Chapter 2
From the viewscreen the bridge crew could see the Maquis ships breaking formation in front of the Spartan. They powered down their weapons and disappeared behind the gas nebula just as quickly as they had appeared in the first place. Everyone was glad to see them go. Lennon could not bring himself to trust them and was sure Tyros had a hidden agenda, he was quite sure they had not seen the last of the Maquis. However the possibility of a spy aboard made him extremely uncomfortable. All his instincts were telling him not to believe the Maquis, but options were running low at the moment. If Tyros was telling the truth, there should be some evidence of it aboard DS9. The Captain had ordered senior officers to the briefing room; he had many things to discuss.
They assembled quickly in the conference room as if expecting the captain's order in advance. Commander Sara, Cumbrae, Kestra Vall, engineer Isaac Glatzer, scientist Ruth Donnachie, ops officer Anel Jura, Ensign Atkar, Dr. Dayne and the Captain himself were all present during the briefing.
" First thing's first," the Captain began, "We have a possible security breach aboard our ship, I want this threat eliminated." he said looking at Cumbrae.
"Captain, I have brought in many extra security methods, if there is a spy he won't be able to communicate outside the ship any longer. However, I am still no nearer to finding him."
"I can sense dark secrets Captain." Counsellor Vall added.
" I believe you Kestra," said the Captain, "It might be beneficial if both of you work together on this one." he said referring to Cumbrae and Kestra Vall.
" We still have the problem about our next step," Sara said, "Do we go to DS9 to find this Cardassian, or do we find another way of identifying the military bases?"
" What's your opinion on the matter Commander," the Captain asked Sara
" I think this is an opportunity which may not present itself again."
" That's good, because I agree. We should investigate on this lead but take the utmost caution in our proceedings." Lennon replied.
" However, I've a gut feeling that this man Tyros can't be trusted, he's up to something." The captain glanced over to Lieutenant Donnachie, " It seems Ruth, that your 'Science Mission' net has failed.
She became uncomfortable with the Captain's tone of voice, feeling he was ready to explode.
" I'm sorry sir, I have no idea how. We have been sending the stored science scans back to Earth for quite sometime, it obviously hasn't fooled the Maquis."
" I'm therefore reassigning you to astrometrics, where you will continually scan for Maquis ships, I don't want them to pull out any more surprises."
" All that seems left now is to set a course for Deep Space 9," interrupted Sara noticing the Captain was coming down quite hard on Ruth Donnachie. He sat back in his chair and straightened his uniform considering the proposition.
" Make it so."
From the viewscreen the bridge crew could see the Maquis ships breaking formation in front of the Spartan. They powered down their weapons and disappeared behind the gas nebula just as quickly as they had appeared in the first place. Everyone was glad to see them go. Lennon could not bring himself to trust them and was sure Tyros had a hidden agenda, he was quite sure they had not seen the last of the Maquis. However the possibility of a spy aboard made him extremely uncomfortable. All his instincts were telling him not to believe the Maquis, but options were running low at the moment. If Tyros was telling the truth, there should be some evidence of it aboard DS9. The Captain had ordered senior officers to the briefing room; he had many things to discuss.
They assembled quickly in the conference room as if expecting the captain's order in advance. Commander Sara, Cumbrae, Kestra Vall, engineer Isaac Glatzer, scientist Ruth Donnachie, ops officer Anel Jura, Ensign Atkar, Dr. Dayne and the Captain himself were all present during the briefing.
" First thing's first," the Captain began, "We have a possible security breach aboard our ship, I want this threat eliminated." he said looking at Cumbrae.
"Captain, I have brought in many extra security methods, if there is a spy he won't be able to communicate outside the ship any longer. However, I am still no nearer to finding him."
"I can sense dark secrets Captain." Counsellor Vall added.
" I believe you Kestra," said the Captain, "It might be beneficial if both of you work together on this one." he said referring to Cumbrae and Kestra Vall.
" We still have the problem about our next step," Sara said, "Do we go to DS9 to find this Cardassian, or do we find another way of identifying the military bases?"
" What's your opinion on the matter Commander," the Captain asked Sara
" I think this is an opportunity which may not present itself again."
" That's good, because I agree. We should investigate on this lead but take the utmost caution in our proceedings." Lennon replied.
" However, I've a gut feeling that this man Tyros can't be trusted, he's up to something." The captain glanced over to Lieutenant Donnachie, " It seems Ruth, that your 'Science Mission' net has failed.
She became uncomfortable with the Captain's tone of voice, feeling he was ready to explode.
" I'm sorry sir, I have no idea how. We have been sending the stored science scans back to Earth for quite sometime, it obviously hasn't fooled the Maquis."
" I'm therefore reassigning you to astrometrics, where you will continually scan for Maquis ships, I don't want them to pull out any more surprises."
" All that seems left now is to set a course for Deep Space 9," interrupted Sara noticing the Captain was coming down quite hard on Ruth Donnachie. He sat back in his chair and straightened his uniform considering the proposition.
" Make it so."