"Entering Station D'Alaan 27"
 by Sogh T'Kang
 Weapons officer - IKV Jachyoj
 http://come.to/tkang


T'Kang stepped through the airlock and let his steel tipped 
boots clank on the metal flooring of D'Alaan Station.  The 
hiss of escaping gasses swirled in cloud circles at the 
warrior's feet as he glanced around the alien base that 
served as a oasis on the edge of known the Klingon Empire.  
There was a dark, foreboding element to the construction of 
the interior of the station.  It wasn't just stark and functional 
like Klingon stations or ships were made, and it didn't have 
that luxurious "Hilton" feeling of a Starfleet station either.  
Yet there was an unusual uniqueness to the sculptured walls 
and the way the decking was laid out.  It was certainly 
functional, but it had a coldness, a harsh truth to it's design 
too.  It was as if the designers were as much artisans as 
engineers.  And very morose ones at that.  Overall, T'Kang 
decided he liked the way the landing area looked as he 
proceeded to walk down the unloading through way and 
headed into the inner reaches of Station D'Alaan 27.

The warrior's left hand was gripping the sturdy draw strings 
of his duffel bag where it rested over his broad, bear-like 
shoulder.  In his right hand, with the points facing down 
towards the ground, T'Kang held his bat'leth.  With proud 
steps the former Starfleet officer took wide steps with his 
tree stump like legs as he walked at full stride through the 
various corridors of the station.   He finally reached an open 
area where a deck directory had been set up.  It had the 
directions on the alien device's operation listed in both 
Terran and Klingoneese.  The weapons officer quickly 
discovered how to activate the terminal and got a deck 
layout of the massive station.  D'Alaan was almost four miles 
in diameter and nearly as tall from end to end.  The station's 
origins were still unknown to the Empire and the Federation, 
which was part of the reason why this joint posting had been 
arranged.  So everyone could study the design and hopefully 
gain insight into it's designers and their technology.   T'Kang 
had read the information General Pi'ror had provided him for 
the long trip on the weapons freighter.  Not a lot was known 
about D'Alaan, or it's creators.  Now being on the station, 
T'Kang found himself simply wishing to explore her decks 
and discovering what secrets he could about the place which 
would serve at the Jachyoj's home port when that Bird of 
Prey finally arrived.

The alien terminal responded to T'Kang's input commands, 
following the instructions on the accompanying Klingon 
placard to it's side.  He soon learned he was on Blue 96, the 
Disembarkation area, and that there appeared to be a 
Lounge and Restaurant just two levels down on Blue 99.  
The trip from Qo'nos had been a long one; the second leg in 
T'Kang's long journey since resigning from Starfleet in 
Federation space.  A few genuine bloodwine HIuje' would 
certainly hit the spot right now.  If he was lucky, they would 
have some 2309 on hand for the son of Crass to begin the 
newest leg of his adventure in his claim to regain the honor 
lost to his family's house when he was but a boy.

T'Kang turned and began marching to the nearest lift to visit 
the Deep Blue Lounge on deck 99.  From his understanding, 
HoD K'sara and the Jachyoj would not be arriving for quite 
some time.  Which basically meant that T'Kang had time to 
kill until his new assignment did show up.  The warrior could 
think of no better way of doing that then with a tankard of 
vintage bloodwine to wet his dry throat.