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After a moments pause for his reply Drudoc returned her attention to the remote floating drone scanners nearby. “..Ok then kids! Let’s try this again! Everyone ready?” She asked.

”..Yes!”, “..Duh!”, “..Of course!”, and “..Ms. Andone Tommy is picking his nose and wiping it on the seats!” all came from a the kids or young teens. The last being an Andorian girl of 4 years next to a similar aged human boy.

Kane chuckles softly at the last comment.

Sighing Drudoc chuckled, “..Tommy stop picking your nose, doing so during the race would be dangerous. You don’t want to get hurt right?” Drudoc said in a softer and more motherly tone. “..Also Ta’dail this nose wiping’s on the seat will vanish once the program ends.” she added.

”..Sorry Ms Andone. I don’t wanna get hurt so I’ll stop..” Tommy said.

”..Sorry Ms Andone, I know it goes away, but it’s still gross!” Ta’dail said.

”..Anyhow now that is over with,” She said turning to Kane, “..Commander on my command of ‘go’, hit the green and silver buttons on the control PADD to your right, the program drones will handle the rest for the race and obstacle course.” she instructed.

Kane nodded and picked up the PADD. “On your mark Commodore.” He said and poised his hand above the screen of the PADD.

After getting confirmation of his readiness she shouted, “..On your marks....get set.....annnnnnd GO!” she said.

GM CockRoach / Drudoc Andone CO

On the go Kane let his hand down and pressed the buttons as commanded. He then looked up from the PADD and watched the kids as things progressed. He leaned a little closer as things started up. “Well handled Commodore… I unfortunately have not had many dealings with kids.”

Lt. Cmdr. Solomon Kane, XO

As the race began the trio of racing cars took off down the hill. They had no engines only the natural push of launch from the spring loaded push plates followed by the natural incline of the hill and gravity. So far after 50ft all three vehicles were more or less tied.

”..Nor did I until 2374.” Drudoc said with a faint chuckle and fond smile at one of the cars where the early teen half-human/romulan girl was. “..but as the old Romulan faith would say our paths among the stars rarely ever prepare us for what we want or know. But rather for what we do not expect or are unaware of.” she stated.

In the race the trio of racers rounded a tight series of bends. The team building part here was to coordinate the passengers to ping a sensor marker with a non-harmful laser to left and right of the racer as they passed. It required solid communication between the driver, targeter and ‘gunner’. Kane could see on the screen the first car barely ahead of the other two and driven by the Commodore’s daughter Tel’eck had her two passengers ping the three targets as they passed. The second closely following racer had two of the three targets pinged, and the third racer had all three targets pinged. As they came out of the bends another pusher plate revved up all three cars based on a percentage of the targets hit previously. This gave Tel’eck’s car a solid lead ahead, with the third car taking a slim lead ahead of the former second.

”..I used to be part of the Federation-Romulan Empire officer exchange program, ran briefly from 2379 until 2386, during that time I served as an engineer and later chief engineer aboard the Maverick Mark I medium dreadnought USS Rogue. Later I rose to be her commanding officer. But I also continued to rise in rank with the Imperial navy as well going from a sublieutenant....what the Federation would call an Ensign. To now holding the rank of Senior Fleet Commander in the imperial navy and Commodore in Starfleet. The loss of my husband, Lieutenant Commander Bradley Mitchell, and Tel’eck’s father has not been an easy one for me since his loss in 2385 nor since the Hobus supernova uprooted the quadrant and Star Empire. Nor the troubles earlier with rogue artificial life and the attack on Utopia Planitia and Mars Colony..” She said. “..but despite all its troubles, my service to both the imperial navy and Starfleet and more so my life as a mother with Tel’eck is not something I would ever change or regret..” she said.

On the track the trio of racers round another bend in the track. This time they were to once more ping targets with lasers like before but this time they were moving versus static targets. Tel’eck’s racer in the lead soon passed by two of the three targets being hit. The second racer came around the corner and hit three of the three targets. The third racer coming into view hit only 1 of the three sensors. Thus when all three entered a ramp jump ahead the first two racers came to be almost neck and neck, only Tel’eck’s racer being slightly ahead of the second after their individual boosts. Due to the lack of proper boosting for safety the third racer was guided by the track around the jump and into a pull off area, where the driver and two kids though bummed out it seemed at their loss still seemed to cheer for the remaining two racers.

Smiling a bit at the sight, Drudoc continued, “..You will find the Ark Angel has many family’s aboard. We also have quite a few Romulan and Reman refugees who either joined Starfleet or work aboard as civilian crew seeking a better life then that which the shattered remains of the Empire has fallen too. I would advise you to touch base with the school teacher’s as well as familiarize yourself with our civilian shelters as all Mythology class explorers have. The family’s and civilians are well drilled on where to go and what to do when red or yellow alerts sound. Or if an unexpected emergency happens. NLt Commander Charlie Brickers is the main point officer and representative of them for the current time being for any specific needs they need to voice that needs to come up to our level of attendance..” She explained.

On the track the nearly neck and neck racers again descended down a long hill again laser targets came up this time five in total again they moved but were spouted up from random pop up points going down the hill. It was still anyone’s race at this point. As the two sped by the midpoint of the hill Tel’eck’s racer hit three of the five targets and the second one also hit three of the five. Due to the skill of both drivers Kane could see both were not literally neck and neck with their boosts. As the two finished across the line Kane could see on the sensor measurements that by the narrowest iota of a lead Tel’eck’s racer had eeked out a win. Which the holodeck’s computer highlighted with the winning flag overhead. As both racers came to a stop both teams jumped out soon joined by the third earlier team and shook hands cheering good naturedly.

”..Come on lets head down and see how they did internally for their assignment..” Drudoc said.

GM CockRoach / Drudoc Andone CO