Kiok walked over to the scout ship in the large rear hangar bay. It resembled a Romulan scout ship but with upgraded weapons and smaller. He approached the Romulan Riok. "Is this ship manned and ready?" he asked the Romulan.
"Yes sir." Riok looked at the small craft and then back at the Vulcan disapprovingly, "Shouldn't we make our full presence known?" He seemed to be ordering the Vulcan.
"What do you think will happen if a warship just appears over a Federation World, Mr. Riok?" he anwered the question before Riok could respond. "A probable cause for war. The Federation doesn't even know that we been in this sector for years, neither do they know that we exist."
"But sir, you were in Starfleet for a long time."
"Yes, that is true, but I'm not anymore." He turned to enter the open doors of the Scout Santander. "We must be careful how we deal with the Federation." He pointed at the Romulan. "We want friends not enemies."
"Understood, sir." He bowed to the captain mockingly. "What can I do for you sir?"
Without notice Kiok's emotions overpowered him, with lightning speed he grabbed the Romulan by the throat with his left hand and lifted him clearly off the ground by two or three feet. He put him at eye level. "I will have no insubordination on this ship, Mr. Riok. Is that clear?"
The Romulan squirmed in the powerful grip but couldn't get loose. "Yes sir. Very Clear." Kiok dropped him and Mr. Riok hit the ground with a thud. He got up massaging his neck.
"Next time you will die." What is wrong with me? I am a Vulcan. "Now go tell the Ambassador that we are ready to depart." His voice was clear on the objective.
"Yes sir." Mr Riok departed in a hurry. Kiok looked back at several security guards that had gathered around. He lifted his right hand and showed them two fingers and pointed with his head toward the direction the Romulan went.
The security officers understood and two of them, a human and a Romulan, armed with disruptors went to watch Mr. Riok.
Kiok entered the Santander.
A short time later Kiok was sitting in the command chair of the small bridge of the Santander when in walked the Ambassador.
"Well, are we ready to go, Captain?" Sitar Came over and removed a lieutenant from the science station and sat down. The lieutenant stood next to him looking at Kiok to see what he should do.
Kiok told him to stand there with a small motion from his hand. "Yes, we are ready to depart, Ambassador."
"Well, what are you waiting for?" Sitar turned around and looked at the small science console but couldn't make heads or tails out of it.
"Contact the ship, Mr. Leon," he signaled the small Klingon communications officer. "Tell them to open the hanger bay doors."
"Right away, sir." Mr Leon contacted the bigger ship and soon the doors were open.
"Put the commander on the screen, Mr. Leon." The Ensign responded rapidly and Commander's smiling face was on the viewscreen.
"It appears I am a Captain now," he continued smiling. "Well, acting Captain."
"You are to stay in orbit and avoid being seen." He looked around. "I don't want to start an interstellar incident here."
"Yes sir." John sat down in the captain's chair. "I will keep this warm for you."
"And John, take caution with the Centurian Riok I think that he may cause trouble."
"Yes sir." John smiled wickedly.
"Over and out." The screen faded and they saw the star and a beautiful planet through the hangar bay doors. "Take us out, helmsman."
The Helmsman did as he was told. He took the scout out into space and a seemingly Romulan scout ship appeared over the world of Serenity Colony out of nowhere.
Warning klaxons started sounding on Serenity Colony and the starbase. A certain Commodore Hunter was informed that there was a Romulan, or what appeared to be a Romulan, ship in orbit.
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