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> Commander Shevab had extended the landing gear on
> his hoverboard, and was
> drinking what looked like dark oil as his small
> cilia grabbed burnt isolinear
> chips, shuttling them somewhere underneath his
> silicone body.
>
> {The Great Mother would be highly upset if she had
> lived to see how large I
> have gotten, but then again my people were used to
> doing without as much food
> as we do now.} he said to the small group of
> Engineers around him.
>
> "Are there many of your people in Fleet? asked his
> third in command.
>
> {Yes there are. Many are into geosciences and
> mining but I am one of the few
> in Engineering. We have changed much since The Kirk
> found us many years ago,
> and maybe not for the better.}
>
> He shifted a bit, took a deep pull of the viscous
> fluid,, {When the Great
> Mother died , slightly more than half returned to
> Janus Four for the
> ceremonies. My people are scattered through out the
> universes in search what anyone can
> guess. We are or were a naive people, and
> the seduction of space and planets other than our
> own was too much.}
>
> {Well, anyway, the best advice I can ever give is
> that because something can
> be done, it does not have to be done. My first ship
> posting was to the USS
> Wyoming, an old Enterprise D class as First
> Engineer. My Number 2 was Sunfur,
> Lt Knucklebiter's father, and our captain
> was a Mr McWurther. Lt Sunfur and I quickly shared
> our interests in ship
> systems, and took advantage of some 'creative
> requisitioning' as our CO was not
> a very attentive and trusting being. We acquired two
> Class 3 warp drives,
> made for big freighters that only did Warp 3 at the
> time. Synched them to the
> larger warp core, which now powered only engines and
> small
> subsystems like life support and replicators etc.
> Of the two other drives,
> one was for shields only and the other strictly
> ship's phasers.}
>
> {Our secret was discovered during the first salvo
> of the Dominion War as we
> were jumped by 5 Cardasian Uglik Class Destroyers,
> who fired on us all at
> once. The Captain thought we were dead, but when
> the helmsman said we weren't
> even scratched, he ordered return fire, and their
> shields folded like wet
> scrith paper in a heavy breeze.
>
> {It was my first Commendation, and my first
> Reprimand.} he said.
>
> Celine LaLune-Ares had been listening to the Horta
> speak the whole time.
> She had been impressed with the story and also with
> the party. It could be a
> turning point for the department.
>
> It was then that she noticed Admiral Renaud step up
> behind the Chief
> Engineer. He indicated for her not to say anything
> before speaking up. "Commander,
> what exactly is going on here?"
Without turning or moving, Commander Shevab answered
{A party Admiral. Time employed in a non logical,
social manner. Even you must have attended one even if
it was diplomatic duty Sir.}
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