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Klag drained the last of his bloodwine. “Thank you all, my friends. You have honored me with your presence, and honored Tereth as well—not to mention,” he added with a look to DeSoto, “Commander Voyskunsky.”

“It was my pleasure,” Kira said.

“Oh, Colonel,” Klag said, reaching into a drawer in his desk, “Tereth left something for you.” He removed an optical chip and handed it to Kira. “A recording of ‘The Battle for Deep Space 9.’”

Kira grinned and took the chip. “I look forward to hearing it.”

Riker set his mug down on Klag’s desk and looked at Worf. “We need to get back—we still have to get you to Khitomer.”

“Yes. It is good to see you again, Captain,” the ambassador said to Klag.

“Qapla’, all of you,” Klag said.

They all returned the salutation: “Qapla’!”

With that, the four of them departed, leaving Klag and B’Oraq alone.

“Have you requested a new first officer yet?” B’Oraq asked.

“No,” Klag said. “In truth, I fear for what Command will send me this time.” He stared at the now-empty bottle. “We shall never see her like again.”

“Perhaps,” B’Oraq said. “Perhaps we will see better.”

Klag threw his head back and laughed. “Ever the optimist, Doctor?”

“Naturally, Captain. I’m trying to improve Klingon medicine—if I weren’t an optimist, I’d have given up years ago.”

“An excellent point.” Klag braced his hands on the arms of his chair and got up.

Then he stumbled to the right, not adequately compensating for his shorter right arm.

“Qu’vatlh!” he cursed in anger.

Malkus had been in the middle of excoriating the hapless Aidulac when he was interrupted.

His sensory input was, of course, limited to telepathic contact, but that contact included an entire world and beyond. Suddenly, without any kind of warning, that contact just stopped.

He no longer felt the presence of his pawns.

Worse, he no longer felt the presence of the other Instruments.

In fact, he couldn’t even feel the presence of the Instrument he was trapped within.

How, he did not know, but he had been cut off from everything.

For ninety thousand years, he had been trapped with only the most minimal contact with the galaxy.

Now it seemed he was trapped once again with even less than that.

Desperately, he reached out, trying to find some connection to another mind, another Instrument, Aidulac, anything.

Utter silence was his only answer.

Malkus started to scream a silent scream that no one would hear.

A scream that would never end.

Technical Specifications of the Qang-Class Vessels in the Klingon Defense Force

by Tammy Love Larrabee

Statistics

Classification Heavy Cruiser

Class Qang (Chancellor)

Number Constructed Classified

Number Destroyed Classified

Ship’s Complement 2725 crew

Brigs 110

Transporters 35 6-person

Holodecks 1

Ship Size

Length 479.40m

Width 364.44m

Height 105.24m

Displacement 1123.0102mt

Weapons

Disruptor Arrays 12 360o

Disruptor Output 9.0x1011w/x4.0x1011w

Continuous

Disruptor Cannon 1

Cannon Output 7.8x1012w/3.7x1012w

Continuous

Photon Torpedoes 102

Quantum Torpedoes 36

Defensive

Shield Holdoff 8.87x1012w

Shield Refresh 3.45x1012w

Reactive Armor/

Damage Deflective Plating

Speed

Optimum Speed Warp 7

Cruising Speed Warp 8

Maximum Speed Warp 9.82

ECM

Cloaking Device

Electronic Jamming

Equipment

Hull Separation Capability

Emergency separation of the primary hull section from the secondary hull is possible. The secondary hull houses the disruptor cannon and is able to function at sublight speeds. The main bridge section is also capable of separation from the primary hull, and is maneuverable at impulse speeds using emergency impulse engines.

Weaponry

The Qang class has one forward-facing disruptor cannon, mounted in the “head” of the ship, with an output of7.8x1012w/3.7x1012w continuous. There are 12 360 degree disruptor arrays on the Qang. Six are top-mounted and six are bottom-mounted with an output of 9.0x1012/4.0x1012w. All disruptors are set for a variable modulation every 10-12 seconds with a repetition rate of 300,000 cycles; this