<html><head></head><body><div class="yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><p class="ydpe9aa780bMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Mission:
Andromeda's Chain</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="ydpe9aa780bMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Day:
1</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="ydpe9aa780bMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Stardate:
2446.01.03 </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="ydpe9aa780bMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydpe9aa780bMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">(USS
Exeter –Broken Bow – CFO – Lieutenant – Ire Williams -</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">04:55)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="ydpe9aa780bMsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">“When we get to the Exeter, can you back this thing into spot three?,
just thinking it would be easier to get through the hatch and away, before they
come looking.”</span></p>
<p class="ydpe9aa780bMsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Ire nodded.</span></p>
<p class="ydpe9aa780bMsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">“I can do that. We won’t have a lot of time. We are going to have to
move fast.”</span></p>
<p class="ydpe9aa780bMsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">(Reply Sleeford)</span></p>
<p class="ydpe9aa780bMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydpe9aa780bMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">(NRPG
Reply more if you want)</span></p>
<p class="ydpe9aa780bMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydpe9aa780bMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">(USS
Exeter –Broken Bow – CFO – Lieutenant – Ire Williams - </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">05:31)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="ydpe9aa780bMsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Ire watched as the Exeter appeared in front of them.</span></p>
<p class="ydpe9aa780bMsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">“Call the Exeter and tell them that we have a casualty along with heavy
damage and need priority clearance for landing in shuttle bay one.”</span></p>
<p class="ydpe9aa780bMsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">(Reply Sleeford)</span></p>
<p class="ydpe9aa780bMsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">As Sleeford contacted the Exeter he began to manoeuvre the damaged Brocken
Bow towards the shuttle bay. </span></p>
<p class="ydpe9aa780bMsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">“There is no pretend we really are flying on a wing and a prayer.”</span></p>
<p class="ydpe9aa780bMsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">He muttered to himself as his eyes flicked from the console to the outside
view.</span></p>
<p class="ydpe9aa780bMsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydpe9aa780bMsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">“Here goes nothing.”</span></p>
<p class="ydpe9aa780bMsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">He pulled into a tight turn as he lined up for final approach and
watched as red warning lights began to appear across the console. He muttered a
curse and glanced over at Sleeford.</span></p>
<p class="ydpe9aa780bMsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">“This landing might have slightly less finesse then usual.”</span></p>
<p class="ydpe9aa780bMsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">(Reply Sleeford) <span> </span></span></p>
<p class="ydpe9aa780bMsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">As the Brocken Bow passed through the shuttle bay force field the manoeuvring
thrusters failed. The ships gravity reached out and grabbed the runabout hard
as it was slammed onto the deck. It bounced and began to spin sending sparks across
the deck in its wake. It came to a bone jarring halt as it smashed into the far
wall. Ire rolled with the impact as the Brocken Bow came to a stop.</span></p>
<p class="ydpe9aa780bMsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">“Another successful landing.”</span></p>
<p class="ydpe9aa780bMsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">A smiled danced across his face at the personal joke as he turned to
Sleeford.</span></p>
<p class="ydpe9aa780bMsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">“Get the deck hatch open while I power every thing down. We would not
want us to survive the landing just to blow up.” </span></p>
<p class="ydpe9aa780bMsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">(Reply Sleeford)</span></p>
<p class="ydpe9aa780bMsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">(Reply Sleeford, any)</span></p>
<p class="ydpe9aa780bMsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">(Posted by Robbie)</span></p></div><br></div></div></body></html>