. Zak also stood and followed Tabby to the MSD. "Good point, Tabby. Even if we can only infect his crew, it'll disable his ability to put up a fight, right?"
. Tabby responded, "It will, to a point. He may be a super computer, but he only has 2 arms and 2 legs. If he links himself to the ship, he's vulnerable to a computer virus after that."
. Den turned his face as the Captain approached the MSD. "Sir?" he asked, "The core?" He repeated his comment from earlier, "Maybe if it's connected to our systems, it will react on its own and supercharge everything. Which would include shields, engines, energy-based weapons."
. Zak turned to his Tactical Officer. "That's what I'm hoping for, Den. If Relok can figure out how to hook it up."
. Patterson addressed Den, "I don't wanna hook up anything to our ship without knowing exactly what it is. Considering that plant down there tried to kill us, who knows if that core is corrupted with anything that'll fry our systems, or even outright take over the ship."
. Zak tilted his head. "Speaking of which ...," he tapped his commbadge, "Relok, progress report, Commander."
. Relok's voice responded, "We've got a monitor connected, sir. Kat is trying to help decode the language. Once we've got some idea how to talk to the thing we'll figure out how to hook it up."
. Zak scowled slightly, "Acknowledged." He turned back to Den and gave a small shrug.
. Tabby continued, " I'm thinking hit his crew with the Vulcan virus, then hit the ship with an EMP to fry it. After that, throw out a wormhole to further fry the ship then the Green Energy Monster to mess with him personally. An EMP should fry any failsafes he has himself, as well as his ship! Which would make him further vulnerable! It's a hell of a lot better than risking valuable crewmates!" He gave Patterson a hard, but friendly, glare.