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==[ORIGINS] USS HOOD: Decision Point== | |||
===by Brian V. Mansur=== | |||
SD 2261.108 | |||
Scene: Brig, USS HOOD | |||
Captain Merrick regarded Gar for a long while and came to a decision. | |||
"Gar, do you want to leave all this behind? The Sovereignty I mean. I know | |||
about your compatriots and your plans to destroy the HOOD when we jump back. | |||
Stile and I have known all along. And at first we were in agreement that your | |||
plan might be necessary if we couldn't wrest control from Jack and his thugs. | |||
But I didn't know what kind of man you were until just now. So, I have a | |||
proposal for you." | |||
Gar stood there quietly, not certain if he should raise his weapon or not. He | |||
should have guessed he supposed that the XO had been on to them from the start. | |||
That he had been secretly covering for them suddenly made a few lucky breaks in | |||
the last few weeks make sense. Only why hadn't he seen it before? | |||
"I'm listening." | |||
"The Sovereignty is doomed. Neither Stile nor I wish to be a part of it. Stile | |||
and Alia want to stay and fight it. Perhaps reform it. Jeri and I originally | |||
planned to be a part of that. But I know history and I see the signs. A bloody | |||
revolution is coming and it will leave our hated alliance vulnerable to a | |||
retributional conquest of biblical proportions. | |||
"We might still succeed," Stile insisted turning to his friend. | |||
"And I hope you do, but listen. Gar ... Stile. Jeri is pregnant. We aren't | |||
going to be a part of this. If what I believe is coming is going to be as bad | |||
as I fear, then *someone* has to escape it. There may be nothing left by the | |||
time the fighting is done. And I do not want my son to grow up in it. Nor do I | |||
want my wife to see it. I sure don't want to see it." | |||
"You're going to run away?" | |||
"The HOOD can always return and join the fight. I doubt a matter of months ... | |||
whatever you agree to really, would make that much difference. You could be the | |||
cavalry riding to the rescue after the others have exhausted themselves in | |||
butchery." | |||
Gar considered it. "Not all of the crew will want to go with you. How do you | |||
plan to get them off?" | |||
"A biological evacuation is the most straight forward," Stile said. "There are | |||
sixty or so in our little circle who would suddenly develop *symptoms*. That | |||
would make it very easy to convince the rest to get the frak off." | |||
"You would trust me not to simply take the ship?" Gar said frankly. | |||
"Gar, the only people in the universe that I trust are Jeri, Stile and Alia. | |||
Your demolitions can be triggered by anyone who knows how to use them. And you | |||
can't know that we don't have our own means of taking out the ship already. But | |||
I saw you spare a demon's life for the sake of decency. That gives me hope that | |||
we can both accomplish our goals here." | |||
"Reform is not what I had in mind. Our goals are not quite aligned as you | |||
think." | |||
"The enemy of my enemy rule can apply for as long as you wish. I'll leave that | |||
to you and Stile. All I ask is that the two of you take Jeri and I as far as | |||
you can." | |||
"Again, why would you trust me to do that?" | |||
"Because you haven't shot us yet. You've had every opportunity. Because deep | |||
down you know that the crapsack of a universe we belong to already has enough | |||
suffering in it. Because there should be *someone* in it that can carve out a | |||
little refuge of peace and tranquility while the rest of it goes mad. Because | |||
after all of the fighting is over, we may be all that is left of it." | |||
NRPG: Well Gar ... Stile ... what do you say? | |||
Respectfully Submitted, | |||
Brian V. Mansur | |||
CAPT Sean Merrick | |||
TSS HOOD | |||
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