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 The ship had no official designation -- only a construction record,
 Liberator Flight 3, Hull 12 -- but Tebrun Lora Kor walked her deck all
 the same.  It was the very least that he could do: conduct an
 inspection and wish this small craft well on the eve of battle.

 After recovering the Liberator from the disruptive energy field
 surrounding the anomaly, Commander Farley and his prime engineering team
 had gone to work on the Wraith class corvette, bringing her systems back
 on line and confirming that the modifications done to her were to the
 Admiral's satisfaction.  With the Xur apparently repulsed for the
 moment, there was -- for a change -- enough time to do the work
 properly.

 And now, in an hour or so, the Liberator would be launched into the
 anomaly.  There, her high-energy systems would engage, hopefully sealing
 the anomaly from within, probably destroying the small craft in the
 process.  If the idea worked as planned, then the sacrifice of Admiral
 Wallace's ship would not have been in vain, those many months before. 
 A small group of similarly modified Liberators could be kept docked to
 the central platform in Xanadu, and piloted out on remote as needed to
 seal any future anomalies that Xanadu moved to isolate and stabilize.

 The ship's engines and hull were reinforced against the gravitational
 stresses that she would soon encounter; her energy projectors were
 tuned.  Everything that could be done, had been done.  The ship was
 ready.  There was no logical reason for Lora Kor to be aboard, but he
 walked the deck just the same, touching this and that.

 And generally wishing the small ship well on the journey that it would
 soon be taking, alone.

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 Olmy watched, but did not interfere.  If those occupying Xanadu wished
 to do his work for him, he would let them.

 And he would wonder how it was that the Engineer had been so mistaken;
 how such frightful consequences of the construction of The Way could be
 missed.

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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:      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:   LCdr. Maiko D'Rall        (Farrell)
    Command Yeoman:            PO/1 Zachery Prentiss     (Prill)
    Battalion Commander:       LCol. Jacob Prescot       (Prescot)
    Flight Leader:             2Lt. Edward Somansky      (Somansky)
    Flight Leader:             2Lt. Amy Dillon           (AlexJenson)
    Watch 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)
    Assistant Medical:         LCdr. Lauren Dyson        (Natty)

 On Extended Leave of Absence:
    None!

 Positions Available:
    S-2, Group Intelligence:                             (---)
    Watch Tactical Officer:                              (---)

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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/