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<DIV>~~Bridge~~</DIV>
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<DIV> Rog was pacing back and forth in front of the
viewscreen. He didn't care one bit for what was going on over on the waystation.
Sanderson reported that the outgoing Romulan messages were on a loop. From what
he gathered from Fraiser and Mason, they'd found zilch. Of course what concerned
him the most at the moment was that the longer they stayed here, the greater the
risk to the Task Force. The Apollo and Venus were ok, however the Morningstar
and Meridian had taken damage. So the Task Force was in no shape to face a
Romulan battlegroup or whatever the Rommies called their fleets.</DIV>
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<DIV> He stopped his pacing and said,"Sanderson, contact the
other ships and inform them that as soon as our away teams are recovered, we'll
be heading to Forrest Outpost at best possible speed." Tapping the nearest comm
button he said,"Fraiser, Mason, if your teams haven't found any useful
information say within the next hour, I want you back aboard the Meridian. We
have reason to believe this whole waystation thing, has been a set up." Tapping
the internal comm button he said,"Timo, what is the best possible speed you can
give me? I'm looking to pull out of here asap. Katrina, keep monitoring sensors
for any Rommie ships."</DIV>
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<DIV> Rog tapped Dougsdale and said,"Dougsdale, set a
course for Forrest Outpost as soon as the away teams have returned." Dougsdale
replied,"Aye sir." Going back to the internal comm button, Rog tapped it and
said,"Chief Friedrich, have some of your people bring some coffee and sandwiches
up to the Bridge please."</DIV>
<DIV>He resumed the captain's chair and started to think of how he was going to
explain the failure of this mission to the admiral. It was something Rog wasn't
looking forward to.</DIV>
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<DIV>Cmdr. Roger Finney</DIV>
<DIV>A/CO </DIV>
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