"The Captain nodded & then reached for his mug of mud to take another sip. To be truthful, it was not entirely to his palate but it was also not entirely distasteful either."

""Wonderful," he said. Their lot included Williams, Rogers, plus, a young security man from the Spectre and one of the Ushari security men."

"While they walked through the tunnels of the Ushari underground city, Rogers carefully scanned the body language and facial expressions of any Ushar they passed, watching for any sign of abnormal activity."

"She saw Krag enter Sickbay with the phaser ready in his belt holster. Krag will not advance until odered to do so or if Jissel becomes aggressive to her."

"We've got a missing Engineering officer. Taya was in the vicinity of an explosion yesterday, her partner was killed by it and she was spirited off."

"Devers put his tricorder away, and took the light from Lannis. Light in left hand, phaser in right, he started moving forward again, looking for flashes of yellow as he swept the light across the path."

"Everything had happened in such a flash that it was difficult in the years afterwards for Horavei to really remember exactly what and when events had conspired to happen."

"The Phaser in her hand felt warm and powerful. Whatever was to happen she hoped the great bird of the galaxy."

"The Acting Chief Science Officer retreated to her own thoughts as the orders and conversations continued on the bridge. Instructions and confirmations were exchanged."

"Slok took another sip of his root beer and wondered what other crewmembers might think of his partaking of such a strange, unvulcan like beverage. The group in the corner had continued with their game playing the entire time the two engineers had discussed things, the Trill now seemingly having amassed a pretty profit, much to the dismay of her opponents, Slok pondered her routine and wondered if she used a particular formula."

"The Captain then watched as the Betazoid left the room, his own outlook on the man now augmented by their brief discussion. Isengard was going to be an interesting crewman, that much was for sure, and one that might make a powerful ally in times to come..."

"So, it was finally time to leave this place. The ships of the fifty second had converged as requested, the discussions and debriefs had taken place, decisions had been duly made."