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Empire Union Day
Empire's Union Day - A Glorious day of celebration for Klingons! Since it falls closely to a Terran holiday called St Patrick's Day we celebrated again with our sister ship the USS Veritas. The drinks flowed freely and . Further information on this gathering has been -CLASSIFIED! Heghlu'DI' mobbe'lu'chugh QaQqu' Hegh wanI'.  Bowling Battle!
An incoming hail was received from the USS Excalibur. They have challenged us to engage in Wargames. The battleground was not one I would have preferred - Cosmic Bowling! We were escorted by our sister ship the USS Veritas and excellent time was had by all. Full report awaiting declassification. bItuHIaHbe'chugh bIQaplalHbe'. 0101.01
Our Science Officer Ba'el was gracious enough to host and we raised our glasses high to welcome the new millennium together with our sister ship the USS Veritas. Commander Reid demonstrated his prowess with drills of precision torpedo firing. Many drinks and good times were had by all! Midshipman V'vantar was promoted to the rank of Ensign for Outstanding Service. bIjatlh 'e' yImev. yItlhutlh! Encampment in Orlando
We received incoming transmissions from the IKV Shadow Runner. Their long-range scans show a planet rich in dilithium in the Orlando system. The planet also offers good hunting and other mineral mining opportunities. The last survey mission assigned to the planet was never heard from again and the High Council has opened the planet for private mining and geological survey. CDR Ruthar sutai Lorenssith, LT CDR tIn'HIch'nuj tai Lorenssith, Brev MAJ tIq'batlh sutai Veska, Midshipman V.vantar Ali.ciana of House Veska, 2nd LT QIb'tIq tai Lorenssith, 1st LT targ'QeH of House Lorenssith and Staff Sgt Qong.HoH of House Lorenssith were permitted to beam to the planet surface by the High Council. Strange that access was granted so easily, dilithium-mining rights are usually very difficult to have granted. No favors or tithes to the Empire were required to gain access to the planet. It seems too easy! We made Base Camp and savored the chance to leave the ship and the MANY MANY modifications that still need to be made to our ship's systems. Hunting parties were soon formed and many kills were taken. The skins and furs were used to cover our shelter walls and floors. Chief Engineer targ'QeH produced several amazing engineering feats by creating power generators and power converters that function despite the high levels of radiation from the dilithium deposits. tIn'HIch'nuj was successful in procuring us a portable Cargo Transporter. It was strong enough to transport all of our needed equipment to the planet despite all the radiation. The portable computer interface had trouble maintaining contact with the ship, but the crew is in such high sprits that the work is much more like shore leave than a long term Away Mission. The IKV FekLhr's Hoof joined our camp on the planet's surface. It was good to see my venerable Line-sister again! Her ship and her progeny were eager to join us hunting and in making camp. Captain KheTara brought the hall's main brazier and we held a feast in honor of the day. The feast was excellent! We owe a debt of gratitude to V'vantar for her superb culinary efforts. (She shall be presented an award!) Trouble struck swiftly as reports of a ferocious creature near the camp reached my ears. A Beast more fearsome than any other on the planet had been sighted by Brev MAJ tIq'batlh! The Marines were hot for the Beast's blood! The creature stalked the entire area and then came to the very door of our Encampment! The Great Hunt began! Every Warrior held their weapon high and took off in pursuit of the Beast. At first the Beast escaped capture, but it was not long before the MFL was able to corner the creature. Taking on the Beast in one on one combat he sustained heavy wounds. We when reported the Beast to the local authorities we discovered that they already knew of the creature! And when they stated fact that the Beast had killed the previous Klingon Away Team THEY ACTED as if it was of NO CONCERN to them! INSOLENT TO'PAHS!! We immediately arrested "Sean of the Con" and placed him on trial. He admitted the planet's guilt and for reparation agreed that he and the planet's inhabitants would mine dilithium for the Honor's Blade crew. Later that night we captured a local expert "Hunter" to help us display the fearsome monster before a waiting crowd. While the Hunter was describing the Beast's long fangs and poisonous claws - the creature became incensed and bolted for escape! The 'Blade crew reacted quickly and painsticked the creature to death before the roaring crowd. Strangely judges appeared and presented us an award for our efforts! The judges continued to favor us that night. In honor of Vk'TORea's Day of Inclusion I offered to teach her to fight with the bat'leth or sing a traditional Klingon song. Her mother had already given her excellent and ample bat'leth instruction that day, so she choose the song. She quickly was begging for the bat'leth after I began to sing. For surviving - er listening to my singing the judges presented Vk'TORea "First Place" in the Gong Show! The competition was very intense! A first rate performance by everyone's favorite engineer "Scotty" was a very close second! It was my honor to present Brev MAJ tIq'batlh with the Distinguished Service Award. For going above and beyond the call of duty - 1st LT targ'QeH was awarded his Honor Sash and earned the tai honorific in his name. KAI tIq'batlh! KAI targ'QeH! KAI Honor's Blade! Commendations for Extraordinary Service were entered into the permanent records for LT CDR tIn'HIch'nuj, Midshipman V.vantar Ali.ciana, 2nd LT QIb'tIq and Staff Sgt Qong.HoH. As we broke camp and returned to the ship we decided to invite the "Party Animals" of the Orlando System to our quarters for another celebration. SoCo Soaked Cherries proved to be as potent as Bloodwine! We will need to serve these at future Diplomatic Functions! Hoch 'ebmey tIjon Excursion to MOSI
Terrans have a strange custom commonly called "Halloween". It is the one time a year they celebrate death. CDR Ruthar, LT CDR tIn'HIch'nuj, Brev MAJ tIq' batlh, 1st LT targ 'QeH, Midshipman V'vantar Ali'ciana and Staff Sgt Qong'HoH to an excursion to Spaceport MOSI to take part in their celebrations. All of the participates were in different disguises so infiltration was effortless. Upon arrival were assigned an armed guard as a "guide". If not for the fact that she was quite lovely (for a Vampire!) I believe my crew would have killed her where she stood!!! We had plundered several Ferengi cargo vessels and we were heavily laden with booty. As we traveled through the Spaceport we were eager to share our warprizes with the other guests. They gratefully accepted our beads and shared a sugary substance known as .candy. with us. We examined many of the Spaceports Science labs and although their technology is not as advanced as ours - it proved fascinating nonetheless.
When we managed not to kill any of the Spaceports guests and they presented us a large tribute of YUCH! But then the Marine Force Leader won so many of the hearts of the Spaceport's female guests that a large reward was placed on his head.
So we made our farewells and planned to regroup on the Promenade of a neighboring space station - University Mall. Our team was almost captured when my Chief Engineer did not leave for the rendezvous point on time. Apparently he had been captured by a "French Maid". If not for the valor of The One and V'vantar - we would have lost the entire male contingent of our away team! The promenade of the Space Station was sedate but exquisite. There were many shops selling everything from data tapes to apparel. Apparently a contingent of Klingons free roaming aboard their Station was enough to raise several eyebrows, but unfortunately no blood was split.
So off we went in search of food. We conquered an excellent place to dine. Locals know it as TGI Friday's and it is set in a strange Quantum Loop where it is always the sixth day of the Earther week. The fare was excellent - for cooked food.
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