Star Trek: Dominion
trial, the general public could stand and watch the proceedings. It didn’t look as if there were seating arrangements for spectators and she remembered with a touch of bitter humour that Klingons gave little, if any, consideration to physical comfort. But this trial was a closed session and today the upper terraces were empty. At one end of the room was a raised platform containing the only seat in the room – a great throne-like chair with a sturdy table in front of it. Chrissie guessed that this was where the judge would sit. The chamber itself was dimly lit and the fine smoke billowing from the torches fastened to the walls, gave a reddish glow to the room, adding to the heat permeating the chamber like a blanket. Qo’noS was a hot planet at the best of times and this was one of the hottest summers on record. So far the hall was almost empty. Apart from Chrissie and the two guards, the only other living beings within the chamber were her husband and Captain Mackenzie, standing at Krang’s side in his role as Cha’DIch. Also present were the defence lawyer - a middle-aged warrior wearing a Defence Force captain’s uniform named Qeyn and the prosecutor, a tall heavyset Klingon called T’Bor, who looked a little older than Krang. Qeyn stood quietly, waiting with remarkable patience for the judge and chancellor to arrive. T’Bor’s attitude however, was very different. Standing with his arms crossed, his fingers twitching, he looked as though he was having to restrain himself from pacing impatiently up and down. Not knowing what to do or where to go, Chrissie took a step towards her husband but one of the guards escorting her stepped in front of her, preventing her from
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