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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>Mission: The flames of purity<br>Day: 16<br>Stardate: 2445:09:16<br><br>(USS Exeter – Bridge – 2O/CEO – Lieutenant Keira Merek – 1303)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>"Welcome home Lieutenant. How are you holding up?" Trip asked. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>“Shields are at forty percent,” Keira responded, “but holding.” At this point she was beyond pleasantries, speaking in engineering based metaphors was about all that she could do since Ravok was beamed away.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>"You don't need to report right back to duty if you don't want to. Take an hour or two to breathe. I know Ravok is banged up. You can be with him if you want. We'll have a proper debrief later," The Captain said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>“I did see him, walking up the gangway on the planet, that’s what has me…concerned. I would like to go see him. I’ll be there if you need me.” She said then exited the bridge. Ordinarily, she would have been all for another mission, but her heart just wasn’t in it. She had left the bridge before Trip said “Engage.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>(Reply none)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>(USS Exeter – Sickbay – 2O/CEO – Lieutenant Keira Merek – 1332)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>A brief stop off to check on Venus, leaving her knives at home, dropping off the tactical uniform, and a change into a standard one. Then straight to sick bay. She walked in she found the nearest medical professional and asked. “I’m here for Lieutenant Ravok,” she said, “are you accepting any visitors at this time?”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>(Reply any Medical, Ravok)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>(posted by Todd)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>“<span style='color:black'>The only way to defeat fear is to tell it 'No'." No - we will not take shortcuts on the path to righteousness. No - we will not break the rules that protect us from our basest instincts. No - we will not allow desperation to destroy moral authority.” - Michael Burnham, Star Trek: Discovery</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>“No, I’m from Iowa, I only work in outer space.” – Adm. James T. Kirk, “Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Todd Holladay<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>SGT, IA ARNG (Retired)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>