Star Trek TOS: Ruse - Prologue (standard:Fan Fiction, 1286 words) [1/10] show all parts
Author: Kirk	Updated: Aug 12 2006	Views/Reads: 3637/2274	Part vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
The Romulans may have something up thier sleeve and Starfleet isn't taking any chances.

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male or female, could claim title. Little did that matter as neither he 
nor Maec ever married. Even his Mother, S'Lesh, still living, would 
need to seek a new home. 

Maec was killed in a raid that was arranged by the Praetor at the
beginning of this top-secret operation. Unbeknownst to his brother, by 
order of the Praetor himself, Turvans' ship sat safely cloaked in the 
Neutral Zone observing and recording everything. Above all else, he was 
forbidden from taking any action himself, no matter what transpired 
before him. 

In glee he watched Maec destroy four Earth outposts with The Empires'
newest weapon and with the help of its newest stealth technology, a 
cloaking device. He watched as his brother steered his ship to return 
home with word of the ease of the operation. He watched as an Earth 
ship intercepted him and a high stakes game of ‘cat and mouse' ensued. 
He watched, as one by one, his brother used every trick in his arsenal 
to destroy the Earth ship and return home. With each trick and 
deception, the Earth commander was able to detect the trap and out 
guess Maec. Finally, Maec managed to outwit the Earth commander and 
render his ship vulnerable. He watched as Maec set to fire his weapon 
on the Earth ship one last time believing the vessel was no longer able 
to defend itself. One more time the Earth commander showed that HE was 
the superior as HIS ship came back to life and fired on Maecs' ship, 
rendering it useless. Turvan sat helplessly as his brother destroyed 
his own vessel rather than have it captured. 

He waited until the Earth ship departed and then returned to inform the
Praetor of his brothers' failure. 

How he hated HIM, that Earth commander! 

Maec was the greatest Commander ever to live and serve in the Empire. He
should have had no trouble in dispatching that Earth ship. Nor should 
he have had any trouble evading it. Somehow, that commander knew where 
Maecs' ship was when cloaked. All tests indicated that the cloak 
rendered ships undetectable as long as radio silence was maintained. 
Upon his return he held his prearranged meeting with the Praetor and 
found out why his brothers' ship could be detected. The Praetor 
believed that his greatest Commander would still find his way home even 
with the handicap that the he had given him as part of a much larger 
ruse. Now the Praetor called on him, Turvan, the other great Commander 
of the house, to lead the next phase of this bold and deceptive 
operation. It was dusk now and there was a welcome cool breeze carrying 
the smells of the many floras of the mountains, easing the heat of the 
day. He raised his robe enough to look at the scar of the wound that 
the mu'chat nearly killed him with. He drew a deep breath through his 
nostrils and once again closed his eyes. He wanted to remember this 
moment as long as he could, for he may never see, nor experience it 
again. 

But it was time. 

They had been waiting for him for nearly a full cycle. He pulled a small
communication device from his pocket and quietly issued an order. 
Shortly thereafter, a hum was heard and Commander Turvan dissolved into 
the thin air. 

Next: Chapter one.


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