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As promised, something bad.</font></span></p>
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Death in the Shadows</font></span></p>
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2446.02.09</font></span></p>
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K’t’inga Class Battle Cruiser Kang- Bridge - Commander- Captain Vazzini – 1355)</font></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="Calibri">Vazzini had been watching the battle, if you could have called what he been watching a battle. Basically that fool Roberts, as he liked to call himself, was simply
wasting his time and ordinance firing at the Federation ship, as the ship made quick and easy work of destroying the torpedoes. He must admit that he was impressed with their ability to detect the stealth torpedoes. So he was not surprised when the call
came through from the Dhar’G’Ling. </font></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="Calibri">“Put it through,” he replied. “This is Vazzini.”</font></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="Calibri">=^=What are you waiting for, attack you idiot, attack.=^=</font></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="Calibri">Vazzini hated the sound of desperation in the other ship’s commander’s voice. He did not possess the intellectual ability to lead this attack. He barely had
the capacity to command the ship he was on. He shook his head. </font></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="Calibri">“I am ready Roberts,” he said. “I need you and your… force to fire one more massive volley of torpedoes from all three ships simultaneously. Then I will be ready.”</font></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="Calibri">There was a pause, then Roberts’ voice came back. =^= You better not hang me out to dry old man.=^=</font></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="Calibri">Vizino smiled, “And you should know better than to go against a Sicilian when death is on the line.”</font></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="Calibri">=^= What are you…=^=</font></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="Calibri">Vizzini made a motion to cut the communication. He turned to his bridge crew. “Come round behind this Federation starship. When the other ships fire their torpedoes,
decloak and fire new missiles. A full spread, firing full powered disruptors. They may be good, but nobody is can avoid all of that traffic. Make sure the missiles are homed in on the shield frequency of the ship.”</font></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="Calibri">“Yesss, ssirrr," came the reptilian response from the weapons officer.</font></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="Calibri">They sat and watched as the image of the Illumanar’s rear came onto the view screen. Then the volley of torpedoes were fired, looking like gnats on a hat summer
dawn.</font></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="Calibri">“Now,” Vezzini called out. The hum of the disruptor fire rang through the bridge as the missiles launched and headed towards the Illuminar.</font></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="Calibri">(reply Illuminar)</font></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="Calibri">(posted by Al Muir)</font></p>
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