Surveillance Base 5

Part I
	Renek walked on board the ship and looked around. "How small," he
thought, "and this is where I'm going to spend my life for a while." 
	Captain Henry walked up. "Hello and welcome aboard Ensign Thorist."
The airlock closed behind him and he felt a sense of foreboding. "We hear you
are quite good at protocol. We need that on this ship."
	"What a fool," he thought, "He has no idea what I am really up to."
	"Yes sir." He said, "I am looking forward to working with you." They
walked along the corridors of the ship until they came to one door. The
captain opened it revealing a small, sparse room with only a cot and a
dresser with a small mirror on top of it. He looked at it then back at the
captain.
	"Yes ensign, this is your room."
	"I think I will settle in. Thank you sir."
	"Your first post is tomorrow at Oh-Nine Hundred hours. I suggest you
take a shower and get some rest."
	"Yes sir" He said as the captain left and the door closed. He locked
it then went to the duffel bag he had been carrying. He took out a small
hand-held transmitter and put in a special code. A computer generated voice
came up and asked him to put in his ID card and prepare for a retinal scan.
He took out a knife and pulled up his shirt then made a small 2 inch cut in
his stomach and reached under the skin to pull out a security card. He wiped
the blood off and put a bandage on the cut then slid the card into the
device. He leaned his head down to where it scanned. A gold laser shot out
from the device into his eye. After a minute it stopped and said. 'Identity
confirmed. Please input frequency.' He did so then a small image of a man
popped up. He was wearing a black uniform with a small exofleet symbol on his
chest above a silver omega symbol.
	The man spoke, "What do you have to report agent Thorist?"
	"Infiltration complete. This is turning out to be a seamless
operation, sir. I'll begin phase one."
	"Very good. And you're sure no one suspects a thing?"
	"Positive, sir. My cover is totally seamless."
	"Good. Report back in three days at Oh-Three-Hundred hours. Use
frequency 11758. Command out."
	"Yes, sir. Agent Thorist out." The image slowly faded away. He put
the transceiver away after taking out the card then opened up the bandage and
replaced the card under his skin once more. He then put the bandage back on
and went to sleep after a brief shower.