The Adjudicator continued on, observing radio silence as they slid into firing position. The station then threatened a violent response if the Adjudicator did not immediately withdraw. Drayson nearly laughed out loud at the utter emptiness of the threat coupled with the voice of the one issuing the warning, she sounded like an unsure child.
As soon as their weapons began powering up the station suddenly revealed hidden phaser arrays and torpedo launchers. The station began firing on them. Drayson contemplated blowing them out of the stars for the insolence and defiance. But instead, he decided that his silence and the Adjudicator's utter lack of response as Deep Space Nine concentrated all its fire on them was a powerful statement on its own.
His tactical officer and his new Vulcan liaison, Xon, both concurred that two more volleys would be more than enough to collapse the wormhole. Drayson was impatient. He had dispatched the Executioner ahead of him to begin the offensive in the Klingon empire. He wanted to be there when the fleet finally bulled its way to the Klingon homeworld.
He understood the importance of the target and why the wormhole needed to be closed. It denied one of the most powerful military forces direct access to this quadrant of space. But it still irked Drayson that he had been relegated this duty. Daala assured him that it was a sign of the supreme confidence Marek had in him that he was assigned the vital assignments. Drayson did not see it that way. Conquest of the Klingon empire was something that interested him, controlling Vulcan, rebuffing Federation counterattacks, they were the meat of his interests. Collapsing wormholes and doing battle with inconsequential space stations, alone, without a fleet was definitely not what he wanted.
He would bring distinction on himself during this Klingon campaign, he promised himself.
"Sir, we're picking up an energy spike within the wormhole. It looks like something is emerging out of the event horizon." His tactical officer warned.
"Standby on all tertiary weapons, we may need to get a snap shot off." Drayson warned and stalked over to the view port just as an object flashed out of the swirling maelstrom of light.
"What is that?" he demanded pointing at the vessel.
The tactical officer spoke up. "Unknown sir, though it resembles an Agressor-class Star Destroyer!"
"Commence bombardment with all batteries, I want it destroyed or disabled before it gets away."
He could feel the Adjudicator starting to rumble under his feet as the engines switched on to pursuit mode, accelerating the leviathan of a warship towards the rapidly retreating vessel. Within seconds flashes of deadly emerald beams lanced out after the frigate.
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