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<h3 style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','Arial'; color: royalblue; font-weight: bold;">USS FEYNMAN: Where'd We Park that Starship?</h3> | |||
<h4 style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','Arial'; color: royalblue; font-weight: bold;">by Joseph Baker 1-30-1996</h4> | |||
SD: 80130.2300<br> | |||
MD: 1.1415<br> | |||
Jerran wasn't too surprised when Jenn told him that the FEYNMAN wasn't on | |||
their sensors. They had been heavily damaged in the asteroid belt, and | |||
the FEYNMAN's anti-reflective coating would make it almost invisible to | |||
the NOGURA's impaired sensors. Jerran was surprised, however, when they | |||
received the hail. | |||
<Prepare yourselves. The end is near.> | |||
It was omnious and foreboading enough, but Jerran only found it amusing | |||
as he had though there wasn't supposed to be any intelligent life in this | |||
part of space. | |||
He looked over at Jenn and said, "I guess we'd better send a response." | |||
She tapped the comm panel on her console and said, "You're on." | |||
He raised an eyebrow, obviously not wanting to be the one to talk, but | |||
deciding that seeing as though he was supposed to be in charge of this | |||
part of the mission, that it would be his responsibility. | |||
"This is Ensign Jerran Terel of the Federation Starship FEYNMAN. We are | |||
here on..." | |||
Before he could finish, he was interrupted by the same ominous message, | |||
<Prepare yourselves. The end is near.> | |||
He stopped talking and Jenn shut off the communications. "It's some sort | |||
of a recorded message," he said. | |||
Jenn nodded and said, "Maybe that in conjunction with those energy ships | |||
we ran into were put into the system as some sort of automated security | |||
system to keep prying ships out of the area." | |||
"Can you trace the source of the transmission?" | |||
Jenn tapped at her panel saying, "I'll try. It seems like the comm system | |||
was the only think that I didn't destroy in the crash." | |||
Jerran grinned sardonically and said, "You'll just have to try harder | |||
next time, then." | |||
She gave him a playfully mean look and said, "Here it is. The | |||
transmission iminated from the moon base where Commander Zane's away team | |||
went." | |||
"Well, we aren't going to be able to find the FEYNMAN without sensors and | |||
with our communications channels being jammed, so I guess we should just | |||
make way towards the moon and check up on Commander Zane." | |||
"Who knows," Jenn said, trying to sound reassured, "maybe the FEYNMAN's | |||
waiting there for us." | |||
The ship groaned slightly in protest as Jerran brought the impulse drive | |||
slowly up to full power, heading towards the moon. As his head started | |||
punding again from the wound, he knew exactly how it was feeling. The | |||
drugs must have been wearing off, but he wasn't about to tell Krysa | |||
that. He erected a small mental shield, just enough to hide the pain, | |||
but not enough that she might get suspisious that he was blocking her | |||
again, and went on flying the NOGURA. | |||
<NRPG> | |||
Kristen: I figure it'll take about 20 minutes to get to the moon from the | |||
asteroid belt. I was thinking that we might find the FEYNMAN on the way | |||
there, maybe in the middle of a battle with one of those energy ships. | |||
Do what you want, though :) Oh, and BTW, thanks for rebouncing your last | |||
post. My mail server must have been on the fritz, or something :P | |||
Respectfully Submitted,<br> | |||
Ensign Jerran Terel<br> | |||
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* Daisemi'in rhhaensuriuu * Of the chief parts of the Ruling * | |||
* meillunsiateve * Passion, only this can be truly * | |||
* rh'e Mnhei'sahe yie ahr'en: * said: * | |||
* Mnahe afw'ein quii; * Hate has a reason for everything, * | |||
* rh'e hweithnaef * But love is unreasonable. * | |||
* mrht Hes'he ehl'ein quii. * | |||
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* Joseph W. Baker * | |||
* Physics Major, College of Arts and Sciences * | |||
* University of South Florida * | |||
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