<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="ydp8db672e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Mission: Space was cool
before it mattered<br>
Day: 1<br>
Stardate: 2446.04.25<br>
<br>
(USS Exeter –Sickbay – Nurse - CPO – Ewan McDonald - 1037)<br>
<br>
His shift was not too bad. Work had been steady with no dramas which was nice. The
only problem was that his mind was not on the task at hand, and he had been
thinking about past work. It was not disrupting his work, but things would jog
his memory and it would wander off.</span></p>
<p class="ydp8db672e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp8db672e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">(Memory)</span></p>
<p class="ydp8db672e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp8db672e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">“Oi Ewan we have another
one?”</span></p>
<p class="ydp8db672e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp8db672e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Ewan looked up from his bacon
sand wedge and groaned. As the head of the anaesthetist pocked around the door
frame</span></p>
<p class="ydp8db672e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp8db672e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">~I have only just sat down~</span></p>
<p class="ydp8db672e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><br>
“Like right now?”</span></p>
<p class="ydp8db672e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp8db672e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">He saw him look over his
shoulder.</span></p>
<p class="ydp8db672e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp8db672e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">“Yep coming through the
doors as we speak.”</span></p>
<p class="ydp8db672e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp8db672e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">“Bollocks.”</span></p>
<p class="ydp8db672e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp8db672e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Ewan stood up and shoved
the rest of his sand wedge into his mouth as he hurried after the anaesthetist.
He tried to not to choke on the bacon and bread as he tried to swallow it. He exited
the small room that was used as a staff room and into the corridor. As he
watched the doors at the far end were slammed open as the trolly came crashing
through at the horrendous rate being pushed by two porters and a third person
who he recognised as the surgeon almost running to keep up. She saw him and
began to issue out instruction.</span></p>
<p class="ydp8db672e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp8db672e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">“Ewan get set up for a laparotomy.
He has at least two in the stomach and one in the chest with a suspected pneumothorax.
As well as right femur fracture and right tibia fracture.” </span></p>
<p class="ydp8db672e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp8db672e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">~What the hell~</span></p>
<p class="ydp8db672e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp8db672e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">“Is 2 open?”</span></p>
<p class="ydp8db672e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp8db672e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">“Yes 2 is clear no one is in
it.”</span></p>
<p class="ydp8db672e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp8db672e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Ewan turned and headed
towards operating theatre 2 with his mind running.</span></p>
<p class="ydp8db672e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp8db672e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">~Okay laparotomy kit will cover
most of it. I will need to grab bits from the fracture set and the put the
chest drain stuff on stand by in case the pneumothorax is more complicated then
we think~</span></p>
<p class="ydp8db672e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp8db672e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">He grabbed the instrument
sets off the shelves as he dashed past and barged the door open into theatre 2 open
with his should as he came in. The patient was on the operating table with the sterilisation
frame above him and the anaesthetist beginning to administering anaesthesia medication.
He placed the sets on a near by table and began to sort out what he would need
and what was close to hand for emergencies. </span></p>
<p class="ydp8db672e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp8db672e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">“So what happen?” He asked
as the surgeon began to get into her red scrubs. </span></p>
<p class="ydp8db672e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">“Some historical reenactor decided
that it would be a good idea to actually have an authentic assault rifle. This person
decided that to make it more real, he would load actual live ammunition.”</span></p>
<p class="ydp8db672e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp8db672e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">“That dose not sound good.”
Ewan had set up his instruments and was also hurriedly getting himself into a
set of red scrubs.</span></p>
<p class="ydp8db672e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp8db672e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">“The main problem is that
his friend also had no idea and accidently off loaded a whole magazine into his
friend.”</span></p>
<p class="ydp8db672e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp8db672e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">“Ow no.”</span></p>
<p class="ydp8db672e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp8db672e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">She nodded.</span></p>
<p class="ydp8db672e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp8db672e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">“Come Ewan lest see if we
can put this idiot back together again.”</span></p>
<p class="ydp8db672e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp8db672e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">(Present)</span></p>
<p class="ydp8db672e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp8db672e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Ewan paused wondering why
that memory had surfaced. He frowned trying to work out what had triggered it
but could not work it out. The patient had survived although there had been a
few close shaves during the operation but five hours later he had been wheeled
into recovery.</span></p>
<p class="ydp8db672e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp8db672e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">“Better get myself a tea.”</span></p>
<p class="ydp8db672e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp8db672e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">He began to cross sickbay
to wards the replicator. <span> </span></span></p>
<p class="ydp8db672e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
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