Kate didn't think a last minute request to be the bridesmaid at Nav and Buffer's wedding was going to have much of an impact on her life. Fate (with some help) had different ideas.

Bomber needs some help with her hand-to-hand. Or does she?

the last letters of the Crew of the HMAS Hammersley. letters written from beyond the grave to hopefully provide comfort to those that are left behind (my take on what would be written in the last letters)

Dutchy is sent to the royal navy on a secondment and is staying with the family of a young woman he met two years previously when she was rescued by the crew of HMAS Hammersly and the is more to their relationship as they fell in love but fate tore them apart and now has it brought them back together.

Her guilt for ignoring Mike's phone call is nothing compared to her guilt for falling out of love.

A white lie from Charge convinces Buffer to act on his feelings and ask Kate for dinner.

Mike is shock when he finds out some shocking news that concerns his family

Kate doesn't realise the situation she has put herself in until she's too deep in it to get out. But unexpected backup from her past is just around the corner.

Buffer catches up with his former shipmates and has to come to terms with the fact that he never fully got over his feelings for his XO. (set post-season3)

Sometimes all it takes is one message.

Dutchy is leaving for the Gulf and Kate meets him for a final time that ends up not being so final.

set in Season 3 after the Death of ET how do the crew of the HMAS Hammersley cope in the aftermath and as truths are reviled

Swain takes care of the crew, even if it's something as simple as braiding Kate's hair when she can't.

Swain is getting divorced and Kate is there to support him. It's just that a newly single Swain is harder to ignore than she had expected.

Buffer was an attractive man and it was completely natural for her to feel attracted to him when this was pointed out. It would pass. But it didn't.

Violence has always come a little too easily to Swain but he has learnt to control it - until he is given a righteous cause. Warning - Mention of rape.

a unexpected find at sea leads Kate to re-evaluate her life and everything that is happening

Kate and Buffer meet again amid a natural disaster. It doesn't take long for old feelings to emerge without the barriers of regulations.

After twenty four years Maxine White family secrets are revealed

Kate/Mike story. Follow Mike and Kate, each chapter follows on from the last, being the following year. (rubbish at summaries - but enjoy!) The first few chapters will be extensions of parts of the series, but after that the chapters will be entirely my imagination.

Final speech on the retirement from the Chief of Navy and the RAN. This speech is looking back at the career in the RAN. Highlighting the changes which have taken place while a serving member of the RAN. To encourage all young members of ADF to continue their journey of adventure while inspiring women to reach for the sky.

Buffer gets knocked unconscious on a boarding and wakes up in the wardroom with Kate at his side.

Nothing good comes from getting drunk in foreign ports. Except when it does. Swain/Kate

Kate had a lot to think about after visiting Maxine office

Kate is commanding the Navy base of Cairns and her daughter just arrived with the rank of midshipman. She tells her daughter how she became the base commander. And this time, Maxine is not the bad person as usual. Thanks to Gisou1950 for beta reading.