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/ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ 

 Marines had been guarding embassies and ambassadors since time
 immemorial, and they were good at it.

 But Tebrun Lora Kor had a hard time thinking of himself as an
 ambassador... even when the Marine Corporal admitted the visitor into
 Lora Kor's Command Center in the Fourth Chamber.  Their call for a
 Nexus representative had finally been answered... not unexpectedly, by
 Olmy Ap Sennon.  Lora Kor waited with the rest of the Whitestone
 Admiralty senior officers to meet with him.

 Still, it didn't hurt to have the Marines around.  Over two meters
 tall and nearly as wide, Olmy hadn't gotten any smaller or less
 imposing since Lora Kor saw him last.  Dark-skinned, bald, and well
 muscled, and with the small graphic monitor over one shoulder used for
 visual communications, Olmy was technically human but had said himself
 at his last meeting with the Whitestone Admiralty staff that his body
 had been designed for "defense."  Lora Kor had wondered idly in the
 past whether Colonel Prescot and General Ironside together were a
 match for the man.

 Olmy was so large and imposing, in fact, that it came as a surprise to
 Lora Kor when he half-turned to reveal that he wasn't alone.  A much
 smaller woman, also dark-skinned (though not as dark as Olmy) but
 slight and with long hair, walked just behind him.  Unlike Olmy's
 armored form, the woman wore a garment that was half gown, half robe,
 but also wore the small graphic monitor over her shoulder.

 Olmy indicated the smaller woman with a small smile.  "Gentlemen, may
 I introduce Suli Ram Kikura.  She will be your advocate to the Nexus,"
 he said.  And when Olmy and Suli began explaining to him what an
 advocate was and what an advocate was needed for, Lora Kor realized
 that he was an ambassador after all.

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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:            PO/1 Zachery Prentiss     (Prill)
    Civilian Liaison:          Zunite Oswald             (Sonya)
    Battalion Commander:       LCol. Jacob Prescot       (Prescot)
    Flight Leader:             2Lt. Edward Somansky      (Somansky)
    Flight Leader:             2Lt. Amy Dillon           (AlexJenson)
    Chief Tactical Officer:    Lt. (JG) Derek Canterbury (Spuzzum)
    Chief Engineer:            Cmdr. Jack C. Farley      (CCC)
    Assistant Engineer:        LCdr. Aramis Skylooker    (LewisSharp)
    Assistant Engineer:        Ens. Brandon Gannsen      (Lefty)
    Chief Science Officer:     Lt. Anna Brooks           (Kari)
    Chief Medical Officer:     LCdr. Rachel Kennedy      (Santiago)

 On Extended Leave of Absence:
    None!

 Positions Available:
    Watch Tactical Officer:                              (---)
    Assistant Medical:                                   (---)

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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/