<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><br></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia, serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Mission: Murder on the Exeter Express</span><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Day:03</span><br style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Stardate: 2445.12.03</span><br style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><br style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">( USS Exeter - Arboretum - Tac/Sec Ens.(Sg) Stan More - <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://0" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="0" style="color: currentcolor; text-decoration-color: rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.38);">11:</a>51 )</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Stan did not get a reply from Commander Bracken until a little later. He assumed the delay had to be because the Commander was busy. So while he waited Stan started to read. </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Finally Bracken called back. </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Lora, serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Bracken.”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">“ Greetings Commander. “</p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Lora, serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">=/\=“My apologies Ensign. I’ve been in a meeting with another Officer.” =/\=</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="Lora, serif"><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;">“ That’s ok ma’am I kin or realised that when yer did nay call back. I need to see ya to give my report on what transpired in the holodeck.” Stan said</span></font></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Lora, serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">=/\=“Understood, Come straight up, I’m free now. Bracken out.” She put the cup back on the replicator, and pressed the button for it to be recycled.=/\=</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="Lora, serif"><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;">“ On my way ma’am.” Stan said</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="Lora, serif"><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="Lora, serif"><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;">( USS Exeter - FO office - Tac/Sec Ens.(Sg) Stan More - 12:00 )</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="Lora, serif"><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="Lora, serif"><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Stan arrived a few minutes later. He took a deep breath. This had to be done. Once he had made the report. He could hide away from Erin and the others. Hopefully Counsellor Corsica could help him. With his over whelming sense of guilt.</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="Lora, serif"><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="Lora, serif"><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;">He pressed the door chime and waited to be allowed in.</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="Lora, serif"><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="Lora, serif"><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;">( Reply , Bracken )</span></font></p><div class="yiv3499183150gmail_default" id="yMail_cursorElementTracker_1616208302174" style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">( Posted by Norman 🐼)</span></div><div class="yiv3499183150gmail_default" id="yMail_cursorElementTracker_1616208302174" style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“ Science is more why is it doing that? Then what if ? “</span></p></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="Lora, serif"><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></font></p></div></div></div></div></div><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>