The Continuing Story of Deep Space 2: Page 19
"And I don't want anyone get hurt this time Louis, understood ?"
"Aye commander. But I can't make any promisses."
This was maybe the tenth time the two DS2 engineers ended up in sickbay. And then the commander hadn't counted all those times nurse Nadine helped one or even both of them to heal some minor injuries. But there was some progress. Louis and Jan Roel had been able to get control over the shields and weapon systems. Although it was not really clear whether the DS2 main computer released control to the engineers or the engineers got control themselves. While ensign Luke was still working to get the communications on line, he also had been monitoring the Maquis prisoners. These Maquis were convinced that the DS2 crew new all about the Giloppen and their plans. By talking about it they revealed a lot more than they realised. So the Giloppen were comming.
Chief engineer Louis already had made a portable holoprojector for the Doc. It seemed necessary at this time. The Doc spend more time in engineering then in sickbay. The Doc being portable had another advantage. When the station would be visited again by those who now were called the Ajax crew, the Doc could sneak around and spy.
"Commander this is Louis we have found something very strange here. Maybe you should come down here and have a look yourself sir."
As Arthur ran again to the nearest turbolift for the seventh time that day, he was considdering to rebuild this station. From every system to every bulkhead. When Louis called him like that, he usually found a strange complex junction in some conduit, of which he could not explain what it was for. This time it was different. This time the technology used in the conduit was recognisable. It was Klingon. What the hell was klingon technology doing on this station ? And what was this box for ? Louis thought he new the answer.
"Sir, this is Klingon stuff, but I could only recognise it by a few of it's components. Do you see this subprocessor. It has a small display."
"Come to the point Louis," Arthur interupted, "I can recognise the Klingon signs on the display. Do you have any clue what it is for yet ?"
"We think that it is a cloaking device of some sort."
Commander Arthur, well aware of the Treaty of Algeron, wanted to remove the device, but was stopped by Louis. The chief engineer did care about the treaty too, but removing the device could be dangerous. Touching the device could result in electrical bursts on the hands or tools, which would have the same result: burns. There was nothing they could do. It was getting very frustrated. You can look but not touch or talk about it to Starfleet. That was it. Someone else had the reign in his hands.
When Arthur was on his way back to ops, it happened again. Lights went out. But this time there was something different. The commander heard music. An old song he knew all to well ...
When they all are gone
And only few are left
There is nothing left to fight for
But the battle will be won
Lights were back on, power was up and the first systems had been checked. The Doc could only confirm that there were again visitors on the station. They worked in egineering and left after two hours and fifteen minutes. That was it. At the time the Doc had finished his report, it was chief engineer Louis again who called the commander in sickbay.
"Commander, I am really sorry, but could you please come to engineering. The Klingon cloacking device we had just found ... it has been replaced."