<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Mission: Andromeda's Chain</span><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font face="Verdana" size="3">Day: 1<br>Stardate: 2446.01.03</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="Verdana" size="3"><br></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="Verdana" size="3"><span style="caret-color: rgb(29, 34, 40); color: rgb(29, 34, 40); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">(USS Exeter –Brocken Bow – Cockpit- COO LTjg Paul Sleeford </span><span dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(29, 34, 40); color: rgb(29, 34, 40); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr">04:04)</span></span></span></font></div></div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><p class="ydp167b696aMsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal; background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(29, 34, 40);">Paul sat in the co-pilots seat scanning the fast approaching object, so far he had nothing much of any consequence, the object was cylindrical, made of an unknown metal, at least unknown to the ships computer, there was no power signature evident, no warp signature. In all intents the object just hung in space. </span></p><p class="ydp167b696aMsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal; background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(29, 34, 40);">As the small craft lurched to the side Paul looked across at Ite, with a mild rebuke on his tongue, seeing the look of intense concentration on his face Paul knew this wasn’t a prank.</span></p><p class="ydp167b696aMsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal; background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(29, 34, 40);"><br></span></p><p class="ydp167b696aMsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal; background-color: white;"><span style="color: rgb(29, 34, 40); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">“What the hell. </span><span style="color: rgb(29, 34, 40); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sleeford where did that come from it was showing no power.”</span></p><p class="ydp167b696aMsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal; background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(29, 34, 40);"> As his fingers danced across the panel, Paul spoke,” Don’t know, that thing was dead a second ago, now it’s lit up like a Christmas tree, our scans may have activated something. “</span></p><p class="ydp167b696aMsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal; background-color: white;"><font color="#1d2228" face="Arial, sans-serif" size="3"><span style="caret-color: rgb(29, 34, 40);">As the runabout shook and juddered, Paul tried to find the source of the tractor beam. Finding a small opening, the size of a tennis ball he shook his head, sending the information to tactical in the hope it would help.</span></font></p><p class="ydp167b696aMsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal; background-color: white;"><font color="#1d2228" face="Arial, sans-serif" size="3"><span style="caret-color: rgb(29, 34, 40);">“Sending you a target now.”</span></font></p><p class="ydp167b696aMsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal; background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(29, 34, 40);"> </span></p><p class="ydp167b696aMsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal; background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">"I'm flying my ass off here Ensign, do you think you could do me a favor and blow that damned thing apart?"</span></p><p class="ydp167b696aMsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal; background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">(Reply T’Kel)</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></span></p><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">(Posted by Alistair)</div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>