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Offline Commander La'ra

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Why We Fight
« on: September 14, 2006, 07:28:07 am »
Microscopic, depressing little nugget I've never posted. 

La'ra is a character who is close to my heart, if for no other reason than the voice in my head that represents him laments that he cannot save everyone.

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Why We Fight



The blood was old, dry, and covered most of the yacht's deck.

"How many were aboard?" La'ra asked.

"Six." Ran'jar’s mouth twitched. "All but the children are... accounted for."

"How long ago?"

"A month."  Ran'jar's informed.  There'd be no finding the raiders… or their prizes.

Hiv’laposh had found the pleasure boat adrift.  If they'd sent a distress call, no one had heard it.

La’ra’s gaze fell upon one of the woman.  He wondered whether she’d been pretty.

"How long were they here?"

“Three days."

La'ra closed his eyes and cursed.
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"Dialogue from a play, Hamlet to Horatio: 'There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy.' Dialogue from a play written long before men took to the sky. There are more things in heaven and earth, and in the sky, than perhaps can be dreamt of. And somewhere in between heaven, the sky, the earth, lies the Twilight Zone."
                                                                 ---------Rod Serling, The Last Flight

Offline Grim Reaper

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Re: Why We Fight
« Reply #1 on: September 15, 2006, 10:44:00 am »
Was looking to a 9/11 docu the other day, gives the same feeling as La'ra probably getting.
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Re: Why We Fight
« Reply #2 on: September 15, 2006, 11:08:23 pm »
I never expected you would write anything with an unhappy ending, my friend...no matter how short.

This is progress.

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Offline Commander La'ra

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Re: Why We Fight
« Reply #3 on: September 17, 2006, 11:10:47 pm »
Quote from: Governor Ronjar on September 15, 2006, 11:08:23 pm
I never expected you would write anything with an unhappy ending, my friend...no matter how short.

You've read a couple with sucky endings before.:)
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"Dialogue from a play, Hamlet to Horatio: 'There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy.' Dialogue from a play written long before men took to the sky. There are more things in heaven and earth, and in the sky, than perhaps can be dreamt of. And somewhere in between heaven, the sky, the earth, lies the Twilight Zone."
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Re: Why We Fight
« Reply #4 on: September 18, 2006, 08:28:52 am »
Yes, I think I had the end point of this little piece in mind when I did that Chronicle I've not posted yet but let you see, Larry. This kind of garbage exists, you want, almost need to go after them, but you can't for one reason or another.

And even if you do catch them, what then? As non-Starfleet you have "options", but the upright, uptight guardians of the Federation cannot do what they'd want to, or they'll become a disgrace to their uniform...

PS. "Sucky" is different from "unhappy" *grin*
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Re: Why We Fight
« Reply #5 on: September 18, 2006, 10:07:01 pm »
Quote from: Commander La'ra on September 17, 2006, 11:10:47 pm

You've read a couple with sucky endings before.:)

Maybe with what YOU concider sucky, perhaps... Usually your heroes win the day in at least some small measure.

And as to Andy's response...Ford would figure out a way to see justice done...Vic Macky style. (A reference from 'The Shield', for those who don't watch FX or Spike TV) IE: when Vic makes sure a killer/rapist he has no evidence on gets accidently 'deported' to Mexico, even though he's an American citizen... They love rapists down there in THOSE jails...

--thu guv!
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Re: Why We Fight
« Reply #6 on: September 18, 2006, 10:15:38 pm »
Heh.  Remember, though, your favorite style of movie is the type where a 'happy ending' is that 'one person lived'. ;D
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Re: Why We Fight
« Reply #7 on: September 19, 2006, 12:04:24 am »
IF that...

--thu guv!
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