*Kowan carefully steps forward to address admiral Vorak.*
"Admiral, I have worked for many years, with these very people you are fighting now. I have put my life on the line to defend the noble causes of the Loxian Government. I have assassinated their spies only so they would be silenced. But foolish and naive as I was, it had never occured to me that what I did to others, would once be done to me as well. I realise now that the Loxian government is not here with the purpose of finding and releasing me from your custody. On the contrary, they are here to silence me, to kill me. And your presence in the Delta Quadrant along with it, as they perceive you a threat. I know how they think and work, so you can trust me on this. I know now, that I have nothing to go back to. Likely, my wife and children back home on Loxius are already killed. While they would kill me, you did not but you kept me in relatively good conditions during my imprisonment on this station. For a short time, Varnek was imprisoned there as well, and he spoke to me about the Burma... After he left, I was alone, I had nobody to talk to, nobody would visit me, and I had much time to think about what Varnek said of the Burma. I have come to believe in his cause, and to prove it, I intend to help you surviving this battle."

"Admiral, I understand the charges against me and I do not deny what I did. Nor do I hope to escape my punishment by aiding you in the fight against my own people now. On the other hand, I know that I will be better off as your prisoner, then as a free citizen of Loxius. Because the Loxian Government may officially commerate me for my actions in their name, they will still assassinate me, just not publicly. This is the usual turn of events, and it will be no different in my case."

"Control over the U.S.S. Skytoucher would be regained, of course. But there is more, I could also use the device to take control over the Loxian flagship. This would dramatically turn the odds of the battle into your favor, admiral."

"Beam me over to the U.S.S. Skytoucher. The Loxian device should still be there. It is that device that betrayed the location of your ships and station, to the Loxian Government, and all the access codes of that ship. It is how the Loxians managed to take over control over the U.S.S. Skytoucher with remote access. It is a magnificent device in many ways. It is designed to be used by Loxians only. When a non-Loxian uses it, it acts as if it is obeying, but in fact it is sending signals with coordinates and all access codes it can find, to the Loxian homeworld. However, there is one flaw to the device. As it can only be used by Loxians, it means it can be used by ALL Loxians. Including the enemy of the Loxian Government, of which I I believe I can now count myself a part. I would be able to activate the device, and gain full control over it."

*Kowan looks up, slightly surprised. This order would mean an entire massacre of thousands of his people. But was there any other choice? After a moment of doubt, he turns back to the device and inputs the commands.*
"Accessing systems, the flagship's auto-destruct sequence is being initiated. Their weapons are now targetting their own ships."

"I know that as a Loxian I shouldn't say this, but if I were you, I would destroy this device so nothing is left of it. Beam it into space and blow it up with a torpedo. That's the best advice I can give you."

*Kowan pushes some more buttons. Suddenly, the computer's voice responds.*
Computer: "Auto-destruct sequence cancelled. All functions restored."
*Kowan turns to Comm One.*
"Ship controls have been restored, the bridge is now secured with forcefields."

*Kowan sits down in front of the device and begins pushing buttons on it. It takes some long minutes that the device does not seem to respond, but then it lights up and acknowledges the command codes of Kowan.*
"I am now gaining control over the device. All ship's functions are within reach."

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*Kowan begins pushing buttons again.*
"Starting override sequence 1... sequence 2... sequence 3... Initiated, all systems begin overriding now, it will take some minutes to override all of them."
*He pushes some more buttons, and a few minutes later he looks up again.*
"95% of the Loxian flagship systems are now in our control. I can input any commands you wish for their course and weapons."