<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 class="ydp9b1d982cyiv4855177854ydp4820a1e4yiv1520437096msonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">Mission</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white"></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">: Murder on the Exeter
Express</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><br>
<span style="background:white">Day:03</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Stardate: 2554:12:03</span><br>
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<p class="ydp9b1d982cyiv4855177854ydp4820a1e4yiv1520437096msonormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> <span style="background:white">(USS Exeter –Sickbay – Nurse – CPO -Ewan McDonald </span>– 1533<span style="background:white">)</span></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="ydp9b1d982cMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp9b1d982cMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">“Ewan what are you
humming?”</span></p>
<p class="ydp9b1d982cMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp9b1d982cMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Ewan turned to the crewwoman
beside him who had been working with him.</span></p>
<p class="ydp9b1d982cMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp9b1d982cMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">“What sorry?”</span></p>
<p class="ydp9b1d982cMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp9b1d982cMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">“You were humming
to yourself what song is that?”</span></p>
<p class="ydp9b1d982cMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp9b1d982cMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">“It’s Zombie by the
cranberries.”</span></p>
<p class="ydp9b1d982cMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp9b1d982cMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">She a gave him a
look.</span></p>
<p class="ydp9b1d982cMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp9b1d982cMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">“Why that song?”</span></p>
<p class="ydp9b1d982cMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp9b1d982cMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">He gave a smile. </span></p>
<p class="ydp9b1d982cMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp9b1d982cMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">“Its part of my medivac
playlist.”</span></p>
<p class="ydp9b1d982cMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp9b1d982cMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">She gave him a strange
look.</span></p>
<p class="ydp9b1d982cMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp9b1d982cMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">“You medivac playlist?”</span></p>
<p class="ydp9b1d982cMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp9b1d982cMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">“You know that I
come from Albatross Organisation and I work as part of their Mobile Surgical
Team. One of their roles was patient triage and medivacs as well as surgery.”</span></p>
<p class="ydp9b1d982cMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp9b1d982cMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">She nodded.</span></p>
<p class="ydp9b1d982cMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp9b1d982cMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">“Long story short I
have a play list that I play when I go on medivacs. Tunes that get me in the
mind set and to relax afterward. That one is the tune that I play as the craft
is on its final run up to landing. It calms me and focuses my mind on what I am
about to do when we land. It also reminds me that even now in our lightened society
people are still getting wounded and die. I can only help the ones that are in
front of me, and I am not here to save the galaxy.” <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="ydp9b1d982cMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp9b1d982cMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">“Do you miss it
being here?”</span></p>
<p class="ydp9b1d982cMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp9b1d982cMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Ewan paused for a
moment.</span></p>
<p class="ydp9b1d982cMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp9b1d982cMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">“Yes and no. I mean
we have been busy and there have been some interesting times but there is
nothing that speeds up the heart when you get off a shuttle and there are a hundred
and fifty people all needing help and evacuation and you know that if you don’t
get the severely injured one away fast, they will die but there is also two
hundred more on their way and you have two shuttle crafts.”</span></p>
<p class="ydp9b1d982cMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp9b1d982cMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">He gave a slight
smile.</span></p>
<p class="ydp9b1d982cMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp9b1d982cMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">“Having your own
quarters and not sleeping in tents, using a bucket shower and basic facilities is
nice. Also, the fact that we are in sickbay with all this modern technology. With
the ability to replicate more drugs and equipment when needed. The treatments and
care we can do here is so much more then what I could do with my team in our
tent or small local building.”</span></p>
<p class="ydp9b1d982cMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp9b1d982cMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">He gave a shrug.</span></p>
<p class="ydp9b1d982cMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp9b1d982cMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">“You value the
little things more when you’ve been you have been trying to do a laparotomy
with a scalp and forceps. Not the laser ones I mean old school metal ones that
cut. We had deployed to a conflict area some where in the alpha quadrant some
where near Jaros II two groups were having a turf war and it got ugly, so me
and my team we were sent to make a primary evaluation begin to assist. So, we deploy,
and this Ion storm rolls in out of nowhere can cut us off from out support
ship. The storm affected most of our equipment by the time the support ship got
to us we were down to cloth bandages and had to hand suture with needles and
cut with scalpel blades.”</span></p>
<p class="ydp9b1d982cMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp9b1d982cMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">“Sounds awful.”</span></p>
<p class="ydp9b1d982cMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp9b1d982cMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Ewan grinned. </span></p>
<p class="ydp9b1d982cMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp9b1d982cMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">“It was hard don’t
get me wrong but those is something exciting about working with out all the
fancy tech that we take for granted and really go back the basics. In saying that
it was good to get the equipment drop when it came.”</span></p>
<p class="ydp9b1d982cMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp9b1d982cMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">They looked up at
the sound of approaching footsteps. She and flashed him a smile passed him a
PADD which contained the latest patient updates. He nodded his thanks and got
back to work.</span></p>
<p class="ydp9b1d982cMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp9b1d982cMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">(reply any)</span></p>
<p class="ydp9b1d982cMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">(Posted by Robbie)</span></p></div><br></div></div></body></html>