Chapter 4 -
Where are we ?
Tyr Anazasi woke up with a severe pain in his right shoulder and ringing in his ears.
Before he tried moving, he assessed his physical state. - His body, apart from his shoulder seemed Ok, his ears were ringing and he had one really sore jaw, probably from impacting with the wall.
As he lay there the ringing in his ears lessened and his hearing returned, and realised that he could hear the Andromeda Ascendant's voice over and over.
" Code Blue. Officers down in command . Code Blue. Officers down in command . Code Blue. Officers down in command. "
As Tyr began to get up the voice stopped, by the time Tyr was on his feet the hologram form of the ship was in front of him. Andromeda spoke first
" Tyr, my scan shows the you have dislocated shoulder, and a bruise on the jaw from your impact with the view screen.
" Ship " he said, through the pain " What happened, what has that boy done this time ? "
" It appears that Harper's modifications reacted with the slip stream strings. When power was cut it caused the energy building up outside the ship to impact the forward hull. This in turn forced the ship violently out of slip stream. We emerged through some tunnel, it was at this time that you made contact with the view screen. At the end of the tunnel was a small space station which appeared to be undergoing a computer crisis. It does do not conform to any known design. Without anybody to pilot me, I engaged auto pilot to avoid a collision and have moved us to cover with a nearby asteroid belt."
" What is the status of the crew " ? Tyr asks, concerned now. Tyr would never admit it, but he had grown to care about the crew onboard this ship, even to the point of his own survival was becoming secondary.
" I have moved the most critical first. Both Dylan and Harper are in the infirmary in Coma's, Beka is recovering, but I'm keeping her sedated for at last another 12 hours. Trance is..recovering, she fell and broke her neck, but is getting better!"
Tyr shakes his head in amazement, but is not really surprised.
"Where is you Avatar ?"
" She fell down the slip stream core shaft as we came through the tunnel and is not responding. Therefore, she must be off line "
Tyr looks at the Andromeda, but suddenly gets the feeling that there is yet more bad news.
" Ship, what else have you to tell me ?"
" The tunnel we travelled through as we exited slip stream must have some anomaly that I have never even heard of before, I don't know where we are ?
" If what way "
" Well, the stars are in the same place, but the system that we are currently in should be Tern Vedra, but there are to many planets and an asteroid belt. The Than home world is a water planet, the list goes on. "
" Great "
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Tyr makes his way down to the infirmary, buy the time he gets there Trance is awake.
" How are you feeling ? " Tyr asks the girl as he enters, and notes that she is still uneasy around him. He must try and do something about that, if the flinched at the wrong moment, it could effect his chances for survival.
" Just a sore neck " came the cryptic reply " Is that shoulder painful ? Would you like me to treat it for you ?" Trance asks quickly, changing the topic after noticing the way Tyr was favouring the arm and it had some really nasty bruising.
30 minutes later Tyr is heading down to the engine room to see for himself the damage and look for the ships Avatar, one of the most versatile creations that he had ever met, and now that the ship was an ally, on of the things important to his survival. Trance had offered to come with him, much to his surprise, but it was obvious that she also wanted to stay and monitor the rest of the crew in the medical ward.
Tyr entered the engine room. It didn't outwardly appear to be damaged, more than it was before the last slip stream jump. Tyr headed to the walkway which spanned the slip stream core, and its surrounding access shaft. He quickly glanced down, noticing the new damage to the core.
After being informed twice by the ship that there was no radiation coming from the Slip Stream Core he proceed to the bottom of the core's shaft. It was a surprising distance from the walkway at the top of the core, to the bottom. Tyr figured that it would take him at least 5 minutes to descend the distance
He found the Avatar lying at the bottom, on arm was just missing and the same side of the face was burn to the point that Tyr was forced to look away in disgust. While he knew that the avatar was only a machine, it also appeared very human at times. The damage to the side of the face, hadn't exposed any internal working, rather melted the surface skin making it appear badly burned.
With a grunt he slung the remains of the robot over his shoulder, Tyr remembered at the last moment to put the avatar on his good shoulder, and began to ascend the shaft.
The shaft was in fact 15 decks deep, and one of the most armoured points of the entire ship, which Tyr reflected was a good thing since they simply didn't have the manpower to repair the entire core if it kept getting the level of damage it had recently. He had noticed on his descent that it was only the top section that was damaged, a thought that Tyr found encouraging.
After ascending 8 decks he paused to rest on an access ledge.
" Ship " He called out
" Yes Tyr " Andromeda responded. Due to his location he could not see the Ships hologram, only hear it.
" Tell me about the station we also collided with "
There was a slight delay as the Andromeda accessed her memory banks.
" Spherical is design with six large docking arms. Each arm is capable of holding one vessel the size of a Than Frigate. Around the exterior of the station it has numerous docking ports which can hold 24 Maru sized vessels. The central core of the station appears mainly for trading, although many of the shops appeared to be unoccupied. At the top is the command post and lower down is the power generators. The station has been extensively retro fitted with new sensor suite and weapons arrays. "
Tyr thinks about what we has heard, and slowly begins his ascent again, while continuing his conversation with Andromeda.
" Does the stations weapons systems pose a threat to the Andromeda ? "
There is a moments silence as the Ship processes the information obtained during their brief pass
" The station is equipped with three types of weapons. Some variation of a laser, quite powerful if operated at full power and within close range. These weapons could penetrate the hulls armour, but providing we stay at a range of a least 50,000 meters from the station, which I estimate to be half of the weapons range, then the armour on the hull will not be breached."
So, Tyr reflected, the technology on the station could be considered primitive. When it came to gauging opponents, the Ship was rarely wrong. Andromeda then continued
"The station also appears to have two type's of torpedo. The first is quicker than the second but does not carry a large warhead, even at close range would not penetrate the Hull. The second type is a lot more powerful but not as fast. My point defence lasers are easily capable of intercepting both types well before they reach damaging detonation range "
Suddenly the Andromeda's voice becomes very formal, more than usual
" Requesting authorisation of the weapons officer to place PDL control on automatic "
" Granted "
" What effectiveness would our weapon shave against the station? "
" The station does not have any sort of armour, so it would be logical to assume that they have a different form of defence, but I would estimate that I could reduce the station to slag in 30 seconds. "
" Any other relevant tactical points I should be aware of ?" Tyr asks, as he nears the top of the shaft.
" I could tap into the station computer systems from here, and be able to seize control of the entire station, but they would become aware of my presence and shut down their receiver, which would not make this a viable tactic. Although a direct link from inside the station to its computer would be unbreakable "
Tyr continues to climb, when he reaches the top Andromeda has two bots waiting to take the damaged Avatar to the nearest workshop. After being released of the burden he decides to return to the commend deck, via the medical bay.
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Two days later ...
Dylan finally returns to the command deck. Tyr is sat leaning against the far wall asleep. He warily wakes him up and asks for an update
Tyr gives him a outline of what had happened since he had woken up, then a summary since the time he has returned to command deck, which he now realises was in excess of two days.
" We are currently in a system which matches Tarn Vedra's location on all charts. Within scanning range, all systems are where they should be, but they systems themselves are wrong "
Tyr activates a display
" This is the system that we are currently in. As you can see, it should be Tarn Vedra, but its not. It has 10 orbiting planets one asteroid belt, which we are currently hiding in, and one space station "
"How did we get here ? " Was Dylan's first question.
" Unknown. Ship, display command deck visual log from the moment we last entered slip stream "
The two men watch the playback. Once it has finished, Tyr continues
" I have been waiting for Mr Harper to finish repairs to the ship before to place any further demands on him "
" Understood. Has our arrival been noticed by anybody ? "
" During the last 49 hours, since our arrival here, the station has had one ship return to it, within one hour it then dispatched three smaller ship, each had two man crews, and they have been searching the system, at a guess for us. I have had to re-locate the ship twice to avoid being discovered. According to their current search pattern, they should not return this way unless a further search is ordered. "
Dylan is quiet through the briefing.
" According to long distance communications intercepts, this entire quadrant of the galaxy is currently in a state of war. The system we are in is designated the Bajoran System. If the arsenal on the station is any indication, our weapons and technology is way in advance of the native species. Of course, saying that, we don't know if they are the cause of our accident. "
" Good, what the ships status ?"
" Not good, but not to bad. All decks have now restored life support. We had a hull breach in the bow which has now been sealed, power has been restored to all systems. Only Beka remains on medical leave, and Mr Harper is currently working on the slip stream drive. It seems that his tampering which brought us here did not damage the drive as badly as we thought it would. The avatar is currently off line pending review and repair by Mr Harper, and she must then under go its monthly re-charge. "
" Have Harper get Rommie up and running as soon as possible" Orders Dylan " When is Beka expected back on duty ?"
" Trance says 2 - 3 days "
" Very well " Dylan assesses his tactical officer " Mr Anazasi, get some sleep, you look exhausted "
Tyr goes to leave the command deck, but halts in the door way. He turns and looks at Dylan right in the eye.
"What do have in mind ? "
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Kira sat at her post in the middle of Ops, it was nearing the end of her shift, and she was looking forward to getting down to Quark's to meet Jadzia for a drink and then she was planning to have an early night. The last two weeks have been very tense, especially for the Star Fleet crewmembers, who after five months of war were becoming use to seeing daily reports of the growing numbers of dead and wounded from the war. Now, with continued jamming, the sudden lack of news was even worse. And nothing had been seen of the strange ship which came through the Wormhole 3 days ago.
She glanced up as the turbo lift came into view carrying with it the crew for the next shift. As she made her way to the lift she heard a polite female voice come through the speaks
" This is Eureka Maru requesting docking procedures "
The phrasing struck Kira as a bit odd since all stations in federation space operated the same, but she was tired, let the next shift take care of it she though as the lift descended.
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Inside the Eureka Maru, Dylan stood behind the helm, Rommie sat piloting the ship and Tyr sat monitoring the station at the weapons console.
" I still say that this is a bad idea "
Dylan moved closer to Tyr so that they could have a conversation without shouting, which Rommie could of course overhear, while she was given docking instructions from the station.
" Look Tyr " Dylan started " We need to know if these people are friendly or hostile, if they have any knowledge of what brought us hear, why planets have moved, disappeared or changed. We know the sort of currency we will require in some parts of the station, the languages aboard and the clothes which are appropriate, thanks to Andromeda's successful tapping into their computer. Lets just get in their, figure out the lay of the land, if its hostile, we leave ".
Rommie then calls from the pilots seat
" Docking has just been approved, we will dock in 10 minutes "
" Lets bring it"
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30 minutes later
The three Andromeda personnel stood on the promenade deck of DS 9. There had been a slight problem when station security met them at the airlock, asking them their business. After some inventive lying by Tyr, saying that they had been boarded by pirates and had their ID's, and their entire cargo stolen, they had been granted access to the rest of the station.
Dylan was looking around at the number of uniformed personal walking around. A lot of the shops were shut, as Andromeda had noticed on their initial pass of the station, but thanks to Andromeda's computer tap they were aware that just prior to their arrival the station had been put and high alert and some civilians had left.
" I suggest we split up " says Tyr, " we meet in there in 1 hour " while pointing at a loud bar with large ears standing in the doorway staring at Rommie.
" Agreed " Says Dylan " See if you can find anything that hints of a science lab or where the computer core is. Andromeda's computer hack would have triggered a communication alarm, but a direct interface should not. "
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The three Andromeda crew members met in the bar, called Quarks. The bar was getting quiet busy, so they opted for a table near the back of the room where their voices would get drowned out by the noise of a gambling table and the dozen drunken aliens gambling.
" We found a information display in the hall outside. Rommie has been able to download the entire public database. All available languages have been up loaded into our translation and comm units, so we can understand most aliens " Dylan tells Tyr.
" I suggest that we get some drinks, otherwise we may not blend in as well " Tyr says as he gets up and moves towards the bar.
Tyr returned to the table, after ordering some drinks from the bar. While Rommie didn't need to consume anything, she did in an effort to blend in.
" I found a computer lab " says Tyr quietly" the security lock on the door does not look very complex, but there is a number of hidden security camera's in the surrounding .." Tyr suddenly stops speaking as he is knocked from behind.
He spins to face his opponent only to see a drunk alien fall to the floor at his feet.. He falls out of his combat stance, and turns to sit back down, intending to ignore the incident, when one of the alien's stops him.
" What's this ? A human who thinks that he can beat a Klingon in hand to hand combat " The warrior hisses, and then punches Tyr straight in the face. Tyr doesn't fall to the ground, but does stagger back, clearly not expecting the blow.
Raising his hand to his nose, Tyr realises that the blow had caused his nose to bleed.
Before Tyr can respond Rommie steps between them and says, very quietly something that Dylan and Tyr's translators were unable to translate.
The Klingon' face changes from drunken laughing to insulted outrage, can't believe that his mother was just called a whore by such a petite human woman, screams and then strikes a second blow.
This time his target is the women's face, with the full intention of knocking her off her feet and into the wall. Instead, his fist misses and he finds himself flying through the air, only to land at the feet of his crew mates, who have also turned their full attention to the trio in front of them. The entire room goes quiet as all eyes swing in the general direction of impending fight.
Realising that there is not going to be an easy way out of this, Hunt and Tyr stand either side of Rommie.
The fallen Klingon regains his footing and steps forward to attack again, suddenly not to sure of the outcome, when he is stopped in his tracks by another voice as it cuts through the room.
" ENOUGH "
The atmosphere in the room goes from looking forward to the fight to deathly quiet as general Martok, Captain Sisko, and Commander Worf stand in the door way.
The Klingon who had sent flying by Rommie, turns to the three new arrivals and speaks first
" General, I am Latnok son of A'Tnor, just posted to your ship, this human woman insulted my family honour and ..."
" I don't think this is the time or place for this conversation " Martok interrupts " Do you ? "
" I agree entirely", says Odo, who had silently approached from behind Dylan " I suggest that these three and Latnok join us in the security office. "
" Great " says Dylan as they are led out.
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Odo's security office
" Now we have heard Latnok's side of the story " says Odo " I will release him to you care General, for any suitable punishment you think this merits "
Martok then orders him back to the ship, " where you will be dealt with later "
After he has left the room, all attention is turned on the three Andromeda crew members.
" You had better have a good story why you threw a warrior from my ship 10 meters across a room " bellows Martok at Rommie.
" A Klingon a lot larger than you " adds Odo, with Sisko and Worf remaining silent.
" If you will allow ...." Starts Dylan until Rommie cuts him off
" What is it exactly that we have done wrong ?" asks Rommie " While we have never laid eyes on a Klingon before, I realised that a problem may occur with any of the species on the station, so I reviewed the station database for information on any species that we may encounter, which included Klingon's "
Both Martok and Odo go quiet waiting for the her to continue.
" It states that if a confrontation is unavoidable, do not back down as that is considered a cowardly " Rommie recites, and then goes quiet.
" Continue " Says Captain Sisko, speaking for the first time.
" I engaged him in a verbal dialogue suitable for the circumstance, and then defended myself and companions when he attacked. " Rommie explained
" A good argument, but where did you get the strength from to throw a 400 pound Klingon like a feather " Worf asks.
" I was raised on a heavy gravity planet, I happen to be of average height and considered of average strength where I come from " Rommie replies, only lying about half of the explanation.
" I see " replies Odo " well under the circumstances there will be no further charges, you can go "
As Tyr, Rommie and Dylan go to leave the security office, Martok stops Tyr " Why are you here2 he queries "on this station?"
Tyr looks at Dylan, and then comes up with the answer that they had all agreed upon.
" To look for work, we run a small freighter, and there are always people looking to move away from war zones and want to take their belongings with them "
" I see.." answers Martok
After the three strangers leave the security office, the four officers start to talk about the three people called Tyr Anazasi , Rommie and Dylan Hunt.
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Where are we ?
Tyr Anazasi woke up with a severe pain in his right shoulder and ringing in his ears.
Before he tried moving, he assessed his physical state. - His body, apart from his shoulder seemed Ok, his ears were ringing and he had one really sore jaw, probably from impacting with the wall.
As he lay there the ringing in his ears lessened and his hearing returned, and realised that he could hear the Andromeda Ascendant's voice over and over.
" Code Blue. Officers down in command . Code Blue. Officers down in command . Code Blue. Officers down in command. "
As Tyr began to get up the voice stopped, by the time Tyr was on his feet the hologram form of the ship was in front of him. Andromeda spoke first
" Tyr, my scan shows the you have dislocated shoulder, and a bruise on the jaw from your impact with the view screen.
" Ship " he said, through the pain " What happened, what has that boy done this time ? "
" It appears that Harper's modifications reacted with the slip stream strings. When power was cut it caused the energy building up outside the ship to impact the forward hull. This in turn forced the ship violently out of slip stream. We emerged through some tunnel, it was at this time that you made contact with the view screen. At the end of the tunnel was a small space station which appeared to be undergoing a computer crisis. It does do not conform to any known design. Without anybody to pilot me, I engaged auto pilot to avoid a collision and have moved us to cover with a nearby asteroid belt."
" What is the status of the crew " ? Tyr asks, concerned now. Tyr would never admit it, but he had grown to care about the crew onboard this ship, even to the point of his own survival was becoming secondary.
" I have moved the most critical first. Both Dylan and Harper are in the infirmary in Coma's, Beka is recovering, but I'm keeping her sedated for at last another 12 hours. Trance is..recovering, she fell and broke her neck, but is getting better!"
Tyr shakes his head in amazement, but is not really surprised.
"Where is you Avatar ?"
" She fell down the slip stream core shaft as we came through the tunnel and is not responding. Therefore, she must be off line "
Tyr looks at the Andromeda, but suddenly gets the feeling that there is yet more bad news.
" Ship, what else have you to tell me ?"
" The tunnel we travelled through as we exited slip stream must have some anomaly that I have never even heard of before, I don't know where we are ?
" If what way "
" Well, the stars are in the same place, but the system that we are currently in should be Tern Vedra, but there are to many planets and an asteroid belt. The Than home world is a water planet, the list goes on. "
" Great "
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Tyr makes his way down to the infirmary, buy the time he gets there Trance is awake.
" How are you feeling ? " Tyr asks the girl as he enters, and notes that she is still uneasy around him. He must try and do something about that, if the flinched at the wrong moment, it could effect his chances for survival.
" Just a sore neck " came the cryptic reply " Is that shoulder painful ? Would you like me to treat it for you ?" Trance asks quickly, changing the topic after noticing the way Tyr was favouring the arm and it had some really nasty bruising.
30 minutes later Tyr is heading down to the engine room to see for himself the damage and look for the ships Avatar, one of the most versatile creations that he had ever met, and now that the ship was an ally, on of the things important to his survival. Trance had offered to come with him, much to his surprise, but it was obvious that she also wanted to stay and monitor the rest of the crew in the medical ward.
Tyr entered the engine room. It didn't outwardly appear to be damaged, more than it was before the last slip stream jump. Tyr headed to the walkway which spanned the slip stream core, and its surrounding access shaft. He quickly glanced down, noticing the new damage to the core.
After being informed twice by the ship that there was no radiation coming from the Slip Stream Core he proceed to the bottom of the core's shaft. It was a surprising distance from the walkway at the top of the core, to the bottom. Tyr figured that it would take him at least 5 minutes to descend the distance
He found the Avatar lying at the bottom, on arm was just missing and the same side of the face was burn to the point that Tyr was forced to look away in disgust. While he knew that the avatar was only a machine, it also appeared very human at times. The damage to the side of the face, hadn't exposed any internal working, rather melted the surface skin making it appear badly burned.
With a grunt he slung the remains of the robot over his shoulder, Tyr remembered at the last moment to put the avatar on his good shoulder, and began to ascend the shaft.
The shaft was in fact 15 decks deep, and one of the most armoured points of the entire ship, which Tyr reflected was a good thing since they simply didn't have the manpower to repair the entire core if it kept getting the level of damage it had recently. He had noticed on his descent that it was only the top section that was damaged, a thought that Tyr found encouraging.
After ascending 8 decks he paused to rest on an access ledge.
" Ship " He called out
" Yes Tyr " Andromeda responded. Due to his location he could not see the Ships hologram, only hear it.
" Tell me about the station we also collided with "
There was a slight delay as the Andromeda accessed her memory banks.
" Spherical is design with six large docking arms. Each arm is capable of holding one vessel the size of a Than Frigate. Around the exterior of the station it has numerous docking ports which can hold 24 Maru sized vessels. The central core of the station appears mainly for trading, although many of the shops appeared to be unoccupied. At the top is the command post and lower down is the power generators. The station has been extensively retro fitted with new sensor suite and weapons arrays. "
Tyr thinks about what we has heard, and slowly begins his ascent again, while continuing his conversation with Andromeda.
" Does the stations weapons systems pose a threat to the Andromeda ? "
There is a moments silence as the Ship processes the information obtained during their brief pass
" The station is equipped with three types of weapons. Some variation of a laser, quite powerful if operated at full power and within close range. These weapons could penetrate the hulls armour, but providing we stay at a range of a least 50,000 meters from the station, which I estimate to be half of the weapons range, then the armour on the hull will not be breached."
So, Tyr reflected, the technology on the station could be considered primitive. When it came to gauging opponents, the Ship was rarely wrong. Andromeda then continued
"The station also appears to have two type's of torpedo. The first is quicker than the second but does not carry a large warhead, even at close range would not penetrate the Hull. The second type is a lot more powerful but not as fast. My point defence lasers are easily capable of intercepting both types well before they reach damaging detonation range "
Suddenly the Andromeda's voice becomes very formal, more than usual
" Requesting authorisation of the weapons officer to place PDL control on automatic "
" Granted "
" What effectiveness would our weapon shave against the station? "
" The station does not have any sort of armour, so it would be logical to assume that they have a different form of defence, but I would estimate that I could reduce the station to slag in 30 seconds. "
" Any other relevant tactical points I should be aware of ?" Tyr asks, as he nears the top of the shaft.
" I could tap into the station computer systems from here, and be able to seize control of the entire station, but they would become aware of my presence and shut down their receiver, which would not make this a viable tactic. Although a direct link from inside the station to its computer would be unbreakable "
Tyr continues to climb, when he reaches the top Andromeda has two bots waiting to take the damaged Avatar to the nearest workshop. After being released of the burden he decides to return to the commend deck, via the medical bay.
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Two days later ...
Dylan finally returns to the command deck. Tyr is sat leaning against the far wall asleep. He warily wakes him up and asks for an update
Tyr gives him a outline of what had happened since he had woken up, then a summary since the time he has returned to command deck, which he now realises was in excess of two days.
" We are currently in a system which matches Tarn Vedra's location on all charts. Within scanning range, all systems are where they should be, but they systems themselves are wrong "
Tyr activates a display
" This is the system that we are currently in. As you can see, it should be Tarn Vedra, but its not. It has 10 orbiting planets one asteroid belt, which we are currently hiding in, and one space station "
"How did we get here ? " Was Dylan's first question.
" Unknown. Ship, display command deck visual log from the moment we last entered slip stream "
The two men watch the playback. Once it has finished, Tyr continues
" I have been waiting for Mr Harper to finish repairs to the ship before to place any further demands on him "
" Understood. Has our arrival been noticed by anybody ? "
" During the last 49 hours, since our arrival here, the station has had one ship return to it, within one hour it then dispatched three smaller ship, each had two man crews, and they have been searching the system, at a guess for us. I have had to re-locate the ship twice to avoid being discovered. According to their current search pattern, they should not return this way unless a further search is ordered. "
Dylan is quiet through the briefing.
" According to long distance communications intercepts, this entire quadrant of the galaxy is currently in a state of war. The system we are in is designated the Bajoran System. If the arsenal on the station is any indication, our weapons and technology is way in advance of the native species. Of course, saying that, we don't know if they are the cause of our accident. "
" Good, what the ships status ?"
" Not good, but not to bad. All decks have now restored life support. We had a hull breach in the bow which has now been sealed, power has been restored to all systems. Only Beka remains on medical leave, and Mr Harper is currently working on the slip stream drive. It seems that his tampering which brought us here did not damage the drive as badly as we thought it would. The avatar is currently off line pending review and repair by Mr Harper, and she must then under go its monthly re-charge. "
" Have Harper get Rommie up and running as soon as possible" Orders Dylan " When is Beka expected back on duty ?"
" Trance says 2 - 3 days "
" Very well " Dylan assesses his tactical officer " Mr Anazasi, get some sleep, you look exhausted "
Tyr goes to leave the command deck, but halts in the door way. He turns and looks at Dylan right in the eye.
"What do have in mind ? "
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Kira sat at her post in the middle of Ops, it was nearing the end of her shift, and she was looking forward to getting down to Quark's to meet Jadzia for a drink and then she was planning to have an early night. The last two weeks have been very tense, especially for the Star Fleet crewmembers, who after five months of war were becoming use to seeing daily reports of the growing numbers of dead and wounded from the war. Now, with continued jamming, the sudden lack of news was even worse. And nothing had been seen of the strange ship which came through the Wormhole 3 days ago.
She glanced up as the turbo lift came into view carrying with it the crew for the next shift. As she made her way to the lift she heard a polite female voice come through the speaks
" This is Eureka Maru requesting docking procedures "
The phrasing struck Kira as a bit odd since all stations in federation space operated the same, but she was tired, let the next shift take care of it she though as the lift descended.
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Inside the Eureka Maru, Dylan stood behind the helm, Rommie sat piloting the ship and Tyr sat monitoring the station at the weapons console.
" I still say that this is a bad idea "
Dylan moved closer to Tyr so that they could have a conversation without shouting, which Rommie could of course overhear, while she was given docking instructions from the station.
" Look Tyr " Dylan started " We need to know if these people are friendly or hostile, if they have any knowledge of what brought us hear, why planets have moved, disappeared or changed. We know the sort of currency we will require in some parts of the station, the languages aboard and the clothes which are appropriate, thanks to Andromeda's successful tapping into their computer. Lets just get in their, figure out the lay of the land, if its hostile, we leave ".
Rommie then calls from the pilots seat
" Docking has just been approved, we will dock in 10 minutes "
" Lets bring it"
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30 minutes later
The three Andromeda personnel stood on the promenade deck of DS 9. There had been a slight problem when station security met them at the airlock, asking them their business. After some inventive lying by Tyr, saying that they had been boarded by pirates and had their ID's, and their entire cargo stolen, they had been granted access to the rest of the station.
Dylan was looking around at the number of uniformed personal walking around. A lot of the shops were shut, as Andromeda had noticed on their initial pass of the station, but thanks to Andromeda's computer tap they were aware that just prior to their arrival the station had been put and high alert and some civilians had left.
" I suggest we split up " says Tyr, " we meet in there in 1 hour " while pointing at a loud bar with large ears standing in the doorway staring at Rommie.
" Agreed " Says Dylan " See if you can find anything that hints of a science lab or where the computer core is. Andromeda's computer hack would have triggered a communication alarm, but a direct interface should not. "
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The three Andromeda crew members met in the bar, called Quarks. The bar was getting quiet busy, so they opted for a table near the back of the room where their voices would get drowned out by the noise of a gambling table and the dozen drunken aliens gambling.
" We found a information display in the hall outside. Rommie has been able to download the entire public database. All available languages have been up loaded into our translation and comm units, so we can understand most aliens " Dylan tells Tyr.
" I suggest that we get some drinks, otherwise we may not blend in as well " Tyr says as he gets up and moves towards the bar.
Tyr returned to the table, after ordering some drinks from the bar. While Rommie didn't need to consume anything, she did in an effort to blend in.
" I found a computer lab " says Tyr quietly" the security lock on the door does not look very complex, but there is a number of hidden security camera's in the surrounding .." Tyr suddenly stops speaking as he is knocked from behind.
He spins to face his opponent only to see a drunk alien fall to the floor at his feet.. He falls out of his combat stance, and turns to sit back down, intending to ignore the incident, when one of the alien's stops him.
" What's this ? A human who thinks that he can beat a Klingon in hand to hand combat " The warrior hisses, and then punches Tyr straight in the face. Tyr doesn't fall to the ground, but does stagger back, clearly not expecting the blow.
Raising his hand to his nose, Tyr realises that the blow had caused his nose to bleed.
Before Tyr can respond Rommie steps between them and says, very quietly something that Dylan and Tyr's translators were unable to translate.
The Klingon' face changes from drunken laughing to insulted outrage, can't believe that his mother was just called a whore by such a petite human woman, screams and then strikes a second blow.
This time his target is the women's face, with the full intention of knocking her off her feet and into the wall. Instead, his fist misses and he finds himself flying through the air, only to land at the feet of his crew mates, who have also turned their full attention to the trio in front of them. The entire room goes quiet as all eyes swing in the general direction of impending fight.
Realising that there is not going to be an easy way out of this, Hunt and Tyr stand either side of Rommie.
The fallen Klingon regains his footing and steps forward to attack again, suddenly not to sure of the outcome, when he is stopped in his tracks by another voice as it cuts through the room.
" ENOUGH "
The atmosphere in the room goes from looking forward to the fight to deathly quiet as general Martok, Captain Sisko, and Commander Worf stand in the door way.
The Klingon who had sent flying by Rommie, turns to the three new arrivals and speaks first
" General, I am Latnok son of A'Tnor, just posted to your ship, this human woman insulted my family honour and ..."
" I don't think this is the time or place for this conversation " Martok interrupts " Do you ? "
" I agree entirely", says Odo, who had silently approached from behind Dylan " I suggest that these three and Latnok join us in the security office. "
" Great " says Dylan as they are led out.
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Odo's security office
" Now we have heard Latnok's side of the story " says Odo " I will release him to you care General, for any suitable punishment you think this merits "
Martok then orders him back to the ship, " where you will be dealt with later "
After he has left the room, all attention is turned on the three Andromeda crew members.
" You had better have a good story why you threw a warrior from my ship 10 meters across a room " bellows Martok at Rommie.
" A Klingon a lot larger than you " adds Odo, with Sisko and Worf remaining silent.
" If you will allow ...." Starts Dylan until Rommie cuts him off
" What is it exactly that we have done wrong ?" asks Rommie " While we have never laid eyes on a Klingon before, I realised that a problem may occur with any of the species on the station, so I reviewed the station database for information on any species that we may encounter, which included Klingon's "
Both Martok and Odo go quiet waiting for the her to continue.
" It states that if a confrontation is unavoidable, do not back down as that is considered a cowardly " Rommie recites, and then goes quiet.
" Continue " Says Captain Sisko, speaking for the first time.
" I engaged him in a verbal dialogue suitable for the circumstance, and then defended myself and companions when he attacked. " Rommie explained
" A good argument, but where did you get the strength from to throw a 400 pound Klingon like a feather " Worf asks.
" I was raised on a heavy gravity planet, I happen to be of average height and considered of average strength where I come from " Rommie replies, only lying about half of the explanation.
" I see " replies Odo " well under the circumstances there will be no further charges, you can go "
As Tyr, Rommie and Dylan go to leave the security office, Martok stops Tyr " Why are you here2 he queries "on this station?"
Tyr looks at Dylan, and then comes up with the answer that they had all agreed upon.
" To look for work, we run a small freighter, and there are always people looking to move away from war zones and want to take their belongings with them "
" I see.." answers Martok
After the three strangers leave the security office, the four officers start to talk about the three people called Tyr Anazasi , Rommie and Dylan Hunt.
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