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"Possibilities"
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Setting: P338451
Stardate: 62232.0615

Elliot awoke feeling hungry, ::same as every day since the initial beam down to this damn planet::, he thought to himself. The COO propped himself up against the branch he was sitting on, he had a good view over most of the forest from his high vantage point in the tops of the trees. "I hope getting food today is going to be easier than yesterday, them things were horrific and dangerous." he mumbled to himself.

The exhausted Ensign stood up and raised his hand to his badge and started his morning ritual of trying to call the ship even though it felt pointless "Ensign Thomas to Bridge, can anyone hear me?" there was silence as usual, then there was something rather unusual, he was receiving static. Elliot's eyes widened immediately ::could this be something:: he thought to himself.

::Right it will be dangerous but I'm going to have to take that 10 or so mile walk back to the settlement, and try to get some supplies, that will allow me to boost my comm badge:: he reasoned to himself, now feeling more alert and optimistic than ever. He looked down through the trees, and dreaded the descent and even more than that he dreaded the walk, not back to the settlement but into it, this was going to be dangerous.

The COO climbed down through the trees, step after step until eventually he reached the soft, pine cone littered forest floor. He knew how to move fast and quiet, because when Elliot wasn't trying to build and race speed shuttles, he was spending time in holo-decks doing 20th century sniper elite soldier training for fun, however he never thought it would come in handy.

After about 3 hours of gruelling cross country travelling Ensign Thomas arrived at a stream and kneeled down beside it, he was hesitant about putting his hand in the water, because of what he had seen before, but he was thirsty after his walk and needed the water or he would dehydrate, he was now only a short distance from the settlement, but he had to be quiet, his life depended on it.

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Craig Mitchell
Ensign Elliot Thomas
Chief Operations Officer
USS ANUBIS, NCC-18501

[The Universe is a huge place, but you always seem to meet someone you know just around the corner.]

2008 post #004

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