Replacement Plan

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Author's Note: This log occurs while Talon was en route to the shipyards, and while the Azgalor and Teronix were en route to each other.

 

The sleek lines of the N’Orexen-class warbird Daiven lay hidden behind the electromagnetic field of the vessel's cloaking device. Normally, while in their own space, it was rare for Romulan vessels to travel under cloak -- but the Daiven wasn’t any normal Romulan vessel, in fact there wasn’t even a single Galae officer aboard. In the Enarrain’s chambers, just off the Oira, her master, Lt. Colonel Kver tr’Saelin observed the woman sitting in his chair.

 

Physically, she clearly took after her mother, cutting a sharp figure that had and would continue to melt the hearts of lesser men. Mentally, though, she clearly drew from the blood of her father’s side of the family. tr’Saelin regarded her carefully, considering how brutally cold the woman’s eyes were, colder, he thought, than many of the men whom he served with in the Tal’Shiar.

 

“Colonel,” he finally said. “We should arrive at the homeworld in a few days. We have continued to monitor the movements of the Teronix and the Talon.”

 

Colonel Savu N’Dak leaned forward, he fingers steepled gently on the desk. Her long black hair swayed gently, despite being held back in a high pony tail. “And?”

 

“The Talon has continued on course for the fleet yards … “ he paused, uneager to bore her with the same reports on Talon. “However, the Teronix has altered course, slightly. It appears they are rendezvousing with the Azgalor.”

 

That piqued her interest. “The Azgalor? Why?”

 

“Apparently his wife,” Saelin said caustically, “is apparently close to giving birth and he wanted to be present for the child birth. Of course, ostensibly, the Azgalor is on its way to aid our forces....”

 

She nearly gagged and waved a hand. The idea of that bionic menace of a woman and the fool of a man named Varlon tr’Vatrix giving birth to a child made her rather nauseous. “Only Varlon tr’Vatrix,” she said, dripping with condescension, "would be so brazen as to divert an Imperial vessel so that he could watch his jol pop out a child and hide it under those sort of pretenses.”

 

Saelin nodded, rather surprised how much he agreed with the female N’Dak.

 

“Only that veruul would have the gall to do that,” she said frowning.

 

“We could intercept them,” he said with a small smile.

 

Savu smirked deviously and leaned back into her chair. “It would be a shame if anything happened to either ship during childbirth, wouldn’t it?”

 

“Ie. Shall I have my helmsman alter his course?”

 

Genuinely considering the possibility of killing two of her enemies in one stroke, she finally shook her head. “Na. The Teronix will be heavily monitored, and I do na have authority from the Sub-Director to initiate such an assassination. Besides, our associates have plans for the bionic woman and her nanogenes.”

 

Saelin lifted his brows. He’d only heard rumors of about the Khre’Riov’s youthful appearance and though he wondered what exactly his superior was talking about, he knew better than to pry to deeply -- or to mention it outside of the room. “Ah. And the Talon, then?”

 

A deep frown crossed Savu’s face. “We will have to place a new agent aboard, h’nah that io of our agents has come up missing.”

 

Biting back a response Saeilin nodded. He was rather unhappy that he’d lost not one, but two men in the operation aboard the Talon. Still they had known that failure would not be tolerated, least of all by Savu N’Dak.

 

“I would apologize for the loss of au men,” she said coldly as she stood and walked towards the window. “But their failure nearly cost us dearly.”

 

“And what of aur agent?”

 

“My agent,” she said harshly. “Au mean the little science officer with the big mouth?”

 

“Ie. I was under the impression that she would offer assistance as to neutralize Talon allowing my men to do their job.”

 

Savu turned, glowering. “Lt. Colonel,” she said in a cold, frostbitten tone. “Au men should have been able to handle the simple task of kidnapping a maneken without additional aide.”

 

Realising he was pushing harder than perhaps intended, Saelin waved a hand. “I did na intend any offense, only to imply that we cannot count on her in the future, either.”

 

“I doubt that will be of issue,” she said, her tone softening.

 

He dared ask. “Oh?”

 

“It is my understanding she was taken from the Talon to the Teronix by tr’Vatrix himself and na io has seen her since.”

 

“Ah.”

 

“Regardless, we will have to arrange for a new agent aboard -- especially since I have begun to doubt the … veracity of the other agent we have aboard. Do we have any assets rhae the shipyard Talon is docked at?”

 

“I would na know.” Though he now began to wonder just how many agents the Tal'Shiar had committed to the Talon.

 

She paused for a moment. “My apologies, I forget myself. Get me a commlink with Sub-director tr’Agrail.”

 

“Of course. If there’s nothing else...”

[KhreRiovtRex 0]

Didn't get a chance to reply last week except by phone. Great log! Makes me worry about what your sister is going to try to do to us next!

 

Thanks for posting