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 Remarks by Admiral Charles Theron, Reorsan Fleet, 1 Winter CD 100.
 _The Last Patrol_, by Admiral Charles Theron, reprinted with permission.


 "Almost 120 years ago, the officers and crew of U.S.S. Churchill
 came to this place... built a city... made a life.  And for the last
 twelve decades, their descendants have lived and loved, raised
 families and dreams, defended this place that is our home.

 "Some have given their lives for this place, and all here now know
 the sacrifices that have been made so that we could live here, free
 of tyranny in the homes that we have built and suffered for.

 "And every year at this time, we look outward... Churchill still
 watches over us, and every year, she has been sent away from us...
 ironically looking for something we never realized we already had...
 a way home.

 "In the end, it took 5,000 new homesteaders to remind us what we
 have here.  To make us take a look around, and see that this
 place... this place is our home.  Already, many of those come to us
 only 30 months ago have made our home theirs.  I see among you
 people who would not return to the Milky Way if you could.  I see
 among you people who have called your families here from the Milky
 Way, and whose families have answered the call.  People who have
 chosen to build... to rebuild... with us here.  Reor'sa is every bit
 as much your home as it is mine.

 "Today is the first day of winter.  For one hundred seventeen
 years... as time is measured on Earth... we have sent Churchill
 outward, looking for a way home.  But in those one hundred seventeen
 years, we have done this ninety-nine times, for this tradition takes
 place on the first day of winter as time is measured on Reor'sa, in
 Churchill Downs, in M64.  Every year, the calendars of Earth seem a
 little more distant to us.

 "Today is the first day of winter.  And as time is measured on
 Reor'sa, this planet has orbited her star one hundred times since
 that first patrol... since that starship's crew looked out to the
 stars with hope of finding a way back to the Milky Way.  As time is
 measured on Reorsa, this is the first day of Winter, year one
 hundred.

 "And as those on Earth sometimes measured a 'new era' by the turning
 of a few zeroes on a calendar, now we have a choice to make.  5,000
 new arrivals have come, and shown us that the patrol cannot find a
 way home, because the patrol must leave home to do it.  Thousands
 more have arrived from the Milky Way, from space to our south,
 north, west, and east, to share our home with us.

 "Today is the first day of winter, and tradition tells us that the
 patrol must be sent out.  But on this first day of winter, year one
 hundred, we send out the patrol, not to find a way home... but in
 renewed hope and defense of the home we already have.

 "Today is the first day of winter, and from this day forward, we
 look not to the past, but to the future.  In a moment, like all of
 you, I will look to the stars and watch our defenders begin the
 Patrol, the flashing light of their engines announcing another year
 of star flight.

 "But when I hope that they find their way home... I mean that I hope
 they find their way back to Reor'sa, to their friends, their
 families... to their home.

 "Thank you, and let the Patrol begin anew!"

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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:   Cmdr. Kyle Marcy          (Marcy)
    S-3, Group Logistics:      Cmdr. Savant              (Savant)
    Commanding, M64 Ground:    Brig. Jeremy Ironside     (Fraser)

 U.S.S. Coronado Crew Roster:
    Commanding Officer:        Capt. William Daren       (Chris)
    Executive Officer:         Cmdr. Velorna Tal         (Aggie)
    Chief of Operations:       Cmdr. Olme Tlaloco        (rev)
    Chief Flight Operations:   Lt. Maiko D'Rall          (Farrell)
    Command Yeoman:            PO/1 Zachery Prentiss     (Prill)
    Battalion Commander:       Maj. Jacob Prescot        (Prescot)
    Flight Leader:             Cdt. Edward Somansky      (Somansky)
    Chief Tactical Officer:    LCdr. Thirishar ch'Thane  (Alffred)
    Watch Tactical Officer:    PO/1 Derek Canterbury     (Spuzzum)
    Chief Engineer:            Cmdr. Jack C. Farley      (CCC)
    Chief Science Officer:     Lt. Anna Brooks           (Kari)
    Chief Medical Officer:     LCdr. Rachel Kennedy      (Santiago)
    Assistant Medical:         LCdr. Lauren Dyson        (Natty)

 On Extended Leave of Absence:
    Assistant Engineer:        LCdr. Aramis Skylooker    (LewisSharp)

 Positions Available:
    Watch Tactical Officer:                              (---)
    Marine Flight Leader:                                (---)
    Assistant Engineer:                                  (---)

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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/