<div dir="auto">Dum, dum, dum! And so it begins.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">Charles Gatling<br>Commanding Officer<br>USS Illuminar<br>NCC 61240<br><br><br> "The light shines brightest amidst the deepest darkness."</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, May 8, 2021, 1:33 AM Al Muir via illuminar-rpg <<a href="mailto:illuminar-rpg@startrekfreedom.com">illuminar-rpg@startrekfreedom.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div dir="auto" style="font-family:-webkit-standard">NRPG: I’m working on a little side project here. Just thought it was too quiet on the bridge.</div>
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<div dir="auto" style="font-family:-webkit-standard">Mission: Death in the Shadows</div>
<div dir="auto" style="font-family:-webkit-standard">Day: 2</div>
<div dir="auto" style="font-family:-webkit-standard">Stardate: 2446.02.02</div>
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<div dir="auto">(USS Illuminar- Deck 2- FO’s quarters- CTO- Ensign T-Mur-0437)</div>
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<div dir="auto" style="font-family:-webkit-standard">T’mur woke up to find herself still in the embrace of Sy. At first she wanted to snuggle in and fall back into the comfort of Sienna’s arms. But her mind was restless and she knew that her body would
soon follow. It took a minute but she was finally able to loosen the betazoids grip on her without waking her up. But she was still trapped, and that sensation was beginning to irritate her. She suddenly felt a strong need to get out. Reaching over she
got hold of Tigger and managed to wedge him between Sienna’s arms so that she could slide out. </div>
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<div dir="auto" style="font-family:-webkit-standard">Finally free, she could still feel that urge to escape, so she went to the other room and pulled her uniform out of the box on the table. She dressed and thought that she should leave a message. That
thought, in and of itself caused her even more consternation. But she could not put her finger on the cause. Finally she left a small note. “Went for a walk.” She put the note on the coffee table and left, completely uncertain as to her direction. The
door closed as she tied her long hair into a pony tail rather than the usual efficient hairstyle she wore.</div>
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<div dir="auto">(USS Illuminar- Deck 2- Bridge- CTO- Ensign T-Mur- 0504)</div>
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<div dir="auto">After wandering around deck 2 she could not shake the restlessness. With little thought of being able to go back to sleep she decided that she could go to the bridge and observe the Gamma shift. She stepped off the turbo lift and looked around
at the Gamma shift bridge crew, She caught the eyes of Lt. Gregory and nodded at him. Walking over to the command chair she presented herself.</div>
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<div dir="auto">“If you don’t mind Lieutenant,” she said, “I’d like to observe Gamma shift on the bridge. I’m a bit… restless.”</div>
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<div dir="auto">(reply Gregory)</div>
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<div dir="auto">She wandered around the bridge finally ending up at the familiar tactical station. The Petty Officer, Sam Falcon, who was an excellent tactical officer, looked like he was doing some modifications to the lateral array. Then she looked at the
display of the tactical station and noticed some changes. </div>
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<div dir="auto">The hair on the back of her neck raised slightly, and she could feel the tension rise in her shoulders. Her eyes narrowed as she stepped forward. She could see that he was looking at the Plank scale blind spots, but to do that he had rearranged
to the controls to other systems.</div>
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<div dir="auto">“Mr. Falcon,” she said, not hiding her irritation, “could you explain to me why you have rearranged the controls of my tactical board in order to perform the maintenance task you are working on?”</div>
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<div dir="auto">“Ma’am?” Falcon replied, surprised. He had never had anything but positive interactions with the Chief before. If she weren’t Vulcan he might’ve thought she even liked him. “Umm… well Lt. Gregory asked me to help the science division with
their work on detecting cloaked ships and…”</div>
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<div dir="auto">“Do I look stupid to you Petty Officer,” T’Mur’s eyes narrowed dangerously.</div>
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<div dir="auto">“No, ma’am,” Falcon wondered if he was about to die.</div>
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<div dir="auto">“I can see what you are doing,” she continued her tirade. “What I do NOT understand is why you needed to rearrange all of the controls in order to make the adjustments you are making.”</div>
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<div dir="auto">“Well,’ he was losing the confidence in his voice, “it was more convenient, and I didn’t realize…”</div>
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<div dir="auto">“You didn’t realize that if this ship came under attack and I were called to the bridge that I would have no idea where the controls would be and this ship might be irreparably damaged or destroyed.”</div>
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<div dir="auto">“I… I… had planned to put them back before…” he stammered.</div>
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<div dir="auto">“I want them back now, Petty Officer,” she ordered. He did not immediately move. “I said … NOW”</div>
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<div dir="auto">(reply any)</div>
<div dir="auto">(posted by Al Muir)</div>
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