Chapter 1
Dax watched Odo walk out of Ops. He looked different today. Maybe he was tired. The shapeshifter tended to get droopy when he was tired. Oh well, thought Dax, maybe something would turn up in the sensor readings...
Lieutenant (j.g.) Fred Franks was excited about his new promotion from Ensign, when his boss, Constable Odo, came in. "Lieutenant Franks!" he yelled.
"Here, sir" Franks said.
"Get Ensign Loyen KiZar, Ensign Werza Yinks, and Chief O'Brien and meet me at the entrance to Docking Pylon 3," Odo ordered.
"Yes, sir," said Franks, and ran off into the security office. The team of the lieutenant, who was a human, Ensign Loyen, a Bajoran, and Ensign Yinks, a Bolian, assembled at the docking pylon, and Odo briefed them.
After the breifing, Odo said, "Stay in a column behind me, then fan out if a hostile situation develops," Odo said. "that includes you, Chief."
"Aye, sir," Franks, Loyen, and Yinks said in unison. O'Brien stared intently at Odo
Odo led the team to the airlock. "Okay, Chief, do your thing."
Chief O'Brien opened a control panel, and crossed two wires together. He took out a small, pencil-like device, and routed a small plasma conduit into a smaller tube. Apparently, this was a safety mechanism so the airlock wouldn't suddenly open. With a hiss, the airlock opened...
Dax watched Odo walk out of Ops. He looked different today. Maybe he was tired. The shapeshifter tended to get droopy when he was tired. Oh well, thought Dax, maybe something would turn up in the sensor readings...
Lieutenant (j.g.) Fred Franks was excited about his new promotion from Ensign, when his boss, Constable Odo, came in. "Lieutenant Franks!" he yelled.
"Here, sir" Franks said.
"Get Ensign Loyen KiZar, Ensign Werza Yinks, and Chief O'Brien and meet me at the entrance to Docking Pylon 3," Odo ordered.
"Yes, sir," said Franks, and ran off into the security office. The team of the lieutenant, who was a human, Ensign Loyen, a Bajoran, and Ensign Yinks, a Bolian, assembled at the docking pylon, and Odo briefed them.
After the breifing, Odo said, "Stay in a column behind me, then fan out if a hostile situation develops," Odo said. "that includes you, Chief."
"Aye, sir," Franks, Loyen, and Yinks said in unison. O'Brien stared intently at Odo
Odo led the team to the airlock. "Okay, Chief, do your thing."
Chief O'Brien opened a control panel, and crossed two wires together. He took out a small, pencil-like device, and routed a small plasma conduit into a smaller tube. Apparently, this was a safety mechanism so the airlock wouldn't suddenly open. With a hiss, the airlock opened...