Chapter 86

Desperate Measures

Tholian Homeworld

April 8, 2378

Morden knew that the Ragendora were frustrated and that things were falling apart for them in their campaign to defeat their bitter rivals,
the Legendora. All across the various dimensions and universes, their campaigns had met with defeat, and they were getting desperate. The loss of Cardassia and Gora were major blows, and the reappearance of the Borg at Vulcan had even the calmest Ragendoran freaking out.

They still had plenty of ships and troops to deal with the situation, but being cut off from the Gamma Quadrant and the Cardassian Union meant that their supplies of ketrocel white were no longer infinite. They had to act soon, or things could get really get desperate, as the Jem'Hadar were already becoming discontent with the way the war was going.

So he had come up with a bold and daring plan, and he believed that, if they pulled it off, it could help them turn the tide of the war. They had been cautious as to the two targets he picked for the new offensive before, but caution would not help them now. If they could pull this off, then both the Federation Earth and the Earth Alliance would be open to an even greater offensive.

Goral was the Ragendoran operative on the Tholian homeworld, and he was just as moody as the others he'd dealt with. Defeat after defeat had harmed their cause and hindered their momentum, not to mention that morale was low. Goral wanted to change that, and when he heard of Mordan's idea, he took it and ran with it.

Morden entered into Goral's office on the main Ragendoran battle cruiser and saw an unusual sight: a Ragendoran smiling. "Morden! Good to see you! I want to thank you again for coming up with this idea!"

"My pleasure. I know that things are getting desperate around here, and I recall an old Earth saying: 'desperate times call for desperate measures'. I think that the Legendorans and their allies would really be hurting if we took two of their main bases of operation away from them."

Goral nodded and said, "Indeed. And that would pave the way for our invasions of both Earths. We only recovered one working planet killer from Gora, and we have to save it until we're ready to construct a new one. Right now, we're desperate for troops, ships, munitions, and such, so we'll have to save this last planet killer for a last stand."

"If we can pull this off, Goral, we'll have plenty of time to construct new planet killers."

"I know, Morden, but we've seen our plans go awry too often in this conflict! If this fails, we'll have only one last thing to do in order to win the war."

Morden knew what this was already, as there had been plans already in the works for this one last thing. "Can we trust the Breen and the Tholians?"

"No, but we have no choice. We give them control of the Federation and go from there. If we find we can't trust them, we can wait until we're strong enough to wipe them out. But for now, we have to deal with the hand we're dealt."

Morden got up and made his way for the door. "I'll head off to meet the remaining Drakh fleet. The Centauri and the Interstellar Alliance have been pressing them hard, but they still have a sizeable force to do the part we need them to do for us. Besides, if they are going down to defeat, why not take out the one bastion of light with them?"

"Indeed. You may go, Morden. Good hunting to you," said Goral. Morden then left and boarded a Ragendoran cruiser.

Days later, they met up with a Drakh cruiser in an abandoned sector of space near the Rim. One of the Drakh, Grunalla, spoke to Morden, "This smells like a last-ditch effort to defeat the enemy. Do you realize what will happen if we lose?"

Morden was not fazed. "Then we shouldn't lose. We have enough Jem'Hadar soldiers to board the station, and we can keep their defense grid occupied until we have boarded. From there, we head towards command and control and kill everyone in our way. Too bad Sheridan's not there, but he won't be happy to see his first wife's head on a platter."

Grunalla smiled and the two headed back to discuss matters. The war was about to take a very brutal turn for the allies of light.