<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;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">Mission: Andromeda's Chain</span></p><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;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">Day: 1</span></p><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;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">Stardate: 2446.01.03</span></p><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;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">(Unknown planet - Ridge, ACFO, Lt. JG Ronnie Winters- 0516)</span></p><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;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">" The wreckage is on a ledge about 12  meters down. I didn't notice any movement." He paused , taking a deep breath. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;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">" We are going to have to repel down the rock face to the wreckage. There is no easy or safe way to do this. " Ravok said to them quietly.</span></p><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap">Ronnie looked and Ravok and nodded accent to the next step.</span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap">(reply rest of away team)</span></font></p><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;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">Ravok removed his backpack and opened it quickly, grabbing his gear.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;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">" I'll go down first, set the line, and the rest of you can follow once I give the signal. If something happens to me I order all of you to run back to the Muskogee as quickly as possible and leave. " Ravok said as he fastened his harness around him.</span></p><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;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">( reply away team)</span></p><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;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">" Doctor Kruze you follow behind me, take your time, plant your feet, grasping hand behind your back and hop gently down. Watch me closely. " Ravok said. </span></p><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;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">( reply Kruze)</span></p><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;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">" I won't let you fall. I'll catch you if you lose control. " He said then looked at Ronnie and Jori.</span></p><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;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">" Lieutenant, you will follow the doctor and Ensign Jori, you will come down last so you can cover us from above. Understood?" </span></p><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap">"Aye sir," Ronnie nodded. "</span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap">(reply Jori)</span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;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">" Phasers on maximum stun." He ordered as he approached the and planted his anchor point, properly tied off , Ravok dropped his rope down and leaned backwards over the edge and began his decent. He looked up at Kruze.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;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"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;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">" Watch me " </span></p><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;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">( reply Kruze ) </span></p><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;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">Ravok pushed his feet away from the rock face in controlled and precise movements, maintaining control of his descent. Once he reached the bottom he unhooked himself and pulled out his phaser , Ravok peaked around the side of the wreckage, still he saw no movement. He looked up and waved for  kruze to follow. </span></p><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;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">( reply kruze ) </span></p><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;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">Ravok held the line steady as Kruze began his descent. </span></p><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap">Ronnie waited for Kruze to begin her descent and then started her own descent, yet as she began to repel down, , getting herself within 20 feet of the ground, the hook from the gear that was in her back snapped, almost as if it were tampered with. As she began to fall, she tucked her self into a ball to take the landing and then roll to lessen the impact, as she hit the ground with a thud and painfully rolled, falling into one of the purple pools filled with an unknown liquid. It was shallow, maybe only a foot deep. She did her best to painfully pull herself out of the pool, laying on the side of the pool wincing in pain.</span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">(reply away team)</p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">(reply Away team)<br>(posted by Will)</p></div></div>