"Doc Savage Adventure 9 - Dominion War 2" - читать интересную книгу автора (Doc Savage Collection)

quarters. The Defiant was right over there, setting up
the mine field that, when complete, would protect the
mouth of the wormhole which was the only portal for
Dominion reinforcements. The wormhole had to be
kept open, for the Dominion's sake, yet for Dukat
there was something nauseating about needing the
Dominion in order to take back Terok Nor. He longed
for ways to set himself and all Cardassians apart from
the Dominion, their musclebound Jem Hadar pawns,
and their silky Vorta mouthpieces.
All around them Jem Hadar ships wheeled in a
majestic dance and were obliterated into shimmering
blooms against the crisp blackness of space and the
encrusted metal body of the station itself. Still more
got through and continued attacking the station, and
another flank went after the Defiant. The station took
a hammering on those enhanced shields, but instead
of defending itself, the station's weapon arrays fired
upon the Dominion ships going after the Defiant. The
station was giving the Defiant's crew cover, time to
finish that mine field.
A dangerous portent--Sisko apparently thought
that, between the station and the mine field, the
station was the more expendable. Arguable, but still
strange ....
Who was on the Defiant? Sisko himsell'?. No, he
would stay with the station. Several of his officers--
Dax or Worfor Major Kira--could take command of

the ship, but Sisko would think himself more effective
in running the station's defense grid and keeping
track of all incoming attackers.
"Are you disappointed, Gul Dukat?" the Vorta
asked him with that musically sickening voice.
Dukat's neck almost snapped off as he cut short a
glance. He used the Vorta's name like a slapping
hand. "Why should I be, Weyoun?"
"Perhaps this will be too easy. We will take the
station today. Now that you've accepted the superior-
ity of the Dominion, Cardassia will have what it could
not possess on its own. Others too are seeing the great
light of the Founders' wisdom... the Romulans, the
Tholians, the Miradoru, and now even the Bajorans
have accepted the inevitable and made treaties with
US."
With a bitter smile, Dukat shook his head. "Do you
actually believe the Bajorans wish to be our allies?
No, no... and they're not afraid of us, either. Not
those brats who fought me unremittingly during the
Cardassian occupation of the planet. No, you misun-