<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"><font face="Verdana"><span style="font-style: normal;"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Mission: Andromeda's Chain</span></span></font><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"><div dir="ltr"><font face="Verdana"><span style="font-style: normal;">Day: 1<br>Stardate: 2446.01.03</span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="Verdana"><span style="font-style: normal;"><br></span></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="Verdana"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; 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="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(29, 34, 40); color: rgb(29, 34, 40); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr">04:10)</span></span></span></span><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></span></font><div dir="ltr"><font face="Verdana"><span style="font-style: normal;"></span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: white; font-style: normal;"><font face="Verdana">Paul’s fingers danced over the panel as he tried to break the tractor beam lock,the usual method of a feed back loop had failed, if anything it had increased power to the beam hearing the phasers firing and T’Kel mentioning the fact of their proximity to the object for torpedos to be used, as the phasers where fired again Paul thought he’d heard a slight break in T’Kels voice.</font></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(29, 34, 40); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-style: normal;"><font face="Verdana"> </font></span><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-style: normal;"><font face="Verdana">" Brace yourselves " </font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-style: normal;"><font face="Verdana"><br></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-style: normal;"><font face="Verdana">Grabbing power from where he could, replicator system, transporters, unused crew rooms, even the bridge lighting, he threw everything into the SIF/IDF systems to keep their bodies intact.</font></span></p><font face="Verdana"><span style="font-style: normal;"><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"></span></font><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-style: normal;"><font face="Verdana">As Ire threw the small craft through a series of climbs and dives, twists and turns Paul could see the reputation was based on facts not bar room talk.</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-style: normal;"><font face="Verdana"><br></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-style: normal;"><font face="Verdana">The runabout shook and shuddered as explosive blast hit it from the rear, throwing them forward, sideways and every-which way. As the shuddering subsided Paul ran a quick diagnostic check, the ship seemed to be in good shape, scratches and dents but no breaches.</font></span></p><font face="Verdana"><span style="font-style: normal;"><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"></span></font><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-style: normal;"><font face="Verdana">" Target eliminated ." T'Kel said with a sigh of relief but quickly regained his Vulcan composure. </font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-style: normal;"><font face="Verdana"><br></font></span></p><p class="ydp7650d2e2MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal; background-color: white;"><span style="color: rgb(29, 34, 40); font-style: normal;"><font face="Verdana">“Sleeford, take the helm, set a course for the Exeter and see if you can get them on the comms for an update of what’s happened.”</font></span></p><p class="ydp7650d2e2MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal; background-color: white;"><span style="color: rgb(29, 34, 40); font-style: normal;"><font face="Verdana"> “Understood Lieutenant” </font></span></p><p class="ydp7650d2e2MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;"><font face="Verdana"><span style="font-style: normal;">“Scan the debris if there is anything remaining I want to get a sample that we can take back.”</span></font></p><p class="ydp7650d2e2MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;"><font face="Verdana"><span style="font-style: normal;"> Nodding Paul ran a scan of the field, bringing the transporter system back online, grabbing a largish price he locked on and transported it to the cargo bay. Opening the comms panel he tried to raise the Exeter. </span></font></p><p class="ydp7650d2e2MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;"><font face="Verdana"><span style="font-style: normal;">“=/\= Broken Bow to Exeter =/\=“</span></font></p><p class="ydp7650d2e2MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;"><font face="Verdana"><span style="font-style: normal;">“=/\= Broken Bow to Exeter =/\=“</span></font></p><p class="ydp7650d2e2MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;"><font face="Verdana"><span style="font-style: normal;">Running a diagnostic on comms in case they’d been damaged in the explosion, finding nothing wrong he tried again.</span></font></p><p class="ydp7650d2e2MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;"><font face="Verdana"><span style="font-style: normal;">“/\= Broken Bow to Exeter =/\=“</span></font></p><p class="ydp7650d2e2MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;"><br></p><p class="ydp7650d2e2MsoNormal" 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);">=/\= Broken Bow to Muskogee”</span></font></p><p class="ydp7650d2e2MsoNormal" 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);">(Reply any on Muskogee)</span></font></p><p class="ydp7650d2e2MsoNormal" 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);">“This is Sleeford, I’m invoking lost comms protocol. Can’t raise the Exeter from here.”</span></font></p><p class="ydp7650d2e2MsoNormal" 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);">(Reply Any)</span></font></p><p class="ydp7650d2e2MsoNormal" 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);">(Posted by Alistair)</span></font></p><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>