p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline; font-kerning: none;"Chapter 1/span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"emBeep Beep Beep./em/span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"Celia opens her eyes. The bed around her is so nice and warm, she doesn't want to get up just yet. The pillow beneath her head is just right, just soft enough. The ceiling she's looking at isn't fancy. Just the grey ceiling of a crewman's quarters. A noise next to her spurs her into action. She looks to her left./span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"A half asleep Scotsman is lying on his back, trying to rub the sleepiness from his eyes. He's grunting, trying to wake himself up. Celia turns so she's on her side and looks at him./span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"em"How did you sleep darlin'?" /emShe asks him./span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"He does a very catlike stretch and looks back at her. em"Gud gud, I dreamed Keenser turned into an oyster."/em/span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"Celia sniggers when she pictures it. She knows Keenser quite well now, him being Scotty's best friend./span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"em"Not such a giant leap, let's be honest."/em She quips./span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"Scotty looks slightly nauseous. em"No no. Ye dinnae get it."/em He puts two hands in front oh his face and opens and closes them quickly. em"His face opened up, like so."/em Frantic vertical clapping motions. em"Just like a fuckin oyster!"/em/span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"Celia gives up and dissolves into peals of laughter. She has to clutch her stomach, because it hurts too much. Scotty lets her laugh for a while, but then he pounces on her, and jams a finger into her side. She doubles over, still laughing, but the mania has disappeared./span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"em"Glad ye find my nightmares amusing lass."/em He says, but he's smiling at the same time. He doesn't mind one bit./span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"Giggling, Celia gets up and puts her arms around his neck. em"Well, you put the mental image in my head, you monster."/em/span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"He smiles and bends closer for a kiss. It doesn't last long, but is just as sweet as always. Celia still gets butterflies, even after all this time. When they break apart, they smile at each other. em"We best get ready lass."/em/span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"Reluctantly, Celia obliges, and swings her feet away from the bed. Her feet land on the rug on the "Let's get ready then!" /emShe exclaims./span/p
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p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"-/span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"Celia heads for the Brig. She walks the now extremely familiar corridors, passes the same people as always. This space mission has been going on for a long, long time. They are a little over halfway there, working through their 3rd year in space. Everybody has settled into a familiar routine. You have dinner with your friends, you go to bed in your own cabin, and you do your job. Honestly it's been a wild ride at times, but mostly it's just the routine that gets you. Celia and Scotty are doing good, they've been going strong for several years now. Celia is content in her life, she enjoys doing her job and enjoys her private life./span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"She sits down and checks her messages. Everything seems in order. Today Captain Kirk will attempt to negotiate a peace treaty between the Teenaxi Delegation and the Fibonan Republic. She would like to send an armed delegation with him, but this time it's better if he goes alone. The Teenaxians are a bit on edge, and an armed escort would simply throw oil on the fire./span/p
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p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"A soft hissing sound behind her. em"Captain in the Bridge!"/em/span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"She turns around to see Kirk nod at all of his crewmembers, including her. Their relationship has improved greatly, compared to their first trip. He stands behind his chair, grasping the headrest casually./span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"em"Can I have everybody's attention please?"/em He asks the people in the room./span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"Heads and chairs turn everywhere, with everybody looking attentively at their Captain. Celia puts away her keyboard, and gives Kirk her full attention./span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"em"I'll beam down to the surface of Teenax to negotiate peace at 11 o'clock. I hope to be back with a positive response around 11 30. I'll be in contact with the Enterprise for the entire time." /emHe says. He then turns to Celia./span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"em"Any security measures we need to keep in mind, Lieutenant Commander?"/em/span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"Celia takes a moment to gather her thoughts. Then she looks up. em"I'd like a team of Secutity Officers near the transporter room, for two reasons. One. If all goes wrong, they will beam down and launch a rescue operation. Two. If Teenaxi get onto the ship with you when you're beamed out, they will be there to stop them getting further."/em/span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"She looks at Kirk and smiles. em"If all goes right, and you beam back with no hitchhikers, they will be your welcome committee."/em/span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"Kirk laughs. em"I bet they won't be necessary, but please inform your team of this plan."/em He then turns to face the others. em"I will now get ready. Mister Spock, you have the Comm."/em/span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"Spock nods briefly. em"Yes Captain."/em/span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"Kirk smiles at everybody, and walks out. Commander Spock walks up to the Captain's chair, and sits down. Celia turns back to her screen. She had already selected the officers for this mission. She knows Teenaxi are small creatures, so she recons two or three ought to do it. She won't even be in attendance herself. She quickly checks the mission briefings she has prepared yesterday./span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"strongemHead for the Transporter Room, and wait there. When Captain Kirk returns on the pad, make sure no Teenaxi follow him on to the ship./em/strong/span/p
p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"strongem* If Kirk beams back by himself, report to Lieutenant Commander Murray and head back to your post./em/strong/span/p
p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"strongem* If any aliens follow Kirk on board, detain and sedate them ASAP. They will need to be beamed back, after lightly scrambling their memory./em/strong/span/p
p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"strongemMister Scott will be on the controls. Mister Spock will supervise./em/strong/span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"Celia deems it adequate, and quickly informs her team. She then leans back, content to let her capable officers handle it. Scotty and Spock are already in the Transporter Room. They are aware of the Security Officers coming down. The clock is ticking. Suddenly she receives a message from her boyfriend./span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"strongemCaptain has beamed down. He was practicing how to say Fibonan Republic./em/strong/span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"Celia stifles her laughter./span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"strongemOh dear. Tongue-tied much?/em/strong/span/p
p class="p4" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"emMontgomery's reply comes in quickly./em/span/p
p class="p4" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"strongemCouldn't get it out./em/strong/span/p
p class="p4" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"strongemHahaha!/em/strong/span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"She closes the window and keeps an eye on her Captain's vitals. Can't be too careful, sometimes. All they can do is wait, as an intrusion below would jeopardise Kirk. The atmosphere is tense, they all worry for their Captain, all alone on an alien planet./span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"Suddenly, her screen starts beeping. Kirk's heart rate has increased, and so have his adrenaline levels! em"Something's wrong."/em Celia shouts to the people behind her. She immediately informs Doctor McCoy./span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"strongemHead for the Transporter Room, now./em/strong/span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"Kirk's status doesn't seem to get worse, and she can tell Scotty is doing his best to beam him back up. Everybody waits anxiously for news. Suddenly they hear Spock's voice being broadcasted to the Brig./span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"em"Captain is secure. Two Teenaxi came on board with him, they are in the care of the assigned Security Officers. Peace treaty unsuccessful."/em/span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"Celia breathes a sigh of relief. The aliens are under control. Kirk is fine. Another message from the Transporter Room./span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"strongemThe Teenaxi have been beamed back to Teenax./em/strong/span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"Celia smiles. The ship is secure./span/p
p class="p4" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"strongemAcknowledged. Good work Lieutenant Commander./em/strong/span/p
p class="p4" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"strongemI'm returning to Engineering now. Shall we get lunch around one?/em/strong/span/p
p class="p4" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"Celia smiles./span/p
p class="p4" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"strongemDeal, see you in the Lounge!/em/strong/span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"emBeep Beep Beep./em/span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"Celia opens her eyes. The bed around her is so nice and warm, she doesn't want to get up just yet. The pillow beneath her head is just right, just soft enough. The ceiling she's looking at isn't fancy. Just the grey ceiling of a crewman's quarters. A noise next to her spurs her into action. She looks to her left./span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"A half asleep Scotsman is lying on his back, trying to rub the sleepiness from his eyes. He's grunting, trying to wake himself up. Celia turns so she's on her side and looks at him./span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"em"How did you sleep darlin'?" /emShe asks him./span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"He does a very catlike stretch and looks back at her. em"Gud gud, I dreamed Keenser turned into an oyster."/em/span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"Celia sniggers when she pictures it. She knows Keenser quite well now, him being Scotty's best friend./span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"em"Not such a giant leap, let's be honest."/em She quips./span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"Scotty looks slightly nauseous. em"No no. Ye dinnae get it."/em He puts two hands in front oh his face and opens and closes them quickly. em"His face opened up, like so."/em Frantic vertical clapping motions. em"Just like a fuckin oyster!"/em/span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"Celia gives up and dissolves into peals of laughter. She has to clutch her stomach, because it hurts too much. Scotty lets her laugh for a while, but then he pounces on her, and jams a finger into her side. She doubles over, still laughing, but the mania has disappeared./span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"em"Glad ye find my nightmares amusing lass."/em He says, but he's smiling at the same time. He doesn't mind one bit./span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"Giggling, Celia gets up and puts her arms around his neck. em"Well, you put the mental image in my head, you monster."/em/span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"He smiles and bends closer for a kiss. It doesn't last long, but is just as sweet as always. Celia still gets butterflies, even after all this time. When they break apart, they smile at each other. em"We best get ready lass."/em/span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"Reluctantly, Celia obliges, and swings her feet away from the bed. Her feet land on the rug on the "Let's get ready then!" /emShe exclaims./span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"-/span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"Celia heads for the Brig. She walks the now extremely familiar corridors, passes the same people as always. This space mission has been going on for a long, long time. They are a little over halfway there, working through their 3rd year in space. Everybody has settled into a familiar routine. You have dinner with your friends, you go to bed in your own cabin, and you do your job. Honestly it's been a wild ride at times, but mostly it's just the routine that gets you. Celia and Scotty are doing good, they've been going strong for several years now. Celia is content in her life, she enjoys doing her job and enjoys her private life./span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"She sits down and checks her messages. Everything seems in order. Today Captain Kirk will attempt to negotiate a peace treaty between the Teenaxi Delegation and the Fibonan Republic. She would like to send an armed delegation with him, but this time it's better if he goes alone. The Teenaxians are a bit on edge, and an armed escort would simply throw oil on the fire./span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"A soft hissing sound behind her. em"Captain in the Bridge!"/em/span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"She turns around to see Kirk nod at all of his crewmembers, including her. Their relationship has improved greatly, compared to their first trip. He stands behind his chair, grasping the headrest casually./span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"em"Can I have everybody's attention please?"/em He asks the people in the room./span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"Heads and chairs turn everywhere, with everybody looking attentively at their Captain. Celia puts away her keyboard, and gives Kirk her full attention./span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"em"I'll beam down to the surface of Teenax to negotiate peace at 11 o'clock. I hope to be back with a positive response around 11 30. I'll be in contact with the Enterprise for the entire time." /emHe says. He then turns to Celia./span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"em"Any security measures we need to keep in mind, Lieutenant Commander?"/em/span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"Celia takes a moment to gather her thoughts. Then she looks up. em"I'd like a team of Secutity Officers near the transporter room, for two reasons. One. If all goes wrong, they will beam down and launch a rescue operation. Two. If Teenaxi get onto the ship with you when you're beamed out, they will be there to stop them getting further."/em/span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"She looks at Kirk and smiles. em"If all goes right, and you beam back with no hitchhikers, they will be your welcome committee."/em/span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"Kirk laughs. em"I bet they won't be necessary, but please inform your team of this plan."/em He then turns to face the others. em"I will now get ready. Mister Spock, you have the Comm."/em/span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"Spock nods briefly. em"Yes Captain."/em/span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"Kirk smiles at everybody, and walks out. Commander Spock walks up to the Captain's chair, and sits down. Celia turns back to her screen. She had already selected the officers for this mission. She knows Teenaxi are small creatures, so she recons two or three ought to do it. She won't even be in attendance herself. She quickly checks the mission briefings she has prepared yesterday./span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"strongemHead for the Transporter Room, and wait there. When Captain Kirk returns on the pad, make sure no Teenaxi follow him on to the ship./em/strong/span/p
p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"strongem* If Kirk beams back by himself, report to Lieutenant Commander Murray and head back to your post./em/strong/span/p
p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"strongem* If any aliens follow Kirk on board, detain and sedate them ASAP. They will need to be beamed back, after lightly scrambling their memory./em/strong/span/p
p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"strongemMister Scott will be on the controls. Mister Spock will supervise./em/strong/span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"Celia deems it adequate, and quickly informs her team. She then leans back, content to let her capable officers handle it. Scotty and Spock are already in the Transporter Room. They are aware of the Security Officers coming down. The clock is ticking. Suddenly she receives a message from her boyfriend./span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"strongemCaptain has beamed down. He was practicing how to say Fibonan Republic./em/strong/span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"Celia stifles her laughter./span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"strongemOh dear. Tongue-tied much?/em/strong/span/p
p class="p4" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"emMontgomery's reply comes in quickly./em/span/p
p class="p4" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"strongemCouldn't get it out./em/strong/span/p
p class="p4" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"strongemHahaha!/em/strong/span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"She closes the window and keeps an eye on her Captain's vitals. Can't be too careful, sometimes. All they can do is wait, as an intrusion below would jeopardise Kirk. The atmosphere is tense, they all worry for their Captain, all alone on an alien planet./span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"Suddenly, her screen starts beeping. Kirk's heart rate has increased, and so have his adrenaline levels! em"Something's wrong."/em Celia shouts to the people behind her. She immediately informs Doctor McCoy./span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"strongemHead for the Transporter Room, now./em/strong/span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"Kirk's status doesn't seem to get worse, and she can tell Scotty is doing his best to beam him back up. Everybody waits anxiously for news. Suddenly they hear Spock's voice being broadcasted to the Brig./span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"em"Captain is secure. Two Teenaxi came on board with him, they are in the care of the assigned Security Officers. Peace treaty unsuccessful."/em/span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"Celia breathes a sigh of relief. The aliens are under control. Kirk is fine. Another message from the Transporter Room./span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"strongemThe Teenaxi have been beamed back to Teenax./em/strong/span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"Celia smiles. The ship is secure./span/p
p class="p4" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"strongemAcknowledged. Good work Lieutenant Commander./em/strong/span/p
p class="p4" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"strongemI'm returning to Engineering now. Shall we get lunch around one?/em/strong/span/p
p class="p4" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"Celia smiles./span/p
p class="p4" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"strongemDeal, see you in the Lounge!/em/strong/span/p