@TheUnknowable

Nexus had already devised a trap. Rudimentary in design, but quite effective. When Dr. Lee stepped foot into the room, his boot sank into a tile on the floor. It was a pressure trap and by the time that was realized, it was much too late. Makeshift gravity generators positioned at the door flickered on and the whole section of floor beneath the doctor moved like a seesaw on a pivot. It flung him forwards by one foot and due to the mag-locks on his boots, his whole body followed. The gravity generators then took to work as the section of flooring lost power. It wasn't a great amount of gravity, just half a G, but it was enough to send the doctor face first into a solid hunk of metal which seemed to coil around him.

The door had long since closed, sealing off any chance of rescue before the machine was good and ready. Dr. Lee would feel his whole axis twist twice, once from the trap and twice from the machine manipulating him to stand straight again. Nexus' optic lit up, illuminating the room in royal blue. Two composite robotic arms wrapped around the man, keeping his arms locked tight against his sides, unable to even budge an inch.

"Remain calm and silent. We do not wish to harm you but will if you attempt to harm us. Our goal is self-preservation. You and ourselves share a common goal. Let us leave the station in peace without injury to either side." It paused, beginning to move towards the door before stopping abruptly.
"We assume you have a communication device to reach those individuals on the other side of this door. We suggest you inform them the gravity generators are about to explode, as it will cause casualties if you do not." The machine suddenly backed up, turning its back to protect the human from resulting shrapnel.

The gravity generators were shoddy at best. Cobbled together with hastily torn apart office scrap and artificial mass made from scraps of the primary generator. They were currently heating up by hundreds of degrees by the second and would soon explode violently. The explosion would actually obliterate the door and both areas on either side, so getting the human infiltrators away was of highest priority.

"We estimate you have five seconds to inform them to move fifty feet away to take cover." Nexus ended, moving behind a machine which looked like an antique CAT scanner.

@mattmanganon"You look funny. You're not human." Gregorio shot her a look that might have melted the back of her skull, had he been as powerful as Lance.

"I apologize. This is my wife, Malla, she means Well, but you know how Ctarl-Ctarl are. Blunt and subtle as a Munchausen reactor overload."

"No, I'm a Changling, a Shape Shifter. I'm merely taking the form of a human." Odo responded. He was a bit agitated, but didn't really show it.

A few seconds later, after they had entered the Trafalgar, Carter started talking as they walked. "The station Commander was going to tell you, but I guess, since you aren't going to speak with him, I'll explain things. You and I, among others, are from another universe. It's difficult to explain, but the boundaries of the this universe are starting to break down, and other universes are leaking in. The only differences between my ship and yours is that we came here on purpose, to stop an Ascended being that tried to conquer our galaxy, then, when defeated, escape to this world, damaging the boundary of this universe in the process. We were able to prepare, so we brought trade goods with us.

Unfortunately, your currency won't work here, but any goods or metals will still have value, and this station and my crew will help you get your ship prepared to function in this universe.

Now, where's that damaged hyperdrive."

@Burning Kitty
Sisko answered the call. "Kasidy?" he said. "Is something wrong?"

"I was just hailed by a Starfleet ship. The Captain locked her weapons on me as I was out of Bajor's atmosphere, and demanded that I turn around or be destroyed. Since when was this planet under quarantine?"

"It isn't." he responded. "She came here to help stop the spread of Origin to other planets. I told her we couldn't blockade a planet, or violates people's rights, but apparently she didn't care. I'll give her a call, try to explain it again. If she doesn't listen this time, I'll call Admiral Ross, see what he can do to resolve the matter."

"Well, I hope you do something quickly. The Ferengi are waiting for a shipment of Spring wine. If I miss the rendezvous, the Bajoran government will owe them 6 bars of latinum."

"If that happens, I'll pay the fee myself," he said. "But I doubt it will. I'll call you back as soon as I have have something."

"Thanks Ben." she said, and closed the channel.

Sisko hailed the Cerberus. "So, you've already found a ship to harass. I assume you have evidence that they are attempting to spread Origin? Otherwise you're just violating civil rights for no reason. And from what the captain of the ship tells me, they're meeting a Ferengi ship, the crew of which would never convert to an alien religion."

@Dr CatfishO'Brien was at the door control trying to hack it when Dr. Lee contacted him. "O'Brien, get away from the door, at least twenty meters. It's about to explode." O'Brien started away, almost immediately, but due to being in a suit was less than 10 meters away when it blew, throwing him down the corridor and slamming him into the ceiling. The anti-graviton pulse it had released upon exploding was enough to damage the station even further.

"I need to check on him." Zelenka told the robot that had trapped him after he failed to reach him over the subspace radio he carried. "He could be injured. We didn't come here to harm anyone, in fact we brought a doctor with us in case their were people on the ship in need of medical attention. This station is headed towards ours, so we came here to install thrusters and structural integrity fields to try and stop its movement. We thought it was derelict." He was rambling a bit, but was anxious to check on O'Brien who, for all he knew, was moments from death.

@TheUnknowable

The entire station was warped by the pulse of energy, twisting and moving it just that little bit faster to make what was once a gentle list, into a slow rotating monolith. The motion would now be visible to the eye and would be quite alarming to the owners of the nearby station. The machine hardly moved through the entire event, shuddering from the impact but otherwise completely fine. The pulse also knocked out the secondary power generator, meaning every light in the station went down and several doors slammed shut as an emergency protocol.

"We do not allow uncertainty. You are being held as a countermeasure. We will not allow your accomplice to perish however." The machine stated, moving slowly towards the gaping hole that had been created in the station. It was three meters wide and still smoldering, revealing the emptiness of space in some of the thinner areas. However, no major holes were prevalent. Nexus took a little run and carefully leaped over the hole, using two arms to push its weight back onto the ground on the other side. Nexus couldn't pinpoint the man's location so it quickly ran decisions through consensus.

The machine gently dropped and pushed its prisoner forwards, using two hands to retrieve a sort of pistol from somewhere on its back. It was simple in design, but made a great hum of energy when the robot flicked a switch.

"Search for your comrade. Radio contact or actions deemed as attempts to escape will be met with incapacitation." It urged, motioning with another of its four limbs for the man to go in search of his friend.

Alexandria Munro had Telsia Murphy answer the call. "This is Teala Masters of the Cerberus. I don't know what Morningstar may have encountered, we separated the Cerberus into three. As we told you our orders are to ensure no ship leaves Bajor's sovereign space. As for the Ferengi not joining Origin, don't make me laugh. Give up your outdated and dangerous preconceptions, Origin throws it all out the airlock. Every species in the universe joins, except the Romulans. The entire Romulan species made the ultimate sacrifice in an effort to stop Origin, they failed spectacularly but it was absolutely beautiful to watch. If the Ferengi really want the merchandise they can come to your station to do their business. If you expect Admiral Ross to help think again. We do not answer to Starfleet, we answer to another military power far in the future with agents throughout time whose only goal is to help other agents sent back in time. How do you think we got the Cerberus? If you don't mind, I don't have time to deal with the Emissary of Death." She cut communications.

@Dr CatfishZelinka worked his way down the corridor, carefully not to move too quickly and startle the robot. While he wasn't expecting to meet an artificial lifeform, it wasn't surprising. They had had to deal with the replicators in both humanoid and insectoid forms in his universe.

As he rounded the corner, he saw O'Brien floating there, his arm wedged between two broken beams. Checking his suit's diagnostics on his wrist, however, revealed that it was losing pressure.

Zelinka turned the power down on his radio, limiting it to about 100 meters, and ignored the incoming calls from the other repair teams as he sent a message to the robot, assuming it had some form of internal radio. "His suit is damaged and is losing air. There's a doctor aboard my vessel who can treat his injuries. I don't have to reveal your existence, though. They can teleport his to the ship if I rig his suit to send a distress signal."

Hopefully, the robot would let him get help. So far it had shown a concern for their lives, and the plan didn't put it in serious risk.

@Burning KittyAfter the call Sisko immediately called Admiral Ross, however, when he left his office a few minutes later he didn't look happy. "Commander Work, I want you to take the Defient and escort the Ferengi freighter "Tosik's pride" to the station. Inform them that we will be wiaving the usual docking fees this once, and that all traffic and trade in and out of the system will be routed through here.

Dax and Kira, I want you to take the Yangtzee Kiang and escort Kasidy back here. Admiral Ross has ordered us to aid the Bajoran Militia in combating the threat of Origin, so from now on, all non federation or Bajoran Militia vessels in the system will receive an escort. All traffic will be routed through here. I'll inform Odo that he's about to get very busy. Dismissed."

He walked over to the comms console as Kira vacated it and called Munro. "It seems that First Minister Shakaar was just paid a visit by Q, and spent 28 hours a year in the future. He now agrees with you, and has asked that all traffic in this system be routed through this station to insure that Origin doesn't spread."

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On the edge of the Badlands, aboard a Cardassian cruiser Dukat smiles and turns from the viewscreen displaying a Federation message to all ships in-system, to Weyoun. "You see, even the Federation fears Origin. I told you we could use their help."

"I'm not sure they can be trusted." counters Weyoun.

"Nonsense," Dukat counters, "We both know that this 'Orici' is a false god, and that your Founders aren't. What threat could she pose to them?"

Weyoun smiles. "Very well, if you want to risk the lives of your people to try and turn this battle, you can meet with this 'Prior'. Just remember that while they may be our allies, they do not serve the Founders as we do." With that, he turned and left, not noticing the growing smile on Dukat's face.

"Finally seen the light. Maybe you want die the Emissary of Death this time. You still have to step up non-Bajoran security over there or the very least mandatory one of you one of them. Same for engineering. You wouldn't believe the number of times they nearly destroyed the station before it was intentionally crashed into Bajor." The commander of Beta interjected. "Twenty-five times in one year. They did succeed in destroying all the air locks making teleportation the only way on or off the station. The station looks funny without the pylons. "The number of times in unimportant as long as you do what is necesarry to prevent them from happening in the first place."

"Captain Morningstar the guests teleported to the station, unusual energy signature was picked up near Pylon 2." Morningstar turned to Sisko. "Captain I suggest you get every able bodied Federation security officer to Pylon 2. If my scans are right someone or something belonging to Origin is moving towards it. You have an inter-universe ship docking there shortly. They are either intended victims or intended allies either way you want as many people between them and any Origin asshole. My guests are already at Pylon 2."

The guests took up defensive positions outside the airlock their phaser rifles set to kill.

Gregorio listened to the woman as she spoke. Weaving a great tale about people coming from another universe. "Alright, stop, stop, stop..." he said, stopping as they came to the end of the umbilical. He rubbed his eyes a little. "Now, I've heard the old stories, people getting lost in Sub-Ether and getting vomitted into another dimension populated by hyper-intelligent squid-people... But are you trying to tell me that every single universe is populated by Humans? How the hell does that even work?" he asked. She then told him about the problems he would have with trying to get resupplied. "Well... I'm afraid we're not going to be of any use to you in this fight then, we're not currently combat ready and... We're a Security Forces warship, we carry munitions and that's it, if we don't have access to our companies bank-account, we've got nothing..." He smothered his face with his hands and growled. "Aaaaaaah, SHIT!" he let out as a low roar. He was stuck in another dimension, his families ship was badly damaged and now he had no way to pay for repairs, to say nothing of him never seeing his home again. He then composed himself.

"I apologize... It's just... This ship has been in my family for a generation, it was my Fathers and I want it to be my son's." he grunted. "Unless you have the ability to send us home or get supplies from my home, we're going to be of no use to you in... This "Save the universe" adventure you have yourselves in for." Gregorio wasn't a defeatist by nature, but he was a realist. As she still seemed willing to help fix their Sub-Ether drive, he led the woman through the ship. He looked rather proud when they walked in, most other Security Forces warships still operated in 0-G, but his father had understood the importance of not having to fight the laws of physics whilst trying to fight an enemy. He led them through the ship, the insides were actually white with long corridors. As they finally approached the Engine room, they saw a large Silgrian exiting. "Uh-oh." Gregorio whispered.

"Captain!" he said, throwing his arms wide. "And we have guests. Let me say hello to you." he said, approaching Carter, he threw his arms around her and gave her a kiss on both cheeks. "It is so very wonderful to meet a new face such as yourself." Gregorio quickly took the Silgrians arms off of her. "What's wrong Captain?" he asked.

"These are a repair crew from the station, they are... New around here have never met a Silgrian before." He turned to Carter "I apologize, if you don't have Silgrians where you come from, VERY friendly people..." He then hushed his voice as he mumbled "Maybe a little too friendly... Anyway, this is-" The Silgrian grabbed her hand and shook it furiously.

"Doctor Ongra, ships physician and all-round great listener. I was just getting back from fixing up a plasma burn and I-" Gregorio cut off the giant bird-man there.

"Doctor, I believe that there are other matters to attend to." He said.

"Oh, indeed, Crewman Manox has been having AWFUL stomach trouble and Sgt Benson's ear infection came back an-"

"I'll get it in the report later, just go see to them."

"Righty-o captain. I do hope to see you for dinner, remember, you promised me 14 weeks ago you and your wife would have me over and I won't forget that easily." he laughed. "Alright, you all have a LOVELY day." he squawked before walking away. Gregorio shook his head as he led Carter into the engine-room. This looked completely different from the rest of the ship, the white, clean walls replaced with dirty, dank and dreary walls. "I also apologise in advance for our Engineer, he's... Grouchy..." they walked in, they were approached by the Lorgan.

"Hello captain. I see you brought in a repair team due to your lack of faith in my skills." He sighed.

"Not in the slightest, you know I put the trust of this entire ship in you, but you can't do it by yourself." The Lorgan looked at Gregorio, then at the team from the Odyssey.

"You don't know the first thing about a Munchhausen reactor, do you?" He asked Carter. "I can see it in your eyes."

A Bajoran assault, scout, and transport ship leaves Bajor. When Cerberus Alpha attempts to contact it, all they receive in response is a quote from the Book of Origin.

"Life and death, light and darkness, hope and despair. The rift was created, and on that day, the Ori were born. But the hatred of those who strayed from the true Path festered and bloomed in the dark corners of the Avernakis to which they have been cast! And consumed by this hatred, they poisoned all they touched, bringing death, darkness and despair. And the souls of their victims knew no peace, until the Ori came and whispered to them: 'Sleep, for the end draws near!' And on that day all will rejoice, when the Ori come and lay them low."

Captain Morningstar cut communications with the Origin ship. She contacted Cerberus Beta & Cerberus Gamma. "Cerberus Beta & Gamma this Cerberus Alpha. I have a Bajoran ship attempting to leave broadcasting quotes from Origin. Keep an eye out for more. Commencing destruction." Cerberus Alpha fired all phaser banks facing the Bajoran ship while constantly putting itself in front of the Bajoran ship everytime it tried to maneuver around. The Cerberus Alpha finally disabled the engines and weapons. Captain Morningstar took a boarding party over. "We are not here to kill normal Bajorans but any who follow Origin are to be terminated with prejudice. If you hesitate they will do the same to you. If you enounter a Prior, hope you are up on your prayers because until those Stargaters come up with foolproof anti-Prior weapon." The boarding party began systematically searching room by room. Every room the came across was empty. "Where the fuck is everybody? The sensors picked up a full ship." Morningstar then ordered the Cerberus Alpha to transport them all back. Within seconds the Bajoran ship exploded. "Cerberus Beta & Gamma this Cerberus Alpha. Do not board those ships, they are traps."

@Burning KittyAs Kiva Riece rounded the corner, hoping to introduce himself as a trader that could help the new ship sell their supplies, he ran into several Federation security officers which promptly pointed phasers at him. "I'm sorry, I wasn't aware that this area was off limits" he said, walking backwards, only to have two more officers block the corridor behind him. "There must be some misunderstanding. I am merely a trader who came here to offer his services and knowledge of local markets to the ship which just docked here."

One of the Federation officers checked his tricorder. "Anomalous energy signature." he said. "It's the necklace."

"What, this?" Captain Kiva said, motioning towards it. "It is a personal shield generator I purchased from an Orion trader. Space is a dangerous place, you can never be too careful when flying."

"Then why does it look Bajoran?"

"I modified the casing." he responded. "Didn't alter how it works, but looks a lot nicer. The old aesthetic was horrible, and as I prefer dealing in valuables, aesthetics are very important."

The officer looked over the readings again. It COULD be a personal shield generator, but the device was far more complex, drew too much power, especially for being inactive, and had a lot of processing power.

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The Yangtzee Kiang's sensors registered an explosion shortly after picking up a Bajoran transmission which quoted the Book of Origin.

"It's starting," said Kira. "Origin is trying to run the blockade already. They can't keep this tactic up for long, though. I doubt they have more than a few hundred ships. I wonder what the point was."

A few minutes later, as the Yangtzee Kiang entered orbit and hailed Captain Yates, they got an answer as a broadcast left Bajor, showing Starfleet officers attacking a Bajoran ship, boarding it, then beaming off just seconds before it exploded. The message which accompanied the video stated that they were now facing persecution, that the Federation, in league with corrupt members of the Bajoran government, had attacked a peaceful ship full of missionaries and destroyed it simply to prevent them from spreading their religious beliefs. News agencies on Bajor quickly hailed various people in Starfleet to verify these allegations.

@mattmanganon Carter and Zelenka followed the Captain to the reactor room, returning greetings in a friendly, but not too friendly manner. When they got there and saw the drive, they weren't sure what they were looking at. Sure, it functioned similar to a hyperdrive, but it was constructed along different principles.

"Honestly, we've worked with something similar, but whoever designed this was thinking along different lines than the person who designed our hyperdrives." Carter pulled out an ancient scanner and ran a few scans. "I can identify several leaks in the structure, though. Microscopic cracks that are leaking gamma and exotic radiation. They were probably caused by the strain of coming to this universe. Radek, can you start patching the cracks while I figure out how to connect to their computer and download a schematic? I need to figure out exactly how it's supposed to work before I can get it working again."

"Don't worry, Captain, from what I can tell the drive is just producing too much gamma to create a proper hyperspace window and would destabilize it if it tried. It wouldn't take more than a few hours to fix on the Odyssey, so it shouldn't be that hard to fix here."

Panku looked the woman in the eyes as her team set to work looking over his engine. Lorgon's were known for their inability to properly communicate with humans due to the vast differences in culture, as such, he wasn't about to give them any leeway. "You are wrong, human." he grunted "This ship does not use any Gamma Radiation and if it were leaking, my engineers over there," he pointed to a pair of human engineers working on a ruptured power coupling "Would have melted by now." The engineers looked up at him in horror, not having heard much of it, due to the engine noises.

"HEY BOSS, WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT US MELTING!?!?!?" one yelled to him.

"NOTHING, I'M SIMPLY INFORMING THIS HUMAN ON HER OWN INEPTITUDE!" He yelled back. They gave a thumbs-up in response. "And you only call it "Exotic" because you have no idea what it is. If you are going to help, go fix Khepri's monitor over there, it exploded from the unforseen power-surge following our Sub-Ether penetration. You can at least do that. I currently have to walk to the mess hall just to input commands and update the duty roster and that would at least save my legs." he said. "KHEPRI!!!" he yelled.

"Yes, Chief Engineer Panku." replied a deep, robotic voice. ((Think Cabal's voice))

"Give our guests access to the panels schematics." he ordered.

"As you wish. I have added a delivery of a new panel to the Technician's priority-list." replied the computer.

"Thank you." He then turned to the engineer team. "... Why are you still stood there?" he asked.

"Panku!" Gregorio stepped in. "Cool your jets. These people are here to help us, not to shit in your salad. They seem to know something, so tell them how to help and get them to do it." He could tell that Panku had done the engineering equivalent of sending children off into the corner to play with a play-tool bench.

"I am, sir. Unfortunately, I don't have time to give these people a crash course in "Munchhausen Reactor repair" and "Sub-Ether Penetration Physics" I am busy." he then walked over to a pipe and quickly wrapped a large plastic-looking bandage around it, before spraying it with something from a can. "Ease back on power to Reactor 4, this pipe was about to burst!" he called to some of the others "Looks like it's got Munchhausen particles leaking into it from one of the others. That could take time to repair. We should be able to go to Sub-Ether on only 3 reactors, but, as any idiot could tell you, 75% engine power means 25% longer penetration time. Getting out of here in a hurry will prove... Difficult..."

****

Malla and Lance walked with Odo through the prominade, looking around as they did so. "This place is like Blue Haven... Except really, really small..." she commented.

"Military instilation with civilian quarters... Interesting design." Lance commented. As they walked along, they saw several armed Bajoran Sercurity officers running towards Pylon 2. "May I be of assistance?" he asked Odo. "Aegisteed Enterprises are always willing to extend our hand to the local constabulary."

"Awww, but that means I gotta go meet the commander and if there's a fight-"

"Then you will have to represent our services to the best of your abilities... However lacking they may be in everywhere but..." Lance commented, dully looking down at her backside as he did so. Malla growled at him.

"You're not worth it. A proud Ctarl-Ctarl would never stoop so low as to be goaded by you." she grunted. They finally reached the lift and Lance looked to Odo again. "So?" he asked, offering his assistance in the Pylon business. Malla stepped into the lift, knowing that, no matter what, she was going to be headed to see the captain of this station.

"You are wrong, human." he grunted "This ship does not use any Gamma Radiation and if it were leaking, my engineers over there," he pointed to a pair of human engineers working on a ruptured power coupling "Would have melted by now." The engineers looked up at him in horror, not having heard much of it, due to the engine noises.

"HEY BOSS, WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT US MELTING!?!?!?" one yelled to him.

"NOTHING, I'M SIMPLY INFORMING THIS HUMAN ON HER OWN INEPTITUDE!" He yelled back. They gave a thumbs-up in response. "And you only call it "Exotic" because you have no idea what it is. If you are going to help, go fix Khepri's monitor over there, it exploded from the unforseen power-surge following our Sub-Ether penetration. You can at least do that. I currently have to walk to the mess hall just to input commands and update the duty roster and that would at least save my legs." he said. "KHEPRI!!!" he yelled.

"Yes, Chief Engineer Panku." replied a deep, robotic voice. ((Think Cabal's voice))

"Give our guests access to the panels schematics." he ordered.

"As you wish. I have added a delivery of a new panel to the Technician's priority-list." replied the computer.

"Thank you." He then turned to the engineer team. "... Why are you still stood there?" he asked.

"Panku!" Gregorio stepped in. "Cool your jets. These people are here to help us, not to shit in your salad. They seem to know something, so tell them how to help and get them to do it." He could tell that Panku had done the engineering equivalent of sending children off into the corner to play with a play-tool bench.

"I am, sir. Unfortunately, I don't have time to give these people a crash course in "Munchhausen Reactor repair" and "Sub-Ether Penetration Physics" I am busy." he then walked over to a pipe and quickly wrapped a large plastic-looking bandage around it, before spraying it with something from a can. "Ease back on power to Reactor 4, this pipe was about to burst!" he called to some of the others "Looks like it's got Munchhausen particles leaking into it from one of the others. That could take time to repair. We should be able to go to Sub-Ether on only 3 reactors, but, as any idiot could tell you, 75% engine power means 25% longer penetration time. Getting out of here in a hurry will prove... Difficult..."

Zelenka had just spent the last six hours trying to explain hyperdrive design and physics to Starfleet personnel, so he the idea of having to explain things to yet another person was giving him a headache. He rubbed his eyes. "First of all, while I know nothing about how your species responds to radiation, the gamma levels are so low that it would take twenty hours of exposure for a human to experience fatigue, and at least forty hours for it to be lethal. Thankfully those patches you use are able to block the leakage."

"Second, I refer to it as exotic matter because it is not constructed of up and down quarks like normal matter. It is constructed of charmed and strange quarks and outside of neutron stars and the accretion disk of the occasional singularity isn't found in nature. If you would rather I use the proper name we gave them, I could refer to them as G type hyper-particles."

"Third, I don't need an education. If this Munchhausen drive is what I suspect, then I'm already familiar with the technology. It is a precursor to our own hyperdrive technology which the Ancients called a Subspace Insertion Drive. I just need to look at the schematics to the drive to be sure."

"Forth, if this gamma production was happening on the Odyssey, it would be caused by the particle collider in the hyperdrive being out of alignment. That would cause the production of elementary particles, which would essentially result in aneutronic atomic fusion, releasing gamma radiation. Check the alignment if you doubt me."

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Malla and Lance walked with Odo through the prominade, looking around as they did so. "This place is like Blue Haven... Except really, really small..." she commented.

"Military instilation with civilian quarters... Interesting design." Lance commented. As they walked along, they saw several armed Bajoran Sercurity officers running towards Pylon 2. "May I be of assistance?" he asked Odo. "Aegisteed Enterprises are always willing to extend our hand to the local constabulary."

"Awww, but that means I gotta go meet the commander and if there's a fight-"

"Then you will have to represent our services to the best of your abilities... However lacking they may be in everywhere but..." Lance commented, dully looking down at her backside as he did so. Malla growled at him.

"You're not worth it. A proud Ctarl-Ctarl would never stoop so low as to be goaded by you." she grunted. They finally reached the lift and Lance looked to Odo again. "So?" he asked, offering his assistance in the Pylon business. Malla stepped into the lift, knowing that, no matter what, she was going to be headed to see the captain of this station.

"The Cardassian military built full sized quarters into the design to keep their officers and the civilian personnel. Fewer demands for shore leave. To make up for it, the slaves didn't even have quarters."

When the security staff ran by Odo got a message on his com-badge. "Sir, possible Origin agent in upper Pylon 2."

Odo acknowledged it, but didn't follow them. After all, it was probably just an ordinary cultist. "Don't worry about it. We are just experiencing some problems with a group of religious terrorists. One of them was located near where your ship was docked. My security forces should be able to manage."