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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Mission: Prelude</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Day: 1</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Stardate: 2446.03.23</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">(Earth - Shadow Pines- Hamptons - SFI Office - Lt Michael Weston, Commander Quinna Solice, CPO P'Rah, Leeza Peel- 1901)</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">P’Rah had arrived and accepted a glass of a drink of supposedly lesser alcoholic content than they had offered the rest. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Quinna looked longingly at the drink from Penn and Teller. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Taking the glass he looked at the others and said, “Thank you, Sir.” Then he turned to Michael. "I will take my leave now Mr. Weston, unless you need me for anything?"</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">Michael was a bit confused. The Caitian had barely arrived and the. Was going to leave. “P’Rah, the only thing I
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from you is some companionship. You don’t have to leave. You should hang out with us, at least for dinner. And tonight there are no ranks or titles. It’s just Michael. I thought we were friends? Please, stay. Leeza should be done with her time out soon and
she’d love to see you too, I’m sure.”</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">“You should really stay. There is plenty of room, and dinner is ready.” Quinna looked over at the pool area where she could see the food and the
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">The Caitian grinned a toothy grin. “Yes Sir,” he said to Michael. “For Miss Leeza,” he added raising his glass in toast. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">Then Alex Dyson arrived. He seemed to be humming a happy song he didn’t recognize. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">“Ahh, Mr. Dyson, Alex, come and join us. I believe we are about to eat. Pull up a chair.”</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">Penn smiled and held out a glass of a blue liquid, “Might i interest you in a little… libation, sir. I’d recommend drinking it slowly. It tends
to have a little … kick to it.”</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">(reply Dyson)</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">Then the Hammons arrived with Leeza, who was giving Quinna a stink eye.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">Quinna leaned over to Michael, “I am going to check the set up.” Quinna walked away and headed to the pool area.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">Michael kissed Quinna and went over and knelt down, giving Leeza a hug. “Please, Leeza, be nice to Quinna,” he whispered in her ear. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">Leeza crossed her arms, “I just have to be a good girl.” </span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">Michael gave her a look, “For tonight? Yes.”</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">He stood and shook hands with Steve, “Welcome to the party.”</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">“Hello Miss. Leeza, I heard rumors you were here,” P’Rah said with a smile “Should we go see if they have spaghetti?” </span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">(reply Steve, Alaya)</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">Trei was the last to arrive. She had somehow managed to procure a drink from Penn and Teller and drank as she sang a song. The song was reminiscent
of the disco night they had recently had. He shrugged his shoulders at her choice since this was not that kind of a party. And he was pretty sure that Quinna didn’t want to hear it as she stood by the pool. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">“Well, hello Ms Trei,” Michael said, pulling Trei baclearly from the pool to give Quinna her privacy. “You seem rather happy. Did you find a special
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">Suddenly Benson appeared. “Ladies and gentlemen, dinner is served. Please, help yourself,” he looked over at Penn and Teller, “if you are capable.”</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">Teller stood up, chuckled at the man and said “Johnny Cash, the singer, walking. The Proclaimers and 500 miles.”</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">“Tony Montana to Frank Lopez, at the meeting,” Penn said to Teller. They both laughed and headed to the buffet. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">(reply all)</span></p>
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