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<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial>-- Meridian Bridge
--</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" class=Apple-style-span>The battlefield
had turned into utter chaos. Bits of debris and sparking husks of ships or
parts of ships floated everywhere. </SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" class=EC_EC_Apple-style-span>In one corner of
Meridian's view screen, a Romulan BOP could be seen attacking ESS Madrid at
the back of the pack of ships. The Venus class vessel unloaded with all of her
plasma cannons and a modest barrage of torpedoes, but most shots were snuffed
out by floating hunks of hull plating. The Romulans fired at the already
damaged vessel like a school of piranha until she was floating dead in the
water.</SPAN><BR><BR><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"
class=EC_EC_Apple-style-span>A second ship was putting the finishing touches
on ESS Venus. She fared slightly better than her sister ship, taking down the
enemies forward shields before she was crippled. But still, the rear of the
beta group defenses was now open.</SPAN><BR><BR></DIV>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" class=EC_EC_Apple-style-span>Rog could see that hi
s group wasn't fairing too well. "Ian, get those BOPs. We have to stop them
from breaking up Beta group."</SPAN><BR><BR></DIV>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" class=EC_EC_Apple-style-span>One of the Romulan
ships repositioned themselves and began firing on Meridian from behind. A trio
of Klingon Birds of Prey had apparently decided enough was enough, regrouped,
and initiated a charge directly into the heart of Alpha group. </SPAN><FONT
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" class=EC_EC_Apple-style-span>The Klingons flew in a
tight formation, covering their already weakened areas to maximize their
shielding. A wave of debris bounced around their deflectors and rattled off
the upper hull as their engines flared at full force in a wedge maneuver
intended to split the Earth ships apart. United, the group of ships were able
to cover each other more effectively. Isolated, they would make much easier
targets for the more powerful alien vessels.</SPAN><BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">"I
assume you'd like a shot at their ventral weapons, Commander?" Carson
said, tilting his head towards tactical while keeping his eyes on the screen.
He rolled the ship over, giving Meridian a nice view of the Klingon's
underside. Checking his sensors, Carson saw that the other ships in his group
were tightening their formation, despite the oncoming warships. </DIV>
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<DIV
style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR>Rog
looked over in Redlin's direction. "Comm. Tell our guys to pass as close as
possible to the Klingons. Regroup immediately once we're past."<BR></DIV>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Redlin
replied, "Aye sir."<BR></DIV>
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<DIV
style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Just
as they started to recover from the burst of excitement, there was a sudden,
brilliant blast of blue light on the viewscreen. The ball of white hot flame
ballooned out from its center point, the dim silhouette of a Romulan War Bird
taking the brunt of the destruction near the point of detonation. A pair ships
split away to escape the onslaught, only to be caught in a series of
subsequent bursts so thunderous that they could almost be felt in the deck
plating on Meridian's bridge.</DIV>
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<DIV
style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Rog
smiled at the unexpected destruction of the Rommie BOP's. He said, "Redlin,
find out what just destroyed those BOP's and how we can get some of those
weapons."</FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
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size=2 face=Arial> "Aye sir." Redlin began putting the necessary calls
out.</FONT></DIV>
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size=2 face=Arial>A Joint Duty Log by</FONT></DIV>
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size=2 face=Arial>Capt. Roger Finney</FONT></DIV>
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size=2 face=Arial>CO</FONT></DIV>
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size=2 face=Arial>NX-06 Meridian</FONT></DIV>
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size=2 face=Arial>Lt.(jg) Carson Sheppard</FONT></DIV>
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size=2 face=Arial>CHO</FONT></DIV>
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size=2 face=Arial>NX-06 Meridian</FONT></DIV>
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size=2 face=Arial>Ens. Alika Redlin</FONT></DIV>
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size=2 face=Arial>CCO</FONT></DIV>
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