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// Written by Jonathan Lau
Chapter 1
Daimon Haik stood patiently in a cargo bay waiting for his contact to arrive. He wasn't a very patient man but his contact, an Yridian named Jakehl, convinced him it would be extremely profitable. He didn't understand why he was asked to meet on Starbase 245 either. After a few more minutes of pacing, the cargo bay doors hissed and opened. In walked Jakehl, looking over his shoulder as he entered. He spotted Haik immediately and approached him.
"Excellent, you made it."
"You did say it would be profitable… extremely profitable."
"It is, but first you have to pay me. Ten bricks of gold-pressed latinum."
"Ten bricks? How about this? I pay you nothing, and I don't shot you," said Haik as he drew his disruptor and pointed it at Jakehl.
Jakehl looked at the disruptor and back at Haik. "All right, all right. I'll tell you. Just don't shoot." Jakehl waited for Haik to lower his disruptor before continuing, "Have you heard of the Orb of Forujich?"
"No, I can't say I have."
"Well, it's an Orb from the planet Kolaan IV. Legend has it that an ancient sorcerer used that Orb to successfully defeat invaders of their world centuries ago. However, the text used to conjure such power has been lost since this sorcerer passed away. Thus, making the Orb more of a symbol than a weapon." Jakehl held up an old book. "I found the text."
"Let me see that!" Haik took the book and began flipping through the pages. "How would this profit me? Without the Orb, this text is useless. I haven't even heard of Kolaan IV."
"You don't have to go to Kolaan IV to get the Orb. The Orb is being transported to a secret location."
"I suppose you know the location of this secret location."
"Indeed I do. The Orb is to be given to a race called the Mafoarites. For centuries, the Kolaaneans and Mafoarites have been at war. The Orb would be given as a token of good faith."
"That still doesn't tell me where the Orb is."
"Well, the Kolaaneans and Mafoarites can't sit down at the same table without starting a fight, so the Federation has been asked to mediate the peace talks. A ship will be sent from this Starbase. At least according to the subspace transmission I intercepted," said Jakehl as he handed Haik an Yridian PADD.
Haik looked over the contents of the PADD carefully. "I see. This is a very profitable venture. With the Orb and the text, I could be rich beyond my imagination."
"You mean, we could be rich beyond our imaginations."
"Jakehl, I hate to do this to you. You're the best information broker I know," said Haik as he raised his disruptor and fired it into Jakehl.
Just before Jakehl could scream, he was vaporized. Haik quickly exited the Cargo Bay and opened the Bay doors, depressurizing the Cargo Bay and blowing all the evidence into space. Haik ducked into the adjacent corridors as a security team ran by. He continued his evasiveness until he was safely aboard his ship. All he had to do was follow the ship on the PADD to the secret location and steal the Orb. Haik looked at the PADD again. The name on the PADD stood out.
USS Geneva.
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