Star Trek: The Next Generation - Slings and Arrows 6 - Enterprises of Great Pitch and Moment by Keith R. A. Decandido

Author:Keith R. A. Decandido [Decandido, Keith R. A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, General, Science Fiction, Space Opera, Adventure
ISBN: 9781416550273
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2008-01-02T08:00:00+00:00

It took Dax several hours to track Kor down. Once it was clear that he wasn’t at any of the several homes he maintained throughout Klingon space—the House of Kor was one of the wealthier ones in the empire—she started in on his drinking haunts. Worf’s instinct was to chide Dax for going straight to taverns, but Worf knew Kor.

Sure enough, the elderly Dahar Master was at a tavern on B’Alda’ar Base. Curzon and Kor had shared many a drink there, apparently.

“Dax, my old friend,” Kor said when he rubbed his eyes and recognized the person on the other end of the communication. “So good to see your lovely face, my dear. Ah, and Worf! How fares the son of Mogh?”

“Poorly, at the moment.” Quickly, Worf and Dax filled Kor in on what had happened.

Kor frowned. “K’Tal—K’Tal—”

Fearing that the old warrior’s memory was failing, Worf said, “K’Tal is a councillor, Kor, who—”

“Yes, I know who he is, you young toDSaH, I merely am trying to remember—Ah, yes! Torv!”

“Who’s Torv?” Dax asked.

“An old comrade of mine in Imperial Intelligence. He was just telling me the other day about something regarding K’Tal.” He waved his arms up and down. “If only I could remember—it was of interest, too, because it involved a familiar name—” Then he straightened, his face brightening. “I remember now! Sisko! I.I. learned of a plot to have Sisko and that human that K’mpec made his Arbiter—Picard, that’s the one—to have them killed in Gowron’s name in order to keep our nations from becoming allies again.”

“What does that have to do with K’Tal?” Worf asked, wishing that Kor would get through this digression so they could have him talk to the High Council.

“What do you mean? K’Tal is the councillor who deals with I.I., of course!”

Worf debated the efficacy of pointing out to Kor that he could not possibly have known that. Dax rescued him: “Kor, we don’t exactly know the intricacies of who’s doing what on the High Council these days.”

“Oh, yes, of course, you’re right. Well, never mind, it doesn’t matter, I’m sure K’Tal did something about it.”

“On the contrary,” Worf said, wondering why he bothered telling Kor anything. “As we just told you, the plan has been engaged. Captains Sisko and Picard have been led into a trap by someone claiming to be K’Tal.”

“Mmm, that is odd. K’Tal’s usually more efficient than that.”

“Kor,” Dax said, “we need you to inform the High Council. People are speaking in K’Tal’s name and Gowron’s name—that’s treason.”

“Indeed it is, yes. Very well, my good friends, I will see to this at once.”

“Thank you, Kor. We are in your debt.”

“Nonsense!” Kor said with a wave of his hand. “Dax and I are comrades in blood, and Worf, we are warriors who have fought side by side! There are no debts between such as us. We will speak again when all is done!”

With that, Kor closed the connection.

Dax looked up at Worf. “You think that’ll do any good?”

“It is difficult to say,” Worf said after a moment.

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