From wpettey@zianet.com Fri Jun 19 12:37:28 1998 Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 12:54:34 -0600 From: wpettey To: Dante Expeditionary Force List Serve Subject: [DANTEXF]NASW716:"Standing on the corner..." [The following text is in the "ISO-8859-1" character set] [Your display is set for the "US-ASCII" character set] [Some characters may be displayed incorrectly] DANTE Expeditionary Force Official E-mail BEGIN TRANSMISSION SD: 100519.1220 MDT MD: 04.1430 SCENE: SB ALIGHIERI/Replimat/Promenade Cort sat silently over in a corner, looking out one of the new viewports at the mine field. Robin sat across from him with a worried look on her face, "You alright, Cort?" He nodded, but continued to watch out the window. "They're still comin', y' know." He glanced back to Robin, "Just because the fighters pulled back dinnae stop their advance." Out the window, every once in a while a blast from the station's weponry or a photon torp from BATRON would take out another missle attack. Everywhere on the station were flashing red lights, reminding everyone that the station was technically under attack. Robin sipped softly at her drink, "I know. I wish we were back out there. I know we would die, but at least we would die defending the station. I hate just sitting here!" The SqCO of NC-17 looked kindly at his XO, "Aye, i know wha' ye mean, lass." Cort finally touched his food, a corned beef and cabbage combination that smelled strong. "How can you eat that?" Robin wrinkled her nose in mock disgust. Cort chuckled and asked, "An' how can ye eat tha'?" He pointed to her plate filled with steaming piles of Ya'ak Pie. Robin shrugged and dug in to the Valerdian delicassie, "Acquired taste, I guess. That's what happens when you travel the galaxy with your father...eating in strange places every meal." The two finihsed their meal in quiet, with Cort glancing every once in a while back to the failing mine field. When Peter and Brenda had returned with the good news that the missles worked, he had half hoped to go immediately back out to inflict damage on the Dalriadan's for their lost comrades from NF-38, but the meeting this morning with LCDR Windstar and Merlin had shown that it would take some time before the fighters could go back out. Chief Frank had not been optimistic about the structural integrity of some the fighters either. Some, especially those survivng from NF-38 and a few from NF-34, were badly dameaged and needed serious work. Cort knew that the support crews were working feverishly to repair the damage and get the modifications done for the missle clamps. Cort sighed, and finished off his corned beef, and took the last swig of his pint of Guiness. Tao had been true to his word and given the NC-17 Commander the entire case. Filtering out a burp, he stood and stratched his tired muscles. Robin looked up at him questioningly, but Cort answered before she could say a word, "I cannae stand just sittin' around, so i thought I'd go an' see CDR Miller. I understand our new FS arrived in the wee hours this mornin'." Foldeing her napkin Robin stood next to Cort, "I'll go with you...someone has to keep you out of trouble!" Her grin was contagious, and even though Cort had been in a melancholy mood only seconds ago, he smiled and led the way to "Pappy's" office. **************************************************************************** ****************** NRPG: All, just a little reminder that the missles are still coming in to ALIGHIERI...the battle is still raging! Also, a little SCD for Cort. What did you expect him to be eating...Gagck? NASW716, Remember, DO NOT post anything after FMD 6! But do post soon! Also, with Mike G.'s and David M.'s permission, I would like all NASW716 members to use the SUBJ heading that I used. {DANTEXF} NASW716: "Your title here" Okay? Josh, where are you? John Luerding, welcome! Technically, I am the CO of NC-17, and Josh is CAG of NASW716...but who pays attention to these things? :-) Look forward to RPGing with you! :-) Respectfully submitted, Wendon Pettey wpettey@zianet.com CDR TyGarra Bright Eyes (XO USS SORANUS) http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Vault/4846/TyGarra.htm LT Cort O'Wood, "Shamrock" (XO NAsW716 http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Vault/4846/OWood.htm 1LT Wes Smith, "Joker" (2O/ATL SFFR7) http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Vault/4846/Smith.htm LTjg Londyn K. Brydges (FCO USS GRIFFON) http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Vault/4846/Brydges.htm "Accept that somedays you are the pidgeon... and somedays you are the statue." This message sent by an official member of the Dante Expeditionary Force Are you also posting your messages to the newsgroup?!!! END TRANSMISSION