A squiggy story =P-The tales of the USS Lauraina

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Prologue:

"They are ready for you, Sir." a Yeoman said, outloud.
Captain Lori Van den Haus jumped slightly at this.
This is it... she thought to herself, they have finally made thier decision.
It had been 6 months since She had been arrested for recklessly endangering her ship, destruction of property, and negligence causing the death of fourteen individuals.
The USS Interceptor-C, a small but sturdy miranda class vessel was her first command.
Starfleet sent her out to go create diplomatic talks with the rather warlike aliens, the Telarans.
She made only one mistake. She shook the Telaran ambassador's hand.
This was an ultimate sign of disrespect among the Telarans, and they immediately declared war.
In the battle the ensued, the Interceptor-C, and two other Miranda class vessels were lost, but most of the crew servived.
Except 14.
"Captain?" The Yeoman beckoned.
"Yes, Yeoman, I'm ready." Lori replied.
and they left the small area where prisoners where held during thier trial, in not such good spirits.

"Captain Lorissa Van den Haus, You have been charged with one count of recklessly endangering you ship, three counts of destruction of starfleet property, namely the USS Interceptor-C, the USS Alantra, and the USS Flinar. You are also charged with Negligence causing the death of fourteen individuals. You have pleaded not Guilty. This tribunal has made it's decision. Are you prepared to face the charges?" Came the booming voice of Admiral Nogura.
Lori trembled slightly, hearing the power behind the old mans voice, and for a few moments, she could not speak.
"Captain, Delaying this tribunal will not change the outcome, whatever that may be."
"I am aware of this, Admiral, and I am prepared to face the charges you have falsely accused me of." She replied, this time, not an ounce of hesitation.
A small smile spread across the Admirals face.
"This tribunal has reached the following decisions:
On the count of recklessly endangering your vessel, we find you not guilty." The admiral said.
Lori let out a small sigh of relief.
"On all fourteen counts of negligence causing death, we find you not guilty." The admiral said.
Lori let out a larger sigh of relief.
"On the counts of negligence causing destruction of starfleet property, since your actions only destroyed the interceptor-c, and the other two vessels were other captain's jobs to look out for, we find you guilty of only one of three of these charges."
A small crease appeared between Lori's eyes...
They are going to give me a freighter, I know it. she thought, with an apt description of bureaucratic mentality.
"Are you prepared to face the consequences of these findings, Captain?"
After a deep breath, Lori Replied "I am."
"Very well. It is the decision of this court, and most especially admiral Lee that you be demoted in rank.
You will report for your new duty at 0800 hours tommorow morning on the USS Lauraina. You will find rank, insignia, and orders, all laid out in your quarters."
"Thank you sir."
"Good luck, Ensign."
ENSIGN? She thought...surely the admiral must have had a slip of the tongue...
...surely...

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Cool story.

Maybe a little better grammar could be used in there so it will be easier to understand. But it is cool!

Good Job!


Annette.

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Thanks for the constructive criticism Annette, it's always welcome.

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Chapter 0.5{They are going up by .5 increments, lol}
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Ensign Lorissa Van den Haus stared around her rather small quarters..
Crew quarters aboard Excallibre class vessels were not renowned for thier largeness, nor thier comfort.
Much smaller than officers quarters...
The worst part...the worst part...
was the BUG.
Lieutenant P3pink was a small insectoid species whose' name was not translatable.
AND...
...it was her roommate.
Normally, Starship captains have a high tolerance for non-human species.
BUT...
As her xeno-psyche teacher had once said, she is an "Entomophobe".
P3Pink looked up from his/her/it's desk, and saw the slight shudder as she noticed all 14 of his/her/it's eyes on her.
"Welcome, to you. Mate-room-share." It said in a wierd, high pitched, rather annoying voicec.
"Ummm...thanks...." Was all she could say.
"Entomophobic, me thinks you is." It said.
"Err... how could you tell?"
"Well lets see, the slight shudder, the rigidness of ur spine, the fact that ur face is whiter than the ceiling, and the fact that you cringe at the word entomophobe is just a start. You humans are so easy to read...even for ex-captains."
"Yo...you KNOW about that? I thought it was CONFIDENTIAL!"
"Confidential, or not, does not matter. Most of the ship knows."
"Great."
"mmm... sarcasm is that, or irony?" It asked.
"A little of both. Er...do you have a proper gender, or are just a ...well... a ...it?"
"Human genders apply to me. "Sir", or "Mr." are accurate." HE replied.
"Very well Sir, may I ask, how did you find out?"
"errr...the grape vine, is the term, believes does me."
"Ahhh... ok."
"If pardon you would me, Miss Vandenhaus, I have work to do. My shift startly starts."
"Very well, Sir. Have a good shift."
"Have a good nap, Ms. Vandenhaus."
"Me? Sleep? At this hour? Are you NUTS?"
"No Miss Vandenhaus, I'm bug. Now if you will excuse me, I must go."
And go he went.
Pulling all 12 of his legs out from under him, he quickly exited the room.
"Oh bloody hell. I'm not even here twenty minutes, and my room-mate hates me." She said aloud.
Who would have thought, Someone was actually listening.

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Interlogue
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Q-Two smiled evilly.
everything was going according to plan.
The meaningless human was slowly accepting that her life sucked.
Soon, she would welcome the gift of the Q.
For that is what the Q wished.
But Q-2 planned to stop that from happening.

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Chapter 1.0
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Lorissa Van den Haus wasn't very amused when she arrived for duty.
It was for an away mission.
She was in charge of "General Morale Keeping".
Which meant she was the chief cook and bottle and bug washer.

Commander Lee, ADMIRAL Lee's Daughter, was the chief of this Op.
This reeks of foul she thought.
"Alright," Commander Lee said, "Here we go. Away mission to rescue a crashed freighter on the arachnid world or Arachnae. All crew have reported in, so lets do a quick round of attendance."
"P3Pink?"
"Here is me, and me is here." The bug said, as it sauntered in about 3 minutes late.
"Good. Commander Alantra Van Den Haus?"
"Here, lana." a small woman said
"Ensign Lorissa Van Den Haus?"
"Reporting for duty Sir." Lori replied.
"Lei... Wait... Commander and Ensign Van den Haus?"
"Lori?" Commander Van den Haus asked.
"Aunt Lana?" Lori replied.
"Oh God no. There's two of them on this ship." Commander Lee said.
"Anyways, moving right along..."
After several minutes, everyon was accounted for.
"Good. Report to the transporter room. Make sure you are well equipped."
"Aye sir"

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((I ACTUALLY ADDED MORE =P))

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The meaningless woman would not matter long now. If the away mission fails, and the ship cannot find it's crew, why will she matter...

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Chapter 1.5
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"Energize!" said Commander Lee.
The bright and fuzzy feeling of the transporter beam engulfed Lori, and she glared at the bright light.
When the party reformed, Lori took a quick look around.
Aunt Lana, and Commander Lee were the only people of high rank in sight. The big stuck out rather loudly, but next to it, she noticed something wierd. It was a spider. Sort of.
It was also as tall as Aunt Lana.
"Tch, Tich, Tch tch?" P3Pink asked it.
"Tch tich tech tach tch." it replied.
The translator read that as:
P3Pink: Are you the leader, sir/ma'am?
Spider: Yes. I lead those who don't like you.
Lana drew her phaser cautiously.
"Put it away, Commander." Commander Lee warned.
"Why" Aunt Lana asked.
"Au...er... Commander Van Den Haus..."
"Yes L...er... Ensign Van Den Haus?"
"There are three more spiders looking at your phaser."
"What?"
P3Pink made a series of clicks, and the spiders jumped on Commander Lee.
"Traitor!" Lorissa yelled.
"Lo, I'm firing."Lana whispered.
With a brilliant flash, P3Pink disolved into phaser energy.
And time froze.

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As Lori looked about, she noticed that the spiders, and P3Pink had stopped dissapearing into phaser energy. Aunt Lana was in the middle of yelling "Off with thier heads", and a strange man appeared.
"You may have won the battle, Young lady, but I will win the war."
She looked at him quizically.
Then time resumed.
and Aunt Lana was eaten by a spider.
"Oh bloody hell." lori said.