<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="ydp4870701fyiv2180207090ydp9f704e10msonormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1D2228">Mission:
First Furlough</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#1D2228"></span></p>
<p class="ydp4870701fyiv2180207090ydp9f704e10msonormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1D2228">Day:
3</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#1D2228"></span></p>
<p class="ydp4870701fyiv2180207090ydp9f704e10msonormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1D2228">Stardate:2446.07.22</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#1D2228"></span></p>
<p class="ydp4870701fyiv2180207090ydp9f704e10msonormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1D2228">(USS
Hades – First Officer’s Office – FO – LCDR – Ire Williams - 0810)</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#1D2228"></span></p>
<p class="ydp4870701fyiv2180207090ydp9f704e10msonormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1D2228"> </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#1D2228"></span></p>
<p class="ydp4870701fMsoNormal" 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:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><span> </span>“I, uh, just wasn’t a fit on the
Braga. My reports, as you can see, have been exemplary. But I wasn’t feeling
fulfilled there. I wanted to work somewhere that was state of the art. My
superior officer agreed. She wrote me a recommendation.”</span></p>
<p class="ydp4870701fMsoNormal" 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:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><br>
He glanced down as the recommendation that had appeared on his console.</span></p>
<p class="ydp4870701fMsoNormal" 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:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp4870701fMsoNormal" 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:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">“Yes she did.” He paused for a moment. “The Hades is one of the state-of-the-art
starships in the fleet to date. This is primarily due to the hard work and diligence
of her crew. A ship is just a hulk without the crew inside to care for her.”<br>
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<p class="ydp4870701fMsoNormal" 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:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">“I’m willing to work where you will have me, sir.”</span></p>
<p class="ydp4870701fMsoNormal" 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:#1D2228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><br>
Ire nodded. “I can see that, Ensign. Okay go and report to the Chief Engineers
and get your orientation and shift duties from him.” </span></p>
<p class="ydp4870701fMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp4870701fMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">(Reply </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#1D2228;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Finley)</span></p>
<p class="ydp4870701fMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#1D2228;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp4870701fMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#1D2228;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">“The Chief should be in engineering if not the
computer will give you the location.”</span></p>
<p class="ydp4870701fMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#1D2228;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp4870701fMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">(Reply </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#1D2228;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Finley)</span></p>
<p class="ydp4870701fMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#1D2228;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp4870701fMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#1D2228;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">“Before you go I there anything I can do for you
while you are here?”</span></p>
<p class="ydp4870701fMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#1D2228;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp4870701fMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">(Reply </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#1D2228;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Finley)</span></p>
<p class="ydp4870701fMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#1D2228;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp4870701fMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#1D2228;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp4870701fMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">(Reply </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#1D2228;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Finley)</span></p>
<p class="ydp4870701fMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#1D2228;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">(Posted by Robbie)</span></p></div><br></div></div></body></html>