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Posted: 31 Jan 2004 23:01:05 GMT  
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Klaxons sounded "red alert" on the Defiant as Ezri ordered the ship to battle
stations.

 "Where's the shuttle at?"

"Shuttle is away and heading for rendevous Captain."  Jackson replied.

"Can you give me magnification on the intruder yet?"

The star fields  in the view screen seemed to lurch forward.  A rainbow colored
point of light in the center flickered briefly.   "Sorry Sir.  Intruder is
still at warp and beyond visual range."  

"Location, bearing, and speed of the intruder?"

"Intruder passing Neptune's orbit.  Still bearing 97 mark 210. Speed is warp
4.3.  ETA to Earth is 3 minutes.'

Ezri stood up.  "They're worried about pushing warp in a solar system.  That
gives us a little time. If they stay on their present bearing they'll be in the
Southern hemisphere when they go to orbit.  Mr. Jackson, raise cloak and take
us over the North pole, one quarter impulse.  Notify the Chaffe II that we'll
rendevous on the day side of the planet at the following co-ordinates."   

Outside, in space, the Defiant seemed to shimmer out of existence, replaced by
a hazy bubble that shifted orbit toward the polar terminus.


"Where's the Defiant?" Cynthia Jordan pressed her face closer toward the view
screen of the Chaffe II.  Two hundred miles below, a typhoon churned towards a
collision course with the Indian subcontinent. 

Alvarez switched off the engines as the shuttle achieved orbit and checked the
sensors.  "No indication yet, probably still on the other side of the
terminus... Wait, there she is!  Coming up from the South?  And I'm picking up
... a distress call. Switching to speaker."

"SOS. This is TRFS Defiant calling USS Defiant.  We have been attacked by a
Dominion battle cruiser.  Shields are minimal. Weapons and transporters are off
line.  Warp core is destabilizing.  Unable to eject.  Please respond."

Julian leaned forward toward the control panel.  "That's Ezri's voice!  What
the devil is the rebel's Defiant doing here?"

"Confirm on that warp core, sir," Alvarez called out. "It's on a slow build up
to detonation."

Julian leaned forward and hit the comm button.  "This is the shuttle USS Chaffe
II.  Shift to our orbit Defiant.  When we rendevous with our Defiant we can
beam you off.  What are you doing here anyway?"   

There was a pause at the other end.   Then the Mirror Ezri replied.  "Message
received and understood Chaffe II.  Making course correction now.  We're here
because Miles O'Brien ordered us to follow you in case you got into trouble. 
But it looks like you'll have to save us now.  Is this Doctor Bashir?  I've
always wanted to meet you.  Miles thinks really highly of you."

Julian grinned sheepishly.  "Really?  Well, I like him quite a bit myself.  I
look forward to meeting you as well.  Chaffe II out."

Cynthia looked apprehensively out the screen towards the rapidly approaching
point of light that would soon become the Mirror Defiant.  "Do you really think
that's wise Doctor? Having them shift to our orbit?  If they blow up in our
proximity..."

Bashir nodded.  "Sensors indicate they've got a good twenty minutes before they
go critical, plenty of time for the Defiant to arrive, beam them off and get us
all the hell out of here.  Relax, everything will be all right."

The archaeologist shifted back in her chair, folding her arms.  "Unless that
Alliance battle cruiser shows up first." 

END Part 6

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