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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='color:#1D2228'>Mission: Murder on the Exeter Express</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='color:#1D2228'>Day: 2</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='color:#1D2228'>Stardate: 2445.12.02</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1D2228'>(USS Exeter – Science Labs – 2O/CEO – Lt. Cmdr Keira Merek – 2013)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1D2228'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1D2228'>Keira didn’t have to wait long for someone to show up, however it wasn’t the someone she was expecting to show up first. She saw Ensign Sleeford looking around he hadn’t quite spotted her straight away, so not in the mood to play hide and seek she stepped out from the support pylon she was leaning against and gave a brief waive to get his attention.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1D2228'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1D2228'>“Ensign Sleeford, thanks for being so… prompt.” She said finally finding the word she wished to use.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1D2228'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1D2228'>(Reply Sleeford)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1D2228'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1D2228'>“I would like you to go set up lab seven for acoustics analysis while I wait on the final member of our team.” She said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1D2228'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1D2228'>(Reply Sleeford)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1D2228'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1D2228'>“We’ll join you when she gets here, thank you.” Keira said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1D2228'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1D2228'>Once Sleeford disappeared into Seven, it wasn’t long mere moments before Erin showed up.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1D2228'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='color:#1D2228'>Walking into the lab, Erin held her hands up in protest, “I know I am not properly attired but, after the day I have had, I was damned if I was putting on my uniform again.”</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='color:#1D2228'>"It’s late I understand.” Keira said with a weak smile.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='color:#1D2228'>“So, what’s up?” Erin asked.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='color:#1D2228'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='color:#1D2228'>“Being our Chief of Sciences, how’s your knowledge of Acoustics?” Keira asked.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='color:#1D2228'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='color:#1D2228'>~I start asking the question I know I have to she’s going to know something’s up.~ Keira thought.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='color:#1D2228'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='color:#1D2228'>(Reply Erin)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='color:#1D2228'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='color:#1D2228'>“That’s good….” Keira said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='color:#1D2228'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='color:#1D2228'>~Just get to it already!~ Keira prodded herself.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='color:#1D2228'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='color:#1D2228'>“While I was waiting for you to show, I was thinking about one of our previous “adventures”. You remember that holodeck program I showed you?” Keira asked.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='color:#1D2228'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='color:#1D2228'>(Reply Erin)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='color:#1D2228'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='color:#1D2228'>“Yup, that’s the one. I remember how it beat us both up pretty bad. I ended up recycling that work out shirt by the end it was too bloody and tattered.” Keira said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='color:#1D2228'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='color:#1D2228'>~That question can be answered by going through old logs.~ Keira thought and wasn’t quite convinced.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='color:#1D2228'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='color:#1D2228'>(Reply Erin)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='color:#1D2228'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='color:#1D2228'>“I know it’s strange but one last question. Remember how I patched you up at the end? How’s that scar?” Keira asked.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='color:#1D2228'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='color:#1D2228'>~This is the question that will tell me if it’s Erin or an imposter.~ <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='color:#1D2228'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='color:#1D2228'>(Reply Erin, Sleeford)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='color:black'>(posted by Todd)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><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><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br />
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