> LCMR. Joe Gariabldi and CMDR Dais had had a
> long talk with Allso about the
> hand and it's transport. He has cooperated to
> the best of his ability, and
> that would work in his favor.
>
> They had learned that the Bajorans would not
> try to use a courier again, but
> would take the hand out themselves, and then
> dispose of it. That could not
> be allowed to happen. They needed to id the
> owner of the hand, and to catch
> the bad guys with it in their posession.
>
> Additional research revealed that the Bajoran
> Chief of Staff was taking an
> unexpected trip later in the day.
>
> The two officers were talking in the privacy of
> the station XO's office just
> off of OPS.
>
> "So, Commander Dais we have come a long way in
> this little handy
> investigation. My thoughts are to end this
> little thing as quickly as
> possible. Perhaps if we jump on Rivik as he
> tries to leave. We do have the
> rights to perform a safety inspection of his
> ship. All we have to do is to
> wait until he is onboard and just out of dock.
> What do you think?"
>
> "I do believe that taking that option would
> provide us with two
> opportunities. We would have access to his
> ship. He would also likely
> become quite inflamed at our doing so. People
> make mistakes when they
> become inflamed," said Dais with a smile.
> "Let's set up the safety
> inspection for just prior to his planned
> departure."
"Great. I will confer with OPS. Can you go talk to Commander K'Tael
about getting some back up from him and his staff? Being polite will get us
far, but being polite backed by fully armed Starfleet Security will get us
farther."
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