WHO: Captain Rrak
WHERE: PezDispenser

Well, since we haven't heard anything from the ships Grey Killer, Pondscum Nebula, Oreo1 or Oreo2, we have to assume the worst...

As a fitting end to this story, here is my entry to end the hostility...

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In the cold, darkness of space, the Smuggling Freighter, PezDispenser, comes out of hyperspace. On a dangerous mission to get a shipment of milk from the MarketStar System to the Outer Colonies, the PezDispenser comes up the remains of something...

Ship's Navigator: "Captain, we're picking up some strange readings on objects in the area. This must be the spot."

Captain Rrak to Ship's Science Officer: "Xoltar, can you get me more info on whatever it is we've run across?"

Xoltar: "Sure Cap. Give me a sec..."

Captain Rrak waits patiently while thinking about the rumors of the space battle he heard about recently. He had to pay dearly for that information, but if his hunch was correct, the reward would be enormous - maybe retirement from the smuggling business. Perhaps he could make an honest living as a dancer - he always loved dancing...

Xoltar: "Cap, looks like we've found what we're looking for."

Captain Rrak: "Put it up on the screen."

The site displayed on the monitor was more than he expected. Out there, preserved by the coldness of space was an immense cloud of pure, frothy chocolate milk! Jackpot! Chocolate milk was a rare luxury and people would pay him handsomely for it.

Captain Rrak: "Xoltar, start the collection process! And make sure you're careful. That's the most precious cargo we've ever found and if all goes right, it'll be our last. Finally, I am going to be a dancer!!!"

...after a few hours...

Xoltar: "All done cap. By reconfiguring the cargo bays and bypassing the main technobabble circuits to the backup techiejargon relays, I managed to collect and store it all!"

Captain Rrak: "Yeah, whatever. Let's get out of here and earn us some money!"

Ship's Navigator: "Course set for the Outer Colonies Captain. We should be there in about 12 parsecs."

Captain Rrak: "Make it so."

As the PezDispenser surged ahead once again into hyperspace, Captain Rrak thought about the irony of the situation. His information on this find included another tidbit of information. Perhaps if the two captains involved in their suicidal destruction had know what he'd known, he wouldn't be on his way to being the wealthiest ex-smuggler in the galaxy. Apparently Captain Gorak and Captain GreyStar were brothers - the twin sons of a forbidden Human and Romulon union. They were separated at birth when one took on the features of his Romulon parent while the other took on the features on his Human parent.

fade out to the blackness of space...