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       / || \         UCIP Starfleet Command,  Fifth Fleet
      /  ||  \             U.S.S. Coronado, NCC-97901
   .-/   ||   \-.     Captain Tebrun Lora Kor,  Commanding
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   .-_  \||/  _-.             -[ SD  240009.18 ]-

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 "Now on approach of Starbase 742," Lt. Commander Dejat said from the helm
 console.

 The Captain looked up from where he had been reviewing a technical article
 on the small screen on the armrest of his chair.  "Very good, Commander," he
 said with a smile.  "Slow to impulse and confirm the Erasmus is free of the
 conduit and clear of us."  Dejat confirmed the order and turned to execute
 it.

 In a ponderous ballet, the two starships trembled slightly as the slipstream
 conduit collapsed around them.  Once clear of the conduit, Coro turned to
 port and dove slightly, clearing the course of her larger sibling, who
 maintained course directly for the Starbase.  After their one encounter with
 the Traxati near the Talos Star Group, the rest of the run had been
 completely uneventful, no doubt due to the ship's safety in the slipstream
 conduit.

 All in all, it had been a somewhat anticlimactic run -- no distress calls,
 no destroyed ships, no evidence of wrongdoing at all... except for that one
 crashed freighter.  Dr. Dalton, making one of his infrequent trips to the
 Bridge to stand behind the aft railing, had summed up the crew's mood pretty
 effectively.

 "A lot of fuss for nothing if you ask me," he sniffed.

 Lora Kor's smile was mysterious as he watched Erasmus pass Coronado and
 continue on toward the somewhat sparse area around Starbase 742.  Then he
 stood up and said in a very calm voice, "Thank you, Mr. Dejat.  Reverse
 course, if you would, and let's head north again."

 "What?" Dalton asked, somewhat stunned.  "Why did we come all the way down
 here just to turn back?"

 "Begging the Doctor's pardon," Lieutenant Daren said from Tactical, somewhat
 amused, "but the whole point wasn't to get the Erasmus to Starbase 742 -- it
 was to find out what happened to the Royal Oak... to find out what's
 happening to our ships out here."

 Lora Kor nodded.  "Correct."

 "Why do I feel like it's our job to walk back and forth in front of a dark
 alley on a dangerous planet, waiting to get mugged?" the Doctor asked nobody
 in particular.

 "Who would you prefer do it, Doctor?" Colonel Ironside said from Mission Ops
 without looking back.  "A heavily armed Starfleet frigate, or another
 freighter, like the one that those bugs ate and spit out?"

 "Oh, a frigate, of course..." the doctor said airily, and Ironside nodded,
 but did finally look over his shoulder at Dalton, somewhat annoyed, when the
 Ullian continued, "Another frigate, though.  I hear the Saratoga's in the
 area," he finished with an impudent smile.

 The Captain couldn't help himself -- he laughed.  "Thank you, Doctor; I'll
 take that under advisement.  Take us back to the Talos Star Group, then
 standard search course, Mr. Dejat.  Engage."

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Crew Roster:
	Commanding Officer:           Capt. Tebrun Lora Kor      (Jester)
	Executive Officer:            Cmdr. Jarod Bentall        (Alffred)
	Marine Commandant:            LCol. Jeremy Ironside      (Fraser)
	Platoon Leader:               Maj. MayTa                 (MayTa)
	Squadron Leader:              1Lt. Thomas Wayne          (Masters)
	Chief Engineer:               Lt. (JG) Zunite Oswald     (Sonya)
	Assistant Engineer:           Cdt. Skylooker Aramis      (Lewis_Sharp)
	Assistant Engineer:           Cdt. Jack C. Farley        (CCC)
	Chief Tactical:               Lt. William Daren          (Daren)
	Assistant Tactical:           Lt. Aurel Ian              (Aurelian)
	Assistant Tactical:           Cdt. John Grimms           (John)
	Chief Flight Operations:      LCdr. Fornan Dejat         (McC)
	Chief Science Officer:        Cmdr. Velorna Tal          (Tinky)
	Assistant Science:            Ens. Tempus Phontam        (Ragarok)
	Chief Medical Officer:        Lt. Dalton                 (Heiwa)

 On Leave of Absense:
	Command Liaison Interface:    Savant / EMH / EEH         (Mouse)
	
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Ross Glenn aka Jester
Captain Tebrun Lora Kor, U.S.S. Coronado, NCC-97901
http://www.jestertrek.com/coro2400/
Acting Deputy Commander in Chief, UCIP (OOC)