Zed is not familiar with Caitians enough to decypher M'Rel's expression but Argent recognises an insouciant grin. Re grins to himself as well, but Klong is also unable to notice the grin. However, he scowls and sits with his shoulders hunched. Fury radiates from him but he obviously decides that discretion may well be the better part of valour. This of course simply reinforces Zed's original suspicions about the Klingon captain.

Worf snorts and sits at the head of the table. "We have managed to determine the probable faction within the city which is behind the unrest. They attacked another faction—Empire of the House of Durgath, a fundamentalist religious sect devoted to returning to Qo'noS in order to restore the worship of the Old Gods."

The DaHar Master smiles and says, "I am familiar with the Empire of the House of Durgath. they share in my worship of K'nash'akar who they call by his outer name, Durgath. They are somewhat zealous but are not a threat to reunification. They merely wish to retain their identity as Klingons without becoming Burchak [Ridge-headed ones]." Worf, Klaang and Keh'lef bristle at the somewhat derogatory term.
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[Note: I've updated the image for the Security armour you're all wearing. Of course there are adjustments for individual species variations.]



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In reply to Ambassador Worf (msg # 14):

"Looks like you were right in your assessment of the Durgath, Talja!" says Jon as an aside to Talja and Tony.

In a louder voice Jon asks "Why would the resistance faction attack the House of Durgath? I mean I know they are trying to creating unrest, but you'd think that the House of Durgath would be more of an asset to them un-opposed."

Worf replies, "Thanks to Lts Sloane and Xelox, we've determined that they may be being manipulated by the Romulans, the captain has informed me. They've put the entire Dyson Sphere mission on high alert. This is not the first interference we've discovered by the Romulans. Last year, just before the Kapecki attack, a Romulan deep-cover agent was exposed masquerading as a Vulcan officer named T'Zill. Her Theta class Runabout was destroyed as she attempted to flee." He calls up a personnel file on the wall screen .


"The spy is deceased, but we must assume the Romulan mission is ongoing and connected. T'Zill was killed attempting to recapture the Tokath, lending credence to such a connection."
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In reply to Ambassador Worf (msg # 17):

Zed asks of no one in particular. “Do we know of any connection between any of the Klingon houses here and the Romulan,  either now or pre-BorTaS crash here on the Dyson sphere? It might help  us determine which houses were open to talking with a Romulan spy and then give us a starting point of whom the rebels might be

Emissary Klaang scowls. "Almost certainly not. The BortaS was lost before the Empire's short dalliance with the Star Empire. The recent alliance between the House of Duras happened before veng BortaS was rediscovered. No, if the Romulans have any formal connection with any of the BortaSngan it is most recent and independent of any Romulan sympathisers within the Empire," he says in Klingonaase.

Worf agrees, "It would seem reasonable to assume that the Romulan presence in the Sphere and their subsequent interest in—indeed their very knowledge of the BortaS began with the establishment of the Dyson Sphere Exploration Mission. From what Starfleet Intelligence has be able to ascertain, T'Zill's assignment to the Sphere came as a complete but welcome surprise to the Romulans and they were unaware of the BortaS until the crew of the Lena recovered the tor Fal. T'Zill realised what it was and alerted the Tal Shiar to the survival of the ship which had made the historic raid on Romulus. Only then did they begin their full-fledged infiltration of the Sphere and veng BortaS in the wake of the Kapecki attack." Ktong snorts sharply but holds his tongue at the mention of M'Rel's recovery of the tor Fal.
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In reply to Klingon Emissary Klaang (msg # 19):

"With all due respect, sirs" says Jon, "it sounds like we are looking for a needle in a haystack! Unless one of the prisoners we took earlier has given us enough information to give us a starting point. I recall one of them used at least a few words of Romulan."

Talja points out, "She got away—beamed up, probably to a cloaked ship."

Tony agrees. "Yeah, part of Samson's red alert is to search for cloaked ships. If only there was a way to detect cloaked ships..."

Worf says, "There is. It's not usually practical, but if a sufficient number of ships disperse and establish a tachyon detection grid at various positions around the interior of the Sphere, it should allow the ships to detect any cloaked ships inside the Dyson Sphere. Refer to USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D ship's logs, Stardates 44995.3 to 45020.4. Lt Merawdyr beam up to the Seine and relay that information to Commander Talbot for hand delivery to Captain Samson. Do not relay the message by subspace transmission under any circumstances to avoid Romulan interception. Meanwhile, she should redouble her efforts to interrogate the prisoners."

HoD Ktong bolts to his feet and pounds the table, his face flushed and flecks of saliva flying from his mouth. "Your prisoners are BortaSngan! By rights, it falls to me to interrogate them. We have maintained the agoniser booths in working order."

Emissary Klaang retorts, "Mind your place epetai-zana [A title of extreme nobility, used to denote that one is vastly overestimating his status] Ktong! This is above your status. Worf is the adopted son of the Chancellor and personal friend of the Emperor Kah'ess cha'DIch. He is also the Federation Ambassador to the Empire. His words have more authority than yours!

In reply to Lt (jg) Talja Groen (msg # 21):

[OOC: If I look back at the previous thread(msg #96), it indicates the Romulan words were spoken by a male. Is that an error?]

[OOC: Oopsie. Brain fart of my part. No, you're right. I guess Talja's wrong, then. Sorry 'bout 'dat. Go ahead and correct her. As a reward for catching me in a major mistake, Jon seems to have a new Advantage—Excellent Memory (+1), a lesser version of Eidetic Memory. Handy for remembering long strings of numbers, combinations, commands, et cetera.]

In reply to Relic GM (msg # 23):

“Is there anything we can aid with? Relaying the message regarding the scan to the other ships, helping with the scan itself or with prisoner interrogations.” Zed asks Ambassador Worf.

“I’m just concerned the longer we wait the more likely the other shoe will drop.” He says to no one in particular.

In reply to Lt Zedrick Sloane (msg # 24):

"Talja's wrong, sirs," says Jon. "Sorry Talja, the female did beam away, but the voice we heard speaking Romulan was definitely male! That means whoever it was must be one of our prisoners, specifically one of the 2 who was in the room where we found Cdr Vaughn. We'd be able to identify him if we could hear them both speak."

"However," Jon add with a wry grin, "I'm told what he said was a nasty Romulan insult. So he may be nothing more than a creatively sarcastic Klingon. Nonetheless, he will have some vital information."

Worf says, "Negative, Lt Sloane! We do not want this going over the communications net. However, You may take Lts Clare and Xelox to assist in the interrogation&mdashClare because he can identify the voice and Xelox because he's a sociologist with knowledge of Klingon culture and because he speaks Romulan. Lt Xelox, I assume you've been completely briefed on the BortaS stiuation. Take the Thames and do a Warp jump directly to Dyson Station. Lt Merawdyr, change of orders: ask LCdr Talbot to transfer to the Thames where Lt Sloane will give him my orders. Lt Sloane, instruct LCdr Talbot to allow Lts Xelox and Clare to observe the interrogation in order to pick everything they say over."

In reply to Ambassador Worf (msg # 26):

Jon had never been part of an interrogation before. He stops short of rubbing his hands in anticipation, but only because his arm is hurting terribly.

"We might as well all go," says Jons, gesturing to include Tony and Talja. "We were all there. Seeing the Klingons may jog some memories."

In reply to Lt (jg) Jonathan Clare (msg # 27):

“Right Ambassador.” Sloane replies.

Turning to his team he says, “Prepare for immediate beam up o the Thames and we will jump to Dyson Station.”    As he gets in position to beam up.

Once everyone is in position he signals the Thames to beam them up.

Sonam beams Zed, Jon, Talja, Tony and Billy up to the Thames, while Argent beams up to the Seine—Worf retains Argent, Nivran and Swann for his security detail. Sonam requests permission to return to the Seine as well, and beams over. The two runabouts synchronise their flight plans and do a light-speed hop to Dyson Station, where the prisoners are awaiting their interrogation.

Arriving, the runabouts take up station-keeping and the Thames crew beams over, Talbot joins them in the transporter room on deck 02, from whence they take the turbolift down to deck 7. Entering the large briefing room, they are confronted by the three Klingon prisoners, wearing gold jumpsuits with their hands in restraint cuffs and guarded by four security personnel. Zed and Jon recognise Lt Avalon, the new head of security, and his 2/iC, Lt(jg) Lance. Cdr K'Pok is also there still in his BortaSngan disguise but wearing the uniform of a full commander from the BortaS, complete with bat'leth and disruptor pistol. He moves stiffly, obviously fresh out of sickbay after having his sucking chest wound repaired. Jon notes with some amount of schadenfreude the bruises on the face of the Klingon who'd knifed him the night before. All three Klingons sit stonily, scowling at K'Pok.



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In reply to Relic GM (msg # 29):

With the initial intent of someone maybe recognizing which prisoner said the Romulan phrase, Sloane, says firmly to the three prisoners, trying for a combination of authority and distant in his question. “Who are you?”  Just expecting a name, house, maybe a rank, and hopefully an insult from each of them in return.

And if one of them answer for all Zed will quickly cut in with “If I wanted you to answer for all I would have told you to, I want to know that each of you Klingon pigs understand me.” I want to get them eager so it is more likely the same tune they used when they said the insult.

The tallest Klingon stands up and snarls in a low, dangerous voice, "By what right do you hold us, Urtalanda [a Klingon insult meaning roughly big man from Earth]?" He sounds like the one you heard uttering the Romulan insult. He is about 1.9m tall and a full 100kg. He had a face only a mother could love, with acne pockmarks, a broken nose, a huge diagonal scar from below his right eye to the left corner of his mouth,  greasy Fu Manchu moustache and receding hairline. His shoulders strain the yellow fabric of his jumpsuit.

At Zed's followup, he snaps, "I am Styx, and I am the one who will feast on your liver, Urtalanda!"

Talbot places a hand on Zed's shoulder and mutters, "Steady on, Lieutenant." while K'Pok steps up to Styx and backhands him across the face.

"You will sit and hold your tongue, you piece of gozhe [shit]!" he snaps.

Moments later, there is a chime at the door. One of the security men opens the door and a medical lieutenant guides a hover chair into the room. Jon recognises the doctor from the sickbay last night. Cdr Vaughn is seated in the hover chair, a large dressing on her head. She is dressed in BortaSngan uniform like K'Pok, a disruptor held across her thighs. K'Pok says to the prisoners, "You recognise the woman you shot last night. You will be disappointed to learn that she is alive and well. Who is the member of your dissident cell who escaped last night, and how does she have access to a transporter?"
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The medical officer has a very concerned look on his face.
He does not seem to be very happy about Cdr Vaughn being in the hover chair.  Anybody that can read his
looks can tell he is following orders in helping Cdr Vaughn into the room to talk to the prisoners but it is clearly he is not totally comfortable with them.
He nods to Lt (jg) Jonathan Clare in recognition and takes few moments to look and see Jon is doing well after his time in the medical bay.
Then he settles back to watching Cdr Vaughn.
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"It seems the rumours of my death were greatly exaggerated, K'Pok. I seem to keep coming back like a bad darsek [a unit of Klingon currency]..." says Vaughn in a rusty voice.

"Indeed, Jo'vinn," replies K'Pok. "They made the mistake of shooting you in the head, the kuveletas." He turns back to Styx. "So, you tokhe straav [willing slavemdash; a deadly Klingonaase insult] of the RomuluSngan, you were about to spill your guts as to where your female comrade went.

"Never!" yells Styx. "I'll see you in Kragyr [The lair of Fek'lhr, guardian of Gre'thor] first!"

Vaughn grins coldly and raises the disruptor. "After you," she rasps.

"Hold, Jo'vinn," calls K'Pok mildly, "No disintegrations. Focus it to a fine beam and start at his toes. Work your way up very... slowly." He grins just as coldly as Vaughn.

Nathan senses that K'Pok is bluffing. He is, after all, a Commander in Starfleet Intelligence. Nathan senses nothing from Vaughn—"Jo'vinn"—in the hover chair, but that's to be expected. He still feels uncomfortable with the subterfuge, but realises that it's all part of Starfleet Intelligence's modus operandi. He notes that some of the crew of the Thames seem somewhat confused at the presence of Cdr Vaughn.
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In reply to Cdr. Samantha Vaughn (msg # 34):

“I always enjoy this.” Zed comments with a huge grin.   As he glances at the other prisoners, “Take your time, I especially enjoy watching the reactions of the next prisoner to be interrogated.”

He especially is trying to see which one might be the most likely one to talk.

Billy picks the Klingon on the end of the line. "Hey, dere. What's yer name? Where do you see yourself winding up after all this is said and done?  Where is this going for you?"

Lt. Nathan Pierce wait careful to make sure his charge does not over stretch herself.
If any of the other catches his eye they see him mouth the word "Klingons" and shakes his head.
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The Klingon on the end glares up at Billy. Jon notes that this is the bastard who'd stabbed him.

The Klingon snarls, "I am Krax, son of Kloog." Krax is a weasel-faced hood of below normal height, with a large belly and wiry arms. "I see myself making your mother my tokhe straav, [willing slave] little human. I'll make her shriek in passion!" He leers evilly, sticking out his tongue and wiggling it lewdly.

K'Pok turns to look at Billy confronting Krax, his face unreadable.