Sadira finishes her report and exits the ready room to emerge under the stares of a bewildered bridge crew. Tre'maar, the tactical officer, seems to like the air of mystery about this mission. His Klingon nature guides him towards the anticipation of battle and his smile seems to say he enjoys it. Glancing at the helm officer, Commander Sadira issues her first order of the day," take us out Mr. Riker once we've cleared the base engage cloak and head to the Aviyonne system. Is the course plotted Mr. Conway?" the Commander asked slyly. Conway stammers an answer,"plotting course now ma'am...course plotted." Sadira takes the center seat and thinks to herself,"this seat is surprisingly comfortable."

Meanwhile deep inside a hallowed out planetoid, (Deray; located in the Aviyonne system), an Andorian male wearing scientific garb glides into the medical ward. He nods to the personnel as he passes them. He rifles through a hypo storage drawer, loads a hypo and injects himself. He then exits the ward and heads towards the storage bay area. The vial in the hypo reads "subdermal trans".

Back on the Technica, the Comdr. has called a meeting of her staff in the ready room. Joining her is Midshipman Tre'Maar, Lt. Comdr. Sharp, Lt. Comdr. Ronoh, Cadet Riker, Cadet Jones and Cadet Conway. Comdr. Sadira glances around the table and begins to speak,"I know you are wondering what's going on. Well, we are enroute to retrieve a federation spy." Surprised looks greet the acting Captain from around the table. Sadira continues," apparently a mole in the U.S.A.G. has contacted Starfleet and requested pickup. Since spies rarely do this, except in times of duress, we've been assigned to get in fast and get out fast. The Aviyonne system, as you know, is heavy in debris, mostly meteoroids, asteroids and planetoids. Based on this fact, we are going to modify two shuttles with extra shielding, weapons and extra maneuvering thrusters. This will make them better equipped to enter the system and retrieve our operative. Lt. Sharp, get your staff on these modifications ASAP. Let me know as soon as you are done, all the equipment has been loaded into the shuttle bay already." Lt. Sharp stands up and says,"aye ma'am!", as he moves toward the door and exits. "Mr. Tre'Maar and Mr. Riker will be our shuttle pilots. Riker you will extract our charge and Tre'Maar will be your escort," continues Sadira," also Mr. Jones you will be with Riker just in case. this operative must return safe, understood?" All three officers nod their acknowledgment. Sadira smiles and says," you three are dismissed until we arrive at the extraction point." All three officers rise and exit to their quarters. Lt. Comdr. Ronoh looks at the Comdr. and asks," what about me Captain, don't I get to see the holomovie too?" Sadira laughs and jokingly replies,"no young lady, you've been a bad girl. Anyway, you'll be on the bridge with me coordinating like a good little XO." Comdr. Sadira then turns to Cadet. Conway and says," your job is to monitor the area. Sweep for anything that could possibly be a cloaked vessel. Watch out for coded messages. Do not contact our shuttles unless I give the order, is that understood?" Standing, Conway answers,"yes ma'am." Sadira gives him a wink,"then take your post Mr. Conway." Conway smiles and exits to the bridge. Sadira turns to Ronoh who telepathically says to her,"so, when do we see the credits for this movie?" They both laugh and exit the ready room. "Kaosu take your team and work on the Cage, my team will do the modifications on the Vaughn," yells Lt. Sharp over the noise in the bay. Sharp thinks,"we'll have these shuttles done in no time!" "All right team, you heard the boss, let's get ours done and done right. We're gonna make his team look like amateurs! " Kaosu yells to her crew. Sharp smiles and thinks," no way!" At the same time, Tre'Maar sleeps in his quarters dreaming of the upcoming mission and the honor it will bring him. "For the honor of my father," he mumbles in his sleep. Similarly in their own quarters, Jones and Riker nap dreaming of the mission. Jones hopes to get some phaser action in, while Riker plans on showing off his piloting skills.

Standing on the bridge, Comdr. Sadira taps her combadge and calls out," Sharp what's the story on those shuttles?" Sharp puts down a tool and taps his combadge,"We'll have them ready in the next half hour.....give or take a few minutes." "Excellent," replies the acting Captain," we arrive in one hour, Sadira out." Sadira begins to look around the bridge and thinks," everything is rolling right along." She is interrupted by her XO rudely invading her thoughts saying,"the best laid plans of mice and men...remember Sadira?" Sadira relies telepathically,"who's side are you on Ronoh?" The Technica finally arrives at the Aviyonne system. The shuttle modifications are completed and the Comdr. has addressed the entire crew as to what the mission calls for. "Mr. Conway, send the signal to our awaiting mystery man, hope he's listening." Sadira says lightly. Conway responds,"aye sir, I mean ma'am" and activates the signal. They receive a reply and the shuttles are launched. Suddenly Conway is startled by a beep from his OPS station. "Comdr.," Conway yells," we've got a signal being sent to the neighboring system. "Where's it coming from?" Sadira asks urgently. "Can't pin down the signal origin Comdr.," Conway answers bewilderedly," it appears to be coming from all over the system!"

Tre'Maar pilots the Cage alongside the Vaughn as they dodge through the Aviyonne system. "So this is what a galactic garbage dump looks like," Tre'Maar thinks to himself. Maintaining radio silence, he stands off as the Vaughn enters high orbit and transports their package onboard. Then the Cage and Vaughn head back to the cloaked Technica. Inside the Vaughn, Riker and Jones receive a startling revelation from their nervous looking passenger. "We'd better hurry back and report this to the Comdr.," says Riker as he engages the shuttles boosters. The Cage follows suit. Once onboard the Technica, the Comdr. and Lt. Comdr. Ronoh meet in the ready room with Breedaan,an Andorian, working with the U.S.A.G. as a pulse modulator specialist. Breedaan informs them that the U.S.A.G. has developed a beam weapon capable of shattering a starbase like an egg. "That's impossible isn't it Comdr.," Ronoh asks Sadira telepathically, "not even the Borg have that technology!" "But the Borg lack creativity and the need for revenge," Sadira begins aloud. "Did I miss something?" asks Breedaan puzzled. Sadira continues, "the U.S.A.G. has this, and the resources to do this apparently. Fine, we head to SB7 and report this now!" Sadira taps her combadge,"Mr. Conway plot us a course to SB7, Mr. Riker as soon as you have it engage maximum warp!" Both respond simultaneously,"aye ma'am." "Now Mr. Breedaan, enjoy the ride back home, Ronoh will show you to your quarters." "I would prefer to remain on the bridge, Comdr., do you object?" asks Breedaan. "No objections here," says Sadira,"just remember that you are a guest, hinder no one."

By now the Technica is at maximum warp heading to SB7, Comdr. Sadira calls to Mr. Riker," when will we arrive at SB7 Mr. Riker." The cadet answers swiftly," approximately one hour ma'am." "Well", begins Sadira speaking to Ronoh, "looks like we have an hour to grab a bite of sustenance." "How about some vegetable soup," Ronoh asks her friend, "extra onions and peas?" Just then Conways' panel alarm wails out a warning. Behind the Technica a sovereign class vessel decloaks and opens fire hitting the ships warp drive. "Comdr.," yells Conway, "sovereign class decloaking aft... firing. We're hit, warp drive off line!" Sadira is thrown to the floor by the impact. Rising from the floor she asks Conway,"are we still cloaked?" Conway looks at his panel,"aye ma'am, cloak still engaged." Sadira thinks to herself ,"how did they find us?" She calls to the tactical officer,"what's the status of the ship?" The tactical officer informs her that the warp is offline and that the cloak is fluctuating. "Decloak the ship Conway, prepare to engage multi-vector assault mode!" Sadira yells. Ronoh informs the crew of the situation and the MVA mode is engaged. "Who's ship is that Tre'Maar?" Ronoh asks. Tre'Maar scans then answers," it's a U.S.A.G. vessel, the Shenlong. Their arming quantum torpedoes!" "Evasive!" yells Ronoh,"hit them now!" The primary hull goes into evasive maneuvers, drawing the fire of the Shenlong as the secondary and tertiary sections converge port and starboard firing phasers and quantum torpedo spreads. "Status of the enemy vessel" Sadira calls out. Tre'Maar answers,"no damage shields at 30%." "All sections converge and continue to fire! " yells the Comdr.. The Shenlong begins evasive maneuvers but cannot escape the separated Tecnica and receives a crippling blow to it's shields and weapons. "Their shields are offline as well as their weapons," Tre'Maar yells,"do we press the attack ma'am!" Before the Comdr. can answer the Shenlong goes to warp. "They are gone", Tre'Maar states somewhat disappointedly. "Good", Ronoh chimes as she breathes a sigh of relief," what's the status of the Technica?" "Just a moment while I check systems ma'am," says Conway. "Contact SB7 and let them know our situation. No sense in maintaining the ban when they know where we are." blurts Sadira. "Communications are out, damage to the array," says Tre'Maar. "Cloakings out too," says Conway,"all other systems normal." Sadira taps her combadge," Sharp, status of the warp drive please." "Give me an hour.....give or take a minute and I'll have it running ma'am!" Sharp replied. "I'll call when it's done, Sharp out!" "How did they find us", Ronoh speaks telepathically to the Comdr.. "I don't know," answers Sadira telepathically,"but we must find out!"

Now alone in her ready room, Sadira listens to music, allowing her time to think. "It's almost time for Sharp to be finished,"Sadira thinks,"maybe I'd better log what has transpired." "Acting Captains' log continued,"Sadira speaks,"we have picked up the Federation operative Breedaan and now are enroute to SB7. We have been attacked by the Shenlong. We repelled the attack but not without cost. Several crewmen were severely injured and we have lost communications, cloaking and warp. The chief engineer should have warp online within the next few minutes. Apparently the U.S.A.G. has developed a weapon capable of destroying a starbase,we assume SB7, so we must get there or get a message to them. Several probes have been launched but none have made it out of the area, so the Shenlong must be close. The one puzzle that remains is how they located us in the first place. Sadira out. Sadiras thoughts are interupted by her combadge chirping. Sadira taps her combadge and calls out,"Sadira here." Comdr. we've got warp back online, we're working on the cloaking but communications will be up in minutes,"reports the chief engineer. "Excellent work Sharp!" beams Sadira. Sadira taps her combadge again and says," Mr. Riker take us home." "Already enroute Comdr.," Riker says slyly, "kinda thought you would be in a hurry."

Sadira steps back onto the bridge. "Captain on bridge," sounds Ronoh and relinquishes the center seat. Sadira looks the bridge over and asks,"where is Breedaan?" While no one is looking Breedaan runs to the TL and goes to the engineering deck. As he exits the TL he sees crewmen going about their duties, he ducks into a jeffries tube and waits. Ronoh taps her combadge,"security alert, it seems our guest has gone on an unescorted tour of the ship, please find and detain him." "I never trusted him anyway," Ronoh says telepathically to Sadira who replies,"me neither!" "Jones here Comdr.," security chief Jones transmits," internal scans show Breedaan is not aboard ship" "That's impossible," Sadira says confidently, '"he must be masking his lifesigns somehow. I want a deck by deck sweep now!" "Security is moving out now Comdr.," Jones answers reservedly. "Comdr.", calls Sharp on Sadira's combadge,"communication's online and at your disposal." "Thank you Lt. Comdr.," Sadira pauses then says,"Conway get SB7 on the line." Conway responds and communications are established. "Flt. Adm. Dean this is Comdr. Sadira of the Technica," begins Sadira. She explains the situation to the Admiral who then orders red alert on the station. "Comdr. we've got nothing on the sensors here but.... Suddenly the communication goes dead. "What happened to the Admiral," asks Ronoh. "Communication is being jammed near SB7," answers Conway excitedly,"we can't get through!" "Time until we arrive at SB7," asks Sadira. "Twenty minutes ma'am," responds Riker.

Starbase seven looms like a beacon of hope in a dark sinister setting. A single vessel decloaks outside of the weapon range of the base and powers up its weapon. The vessel attempts to fire but a malfunction occurs. The enemy ship shuts down its weapon and communications are once again possible."Technica," begins the Admiral, "we are able to receive transmissions. We've got an Akira class,we believe to be the Raven, just outside weapon range. We've launched some fighters to intercept but they cloaked. I think that weapon may be aboard their vessel, we've sent out a distress call and are waiting for a......." Once again the communications go down. "Admiral!" yells Sadira,"what happened?" "Transmission being jammed at the source," states Conway. "Comdr.," starts Tre'Maar, "it appears that the communication interruptions may be a by product of the ships weapon. If this is the case then we may have about ten minutes to find them." "How long until we reach weapon range of the starbase, Tre'Maar?" Ronoh queries. "Five minutes." Tre'Maar answers. Sadira nods her understanding to Tre'Maar then taps her combadge,"to all personnel, we have an intruder loose on the ship. Security forces are doing a deck by deck sweep. If you see Mr. Breedaan, who is an Andorian by the way, call for assistance immediately. Hearing the announcement over the shipwide, Breedaan rushes into engineering and begins to open fire with an unknown weapon, hitting several engineers. Sharp slaps his combadge quickly calling for security. Jones responds," on my way!" Sharp taps his combadge a second time and calls for medical assistance. Just then security enters engineering and phaser fire is exchanged. Up on the bridge, Comdr. Sadira receives the message that Breedaan is dead.

Near SB7, the Raven decloaks and fires at the fighters disposing of them quickly. Then the Raven holds station and begins to power up its weapon. "Ma'am," yells Tre'Maar, "I've got an Akira class vessel on sensors just outside weapon range of SB7!" "Well don't waste time talking, engage!" snaps Sadira, "they must be preparing to fire!" "Aye, ma'am," Tre'Maar growls happily. The Technica arrives just as the Raven prepares to fire, hitting them portside with its phasers and knocking the vessel off of its line of sight targeting of SB7. The Raven fires a beam of massive energy which misses the base. The `Raven' then turns to attack the Technica, both vessels dish heavy damage to the other. "Commander,"calls Tre'Maar,"we have a ship decloaking aft....it's the Shenlong!" "Darn," says Sadira as she prepares to order MVA mode. Before she can utter a word, Conway yells out,"three Federation ships inbound E.T.A. three minutes!" The Raven and the Shenlong fire off a few parting shots then warp out of the area. "Well," says Sadira to her crew, "it's been an interesting day." Tre'Maar sounds off in typical Klingon fashion," it has been a glorious day Comdr.!"