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<DIV>~~Ready Room~~</DIV>
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<DIV> Rog sat at his desk, pondering the recent message that he'd
received. The awards ceremony had gone well. The mini burritos were a hit with
everyone except Yue and of course Otto. He chuckled as he recalled Otto cursing
in German after the umpteenth request to make the mini burrito Meridian's
official appetizer. They were now in the Sol System once more and a third of the
crew were on shore leave.</DIV>
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<DIV> He went over the message once more. The Constitution had been on an
intel gathering mission along the DMZ. Acting on a tip, they'd been monitoring
for any unusual activity. Well it seems they got it. They'd come across a Rommie
BOP where there wasn't supposed to be one. This was a clear cut case of an act
of war. Now he was going to have to ruin everyone's leaves and quite possibly,
write some more letters, the letters a commanding officer never wants to
write.</DIV>
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<DIV> Rog tapped the comm button and said, "Baxter, have all Department
heads report to the Ready Room immediately."</DIV>
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<DIV>Baxter replied, "Yes sir. If they're on shore leave, should I recall
them?"</DIV>
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<DIV>Rog replied, "Yes Baxter, I said all Department heads now didn't I? We're
at war..again."</DIV>
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<DIV>Baxter nodded solemnly and said, "Aye sir." He then put out the calls for
the Department heads.</DIV>
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<DIV>As Rog wondered what the Meridians orders would be, he munched on a mini
burrito. It was a good thing they had plenty of soft drinks and water aboard. It
seemed Otto had gotten back at all the crew for liking his burrito, by putting
extra jalapenos in the latest batch. Rog thought he'd better have a talk with
that man before too long.</DIV>
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<DIV>Capt. Roger Finney</DIV>
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<DIV>FCL-06 Meridian</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>