Chapter 5: The Gates of Sto'vo'Kor
Epsilon Erindani System
A trio of Klingon ships was retreating from two Borg spheres when a Negh'Var-class battleship and two Vor'cha-class cruisers opened fire from the side destroying the spheres. The Negh'Var was commanded by none other than Chancellor Martok himself. "Inform the shipyards that they need to increase their production. That was just the initial assault. When the Borg return it will be in force. My Klingon warriors… let us make sure they will sing songs of this day." Said Martok
He looked at a padd detailed forces assigned to him: One Starbase, One Construction ship, Two Bird of Preys, Six Vor'cha-class attack cruisers, His own Negh'Var-class Battleship, One Dilithium mining station and freighter along with three sensor arrays and a number of unmanned disruptor cannon defensive platforms.
He turned to his second "Order the construction ship to build a shipyard first next to the starbase, then a weapons center south of the base. Have the Bird of Preys cloak and begin scouting ahead a little bit. Warn them not to stray too far into the system. And have the Starbase build three more dilithium freighters; I want to maximize the mining operation over there."
"Aye sir."
Martok assigned the Vor'cha-class ships and his Negh'Var to Fleet 1 while the Construction ship began its work on the shipyard and the Starbase began on the freighters. The Bird of Preys cloaked and began a reconnaissance sweep of the surrounding area. Soon however Borg transwarp signatures were detected and a sensor array spotted a wave of Borg ships headed straight for the mining operation. But the operation was well defended by disruptor platforms which destroyed three ships and damaged another. Several times Borg Assimilators attempted to assimilate the crew of the mining station but were stopped by the disruptor cannons. By the end of the first wave the shipyard was complete and the Construction ship began building a weapons center. By the time the weapons center was complete all three dilithium freighters were built and had been integrated into the mining operation. The fourth wave of Borg ships was comprised of a single combat cube, much smaller than the ones encountered by the Federation at Wolf 359 and Earth and with a smaller complement of drones only a thousand. Martok, knowing the disruptor cannons wouldn't do much to the cube's strong shields except in large numbers ordered his small fleet to intercept it.
As soon as the weapons center was completed research began on the polaron torpedo, a weapon adapted from the Breen. The work was completed quickly and just in time for the Vor'chas to use them on the cube. Six polaron torpedoes fired into the cube disabling every system except shields. "Report." Ordered Martok
"Sir, the Cube's weapons, engines, sensor array and life support are offline for now. The crew complement has dropped to reduced operational levels. It is now vulnerable to boarding and capture."
"Very good, when we've beaten down the shields cease fire and transport boarding parties I want that ship."
"Aye sir."
The shields went down and the ships cease fire. Boarding parties beamed aboard at once. Dozens of Klingon warriors roamed the corridors, beating down drone after drone. Some used disruptor pistols which the Borg quickly adapted too but there were still the Bat'leth swords the Klingons favored and which proved themselves time and again against the Borg. In five minutes the cube was in Klingon hands. By this time the effects of the polaron torpedoes had worn off by now and those systems affected came online. The cube was added to Fleet 1 and went back to the shipyard was fully repaired and recrewed as were the other ships. Martok, with this new toy decided to try it out on a nearby Borg mining station. The cube attacked the station which was only guarded by a sphere and an energy cannon. The cube cut through both the vessel and the station with ease and destroyed the mining station and freighter.
When the cube was captured the weapons centered had just completed work on the commando team for the Suqh'ja-class assault ship. This weapon in concert with the polaron torpedo makes capturing ships and station much easier. Martok ordered the shipyard to build four Vor'chas and four Suqh'ja-class ships and to assign them to Fleet 2. Further ahead was a Borg Advanced Construction Matrix and another mining station and a torpedo turrent to guard it. The second fleet was completed and moved ahead with the first.
The first fleet attacked and destroyed the mining station and turrent then it covered the second fleet while it attacked and captured the Advanced Matrix. The four Vor'chas opened fire with their polaron torpedoes. A few seconds later the Suqh'jas followed up with the commando team pods. Which bore through the shields and cut into the hull of the station. Soon the station was in Klingon hands Martok had all his ships except the cube decommissioned and more cubes were built at the matrix. Eventually a fleet of cubes was built. The cubes advanced through the system destroying a standard Assembly Matrix, several defensive platforms, a mining station and freighter, and another Advanced Assembly Matrix. The main Borg base was soon discovered however by one of the Bird of Preys still on the recon sweep. The base was comprised of: One Nexus, One Assembly Matrix, One Advanced Assembly Matrix, One Modification Center, One Technology Node, One Assembler and two energy cannons. The cubes swept through the base with ease destroying everything in its path. With the Borg base destroyed Martok thought the campaign was finished. But the other Bird of Prey found two other Borg mining operations one was guarded by an interceptor, assimilator, and an energy cannon. Martok attacked this operation himself. His ship fired its ion cannon at the assimilator destroying its shields. Martok then hit the interceptor which bukled and exploded under fire. The energy cannon was no match for the Negh'Var battleship either and was destroyed quickly. The Assimilator came back into the fight, however it was quickly destroyed as was the freighter and station. Martok sent a single cube to attack the last station, only defended by a single energy cannon. The cube destroyed it quickly. Martok returned to his base.
"And the day is ours. Contact the Home world; find out why our support fleet has not arrived. And send a message to the Federation. Tell them that Chancellor Martok has driven the Borg from the Gamma Eridon Sector."