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FOR HONOR & GLORY




by Barbara M. Paul



With the Dominion War raging and resources running low, the USS Enterprise is sent to negotiate for aid and assistance from the Gorns, but they have problems of their own. An internal power struggle threatened the stability of the Empire. As Commander Riker was in the midst of negotiations with Klingon Commander Qyrll and his crew of the IKS Gar'Tuhk to reinforce the defensive base on Elkauron II, a group of warriors called the Black Crest, led by Warlord Slessshh lead an attack on the base and on Cestus III.

Elkauron II surface
Elkauron II surface

“YoD! (Shields)” Qyrll barked firmly to the operator at the facility on Elkauron II.
“Hlja HoD (Yes Captain).” The operator replied as the operator raised the shields but it was too late.
A Gorn army of 25 had beamed into the facility and were making their way to the building where Riker, Data and Qyrll were located.

A small town had been established near the facility to house family of the top officers. They had brought their children there unaware that it was soon to become a battleground. Mortars exploded around the area as the people ran for the shelter of the larger buildings. A woman ran for one of the homes and entered it just as a mortar hit it. There was nothing left but rubble.

“Ghobe!” One of the officers yelled as he ran toward the rubble that had once been his home.

There was another round of mortar fire and he was thrown up in the air to land several feet away dead. This was when the Klingon and Federation ship’s opened fire on the Gorn positions quickly reducing their numbers. Riker sent a message to the Gorn commander Slessshh and the order to stand down was presented. Slessshh had other ideas and it was agreed on that he and Data would meet to settle the dispute. Data defeated Slessshh in hand-to-hand combat where Slessshh accepts the proposition that joining forces with the Federation will make the Gorn stronger.

Cestus III Cestus III destroyed
Cestus III orbit & surface

Qyrll wanted revenge for the deaths of those Klingons who had been killed on the facility. Riker was able to settle it between him and Slessshh to the mutual agreement of both. Riker and Data helped the Klingons search the rubble for survivors. Qyrll went to the home that had first been bombed. Inside he found the body of the female and a boy no older than 10 who was huddled under a partially collapsed wall. He offered the boy his hand and the young child crawled out and stood before him with his mother’s dak’tag in his hand. Qyrll grinned slightly and nodded his head in approval and led the boy outside where he saw the boy’s father laying dead on the ground a few yards from their door.

“Vav. (Father)” The boy cried out as he went to him and knelt beside his lifeless form.

“Come young warrior. Your mother and father will be remembered with honor.” He said as the boy stood wiping the tears from his eyes.

Qyrll activated his communicator and called his ship. “Jol ylchu’!” He commanded and they both disappeared. Once aboard the boy was taken to his cabin and told to stay there. He obeyed. A short time later Qyrll returned.

The r'uustai is the Klingon rite of bonding, in which two Klingons join together to become brothers, one entering the other's House. Candles are lit and the member entering the Klingon House receives a sash.

Qyrll went to a drawer and removed a box containing some candles. He handed the boy one and he took the other setting the thicker one in its holder on the table. He turned to the boy and placed a sash on him as he lit their candles. "SoS jIH batlh SoH" He said as he recalled the death of both of his parents at Khitomer. The boy repeated the words honoring his parents as well. They then both lit the main candle. At that moment, they became one in Qyrll’s House.

They both left his cabin together, now as brothers.

R'uustai ceremony

Sources
http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/Elkauron_II
http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/The_Gorn_Crisis
http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/R%27uustai
http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Cestus_III


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