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  Captain Holt barely had time to reach his office and get settled when
John Smith entered the room. " Have a seat Mr. Smith, I have some
important questions to ask you.
  Smith sat down gently. His head was still giving him trouble. "Before
you begin Captain " he said " I would like to thank you for saving my
life."
  "You're welcome" Holt replied " Now, let's get down to the matter at
hand. Our scans of your ship revealed evidence of military equipment
inside your ship. In particular, your drive, shields, and powerplant are
almost identical to those on a destroyer class vessel. Would you care to
explain this?"



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In article <C1Dp0n.54I@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>
Nile Barrabas <31974p@d1.dartmouth.edu> writes:

> 
>   Captain Holt barely had time to reach his office and get settled when
> John Smith entered the room. " Have a seat Mr. Smith, I have some
> important questions to ask you.
>   Smith sat down gently. His head was still giving him trouble. "Before
> you begin Captain " he said " I would like to thank you for saving my
> life."
>   "You're welcome" Holt replied " Now, let's get down to the matter at
> hand. Our scans of your ship revealed evidence of military equipment
> inside your ship. In particular, your drive, shields, and powerplant are
> almost identical to those on a destroyer class vessel. Would you care to
> explain this?"
 
  "Simple answer to that question, Captain." John replied " They ARE
military shields, drive and powerplant. Or at least what's left of them
are. And before you ask, I am authorized to have them. Also, your scans
should have shown that my ship is weaponless."


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In article <C1DpIL.5Mw@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> Robert T. Warfield,
Robert.T.Warfield@dartmouth.edu writes:
>>   Captain Holt barely had time to reach his office and get settled when
>> John Smith entered the room. " Have a seat Mr. Smith, I have some
>> important questions to ask you.
>>   Smith sat down gently. His head was still giving him trouble. "Before
>> you begin Captain " he said " I would like to thank you for saving my
>> life."
>>   "You're welcome" Holt replied " Now, let's get down to the matter at
>> hand. Our scans of your ship revealed evidence of military equipment
>> inside your ship. In particular, your drive, shields, and powerplant
are
>> almost identical to those on a destroyer class vessel. Would you care
to
>> explain this?"
> 
>  "Simple answer to that question, Captain." John replied " They ARE
>military shields, drive and powerplant. Or at least what's left of them
>are. And before you ask, I am authorized to have them. Also, your scans
>should have shown that my ship is weaponless."

  "I am aware of your ships lack of armaments" Holt replied. "do you have
proof of your authorization for your other equipment? Also there is the
damage to your ship. There is now way that anything less than a full
Dreadnaught caused them.

In article <C1DqFz.6tK@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>
Nile Barrabas <31974p@d1.dartmouth.edu> writes:

> In article <C1DpIL.5Mw@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> Robert T. Warfield,
> Robert.T.Warfield@dartmouth.edu writes:
> >>   Captain Holt barely had time to reach his office and get settled when
> >> John Smith entered the room. " Have a seat Mr. Smith, I have some
> >> important questions to ask you.
> >>   Smith sat down gently. His head was still giving him trouble. "Before
> >> you begin Captain " he said " I would like to thank you for saving my
> >> life."
> >>   "You're welcome" Holt replied " Now, let's get down to the matter at
> >> hand. Our scans of your ship revealed evidence of military equipment
> >> inside your ship. In particular, your drive, shields, and powerplant
> are
> >> almost identical to those on a destroyer class vessel. Would you care
> to
> >> explain this?"
> > 
> >  "Simple answer to that question, Captain." John replied " They ARE
> >military shields, drive and powerplant. Or at least what's left of them
> >are. And before you ask, I am authorized to have them. Also, your scans
> >should have shown that my ship is weaponless."
> 
>   "I am aware of your ships lack of armaments" Holt replied. "do you have
> proof of your authorization for your other equipment? Also there is the
> damage to your ship. There is now way that anything less than a full
> Dreadnaught caused them.

  As for my authorization, Here is my I.D. disk." John took a small
wafer from a pocket of his jumpsuit and handed it to Captain Holt. "And
as for the damage, you're right. I WAS attacked by a dreadnought. They
had a disagreement as to the fate of my cargo. When I refused to stop
for inspection of my vessel they opened fire. Now for a question of my
own captain,when do I get to see my ship?"

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* Arthur, king of the Britons    * King of the who?                  *
* King of the Brittons!          * Who are the Brittons anyway?      *
* I am, you are, we all are the  *                                   *
* Brittons and I am your king!   * Well, I didn't vote for you.      *
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Robert T. Warfield@dartmouth.edu

In article <C1DqxG.7CM@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>
Robert.T.Warfield@dartmouth.edu (Robert T. Warfield) writes:


> >   "I am aware of your ships lack of armaments" Holt replied. "do you have
> > proof of your authorization for your other equipment? Also there is the
> > damage to your ship. There is now way that anything less than a full
> > Dreadnaught caused them.
> 
>   As for my authorization, Here is my I.D. disk." John took a small
> wafer from a pocket of his jumpsuit and handed it to Captain Holt. "And
> as for the damage, you're right. I WAS attacked by a dreadnought. They
> had a disagreement as to the fate of my cargo. When I refused to stop
> for inspection of my vessel they opened fire. Now for a question of my
> own captain,when do I get to see my ship?"
> 

  Captian Holt put the I.D. disk in his reader. Sure enough, The
equipment was authorized. Holt read a little further and was surprised
at what he found. The personell record read.

  Name: John Edgar Smith
  Rank: Admiral, Imperial navy (ret)
  Awrads: Imperial Medal of Valor(2), Imperial Commendation Medal,
Purple                   
          Heart(5),{ the list went on...}
  Dependants: Wife, Heather Smith (deceased)
              Daughter, Lisa Smith (deceased)

  "Sir," Holt began "I had no idea that you were Admiral Smith. I
served under you in the Orinth liberation before I came here." He
returned the disk. "As for your ship, we can deliver you to her
imeadiatly. Unfortunatly, very little is operative. Intersystem
thrusters are about all that's left. Even life support and grav systems
are down. If you will follow me to the bridge, We'll take you there
now."

  
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In article <C1DsBD.8Iq@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>
31974p@d1.dartmouth.edu (Nile Barrabas) writes:

>   "Sir," Holt began "I had no idea that you were Admiral Smith. I
> served under you in the Orinth liberation before I came here." He
> returned the disk. "As for your ship, we can deliver you to her
> imeadiatly. Unfortunatly, very little is operative. Intersystem
> thrusters are about all that's left. Even life support and grav systems
> are down. If you will follow me to the bridge, We'll take you there
> now."


  John walked with Captain Holt through the corodors to the bridge.
Holt turned to Smith and asked "Admiral, off the record, what is you
cargo?"
  "Grain. Please call me John, I'm retired. If you must use a title, I
prefer my merchant status as Captain of the Daughters Dream."
  "Only grain Ad- John?" Holt caught himself 
  "I was transporting it to the colony on Mortica. Some Corporate
entites don't want them to be self suficent so they burned the fields
and blockaded the planet."
  "How could they get away with it? The Empire-"
  "The Empire is almoset compleatly owned by the corporations now."
John sighed. "We fell into debut during the war so bad it's going to
take us 50 years to get out."
  By this time they had reached the bridge. "Please keep my rank secret
for now," John said "I'd rather not have to deal with ships protocol."
  Holt turned to navagation "Take us out to the Daughters Dream Ensign.
One quarter thrust."
  The Ironsides turned and headed for John's ship. The Daughter's Dream
was only a short distance away and it was only 10 minutes before they
docked. John and Captain Holt met one last time at the airlock. John
was in a suit due to life support being out on his ship.
  "Goodbye for now" said Smith. "Happen to know where I can get DD
repaired?"
  "Try looking for machanics at the Haven's Rest. Youll be able to find
just about anything you want there, for a price. They also have some
pretty good ethanol concoctions.

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* Arthur, king of the Britons    * King of the who?                  *
* King of the Brittons!          * Who are the Brittons anyway?      *
* I am, you are, we all are the  *                                   *
* Brittons and I am your king!   * Well, I didn't vote for you.      *
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Robert T. Warfield@dartmouth.edu