<Lt. Commander Max Mortimer, Starfleet Intelligence Office>

"Thanks for that", says Mortimer, shaking the loose ropes off.
"I asked them to get either you or the Captain, as I needed somebody I could trust. SFI want somebody to look around one of the docked Ferengi vessels, to try to find out why they're all gathered here. I.. er.. owe them a favor. 

They said that all the equipment we need will be availiable in the room next door.

Mortimer and Swanberg move into the next room. A large table sits in the centre of the room, with a PADD, two sets of overalls, two ID cards, and two toolboxes.

The PADD has all of the information SFI have on the Marauder class, and the vessels in dock. These overalls and ID cards should identify us as civilian maintenance engineers. 

Mortimer opens a toolbox to reveal standard engineering tools.
"We shouldn't need these"
He feels inside for the catch to release the top tray, and reveals a hidden compartment.
"Hand phasers, sonic grenades, thunderflashes, various other ordanance.
These pills give off a specific radiation signature enabling us to be traced on board the Ferengi vessels. They won't pick it up unless they specifically look for it. Swallow."
Mortimer screws up his face as the bitter-tasting tablet passes down his throat, then opens the secret panel inside his arm.
"I didn't even know this was here until I read Jonathan's instructions. It's shielded from most types of sensors." He places his phaser inside along with a thunderflash. "You'll have to have an accident - then you can have one of these as well!"

They change into the maintenance overalls, and pin on their IDs.

"Look - you don't have to do this, you know. They can easily find somebody else - the Captain's always saying how much he misses this type of close-up action."

"According to the PADD, the Ferengi vessel Gullible Customer is in dock 17. They have requested maintenance of their port warp nacelle, and we're scheduled to do it!
We'll need the PADD, as it contains an uplink to the Lafayette's system intrusion subprocessors. We can use them to get into the Ferengi computer system. As soon as all of the information has been transferred, they say that they'll beam us back. However, I think that we should have a back-up escape route... er.. in case they have problems with the transporter. Remember - we're not in uniform, and they can treat us as spies - you know what that means."