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> Dr. Inglesdottir nodded. "That definitely sounds like a
good idea. Perhaps
> we should break down into groups. One of the teams might also want to take > one of the Runabouts to the area where the previous team had disappeared to > see if they can find anything." > > "Oh, yes! That makes sense ... send in another group to where an other team > dissapeared," said Knucklebiter. "Don't you people ever watch your own > ancient entertainments vids, where some one disapears and you keep sending > in more people for the bad thing to eat or kill?" > > Valtris eyed her bear-like teammate with surprise. "Well, none of us joined > Starfleet to be safe, Mr. Knucklebiter. There is nothing to say that one of > these phenomena won't appear in Earth orbit. We aren't going to find out > what happened if we don't take some chances. If you would be more > comfortable, you could always work with the team that stays and studies the > lab." > > "Ma'am, if you check my record, I have enough commendations to break the > back of a Snedian mule, but I suggest we all proceed cautiously and get some > basic groundwork done before splitting up our resources. Pulling a 'Kirk" > only works some of the time." > > "While we need to be cautious, Mr. Knucklebiter, we were assigned to this > mission to figure out what is going on and try and find the two missing > officers. There is no indication that there is any danger out there so > sending out a team is not beyond the realm of possibilities." Aravis hoped > the ursoid's comments did not mean that he would make figuring out the > puzzle a challenge. > > Hilda was not comfortable with the rise in hostility among the group. It > was not a common occurance among Starfleet personnel. "While I agree we must > move with caution, Lieutenant, I do not think there would be much harm in > investigating the space as long as we take precautions. The phenomenon is not > currently there. We could always back off if it were to return." > The huge ursiod shrugged. "You are in charge Ma'am, but I'm pretty sure the other party did not see it coming either." Hilda glanced toward Aravis to see how she would react. While there
was some risk involved, she thought it was nominal. It was a risk worth
taking if it could lead to a safe recovery for the missing scientists.
(Holt?)
AJ
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