SHORT STORY
"Night of the Vulture"
Attribution
Series:
Author(s):	Greg Cox
Publication information
Printed:	Tales of the Dominion War
Pages:	17-38
Chronology
Date:	2374

Contents 1 Summary 2 References 2.1 Characters 2.2 Starships and vehicles 2.3 Locations 2.4 Races and cultures 2.5 States and organizations 2.6 Other 3 Appendices 3.1 Related Stories 3.2 Connections

SummaryEdit

The Beta XII-A entity (or (*)) searched for a source of hate to feed off of, and found the Solanco, a civilian freighter traveling from Earth to Terok Nor. But the freighter's Captain was in fact a Cardassian undercover operative, sent to retrieve a Founder who had discovered the codes to the Federation's self-replicating mines guarding the wormhole.

While on course for Terok Nor, their disdain for each other caught up with them, and they ended up hallucinating and killing each other before they made it back to the station. As (*) fed off of their hatred, he paid little attention to their course which had led them into a spatial anomaly. Without the Captain's piloting, the ship was engulfed by the anomaly and destroyed, killing all aboard - including (*) .

ReferencesEdit

CharactersEdit

(*) • Vraath ch'Evram • Jeremy Gleason • Zonek Karle • Evelyn McDougal • Methras • Virak'iklan • unnamed Deltans

Referenced only 

James T. Kirk

Starships and vehiclesEdit

USS Bellingham (Saber-class) • Solanco

LocationsEdit

Alpha Quadrant • Earth • Hunyadi Rift

Referenced only 

Azure Peaks • Bajoran system • Bajoran wormhole • Betazed • Cheron • Endiku Prime • Gamma Quadrant • Ohop system • Omarion Nebula • Terok Nor • Victoria Falls • Vulcan's Forge

Races and culturesEdit

Andorian • Cardassian • Deltan • Founder • Jem'Hadar • Vorta

Referenced only 

Bajoran • Human • Klingon

States and organizationsEdit

Cardassian Union • Dominion • Obsidian Order • Starfleet

Referenced only 

Federation • Klingon Empire

OtherEdit

Artificial gravity • Disruptor pistol • Federation detention camp • First • Galor-class • Kar'takin • ketracel-white • Life support • meteor shower • parsec • Proximity sensor • Taspar egg • transporter • tribble • Trilobite

AppendicesEdit

Related StoriesEdit

• TOS: "Day of the Dove"
• DS9: "Favor the Bold"

ConnectionsEdit

published order
Previous story: What Dreams May Come	Tales of the Dominion War	Next story: The Ceremony of Innocence is Drowned
chronological order
Previous Adventure: Nemesis	Pocket	Next Adventure: Three Sides to Every Story