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 Posting a guard outside Xanadu was a good idea that, in the end,
 backfired rather badly.

 Lt. Colonel Robert Miller, commanding the 4th of the 8th Regiment,
 found himself yelling into the ansible link even though the line
 outside was perfectly clear.  The 4th Battalion, late of U.S.S.
 Stirling, had been reinforced with ground units from both the
 Academy on Reor'sa, and a Company of Knights from Crystal Palace. 
 Now, the 4th's mission was straight-forward: the defense, both
 internal and external, of Xanadu. Miller was currently concerned
 with the facility's external defense.

 "Lieutenant, get your people in here!" he yelled now.  "Alicia has
 informed us that Xanadu is about to perform a translation.  One of
 the eggheads tells me that means we're moving, and there's no
 guarantee that you'll be included if you're not inside!  So RTB on
 the double!"

 The argument, if that's what it was, had started for a simple enough
 reason: the time remaining before the translation that Alicia had
 specified wasn't enough for the two squadrons of Wraiths currently
 on patrol outside Xanadu to return.

 Though the squat corvettes did their best, there simply wasn't
 enough time.  Sure enough, when the translation began, eight short-
 range Wraith Avenger corvettes soon found themselves guarding empty
 space.  Where Xanadu had been, there was no dramatic exit.  The
 asteroid-starship simply flickered and vanished.

 Though the ansible call for help from the Wraiths reached Xanadu
 instantly, as always, by that time, the asteroid was some 150 light-
 years away and had no way to recover the craft.  That job soon fell
 to U.S.S. Renegade, which ferried the short-range Wraiths back to
 Xanadu.  By that time, the excitement was over...

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 Rear Admiral Todd Marshall had time to see movement out of the
 corner of his vision before Vanguard went to red alert around him.

 "Shields just went up, Admiral!" Tactical called over.  "An object
 has... it must have dropped out of warp, but we've got no outwarp
 trace on sensors."

 Meanwhile, the holographic tank shifted around, now showing the new
 arrival: all 200+ kilometers of Xanadu's massive length, which had
 appeared only a few thousand kilometers from the spatial-temporal
 anomaly that Vanguard was monitoring.

 A moment later, beams of energy lanced out from the asteroid-
 starship, enveloping the distortion.

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 Defenders Task Group 85.3, "Whitestone" Staff:
    Commanding, TG 85.3:       RADM Tebrun Lora Kor      (Jester)
    S-1, Group Adjutant:       Cmdr. Sieven Drexler      (Brad)
    S-2, Group Intelligence:   LCdr. Kariasa Ma'Aru      (Kari)
    S-3, Group Logistics:      Cmdr. Savant              (Savant)
    Commanding, 1DIV, SFMC:    Brig. Jeremy Ironside     (Fraser)

 U.S.S. Coronado Crew Roster:
    Commanding Officer:        Capt. William Daren       (Daren)
    Executive Officer:         Cmdr. Darek Smith         (Aggie)
    Chief of Operations:       Cmdr. Olme Tlaloco        (rev)
    Chief Flight Operations:   Lt. (JG) Maiko D'Rall     (Farrell)
    Chief Tactical Officer:    LCdr. Kyle Marcy          (Marcy)
    Assistant Tactical:        Ens. Edward Miller        (Thompson)
    Raptors Squadron Leader:   Lt. Colonel Thomas Wayne  (Masters)
    Battalion Commander:       Maj. Jacob Prescot        (Shadow-FjP)
    Flight Leader:             LMaj. Thirishar ch'Thane  (Alffred)
    Chief Engineer:            Cmdr. Zunite Oswald       (Sonya)
    Assistant Engineer:        LCdr. Jack C. Farley      (CCC)
    Assistant Engineer:        Lt. Aramis Skylooker      (LewisSharp)
    Chief Science Officer:     LCdr. Isamu Dyson         (Isamu)
    Chief Medical Officer:     Cmdr. Alec Reed           (McC)
    Assistant Medical:         Lt. Lauren Dyson          (Natty)
    Bartender:                 PO/1 Bridget Bordeux      (Dolin)

 On Extended Leave of Absence:
    Flight Leader:             1Lt. Natalia Petrovna     (Phishie)

 Positions Available:
    None!

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Jester

Rear Admiral Tebrun Lora Kor
Commanding, Defenders Task Group 85.3, "Whitestone"
embarked on U.S.S. Coronado, NCC-97901
http://www.jestertrek.com/coro2400/