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p class="MsoNormal"Yeoman Freid enters the bridge and said "Has anybodidy seen my SW scanner?span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanI thought I left it on my bunk but it's not there"/p
p class="MsoNormal""You mean this one?" said Yeoman Harris holding up the device./p
p class="MsoNormal""Yes, where did you find it?/p
p class="MsoNormal""It was on a table in the café." Replied Yeoman Harris/p
p class="MsoNormal"" style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanI can't imagine how it got there" said Freid/p
p class="MsoNormal""I guess the culprit was the same person who ate my food disks the other style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanI only left the table long enough to get a drink and when I got back half of them were gone."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Same person who left the equipment room door open I guess" put in Yeoman Stubbs./p
p class="MsoNormal""And the navigation room style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanI found it open a second time this style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanI walked past it yesterday and was closed but, on the way, back it was style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanI doubled checked the log and it showed it wasn't opened by anybody in the crew."span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spansaid Yeoman Jones from his position on the helm./p
p class="MsoNormal""Must be a Poltergeist," said Buck Rogers./p
p class="MsoNormal""What" asked everyone at once/p
p class="MsoNormal""A poltergeist it's a ghost or spirit that plays tricks on people" he replied./p
p class="MsoNormal"Wilma looked up from the communication console amused at everyone's reaction to Buck./p
p class="MsoNormal""Don't you have a survey mission about now?" She asked/p
p class="MsoNormal""Yea I guess I had better get to the launch style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanIt shouldn't take too long style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanYou guys have fun playing with our poltergeist."span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanReplied Buck/p
p class="MsoNormal"Buck reached the launch bay, and the survey ship was in position and waiting for style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanAlongside, also waiting was another member of the crew; a petite brunet who told Buck her name was Marilyn style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal""Well come on, the sooner we get started the sooner we get back" he told style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanThe two entered the ship and after a brief check it was launched on its way to the small planet the Searcher was style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"Sometime later Wilma's console buzzed, an incoming contact from the planet surface./p
p class="MsoNormal""Searcher here come in" she said/p
p class="MsoNormal"The vid screen flickered on, and the brunet style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanWilma could see the survey ship in the background but not Buck/p
p class="MsoNormal""Searcher this is survey ship style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanWe seem to be having a small problem and will be returning to home base later than scheduled."span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanThe brunet said but she added a wink and a broad smile as she nodded her head in Buck style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"Wilma displayed no emotion, just said "understood I will notify launch style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanSearcher out"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"Buck arrived back on the Searcher with the ship in ill style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanThey had just barely managed to survey the planet surface and he was annoyed at Monroe for her lack of assistance./p
p class="MsoNormal""I think there's a problem with the propulsion unit on this thing, you may want to have it looked at" he told the maintenance personal./p
p class="MsoNormal"By the time Buck is done on the launch bay Wilma has finished her shift and has returned to her cabin where Buck found her. span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanShe too is not in the best of moods./p
p class="MsoNormal""Hello style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanWell that survey didn't go as planned that for style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanStupid ship broke down before we had gotten very far." Buck tells her when he entered./p
p class="MsoNormal""I know" she replied with just a touch of frost./p
p class="MsoNormal""What's the matter?" Buck asked a bit confused/p
p class="MsoNormal""I got the impression from your companion that you were enjoying the delay" she replied/p
p class="MsoNormal""Not sure where you got that impression, but I certainly didn't enjoy my mission and since Marilyn Monroe was no help at all I am surprised we managed to complete the survey"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Was that her name?span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanI didn't…" Wilma didn't finish her sentence before Buck broke in./p
p class="MsoNormal""Yes, and before you get all tied in style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanMarilyn Monroe was a cultural icon in my day that's why I remember this, ah this lady's style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanShe was basically useless." He spoke./p
p class="MsoNormal""I am sorry, but my insecurities are showing" Wilma said as she turned away./p
p class="MsoNormal"Buck laughed and caught her around the style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /span"You have absolutely no reason to be insecure and in my day, I would take you to a real fancy restaurant like the Top of the World for dinner and some dancing" he told her as he swayed with his arms around style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /span" Not sure what we would do in New Chi…."span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanBuck broke off in mid-sentence with an odd look on his face/p
p class="MsoNormal""What?'span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanWilma asks/p
p class="MsoNormal""I just remembered what she said that was style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanShe said we needed Hieronynum Fox to fix the style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanI didn't think there were any Genesians on style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanThe only people who would know about him were the Genesians or people in the security detail at the time."/p
p class="MsoNormal""She wasn't on the security detail as far as I remember, there were a limited number of terrains style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanAnd I don't recognize her from that group," said Wilma/p
p class="MsoNormal""Now that is odd," said style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /span"I wonder what her status is on board style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanShe sure wasn't much help earlier"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"Buck released Wilma and walked over to her vid screen trying to bring up crew lists, but he has never mastered these fancy style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanWilma, with a sigh came over to do it for style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanBuck moves around behind her his arms around her with his chin on her shoulder watching./p
p class="MsoNormal""That's strange there is no listing for Marilyn Monroe on the crew manifest."/p
p class="MsoNormal""She had a blue thingy so that's scientific department right," said Buck/p
p class="MsoNormal"Wilma accessed that dept and again no listing for style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanNext she pulled up the photos of all of the females in that dept but Buck didn't recognize any of them./p
p class="MsoNormal""Maybe her name isn't Monroe, maybe she changed her name."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Not style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanOnce your chip is programed your name is your style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanUnless you work for a security directorate and then they can reprogram it as needed," said Wilma/p
p class="MsoNormal""Reprogram it?" asked Buck/p
p class="MsoNormal""Yes, mine is reprogrammable since it wouldn't help if I go undercover as Jenny Jones, but someone has a chip reader, and it pops up Wilma Derring"./p
p class="MsoNormal"" style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanSo maybe this woman is or was working for a security style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanWhy don't you contact Dr Huer and see if we can figure out who she is"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Buck I am not contacting Dr Huer over something minor like this."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Wilma, I don't believe in ghosts, and I am beginning to think all of these odd happenings are style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanThere are just too many of them not to be."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Alright I will contact a friend of mine in the security directorate once we are in the right communication zone and see if they have any information on your friend Marilyn"br /"Not my style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanAnd while you do that, I think I will take a walk down and have a chat with Dr. style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanMaybe he can shed some light on Ms. Monroe./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"Yeoman Freid enters the bridge and said "Has anybodidy seen my SW scanner?span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanI thought I left it on my bunk but it's not there"/p
p class="MsoNormal""You mean this one?" said Yeoman Harris holding up the device./p
p class="MsoNormal""Yes, where did you find it?/p
p class="MsoNormal""It was on a table in the café." Replied Yeoman Harris/p
p class="MsoNormal"" style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanI can't imagine how it got there" said Freid/p
p class="MsoNormal""I guess the culprit was the same person who ate my food disks the other style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanI only left the table long enough to get a drink and when I got back half of them were gone."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Same person who left the equipment room door open I guess" put in Yeoman Stubbs./p
p class="MsoNormal""And the navigation room style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanI found it open a second time this style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanI walked past it yesterday and was closed but, on the way, back it was style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanI doubled checked the log and it showed it wasn't opened by anybody in the crew."span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spansaid Yeoman Jones from his position on the helm./p
p class="MsoNormal""Must be a Poltergeist," said Buck Rogers./p
p class="MsoNormal""What" asked everyone at once/p
p class="MsoNormal""A poltergeist it's a ghost or spirit that plays tricks on people" he replied./p
p class="MsoNormal"Wilma looked up from the communication console amused at everyone's reaction to Buck./p
p class="MsoNormal""Don't you have a survey mission about now?" She asked/p
p class="MsoNormal""Yea I guess I had better get to the launch style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanIt shouldn't take too long style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanYou guys have fun playing with our poltergeist."span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanReplied Buck/p
p class="MsoNormal"Buck reached the launch bay, and the survey ship was in position and waiting for style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanAlongside, also waiting was another member of the crew; a petite brunet who told Buck her name was Marilyn style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal""Well come on, the sooner we get started the sooner we get back" he told style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanThe two entered the ship and after a brief check it was launched on its way to the small planet the Searcher was style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"Sometime later Wilma's console buzzed, an incoming contact from the planet surface./p
p class="MsoNormal""Searcher here come in" she said/p
p class="MsoNormal"The vid screen flickered on, and the brunet style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanWilma could see the survey ship in the background but not Buck/p
p class="MsoNormal""Searcher this is survey ship style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanWe seem to be having a small problem and will be returning to home base later than scheduled."span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanThe brunet said but she added a wink and a broad smile as she nodded her head in Buck style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"Wilma displayed no emotion, just said "understood I will notify launch style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanSearcher out"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"Buck arrived back on the Searcher with the ship in ill style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanThey had just barely managed to survey the planet surface and he was annoyed at Monroe for her lack of assistance./p
p class="MsoNormal""I think there's a problem with the propulsion unit on this thing, you may want to have it looked at" he told the maintenance personal./p
p class="MsoNormal"By the time Buck is done on the launch bay Wilma has finished her shift and has returned to her cabin where Buck found her. span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanShe too is not in the best of moods./p
p class="MsoNormal""Hello style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanWell that survey didn't go as planned that for style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanStupid ship broke down before we had gotten very far." Buck tells her when he entered./p
p class="MsoNormal""I know" she replied with just a touch of frost./p
p class="MsoNormal""What's the matter?" Buck asked a bit confused/p
p class="MsoNormal""I got the impression from your companion that you were enjoying the delay" she replied/p
p class="MsoNormal""Not sure where you got that impression, but I certainly didn't enjoy my mission and since Marilyn Monroe was no help at all I am surprised we managed to complete the survey"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Was that her name?span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanI didn't…" Wilma didn't finish her sentence before Buck broke in./p
p class="MsoNormal""Yes, and before you get all tied in style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanMarilyn Monroe was a cultural icon in my day that's why I remember this, ah this lady's style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanShe was basically useless." He spoke./p
p class="MsoNormal""I am sorry, but my insecurities are showing" Wilma said as she turned away./p
p class="MsoNormal"Buck laughed and caught her around the style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /span"You have absolutely no reason to be insecure and in my day, I would take you to a real fancy restaurant like the Top of the World for dinner and some dancing" he told her as he swayed with his arms around style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /span" Not sure what we would do in New Chi…."span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanBuck broke off in mid-sentence with an odd look on his face/p
p class="MsoNormal""What?'span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanWilma asks/p
p class="MsoNormal""I just remembered what she said that was style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanShe said we needed Hieronynum Fox to fix the style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanI didn't think there were any Genesians on style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanThe only people who would know about him were the Genesians or people in the security detail at the time."/p
p class="MsoNormal""She wasn't on the security detail as far as I remember, there were a limited number of terrains style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanAnd I don't recognize her from that group," said Wilma/p
p class="MsoNormal""Now that is odd," said style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /span"I wonder what her status is on board style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanShe sure wasn't much help earlier"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"Buck released Wilma and walked over to her vid screen trying to bring up crew lists, but he has never mastered these fancy style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanWilma, with a sigh came over to do it for style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanBuck moves around behind her his arms around her with his chin on her shoulder watching./p
p class="MsoNormal""That's strange there is no listing for Marilyn Monroe on the crew manifest."/p
p class="MsoNormal""She had a blue thingy so that's scientific department right," said Buck/p
p class="MsoNormal"Wilma accessed that dept and again no listing for style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanNext she pulled up the photos of all of the females in that dept but Buck didn't recognize any of them./p
p class="MsoNormal""Maybe her name isn't Monroe, maybe she changed her name."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Not style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanOnce your chip is programed your name is your style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanUnless you work for a security directorate and then they can reprogram it as needed," said Wilma/p
p class="MsoNormal""Reprogram it?" asked Buck/p
p class="MsoNormal""Yes, mine is reprogrammable since it wouldn't help if I go undercover as Jenny Jones, but someone has a chip reader, and it pops up Wilma Derring"./p
p class="MsoNormal"" style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanSo maybe this woman is or was working for a security style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanWhy don't you contact Dr Huer and see if we can figure out who she is"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Buck I am not contacting Dr Huer over something minor like this."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Wilma, I don't believe in ghosts, and I am beginning to think all of these odd happenings are style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanThere are just too many of them not to be."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Alright I will contact a friend of mine in the security directorate once we are in the right communication zone and see if they have any information on your friend Marilyn"br /"Not my style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanAnd while you do that, I think I will take a walk down and have a chat with Dr. style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanMaybe he can shed some light on Ms. Monroe./p
