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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Mission: Andromeda's Chain</p><p class=MsoNormal>Day: 1</p><p class=MsoNormal>Stardate: 2446.01.03</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(USS Exeter – Deck 7, Jefferies Tubes – aFO, Lt. Cmdr. Keira Merek – 0445)</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>"Oh fantastic…" Keira heard Erin mumble just before the hatch closed. Keira slung her rifle and started crawling in silence.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>"So, Keira… has Ravok told you anything about what happened in that other world?"<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>“Canada?” Keira verified. “No details. Just that he had met you there. Had some problems with an obsessed fan named Steve. Why what brings it up?”</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As they rounded a junction and began to climb, Erin sighed, "No reason really. I was honestly glad of his… company."<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>“I didn’t even know anyone was there until later. I thought I was alone stranded in Earth’s past.” Keira said, now ascending to the next junction. “Perhaps now is not the time to get into it.”</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>"A conversation for another time perhaps?" Erin offered.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>“Definitely.” Keira said, “Over drinks. Maybe I can convince Kora to send us a good vintage of blood wine or maybe Ravok has some Romulan ale that hasn’t been ear marked for someone else.”</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>“Deck 6,” Keira said announcing the deck they were on.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>"So, are you able to mask our location again once we get where we are heading? I only ask because I don't know if Ailynn is…. Well, herself. I don't want to take any risks by contacting her and have our position given away."</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>“That’s why I had you lock out internal sensors. If it holds, they’ll have to figure out some other way to track us. My attempt to encrypt the main computer was mostly a distraction for you to be able to do the work unabated.”</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(Reply Erin)</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>“Don’t get me wrong, having them not to be able to use any system in conjunction with each other would effectively disable the ship while we work on taking it back. They’d be able to see where we are, just not go to warp because warp drive, sensors and navigational deflectors have to work in unison with many more calculations per second than most organic species could manage.” Keira explained while climbing. “They could bank several PADDs and tricorders together and get enough processing power to do it. That would take time.”</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(Reply Erin)</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>“The mutineers being blind was much more important for what I plan to do.” Keira said mantling the top of the ladder. She looked around the junction they were in was large enough that they didn’t have to crawl. “Deck 5, almost there.”</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(Reply Erin)</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>“Just through here, and a short walk down the corridor, provided we don’t run into anybody.” Keira said.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(Reply Erin)</p><p class=MsoNormal>(Posted by Todd)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>“<span style='color:black'>The only way to defeat fear is to tell it 'No'." No - we will not take shortcuts on the path to righteousness. No - we will not break the rules that protect us from our basest instincts. No - we will not allow desperation to destroy moral authority.” - Michael Burnham, Star Trek: Discovery</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>“No, I’m from Iowa, I only work in outer space.” – Adm. James T. Kirk, “Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Todd Holladay<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>SGT, IA ARNG (Retired)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br />
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