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       / || \         UCIP Starfleet Command, Fifth Fleet
      /  ||  \             U.S.S. Coronado, NCC-97901
   .-/   ||   \-.    Captain Tebrun Lora Kor, Commanding
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 An annoyed voice over subspace communications: "Dasher, pull in a little!"

 "Yeah, yeah, boss lady, doing it!"

 The five ships screamed down into the gravity well of the Dnoces system in a
 tight group, clustered around a sixth, much larger ship.  Almost
 immediately, the ships were caught in the gravimetric shear of the five
 stars in the Dnoces system and began to tremble.  Again, the female voice
 over subspace, commanding, sure of herself.

 "OK, people, this is it!  Stay close!  Seagull, activate the shield!"

 The sixth, central ship began changing configuration.  Spars extended from
 both sides of the ship, spreading like wings.  Tight filaments of a silvery
 material stretched from the body of the ship to the spars.  The five smaller
 ships adjusted their courses, slipping below the spars as the wings
 unfurled.  A moment later, the distinctive vibrating elipsoid of a shield
 bubble encircled the largest ship and its smaller companions.  Aboard all
 five ships, the vibrations of the Dnoces systems lessened, then stopped
 entirely.  With the wings fully extended, the central ship *was* somewhat
 reminiscent of an Earth seagull.

 Aboard one of the smaller ships, a smallish, dark-haired Betazoid man looked
 over at an equally dark-haired human woman and offered her a weak smile and
 a thumbs up gesture.  "Shield looks good, Dot," he said, a bit uncertainly.
 "But shouldn't we be waiting for Starfleet?"

 The woman shook her head in annoyance.  "We can't wait for them any more,
 Chris -- they're more than a week late.  Besides, if we don't get in there
 now, we're going to miss it," she said, while making adjustments on her
 console.  Then she looked up.  "God, isn't it beautiful!" she exclaimed.

 Chris had to admit that she had a point.  The five stars of the Dnoces
 system orbited around each other in a stellar ballet.  The energy being
 expended in the system was astounding: two red giants made up the core of
 the system, and instead of a system of planets, an orange star, a white
 dwarf, and a brilliant blue-white star orbited around them.  Gravimetric
 forces generated by the five stars created a tremendous backwash of ion
 energy.  The Dnoces system was known for ion storms, and force four and five
 ion storms were common in the region.  Bands of color and energy connected
 the five stars in a way that created scintillating curtains of energy.  It
 was spectacularly beautiful.

 Diving into the system, the largest ship in the six-ship group was the
 Seagull, no larger than a Nova class explorer, and really nothing more than
 a powerful flying shield generator.  The five smaller ships weren't much
 larger than runabouts or transports.

 Dasher's voice sounded over subspace again.  "Dot, we're reading force four
 activity already, and we're at least 10 days from collision!  I think it's
 going to be a VERY busy couple of weeks!"

 The five ships continued their run into the system.  Behind them, a small
 marker bouy indicated the way out...

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\ End Simulation Teaser                                                      |
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Crew Roster:
	Commanding Officer:           Capt. Tebrun Lora Kor      (Jester)
	Executive Officer:            Cmdr. Jarod Bentall        (Alffred)
	Marine Commandant:            LMaj. Jeremy Ironside      (Fraser)
	Squadron Leader:              2Lt. Nick Curcio           (NickC)
	Platton Leader:               2Lt. Darius tr'Onto        (Ragarok)
	Marine Fighter Technician:    Cdt. Zunite Oswald         (Sonya)
        Command Liaison Interface:    Savant / EMH / EEH         (Mouse)
	Chief Tactical:               Lt. (JG) William Darren    (Darren)
	Assistant Tactical:           Lt. (JG) Aurel Ian         (Aurelian)
	Chief Flight Operations:      LCdr. Fornan Dejat         (McC)
	Chief Engineer:               Lt. T'Prax                 (TPrax)
	Assistant Engineer:           Cdt. Skylooker Aramis      (Lewis_Sharp)
	Chief Science:                LCdr. Velorna Tal          (Tinky)
	Chief Medical:                Lt. Adam Barnes            (Barnes)
	Bartender:                    Dalton                     (Heiwa)

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Ross Glenn aka Jester
Captain Tebrun Lora Kor, U.S.S. Coronado, NCC-97901
http://www.jestertrek.com/coro2400/
Deputy Fifth ("Epsilon") Fleet Commander