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Range looked over at Zeke and shrugged, “If it wasn’t weird, wouldn’t be Starfleet.” Then the Chief turned back to his station to get ready for anything that might have been needed of him on the supposedly uneventful journey from here to the Starbase, and whatever came after that.

Lt Commander Range, COS

“Warp seven… he turned to the XO, “if you can talk the captain into warp eight… its under 70 hours.”

Marsh

“As replicators specifically can’t create lifeforms, perhaps they introduced some sort of advanced alien technology to our device,” Zeke said. “However, I also haven’t ruled out mass hallucination.”

Lt Zeke Drake
CMO

“It is not impossible to reprogram a replicator.” Marsh tilted his head back. “Give me enough time, I probably could give a life form or two the spark of life…”

Marsh

“Well, if they could pull that off, they’re a lot more advanced then we were led to believe,” Zeke snorted in response. “I mean, think of the implications, man! I could replicate lost organs and limbs! Make seeds that will flourish on a starving colony!”

Lt. Zeke Drake
CMO

“Hmm,” Marsh tilted his head back and forth. “Sarcasm Doctor… isn’t that a little beneath you?”

Marsh

“Generally speaking, I only resort to sarcasm in times of great duress, Lieutenant Marsh,” Zeke replied.

CMO

Marsh shook his head. The doctors criteria for ‘great duress’ seemed pretty low.

Marsh

“Generally speaking,” Zeke said as he grinned. “Well, I doubt that anyone would deny that our last mission was a pretty odd one. And a nice shore leave for the entire crew is just what this doctor orders.”

CMO

“Well I guess, if you call a Star-Base shore leave.” Marsh guessed he’d do some shopping. “I’m not even sure that the base is around a planet.” He shrugged. He could take a moment to look it up, but he didn’t are that much as he suspected that there was going to be a mission connected to this run, and they wouldn’t be on location long enough to enjoy themselves anyway.

Marsh