<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="ydp6bef8146MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#1D2228;background:white">Mission:
Space Was Cool Before It Mattered</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#1D2228"><br style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;">
<span style="background:white"><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; word-spacing: 0px;">Day: 2</span></span><br style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;">
<span style="background:white"><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; word-spacing: 0px;">Stardate: 2446.04.25</span></span><br style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;">
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<span style="background:white"><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; word-spacing: 0px;">(Exeter, Deck 8 – CTO – Lieutenant -Ire Williams -
0951)</span></span><br style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;">
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<span style="background:white"><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; word-spacing: 0px;">"If it's all the same with you, sir, I'd
prefer to continue my duty shift and pass on watching the marines."</span></span></span></p>
<p class="ydp6bef8146MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#1D2228">Ire felt a smile
begin to grow on his face, but he clamped it down hard. He had been a little surprised
by the comment, but he understood.</span></p>
<p class="ydp6bef8146MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#1D2228">~I did ask the
question rather than giving him an order. Good for him~</span></p>
<p class="ydp6bef8146MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#1D2228">“Then I will not
keep you from your work Ensign.”</span></p>
<p class="ydp6bef8146MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#1D2228">(Reply Harmon
IYW)</span></p>
<p class="ydp6bef8146MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#1D2228">He nodded and
went back into his office. </span></p>
<p class="ydp6bef8146MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#1D2228">“Well, if the
others actually have work to do, I can at least watch it from here.”</span></p>
<p class="ydp6bef8146MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#1D2228">He grabbed a
drink put his PADD on his desk to take notes and settled in to watch the
carnage on his wall mounted screen.</span></p>
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<p class="ydp6bef8146MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#1D2228">(Reply Harmon,
any)</span></p>
<p class="ydp6bef8146MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#1D2228">(Posted by
Robbie)</span></p></div><br></div></div></body></html>