> "One moment..." Black put their conversation on hold while he keyed up
a
secure communications link back to Captain Black and a narrow beam, line of
sight transmission to the Klingon ship. Sure enough a moment or two later
on
the main viewing screen in Lasiter's ready room
was the split image of both Polath and Black.
>
> "Good day, Captains." Lasiter said in way
> of a greeting. "Admiral Kitanya wanted to brief us all at one time.
Admiral..."
"Captains. I've learrrned quite a lot frrrom one of the prrrisonerrs
alrrready. I'm having the rrrecorrding of that sent to Cait forrr analysis,
because theirrr language seems to be verrry similarrr to one of ourrr
ancient
dialects. I don't know what that means until I hearrr back frrrom them, but
an educated Caitian *can* underrrstand theirrr language, which will give us
a
leg up on interrrcepting theirrr trrransmissions."
Black did not know what to make of this new information. It was starting to
sound like these new beings were an off shoot from the Caitians...., but
how.
"I'll show you the tape, and trrranslate forrr you." She put the chip in
and
translated the interview. After it was done, she also added her comments on
his body language, and apologized for the 'humans taste bad' remark. "He
insinuates that they have intelligence on us, but the things he told me
arrre
not exactly state secrrrets. It's common knowledge that the Dominion Warrr
was extrrremely costly forrr us, although just how costly was never made
public. He didn't seem verrry convincing to me. Morrre discussions with
the
otherrrs may rrreveal morrre. So, what arrre yourrr thoughts?"
"He lacks honor." Polath said first. "However, honor or not they do pose a
deadly threat. He could have been just posturing. Hinting that he knew
more than he really does. Such is the way for those without honor."
"Or he could be teasing us, giving us just enough information to start
chasing a wild goose. Which would indicate that they, or he at least, are
quite intelligent. While not advanced enough for the technology they use,
but intelligent enough to have learned the art of misdirection.
Or... a third possibility. They know far more than they are letting on, and
are revealing only the smallest fraction of that they know. We may want to
place a call into our respective Intell organizations to see if they have
found out anything odd going on with the Dominion."
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