<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="ydp5073b6f2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Mission: Space was cool before it
mattered</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"></span></p>
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<p class="ydp5073b6f2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">(Sickbay – Arboretum – Tac/Sec – Ensign -
Arbor- 0631)</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;background:white"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;background:white"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;background:white"> </span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">~Wammanoki is with me and I
am one with Wammanoki~</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> </span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">He inhaled smelling the sent
of the plants and soil around him.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"></span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9579992169ydp4820a1e4msonormal" style="background: white; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">~She is the one who guides me on the path less travelled~</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"></span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9579992169ydp4820a1e4msonormal" style="background: white; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">He felt the earth through his kneeling body as he connected to its
energies of the flora and fauna in this artificially constructed environment. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9579992169ydp4820a1e4msonormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">~I fear
nothing because she walks by my side~</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9579992169ydp4820a1e4msonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">=^=Arbor there is an urgent call from the
USS Jarvis=^=</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"></span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9579992169ydp4820a1e4msonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">The voice broke through his concentration
like a knife through butter. He blinked for a moment or two as he reasserted his
mind to the outside world. </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"></span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9579992169ydp4820a1e4msonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">“Understood.”</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"></span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9579992169ydp4820a1e4msonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">He slowly stood making sure that he did
not disturb the flowers that were around him and headed off along the path
towards a wall mounted console. He tapped he screen to accept the call and
waited for it to connect.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"></span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9579992169ydp4820a1e4msonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">The image of Ranger Florence the Ranger Intelligence,
Operations and Deployment Officer appeared. She oversaw all deployments of
Ranger assists for the quadrant. From that Arbor could tell she was sitting in an
office somewhere on board the Jarvis .</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"></span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9579992169ydp4820a1e4msonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">~Ow this is big~</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"></span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9579992169ydp4820a1e4msonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">=^=Ranger Arbor=^=</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"></span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">“Ranger Florence”</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;background:white"></span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;background:white"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">He saw her pause for a moment before carrying on.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;background:white"></span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;background:white"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">=^=I am sorry to be the one to tell you this, but the
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">Tellar outpost</span>
has been destroyed will all hands=^=<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"></span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">Arbor rocked back with
the almost physical blow of the news.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"></span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">~All of them. Wasn’t Branson
posted there. Ow no~</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"></span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">“Everyone, the whole outpost
but how?”</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"></span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">~Wammanoki
is with me and I am one with Wammanoki~</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"></span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">He fought the calming
control as it reasserted itself. The pain, loss and shock was compartmentalised
for future acknowledgement as this was not the time. She watched him for a moment
as he regained control before carrying on.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"></span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">=^=We were not the first
ships on the scene but there was a garbled message of the outpost being attached.
We will arrive in five hours and begin our own investigation=^=</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"></span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">Arbor nodded. The </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">Jarvis<span style="background:white"> was
a support and logistics vessel that supported Rangers and their outposts on missions.
She was fast and heavily armed as Rangers did not always work in the most
secure parts of the federation. </span></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"></span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">“Florence, do we have
any idea who would have done this?”</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"></span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">=^=There are no
definitive suspects yet but from the latest reports before the Tellor was last
was talking at about a group under the command of a </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">person known as the Dread Pirate</span>. <span style="background:white">We don’t know much about him only that he is sadistic and
ruthless=^=</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"></span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">“Okay so why are you not
going after him?”</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"></span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">He paused as she looked
at him again.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"></span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">“Sorry Florence.”</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"></span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">=^=Quite. To answer your
question, we have no proof that he was behind it. We have alerted every ranger
and out post to be on the lookout for this </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">Dread Pirate</span><span style="background:white"> in
the surrounding sectors and the quadrant as a whole=^=</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"></span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">He saw the pain behind
her hard eyes.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"></span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">=^=We need information.
Location strength and numbers. I am not going to send the Rangers into harms
way with out more date. This could be a lone starship or he could have a fleet=^=</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"></span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">“Understood.”</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"></span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">=^=Good. Now I don’t
want you to go off on some vigilant raid=^=</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"></span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">“I am stuc….I am
assigned to the Exeter. There is no way that I am going to off to get revenge
by myself.”</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"></span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">She started hard at him
for a moment and then nodded.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"></span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white"><span> </span>=^=I know you knew a lot of the people of Tellor=^=</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"></span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">“Yes, I trained some of
the crew when they went through the academy.”</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"></span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">=^=As well as Ranger Branson=^=</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"></span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">“Yes, we did Dog days mission
together.”</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"></span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">=^=Yes I thought so.
Well Keep me posted on any information you find out about this </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">Dread Pirate</span><span style="background:white"> =^=</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"></span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">“Of course.”</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"></span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">She nodded at him and
cut the comm connection. He stood there for a moment taking slow deep calming breaths.
He was not going to break down here in front of people. He could feel his
emotions begin to force their way to the surface. </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"></span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">“Computer which holodeck
is free at the moment?”</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"></span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">=^=Holodeck 3=^=</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"></span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">“Reserve if for me.”</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;background:white"></span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;background:white"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">The computer chimed its response as he turned
towards the nearest turbolift. It was time to deal with the hurt, pain and loss.
He was going to kill something it might be photonic but he was going to kill
it.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;background:white"></span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;background:white"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp5073b6f2yiv9397194767ydp132824a4msonormal" style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">(Reply None)</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;background:white"></span></p>
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