<html><head></head><body><div class="yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><p style="margin:0cm;background:white" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"></p><div><p style="margin:0cm;background:white" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"></p><div><p style="margin:0cm;background:white">Mission: The Flames of Purity</p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1D2228;background:white">Day: 16 </span></span></span><span></span><span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1D2228;background:white">Stardate: 2445.09.16</span></span></span><span></span><span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"></span></span></p>
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<p class="ydp63db4745MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap" id="ydp63db4745yiv8887699096yMail_cursorElementTracker_1602854464910"><span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FR-CH">(Runabout Broken Bow – CONN - CFO- Lieutenant – Ire Williams- 0907)</span></span><span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FR-CH"></span></span></span></p>
<p class="ydp63db4745MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">Ire nodded at Brown at her comment.</span></span><span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></span></p>
<p class="ydp63db4745MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">“Okay Chief.”</span></span><span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></span></p>
<p class="ydp63db4745MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">He looked back at Rylee</span></span><span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1D2228;background:white">"They're expecting
us to go in with sensors to find these pods right? Then don't."</span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span></span><span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> </span></span></p>
<p class="ydp63db4745MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">“No sensors?” </span></span><span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1D2228;background:white">"We go low tech. I used to know someone, back on Trill.
An old Federation guy. Back in the day they would have called him an old sea
dog.</span></span></span><span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"> </span></span><span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1D2228;background:white">He told me that, before we made it to space, Terrans used to
navigate on the sea at first by the stars, then using something called radar.</span></span><span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"> </span></span><span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1D2228;background:white">Same sort of principle
that bats use. Echo location. We send out a pulse, anything that blocks that
pulse, we take a look at. No scanners."</span></span><span></span><span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">“Radar its worth a try.”</span></span><span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"></span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1D2228;background:white">"It's a long shot but if we can't use scanners why not
go old school?"</span></span></span><span></span><span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"></span></span></p>
<p class="ydp63db4745MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FR-CH">“Its defiantly an option. We
should try. Lets get going and see what we can find when we get there.”</span></span><span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FR-CH"></span></span></p>
<p class="ydp63db4745MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FR-CH">Ire glanced around at the
others to make sure that they were all secure before nodding to himself.</span></span><span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FR-CH"></span></span></p>
<p class="ydp63db4745MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FR-CH">~Okay let’s get going~</span></span><span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FR-CH"></span></span></p>
<p class="ydp63db4745MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FR-CH">“Launch control this is
Brocken Bow we are ready for launch.”</span></span><span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FR-CH"></span></span></p>
<p class="ydp63db4745MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FR-CH">=^=Copy the Brocken Bow.
You can launch at your discursions=^=</span></span><span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FR-CH"></span></span></p>
<p class="ydp63db4745MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FR-CH">“Copy that Launch Control.”</span></span><span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FR-CH"></span></span></p>
<p class="ydp63db4745MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FR-CH">“Okay everyone. Off we go.”</span></span><span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FR-CH"></span></span></p>
<p class="ydp63db4745MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FR-CH">(Reply Page, Brown,
Alexander, IYW)</span></span><span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FR-CH"></span></span></p>
<p class="ydp63db4745MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FR-CH">He paused as he clenched and unclenched his hands.
He then activated the Runabout engines and the Brocken Bow slid forward out of
the shuttle bay. Once he was settled on to the right course power down to
cruising speed.</span></span></p>
<p class="ydp63db4745MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FR-CH">“There is a copy on Lieutenant Merek briefing for
you to assess. You might want to go over it before we arrive.”</span></span></p>
<p class="ydp63db4745MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FR-CH">(Reply Brown, Alexander, Page)</span></span></p>
<p class="ydp63db4745MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FR-CH">(Reply Brown, Alexander, Page, any)</span></span><span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FR-CH"></span></span></p>
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