an outbreak of rudellian plague has struck the cardassian colony on pentath three. of medical supplies and relief workers but the pentath system borders klingon territory and the cardassians are worried about raids. well, pentath is a strategically important system. the klingons will try to stop them. the problem is the cardassians don't have enough warships available to protect the relief convoy. they've asked for starfleet protection there will be seven convoys headed for pentath three in the next week. each of them protected by a federation starship. the defiant has been assigned to escort convoy six and i've chosen you to be in command. ch'pok: why did you select worf for this mission? i felt that he was an experienced officer who was ready to take on greater responsibilities. he had a distinguished record and obviously understood the klingons. a famed klingon warrior-- might jump at the chance of combat and forget about the plague victims? if i were, i wouldn't have given him the assignment. and you're sure you made your instructions perfectly clear that comman