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A few hours after the end of "After the Noh Mask" (FanFic by Evl5011)
Obsidian Order conference, aboard battleship Prakesh... somewhere in the Alpha Quadrant...
"WE LOST CONTACT WITH AGENT FURDOR ONLY A SHORT WHILE AGO," began Gul Kemor. The Cardassian captain paced across the room. It was a considerably small room, and the twenty-or-so people had almost no elbow-room; considerably low-class given the importance of this meeting. Cardassia Prime (the Cardassian homeworld) was in shambles by the end of the Dominion War. Because of this, the legislative government of the Cardassian Union, a.k.a. the Detapa Council, was looking for a planet to temporarily relocate the survivors to while Cardassian society would be raised from the ashes. The Obsidian Order (the Cardassian intelligence bureau) was using its agents to find suitable planets beyond Cardassian space, and the loss of contact with an agent was unacceptable at this stage. "His last assignment," the gul continued, "was to the Gorma System in the Beta Quadrant. Not only that, but a Federation starship was present when it happened ! Fortunately, our own warship, the Grogeri, was also in the area when it happened, so we are still receiving information about that solar system. But the Federation ship complicates the situation."
"Gul Kemor, is it not possible that the Starfleeters killed our agent? After all: their ship was in the area when it happened," prompted Glinn Tokn'd. Glinn Tokn'd had held a grudge against Starfleet and the United Federation of Planets ever since the end of the Occupation of Bajor, and he had blamed the Federation for everything that went wrong for his people since then, so his reaction was not unexpected.
"Actually, Tokn'd, I had considered that possibility. And if Starfleet command discovers the presence– or former thereof –of our agents in their territory, we may have another conflict on our hands. And without the Federation's assistance, Cardassia will not be restored until much later than if we continue to have their support." Gul Kemor paused for effect, then continued: "perhaps it would be best to eliminate the evidence. But... will we win? Grogeri says the Starfleet ship is of the 'nebula' class design, a heavy cruiser in the Federation fleet. Fortunately, Grogeri is a Keldon –class vessel; he (reference to the ship) more than outguns the Federation ship ============================================================================ ===========
"Gul" and "Glinn" are ranks in the Cardassian military that are equivalent to the ranks "captain" and "Lieutenant" in the modern US military
A few hours after the end of "After the Noh Mask" (FanFic by Evl5011)
Obsidian Order conference, aboard battleship Prakesh... somewhere in the Alpha Quadrant...
"WE LOST CONTACT WITH AGENT FURDOR ONLY A SHORT WHILE AGO," began Gul Kemor. The Cardassian captain paced across the room. It was a considerably small room, and the twenty-or-so people had almost no elbow-room; considerably low-class given the importance of this meeting. Cardassia Prime (the Cardassian homeworld) was in shambles by the end of the Dominion War. Because of this, the legislative government of the Cardassian Union, a.k.a. the Detapa Council, was looking for a planet to temporarily relocate the survivors to while Cardassian society would be raised from the ashes. The Obsidian Order (the Cardassian intelligence bureau) was using its agents to find suitable planets beyond Cardassian space, and the loss of contact with an agent was unacceptable at this stage. "His last assignment," the gul continued, "was to the Gorma System in the Beta Quadrant. Not only that, but a Federation starship was present when it happened ! Fortunately, our own warship, the Grogeri, was also in the area when it happened, so we are still receiving information about that solar system. But the Federation ship complicates the situation."
"Gul Kemor, is it not possible that the Starfleeters killed our agent? After all: their ship was in the area when it happened," prompted Glinn Tokn'd. Glinn Tokn'd had held a grudge against Starfleet and the United Federation of Planets ever since the end of the Occupation of Bajor, and he had blamed the Federation for everything that went wrong for his people since then, so his reaction was not unexpected.
"Actually, Tokn'd, I had considered that possibility. And if Starfleet command discovers the presence– or former thereof –of our agents in their territory, we may have another conflict on our hands. And without the Federation's assistance, Cardassia will not be restored until much later than if we continue to have their support." Gul Kemor paused for effect, then continued: "perhaps it would be best to eliminate the evidence. But... will we win? Grogeri says the Starfleet ship is of the 'nebula' class design, a heavy cruiser in the Federation fleet. Fortunately, Grogeri is a Keldon –class vessel; he (reference to the ship) more than outguns the Federation ship ============================================================================ ===========
"Gul" and "Glinn" are ranks in the Cardassian military that are equivalent to the ranks "captain" and "Lieutenant" in the modern US military