A Crazy Idea

Before leaving the bridge Lieutenant Estelo shot a quick glance at the Ops station. He hadn’t really talked to Celes since the night in port. He was disturbed not seeing her at her station; he had no clue where she was. He entered the turbolift and headed back down to the flight deck. He ran his fingers through his hair, still damp from the sweat. He was tired, but he had to head back out there.
Ashram played out the last sortie in his mind, and the quick briefing with Commander Scintilla had given him something to think about. He needed to find away to negate the power of that cannon. He had one crazy idea, he just wanted to run it by Sakonna first, see if it was even possible. He steped onto the flight deck, three of the fighters had already headed out, his wing was waiting for him, all the fighters were prepped and ready for launch. Talas and Syldra were waiting for him.
“Let’s go, we need to meet up with Sakonna and the rest.”
“Aye sir” They both saw the tension; they knew that the situation was as serious as they thought.
The three fighters launched in formation and met up with the existing wing in a defensive posture near the Washington. “Estelo to Sakonna, I have a question for you”
“Sir” she said coldly
“Switch to single comm., I need to ask you something privately”
“Aye Sir, ready”
“Is there a way we detonate a round from a kinetic cannon?”
“….Sir?” If he didn’t know better, he heard a bit of hesitation in that response.
“I need to know if it is possible.”
“Yes, but..”
He cut her off, “Yeah It’ll be dangerous, I know, but if we can’t nullify that cannon, then I doubt that we or anyone else will survive another sortie.”
“Understood, I’ll need to get into contact with tactical on the Washington.’
“Let me know, I’ll need to contact these Klingons…introduce myself..”
“Aye sir” She
“Negh’Var tactical this is Lieutenant Estelo of the Washington; we’ve come to render support.”
After a few moments a gruff looking (aren’t they all?) Klingon appeared on the screen. “Your gall is impressive human, but what do we need with little gnats like you?”
“The more we bite, eventually we will sting, distracting your enemy…allowing you and your brothers more glory.” Ashram said with as much confidence as he could.
The Klingon laughed a good sign. “Perhaps it is a good day to die, we welcome you, but do not sting too hard, Klingons are known to exterminate pests.”
“Aye I’ve heard about the great victory against the tribbles, I hope songs will be sung about this battle one day…Qapla!”
“Qapla!”
The transmission closed, “Team, we need to set up in a defensive posture between us and the Klingon Fleet…Sakonna, let me know when you’ve worked out something.”