he bird of prey stood just outside
the orbit of the small gray planet called Maarus. It's sun burned bright and was nearing
nova. The bird of prey's first in command pace the bridge impatiently waiting for the
signal from its Commander to beam up the landing party. They were a long way from the
klingon home world and the crew were looking forward to shipping home. The First just
wanted to finish the mission and get out of this sector of space.
light flashed on the console of
the navigator. He looked over to the first. The first officer then gave him the signal to
proceed. The navigator spoke the command into the intercomm as he decloaked the ship. The
transporter chief started the transporter sequence.
s they decloaked, off the
starboard bow another ship decloaked. A Romulan attack crusier. It fired at the Klingon
vessel using a new Romalin weapon.
he transporter sequence was already
in motion. The landing party was in mid-beam up when the attack happened. The transporter
chief worked franticly to keep the transmission. The power ebbed and with the next hit the
transmission was losted and then again regained.
he ship's first was shouting orders
at the bridge crew. The gunner was locking target on the Romulan ship. Unable to cloaked
again, they were dead in the in space unless he was able to disable the Romulan vessel.
he first
wave of the novaing sun struck the
two battling ships.