===== Undeground level 3, Einhoften research facility, Sidos ===== "Those guys are fools like those before" laughed a huge Jem'hadar clad in a battle armour. The armour was quite modified and altered but it gave the impression that the base of this armour was a starfleet one. "Let's crush them" he said aloud. There were three other humanoids in the room. The room itself was only artificial lit and the color of the light was unnatural blue, a color no human could find as pleasant. There were several commputer pannels installed in the room, all without doubt of federation origin. Two of the humanoids – a Bolian and a Bajoran were sitting at a large desk in the middle of the room, the third one – a Trill was working on one of the computer consoles. "Dont underestimate them Duran'Etan" said the Bajoran, "that's the mistake the marines did and payed for". The Bolian noded and added: "Those Terrans are probably aware of a danger in the facility but here serves us the "Secret-keeping" policy of Sfarfleet Command very well. I dont think that this unit knows what happened here or what they are to face. The Trill noded and said: "Till now we are using passive scans only so the enemy wont detect anything. There are less then a dozen of humans about 500 meters from the border line of the facility" The Jem'hadar snorted. "A dozen humans are no match for even one unit. Let me destroy them" The Bolian shook his head: "Patience Duran'Etan" he turned to the Trill and asked: "What do we know about the unit?" The Trill tapped his console and grinned: "Thanks to the level gold access to fed database granted by our friend the Starfleet Command ... a lot. The ship is USS Chimera under the command of Commander Guzman. Its a starfleet special forces ship, Katana-B class." Now it was the Bajoran who noded: "The ship might be a possible threat to our plan, we will destroy it soon. What about the ground unit?" The Trill tapped a few more buttons and replied: "Marines and fleet personal, most of them without any battle armour. There is one red-collared human there ... a woman, most probbaly in charge of the away team." The Bolian wondered: "The humans were always odd and oportunistic. To place a woman in charge of a battle unit is a sign of weakness and blindness. I think its hard to understand why the fleet keeps placing woman in combat situations when they regard the loss of woman in battle as a far worse casuality like a man" "Fools" barked the Jem'hadar. "Nerve gad pods?" asked the Trill from behind his console. The Bolian shook his head: "No, they need to be inside the facility for nerve gas, I suggest a decoy attack to lure them closer and then the nerve gas." The Bajoran noded: "At least we will see if this units is an enemy worth of the battle or rubbish like those before" He turned to the Trill and asked: "The gas pods can't be detected by the fleeters, can it?" The Trill shook his head: "No, they are inside the sensor shielded area and untill they will get half a meter near a pod, not even an enhanced tricoder can detect them" Now it was the Bolian who asked: "How much time left till Exodus?" The Trill tapped his console once again: "48 hours till the seed-ship will arrive. Controlled explosion of the warp core is finishing. In the next hours there should be enough dilitium and anti-matter capsules placed there to destroy the entire planet. No traces will remain" he said with a dark grin. "The Chimera and its crew must then be anihilated within those 48 hours." Said the Bolian. "They will" replied the Bajoran, "We are the Marduk, we will prevail". Turning to the large Jem'hadar he said: "Duran'Etan, take one unit and make an decoy assault on the humans, lure them within the facility perimeter, then use the nerve gas ..." His speach was interruped as the Marduk-Trill announced: "The humans splitted into two groups. One maintains its position, the other is 6 man strong and heades to the facility". "Wise and fool as the same time" said the Bolian with an evil grin: "Duran'Etan, take two units and assault both groups at the same time. Lure them to the facility perimeter and leave none alive!" The Jem'hadar grunted in joy. "With pleasure!" ===== Ground level one, Fytoponics facility (building in the middle of the facility), 5 minutes later ===== Duran'Etan stood in the front of two lines of other Jem'hadars. All were clad in the same armour and armed with federation type IIIb phasers. Those two units looked at their "First" like one man. Duran'Etan boomed: "I am First Duran'Etan, and I am dead. As of this moment, we are all dead. We go into battle to reclaim our lives. This, we do gladly, for we are Marduk. Remember - victory is life." "Victory is life!" the 20 Jem'hadar boomed back. Their scowls and grinnes were not a sign of a good future for the little human away team. ===== End of log ===== Opposite force - The Marduk (by Mumacik)