Operation Bird Catcher p7
After a week of travel, the Shadow approached the Romulan neutral zone and immediately vanished as Silk ordered the Chiako to engage the Klingon cloaking device. "Make us disappear, Chiako."
"Aye, sir. Activating cloak." The Oriental stated as he ran his fingers across the console.
Within minutes of the ship cloaking, everyone showed up on the bridge and were intently watching the readouts.
When he was satisfied with what he saw, Silk ordered a course through the neutral zone. "Distance to Borovia?" He asked with a grimace.
Pytor checked the navicomp, "Two parsecs."
"One day till commencement. Ahead warp six." Silk said, and then turned to Jarius. "Have you figured out a way to get us on the base?"
"According to Slighter, there are two Romulan ships arriving Tomorrow, The Quartz, a freighter with twenty-seven crew, and the Star-Fire a winged defender class cruiser with a crew of Five hundred and seventy." Jarius replied, then handed a packet to Silk and the other two who were going. "This identification puts us as secundums aboard the Star-Fire and these," he pointed to a second card, "Give us our covers for the Valkry, we have two transactors, one for the Star-Fire and one for the Valkry." He paused for a moment, and then requested, "With your permission, I would like to make a third set of identicards, this time from Imperial Intelligence."
After a minute of deep thought, Silk nodded. "Do it. I assume you know what to do if we're caught."
"Yes sir," Jarius said gravely. "The moment the interrogation starts, my heart will stop instantly." Every person on the flight deck paused in reflection, every SFIC operative was conditioned to die rather than give information to the enemy, and some had poison pellets while others studied Vulcan or Andorian mind techniques that stopped the heart.
"How long will it take you to make the indents?"
"By the time we reach Borovia." Jarius vowed, "I could use Janice's help." With a casual wave of his hand, Silk dismissed Janice and watched the two people leave.
True to his word, Jarius had the identicards ready by the time they arrived at the Nestar. They waited a whole day for the Star-Fire to show up, time they spent putting together their disguises.
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