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 The lattice and its attached platforms had begun life as Mobile Repair
 Facility Sapphire, built in situ in the Penthia system.  She even
 still had her single warp nacelle attached near her control cab, and
 four impulse decks mounted in what had once been the facility's aft. 
 However, two years later, Sapphire was now mobile in name only. 
 Though the nacelle was still attached, as were the four impulse decks,
 her mass had grown to the point where neither drive system could move
 the facility very far.

 Sooner or later, that warp nacelle would probably be used to repair a
 ship in dock.

 Mobile Repair Facility Sapphire was now the Sapphire Small Craft Yard,
 part of the larger Penthia Shipyards complex.  Two sub-lattices and
 more than a dozen smaller construction platforms were tethered to the
 main framework, making her the largest yard in the Penthia system.  A
 half-dozen smaller yards were also hard at work, including the Emerald
 Cruiser Yard, where a Vanguard class ship was nearly complete.  Nearly
 25,000 sentients called the Penthia system home now, split evenly
 between the yards and the growing Penthia II colony.

 A dozen or more packets of various types and sizes entered the Penthia
 system every day, as well as eight to ten freighters bringing
 materials and volatiles from the nearby Tarndare system and the more
 distant Artemis system.  One of the three packets owned by Whitestone
 Enterprises entered the system late one morning in June 2404.  She
 generated no special interest.

 In addition to the small craft construction platforms and sub-
 lattices, four "office" complexes were also tethered to Sapphire. 
 Each of these office complexes was capable of housing 150 persons and
 provided both living and working spaces.  One of these four complexes
 contained the offices of Whitestone Enterprises and it was to this
 complex that the packet angled toward.

 It was to these offices that Tebrun Lora Kor came.  He had a headache,
 of course, but was able to keep it in the background of his thoughts,
 particularly given the sights in the Penthia system.  Lora Kor found
 his eye drawn to one of the tethered platforms, where a Liberator-type
 Wraith under construction was obviously nearing completion.

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 Defenders Task Group 85.3, "Whitestone" Staff:
    Commanding, TG 85.3:       RADM Tebrun Lora Kor      (Jester)
    S-1, Group Adjutant:       Capt. Sieven Drexler      (Brad)
    S-2, Group Intelligence:   Capt. Jarod Bentall       (Alffred)
    S-3, Group Logistics:      Capt. Savant              (Savant)
    Commanding, M64 Ground:    Brig. Jeremy Ironside     (Fraser)

 U.S.S. Coronado Crew Roster:
    Commanding Officer:        Como. William Daren       (Chris)
    Executive Officer:         Cmdr. Velorna Tal         (Aggie)
    Chief Flight Operations:   LCdr. Maiko D'Rall        (Farrell)
    Command Yeoman:            CPO Zachery Prentiss      (Prill)
    Civilian Liaison:          Zunite Oswald             (Sonya)
    Battalion Commander:       LCol. Jacob Prescot       (Prescot)
    Flight Leader:             1Lt. Edward Somansky      (Somansky)
    Chief Tactical Officer:    Lt. Derek Canterbury      (Spuzzum)
    Chief Engineer:            Cmdr. Jack C. Farley      (CCC)
    Assistant Engineer:        LCdr. Aramis Skylooker    (LewisSharp)
    Assistant Engineer:        Lt. (JG) Brandon Gannsen  (Lefty)
    Chief Science Officer:     Lt. Anna Brooks           (Kari)
    Chief Medical Officer:     LCdr. Rachel Kennedy      (Santiago)
    Assistant Medical:         Ens. Nicholas Van Dyken   (Tripp)

 On Extended Leave of Absence:
    None!

 Positions Available:
    Watch Tactical Officer:                              (---)
    Flight Leader:                                       (---)

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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/