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current_story:these_are_the_times_part_1 [2023/03/17 03:12] – cromwellcurrent_story:these_are_the_times_part_1 [2026/04/30 04:30] (current) – cromwell
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 "C'mon, Cromwell!  Yer puttin' us behind schedule!" echoed the angry Texan voice as it moved away from him with the troopers.  "That looks VERY bad on my report!" "C'mon, Cromwell!  Yer puttin' us behind schedule!" echoed the angry Texan voice as it moved away from him with the troopers.  "That looks VERY bad on my report!"
  
-It took Leon a few more seconds to shake the excess mud off his weapon and check for its operability by tilting it on its side and analyzing the readouts.  He really didn't have to, since Starfleet hand weaponry were designed to handle the most brutal conditions, but his decades-old training on the older Type 3 rifles in the 2260s told him to double check.  As he could hear Hendrix's gruff diatribe to the hazard team down the path, Leon was hesitant to move on before slogging himself out of the muck.  After a moment, he clumsily trotted up to the assembled troopers, taking his place near one of the ensigns who formed the lead end of a squad formation.+It took Leon a few more seconds to shake the excess mud off his weapon and check for its operability by tilting it on its side and analyzing the readouts.  He really didn't have to, since Starfleet hand weaponry were designed to handle the most brutal conditions, but his decades-old training on the older Type 3 rifles in the 2360s told him to double check.  As he could hear Hendrix's gruff diatribe to the hazard team down the path, Leon was hesitant to move on before slogging himself out of the muck.  After a moment, he clumsily trotted up to the assembled troopers, taking his place near one of the ensigns who formed the lead end of a squad formation.
  
 "That was PITIFUL!" shouted Hendrix angrily, walking back and forth in front of the line of soldiers standing at attention.  "Absolutely PITIFUL!"  The rain did not let up, and as it collected on the commander's wide-brimmed ranchers hat, it poured off the back in a steady current while he whipped his head from side to side, glaring at each trooper in front of him.  "Yer approach to the bunker was slow, yer battle wedge formation was broken up in three places, and some idiot blew up the wrong cave!  Who WAS that?  Johnson?" he targeted one of the troops.  "Was it you YOU?  Were YOU the one who tossed that photon grenade in the wrong direction??" "That was PITIFUL!" shouted Hendrix angrily, walking back and forth in front of the line of soldiers standing at attention.  "Absolutely PITIFUL!"  The rain did not let up, and as it collected on the commander's wide-brimmed ranchers hat, it poured off the back in a steady current while he whipped his head from side to side, glaring at each trooper in front of him.  "Yer approach to the bunker was slow, yer battle wedge formation was broken up in three places, and some idiot blew up the wrong cave!  Who WAS that?  Johnson?" he targeted one of the troops.  "Was it you YOU?  Were YOU the one who tossed that photon grenade in the wrong direction??"
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 "You pull a stunt like that again and I'll throw you in a hole so deep it'll take someone a MONTH to reach you!  DISMISSED!" "You pull a stunt like that again and I'll throw you in a hole so deep it'll take someone a MONTH to reach you!  DISMISSED!"
  
-Nervously, the assembled soldiers came to attention and began filing out of the holodeck in a column of twos.  As they left, the lieutenant commander turned to the doctor.+Nervously, the assembled soldiers came to attention and began filing out of the holosuite in a column of twos.  As they left, the lieutenant commander turned to the doctor.
  
 "Lieutenant Cromwell," Hendrix called over to Leon.  "A moment please." "Lieutenant Cromwell," Hendrix called over to Leon.  "A moment please."
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 With confusion, Leon turned to look between the departing columns and Hendrix a few times before walking towards the commander, who was already taking a leisurely swagger in his direction. With confusion, Leon turned to look between the departing columns and Hendrix a few times before walking towards the commander, who was already taking a leisurely swagger in his direction.
  
-"I suppose you're wondering what this is all about," he softened his tone as the holodeck doors groaned shut.+"I suppose yer wondering what this is all about," he softened his tone as the holosuite doors groaned shut.
  
 "Now that you mention it..." Leon replied leerily. "Now that you mention it..." Leon replied leerily.
  
-"I'm from the Ess-Oh-Gee," he said quietly, crossing his muscular arms and holding a finger to his chin.  His demeanor remained subdued even though the rain was still muffling their conversation and the rest of the troopers had already left the holodeck.  Why he was acting so covertly remained a mystery. +"I'm from the Ess-Oh-Gee," he said quietly, crossing his muscular arms and holding a finger to his chin.  His demeanor remained subdued even though the rain was still muffling their conversation and the rest of the troopers had already left the holosuite.  Why he was acting so covertly remained a mystery. 
  
 "I don't understand," Leon admitted, clearly at a loss.  "What's the 'SOG'?" "I don't understand," Leon admitted, clearly at a loss.  "What's the 'SOG'?"
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