Precious Cargo

[Konath 0]

The IKS Balth skimmed through the debris of the Dominion Fleet. The ships looked literally sliced into pieces. The planetoid below shared a similar fate. Tagor had hoped something would have survived, but unfortunately the surface of the planet had been sliced to shards. No weapon he’d ever witnessed could deliver so much havoc.

 

This, more than the deaths of the Dominion clones, concerned him deeply. If this was the work of the Hundred, then they had developed weapons more powerful than even the Dominion’s twisted scientists.

 

Tagor, much to his first officer’s displeasure had ordered the bodies of no less than 15 Jem’Hadar and Vorta beamed aboard.

 

“It is a breach of honor to disturb the dead.”

 

“And it is a breach of honor if we do not ascertain what has happened hear,” Tagor had snapped sharply. “I want their eyes examined.”

 

“And why is that?”

 

“I wish to determine what types of weapons caused this damage…”

 

“Very well…”

 

His first officer relented, knowing that Tagor had chosen the correct path. It had been a difficult dissection. But the amount of damage inflicted on the ships had made it almost impossible to determine the type and origin of the weapons used in the attack.

 

Tagor now sat on the bridge of the Balth, awaiting the report from his Qel (Doctor). His train of thought was interrupted by the sound of the elderly doctor. “HoD Tagor…”

 

“Speak Qel,” Tagor said sharply, his anxiety creeping into his voice.

 

“I am unable to do anything else here,” the Qel said with a sigh. “To fully analyze the rods and cones of the Jem’Hadar I need the resources on Camelot.”

 

That had not been what Tagor had hopped for, though he had figured that was the response he would get from the elderly doctor. “Very well then, prepare them for stasis. We’ll get underway as soon as possible.”

 

The Qel nodded and left the MeH.

 

“Helm,” Tagor said abruptly. “Cloak us and set course for the Avalon system. Once you clear the asteroid field, go to maximum warp. For no reason do you slow, take the shortest flight path possible. Our cargo is most precious…”

Edited December 2, 2005 by Konath