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"Can you confirm there' | "Can you confirm there' | ||
- | Y'lair released the transporter controls and quickly placed an outspread hand over the left side of the immobile John Carter from the USS Republic universe. | + | Y'lair released the transporter controls and quickly placed an outspread hand over the left side of the face of the immobile John Carter from the USS Republic universe. |
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In the meantime, Saal reported back to Theo on the flight deck. | In the meantime, Saal reported back to Theo on the flight deck. | ||
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"How long until we need to engage the transporter?" | "How long until we need to engage the transporter?" | ||
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"They didn't leave us much leeway, did they?" he commented, looking at the transfixed Y' | "They didn't leave us much leeway, did they?" he commented, looking at the transfixed Y' | ||
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- | In the first few front rows, familiar couples sat in observance of the ceremony. | + | In the first few front rows, familiar couples sat in observance of the ceremony. |
The ceremony had reached it's apex, as cultural etiquette was met, and the admiral finished her sermon after reading from a leather-bound copy of the Articles of Confederation laid open on the podium in front of her. | The ceremony had reached it's apex, as cultural etiquette was met, and the admiral finished her sermon after reading from a leather-bound copy of the Articles of Confederation laid open on the podium in front of her. | ||
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- | Back on the command platform, the older first officer released a held breath. | + | Back on the command platform, the older first officer released a held breath. |
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//"It doesn' | //"It doesn' | ||
- | "It doesn' | + | "It doesn' |
- | As for Forrest, the red glow from his cyber-enhanced left eye pulsated ominously, giving his partially-robotic facial implant the appearance of a Borg drone while his mechanical right arm dialed in a set of codes that were transmitted over a different set of subspace | + | As for Forrest, the red glow from his cyber-enhanced left eye pulsated ominously, giving his partially-robotic facial implant the appearance of a Borg drone while his mechanical right arm dialed in a set of codes that transmitted over a digital |
- | Above their heads, at about the same altitude as the Terran fleet, | + | Above their heads, at about the same altitude as the Terran fleet, |
While alien to some, the egg-shaped ship was quite familiar to Will Riker, and as dawning recognition spread across his face, John Carter smiled with sweet vengeance. | While alien to some, the egg-shaped ship was quite familiar to Will Riker, and as dawning recognition spread across his face, John Carter smiled with sweet vengeance. |