General Batok demanded to meet with Admiral Moyer. It was bizarre for a Klingon General to even acknowledge the King’s Fleet in the region. Batok claimed he had information that would benefit both the United Federation of Planets and the Klingon Empire.
Admiral Christian Moyer, Admiral Deveniss of Selay and Agent Cameron Viceroy met the Klingon General on the promenade of Governor’s Station.
The General informed the group that there is a combined plot from a subversive Klingon House to kill the Chancellor and the President at the same time in order to facilitate full out war between the Federation and the Klingon Empire. The only way to avert the tragedy and perhaps the greatest war since the Borg would be to let both senior defence forces know of the plot.
General Batok knew of the significance of the Gowron Array and its ability to relay communications between the Klingon Empire and the United Federation of Planets and hoped that the array may have the delivery power to share the message simultaneously to both senior security groups.
Deveniss informed General Batok that the Array could perform this function but no where near the speed necessary to counteract the attack. This was the end of diplomacy and the beginning of all out war between the two great powers.
Cameron looked at the aged Selayan, “There has to be a way.”
Admiral Hadrian, Chancellor of the King’s Fleet Academy joined them on the Promenade, “The greatest minds of the King’s Fleet are here. Dr. Hawking Sam, the Caitian is the science officer aboard the Gowron and Dr. N’Ton of Gorn is an interplantarily renowned physicist. These gentlemen would have the collective intelligence to complete the delivery of the communique in the required time frame. Of this, I have no doubt.”
“Make is so!”, General Batok looked at Admiral Moyer.
There is no doubt that Hawking Sam, the Caitian has a distaste for the Gorn N’Ton. His relationship with the Mad Trapper disgusts Dr. Sam. He sees it as unnatural. The capitulation to the Gorn giving them prominent roles in Star Fleet to convince them to leave the Klingon Empire also disgusts him. Sam is no fool. He can appreciate the physics of warp firing capabilities. Newton is a genius but he is a Gorn genius and worse yet, he is a gay Gorn genius.
The pair were working together but they were making little progress. Admiral Coren came down to observe. Each of them were working on separate elements of the potential solutions. They were clearly not connected. Constantine tried to reason with the pair. The Betazoid was almost begging them to put aside their differences and solve the problem.
The pair just huffed. Constantine was walking out of the Gowron Science Bay. He felt the same defeat that Admiral Deveniss had felt on the Promenade. The cousin of legendary Betazoid Admiral Illyan Coren turned back to the pair. He walked towards the Dr. Hawking Sam and grabbed his fur covered arm. He dragged the cat-like Caitian towards Newton and grabbed the Gorn’s lizard hand. He held him and used his Betazoid unconscious to allow these men to see inside each other’s head.
Dr. Sam shared, however unwittingly, the lack of respect and support that Caitian science was getting from the Federation and his frustration with not being allowed to go to Star Fleet Academy to teach, to learn and to study. He felt disrespected and alone. This is why he accepted the assignment ot the Gowron. It was a chance to do real work in a real station. The King’s Fleet had always been supportive of Caitian efforts allowing Galileo Leo to rise from simple cook to Rear Admiral.
Dr. N’Ton shared his outrage with Gorn reproduction laying eggs in the bodies of other aliens and externally fertilizing those eggs. He hated it. He despised it. He turned his back on the way of the Gorn. He learned that General Trapor of Gorn had also refused to share his seed on a batch of eggs embedded into dead humans. He was disgusted. Dr. Newton had shared his disgust with the Mad Trapper. The Gorn also shared his disgust. The pair were soon talking about life, love and partnerships. It was the Mad Trapper who first broached the topic of sex with a human. Newton had chuckled informing the legendary Gorn marine that the female human hole was pretty large for a lizard appendage. It would be like having sex with a hot tub. The gentlemen shared a laugh. N’Ton informed the Mad Trapper that the other hole would be a better option for a Gorn. The Trapper laughed stating that at least it doubled the options with a human. It was not until the legendary Gorn general was rejected by multiple human males and females that he informed his friend of his failures. N’Ton had always respected the legendary general. He told the general stories of the Roman generals taking male lovers on Earth. The Mad Trapper was shocked when the legendary physicist offered himself to his idol. They have since became lovers.
Dr. Sam felt the love between these two men. He also felt the tremendous respect and loyalty. He stared at Dr. Newton. Dr. Newton stared at Sam. Constantine refused to let go until Sam felt that same feelings he had in his own heart. Despite the legendary firing under warp discovery, no one wanted to hear from a Gorn Physicist. In order to get to lecture on his studies, he had to come here to Reykja Penthe. He had changed warfare but no one cared to hear from him. The best ideas came from Vulcans or from humans. The physics of space will not be and cannot be provided by a Gorn; especially not a gay Gorn.
Hawking looked at Newton. The pair just stared at each other having shared each other’s thoughts and feelings.
“Do you think if we configured the array like this?”, Dr. Sam started pushing buttons.
“And accelerated the transfer using the curvature of the slip stream.”, Dr. Newton continued.
The next 15 minutes were pure jibberish to the Betazoid Admiral but soon he heard the pair say together, “Ahoy hoy.”
It is said that when Alexander Graham Bell first invented the telephone, he proposed that it be answered, “Ahoy.”
Admiral Coren knew they had found the way. On August 9, 2400, a sub space message was sent to both the Klingon High Council and the United Federation of Planets from the Gowron Array between the two great powers carefully highlighting plots to assassinate the leaders.
The message was spoken in two clear voices, A Gorn named N’Ton who is often called Newton after the discoverer of Gravity and a Caitian named for the legendary human physicist Dr. Stephen Hawking, Hawking Sam. These two men averted a war today.
The pair were walking towards the door, brushing by Agent Cameron Viceroy. Agent Viceroy’s soul purpose as an agent of Section 31 was to prevent these events. He had failed here and the pair wanted him to know it. Section 31, all too often, gets the drop on everyone. Not today, not on their watch!
Hawking looked at Admiral Coren. He just stared at the Betazoid. He finally spoke, “Thank you, Constantine.”
Newton looked at the pair and smiled, “Don’t ever touch me again.”
The three gentlemen burst out laughing.
There is an Earth movie circa the 1980s where a boy is born albino but with powerful empathic abilities. The white skin forces the boy to become known as Powder. In an important scene in the movie, the albino boy grabs a dying hunted and wounded dear and grabs the arm of the hunter to show him the pain felt by the dying dear to show him the truth of his behaviour. It is a hauntingly powerful scene.
The Gowron Array and the King’s Fleet just had its Powder moment. The touch of Admiral Constantine Coren had allowed the arrogant Caitian to see the real N’Ton of Gorn. He showed him the way. The three gentlemen saved the region.
Touch is a powerful thing.
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Admiral Constantine Coren
Commanding Officer
Gowron Array
King’s Fleet
