<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr">Mission: Murder on the Exeter Express</div><div dir="ltr">Day: 02</div><div dir="ltr">Stardate: 2445:12:02</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">(USS Exeter- Science labs- COO Ensign (sg) Paul Sleeford 20:15)</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="Verdana"><span style="font-style: normal;">Sleeford stood in the science department looking for commander Merek, seeing movement from behind one of the vertical support pylons, walking forward he stopped four feet in front of her and by nature aspired parade rest and waited. After a few second she spoke.</span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="Verdana"><span style="font-style: normal;"><br><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: rgb(29, 34, 40); font-style: normal;"><font face="Verdana">Ensign Sleeford, thanks for being so… prompt.” She said finally finding the word she wished to use.<o:p></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: rgb(29, 34, 40); font-style: normal;"><font face="Verdana"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in;"><font color="#1d2228" face="Verdana"><span style="caret-color: rgb(29, 34, 40);">Nodding once he half smiled, “ I’m little early Commander Merek”</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in;"><font color="#1d2228" face="Verdana"><span style="caret-color: rgb(29, 34, 40);"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: rgb(29, 34, 40); font-style: normal;"><font face="Verdana"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: rgb(29, 34, 40); font-style: normal;"><font face="Verdana">“I would like you to go set up lab seven for acoustics analysis while I wait on the final member of our team.”<o:p></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: rgb(29, 34, 40); font-style: normal;"><font face="Verdana"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in;"><font color="#1d2228" face="Verdana"><span style="caret-color: rgb(29, 34, 40);">Resisting the urge to salute Sleeford settled for a quick nod,” might take me longer then your guys Commander, it’s been a while”</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: rgb(29, 34, 40); font-style: normal;"><font face="Verdana"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: rgb(29, 34, 40); font-style: normal;"><font face="Verdana">“We’ll join you when she gets here, thank you.” </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: rgb(29, 34, 40); font-style: normal;"><font face="Verdana"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: rgb(29, 34, 40); font-style: normal;"><font face="Verdana">Walking towards lab number seven, Sleeford wondered in passing who the other member of the team was and why he was here, he assumed there where more competent science officers who could have set up the lab, unless the commander was expecting trouble.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: rgb(29, 34, 40); font-style: normal;"><font face="Verdana"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: rgb(29, 34, 40); font-style: normal;"><font face="Verdana">Making a slight detour to check the emergency weapons locker behind the bulkhead Sleeford nodded in satisfaction that the three hand phasers where there, closing the panel and resetting the controls he headed to lab seven. Entering he began setting it up for acoustic work.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: rgb(29, 34, 40); font-style: normal;"><font face="Verdana"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: rgb(29, 34, 40); font-style: normal;"><font face="Verdana">(Reply Merek if any)</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: rgb(29, 34, 40); font-style: normal;"><font face="Verdana"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: rgb(29, 34, 40); font-style: normal;"><font face="Verdana">( Posted by Alistair)</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: rgb(29, 34, 40); font-style: normal;"><font face="Verdana"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: rgb(29, 34, 40); font-style: normal;"><font face="Verdana"><br></font></span></p><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>