death Star and that there were now intruders on board. In another section of the powerful space station, a large number of Cylon centurions were walking through the halls. A team of Stormtroopers intercepted them and began firing their laser rifles at them. It took two to three hits to take out a Cylon. The centurions flipped up their wrist guns and began firing them at their enemies. After a few minutes, the Stormtroopers had taken heavy losses and had retreated back into the interior of the Death Star. Many Cylons had been destroyed as well, but there were still enough of them to pose a great threat. The Stormtroopers set up another intercept point in one of the larger power rooms, where they could have troops set up on catwalks above and below their targets, as well as in front of them. The Cylons blasted their way through a door and reached this room, where the Stormtroopers opened fire. The formation they had set up in this room was working, as the Stormtroopers were able to cut down the Cylon centurions without taking too many losses. Suddenly, a number of Borg drones beamed into the same room in different areas and began attacking everything that was unassimilated. Some of the Stormtroopers began attacking them, but after two drones were taken out, the rest had adapted and were unstoppable. The Cylon centurions met resistance from both drones and Stormtroopers. They shot the drones with their wrist guns, which fired bullets and not energy, so they actually had an effect on the drones, though a small one. Eventually, the drones overpowered the centurions and lashed out at them. Some of the drones shot disruptor-like weaponry and destroyed a few centurions. Another drone grabbed one of the Cylons and pushed it off the edge of the catwalk into the great abyss below. Through the madness, some of the Cylons were able to make it past their adversaries and to another section of the Death Star. Any Stormtroopers in the area were either dead or now drones themselves. A number of these drones, old and new, made their way to an elevator, which lead them up to the Emperor's room. When the drones stepped out, the Emperor turned his chair toward them and laughed. "Your feeble abilities are no match for the power of the Dark Side!" The Emperor then made a gesture, then one of the drones imploded. The other drones began making their way slowly toward the Emperor. He shot lightning at the advancing drones, shorting out many of them, but not all of them. Another elevator door opened, and a team of Stormtroopers emerged, carrying new blaster rifles with a different frequency of lasers. They shot some of the drones, and while this got the attention of most of them, a few still advanced on the Emperor. After a while, the drones not only adapted to the new blasters, but to the Emperor's lightning as well!
Inside the control room of the Death Star, the crew watched as the Borg cube in the distance began to regenerate the damage caused by the internal explosion. Suddenly, a door opened and Cylon centurions exited and attacked instantly. One slashed an officer close to the door with its sharp claw-like fingers. The rest shot at everything they saw. Stormtroopers in the control room aimed and fired, beginning a shootout in the middle of the control room. The rest of the officers took cover, then more Borg drones beamed into the control room and began advancing on the officers, ignoring the fighting Cylons and Stormtroopers. Once the Stormtroopers realized that the officers were being assimilated, they turned their attention on the drones. However, their weapons had no effect on the intruders. One of the former officers walked over to a control panel and injected the controls with his new assimilation tubes.