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Thomas slowly stood up in his chair never being one to let things drag on he tried to find the fastest and best way to solve things. " If I may?" Thomas said now standing fully on sore muscles. The hall began to fill with whispers as the still new ambassador from Earth made the first move.

Thrud using the hologavel once again calms down the den. "The council recognizes the ambassador from Earth," Thurd said causing all eyes to turn to Thomas. Thomas supported his weight on the table as best as he could while trying to talk.

"Fellows Ambassadors and delegates it would seem to me that the new member for the council position should be someone that we all feel will be able to take up where the former Bajoran ambassador left off. I ask only that when choosing we choose on merit and ability, not age," Thomas said.

Now slowly sitting down Thomas could hear whispers about why he said that and question about why he was moving slowly. Thomas was not trying in anyway to get himself elected, he was not even considering the possibility. Watching Thomas waited as Thrud reached for the hologavel once again.

As the den became silent once again Thrud opened the floor once again to anyone. It seemed that it was forever until someone else chimmed in. Raising her hand the ambassador from Betazed was acknowledge. "The council recgonizes the ambassador from Betazed," Thrud said.

"Fellow diplomatic members after hearing what Legate Latrem has stated I hereby nominate the Delegate from the Wadi embassy to fill the position," she said causing another uproar of voices. Sitting down the group talked over the nomiation and waited for other to have their hats thrown in the ring.

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Ambassador Of Earth

New Phoenix City, Gibraltar

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< 12:30 Hrs, >

The rain was now pouring down heavily. The Weathernet had been true to their calling this day. They had surely made it storm. KaRae sat in the Shuttleport waiting for the final security clearances before she boarded her shuttle for the trip to New Scotland. As luck would have it today, Anna was on duty at the Shuttleport providing security coverage. She and Master Yodan were talking away just out of earshot from KaRae.

With the storm all around, KaRae almost considered using the Stargate and she might have if it were not still being gone over with a fine tooth comb. Security was not about to let her, of Drachir go through the gate again till it was given a 100% good bill of health.

"Good afternoon Madame president," Anna said as she approached.

KaRae smiled. "Good afternoon Anna. Nice to see you today. I hope you and Yodan had a nice conversation."

Anna smiled and giggled. "Yes indeed. I am always inspired by the great Master and hope to become a master too someday."

Yodan approached and turned his ears thoughtfully. "Master shall you be someday…but only patience shall get you there."

Anna nodded. "Yes, I know Master."

KaRae could see the pilot waving her on. "Well it is time for Yodan and I to be off. Perhaps when I return you and I can sit and talk a while."

Anna nodded happily. "Yes, I would love that Madame President."

KaRae gave Anna a reassuring pat on her right arm. "Take care then. See you soon."

Anna waved and then watched as KaRae and Yodan walked out of the Shuttleport and toward the waiting shuttle.

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Executive Governor H.Q. Gibraltar;

President of the Temporal Federation

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After both Sarah and Cassie returned to the offices, the dispatcher authorised all Gibraltar domestic travel as well as the travel plans of most transports heading for the rest of the Federation. She noted that the arrivals were now being routed to both the orbiting spaceport as well as the landing pads on the surface, but the large pads. Sitting in her office, Sarah had a view of each pad and a restricted view of the spaceport.

Cassie had returned to her cubical which was on the other side of the offices area. With Controller Grey leaving Cassie will be moving a little closer so chats between the two women can be effective.

My god I'm getting married already. Sarah thought. As the day began to rap up, the sky gaining darkness and many of the fellow controllers packing up to get home for dinner with family or meeting them out.

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< Ambasadorial Hall >

Mailee Loopa stood up and thrud said "The council recognizes the ambassador from Tatooine"

Maillee loopa then said "So as to have options here as so far we only have the one ambasador nominated I shall put Myself forward If i may "

Mailee sat back down and the hall decended back into the normal murmering that happened including someone saying "A foregner she is not even from a member state " and the Vulcan ambasador replying "Neither is Ambasador Thrud".

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< Cledib’s Office >

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Is any Jedi council awair of your collection" Drachir Said, "Some of this stuff would be of interest to the high council on Yarvin IV.

You seem to have holocron from thousands of years ago and lightsabers as old when your training should have you with NO lightsaber, no matter some potential legendary Sabers from both the Light and dark Sides.

"I wasn’t aware I had to notify them of my collection. Most of this stuff was acquired from private collectors, some I did find on my own, most of the stuff dosn’t work or is missing components." Cledib walks over to one of the display cases and pulls out a small pearl.

"This is the prize of my collection" he says handing it to Drachir. "It is a Perfect Kryat Pearl, I litterly stumbled over it."

"Ok, now back to business, As far as Tobias goes, he one of the best I’ve ever worked with, seems to come about infiltration naturally, he acutully infiltrated the security guarding the crown jewles of Proxis 10."

"Why, umm.. I did mention that he had a questionable background"

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Chief of Intelligence

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< Intel chiefs office >

"Questionable how questionable like do we have leit warrants current on him" Drachir responded.

"As far as I am concerned the past is that but I cannot have a known criminal with time left to serve working for us, You understand what I am saying".

"and about the collection I am going to have to tell Yodan as some of it is force active I can feel some sith holocron and sabers from here"

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"Questionable how questionable like do we have leit warrants current on him" Drachir responded.

"As far as I am concerned the past is that but I cannot have a known criminal with time left to serve working for us, You understand what I am saying".

"None that have come across my desk" Cledib says reaching for another PADD.

"There is one more matter, I dont exactly know where he is at the moment and I need your authorization to task someone to finding him"

Cledib hands the PADD to Drachir.

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"and about the collection I am going to have to tell Yodan as spme of it is force active I can feel some sith holocron and sabers from here"

Thats fine, I completely understand.

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Jedi Padawain

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< Intel Chiefs office >

"Ok Well how much do you know about his wareabouts how much work and how much manpower to bring this man aboard "

"Can I have a look at the Krayt pearl " Drachir said and placed the pearl in his right hand.

"Strewth that is a good perl save that and put it behind the focus crystal of yor lightsaber when you build it they amplify the power of the beam lucky man Perls are the rarest of crystals used for sabers"

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Executive Lieutenant Governor;

New Phoenix City;

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Thomas listened as the other Ambassadors and the delegates kept talking. Able to hear the conversation of those around him he agreed with some of the points being made and disagreed with others. Not all of the ambassadors seemed to be taking what Thomas had said to heart, but that was to be expected.

The Vulcan ambassador stood and the room seemed to semi-quite down by itself. "The council recognizes the ambassador from Vulcan," Thrud said calming the room once again. "Fellow Ambassadors and delegates alike I stand before you after much deliberation with myself. I hereby nominate the ambassador and representitive from Earth as a possiblity to fill the open council position," the ambassador said sitting down saying nothing more.

The room filled with the loud noise of deliberation from the other ambassadors. Many of them saying that they agree with the ambassador, and others disagreeing with it. Thomas just sat there in dismay, saying nothing.

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Ambassador Of Earth

New Phoenix City, Gibraltar 

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< Intelligence Complex, Gibraltar, Chief Cledib Antaraes' Office >

In the new chief of intelligence, on Gibraltar, office a holographic panel on the floor and it activated. Displaying Minister Neo's appearance. "Chief Antaraes, first I want to congratulate you on your placement into department head. Secondly, I need you to alert the President to a potential hostile take over of Dobson 3 colony immediately." The hologram said.

< Dobson 3 >

As he finished his message to his counterpart on Gibraltar, Neo left his office and headed back over to the Governor's office. He hoped Heron was both there and available, as Neo classified the situation as urgent and its not like everytime Neo sees Heron its not urgent.

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Cledib and Drachir were still discussing Tobias when suddenly the holographic communicator in his office switched on.

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"Chief Antaraes, first I want to congratulate you on your placement into department head. Secondly, I need you to alert the President to a potential hostile take over of Dobson 3 colony immediately." The hologram said.

Cledib watches as it flashes off.

"Kind of abrupt, Lt. Governor, I trust you heard that" Cledib says turning to Lt. Governor Drachir who was standing just inside the doorway

"I heard that if neo had not disappeared I would have said something to him immediately do you want to contact KaRae or shall I " Drachir responded

"Either or, I should probably get back in touch with Mr. Neo and gather what information I can" Cledib replies

"ok I will trust your judgement on the last issue and get on my way, I can contact the president and You get back on to neo use your priority channel Intel 1 Alpha 1 gamma unless you have changed it that should work" Drachir replied

"Will do Sir" Cledib says pulling out a Blank pad from a drawer inside his desk

"Ok well I suppose I should be getting back to my office and contacting the boss" Drachir said

"Thank you for stopping by sir" Cledib says standing as the Lt. Governor leaves

"Chief Antaraes to Sara-Astrid, please report to my office"

<2 minutes later>

Cledib hears a chime at his door alerting him that someone is outside. "Enter" he says watching Ms Astrid walk in.

"Is there something I can do sir?" she asks taking a seat across from him.

"As you know Minister Neo just sent me a communique, unfortunately he left before I could respond so I need you to Open a Priority 1 Communique to Mr. Neo at Dobson 3"

"I’ll get right on that sir, is there anything else?" Sara asks standing up.

"Have you come across any information regarding an invasion of Dobson 3, anything?"

"There have been rumors of Cardassians in the area but they are just that, rumors, I’ll see what I can find" she says getting up from her desk. "BTW, you have a great collection here" she says pointing to the various artifacts.

~ Unfortunately I may have to give most of them up soon~ he thinks to himself.

<Sara-Astrids Office>

Sara being a part of the computer itself fades out once she enters her office and accesses the commands that she needs.

"Computer, open a Priority channel Intel I Alpha1 Gamma, destination Dobson 3, Minister Neo"

the computer beeps in response and the channel begins to open.

"Hold for Chief Cledib Minister" Sara says opening another communique to Chief Antaraes

=/\="Sir, Minister Neo is on the comm"=/\=

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<15 mins later Vice Presidents office>

"Computer I need A priority one message to Prededent Daelan senate VP1 alpha 4 Epsilon 9 Drachir" Drachir said as he entered his office

=^= Channel ready=^= the computer chirped as Drachir sat down.

=^= KaRae this is a priority one message I was seeing the new intel Chief Cledib when Mr Neo came on the holographic comunicator and said to cledib that there is a possible invasion of Dobson 3 and then dissapeared.

I was in the doorway getting ready to leave Mr neo asked Cledib to tell You, I am giving you the message as Cledib is contacting Neo on his priority channel like I am using mine this sounds big Drachir out. =^= Drachir recorded.

Once the computer bleeped recording ended Drachir said " Computer use senate scramble code 1a1presedential to transmit I want the extra security just in case whomever intercepts this.

the computer bleeped to confirm this and a holographic message apeared on the table =^= message transmitted Channel senate VP1 alpha 4 Epsilon 9 Drachir encoding 1a1presedential =^=

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< New Inverness, New Scotland >

The overcast that covered the central continent was no where to be found on New Scotland. KaRae and Yodan had arrived in New Inverness for a Campaign rally about thirty minutes ago. After a brief greeting and snack with the town's Mayor, they all headed off to the town green where the rally would be held.

As a few thick clouds blew across the bright disc that was Sargas A, KaRae sat behind the Podium with Yodan watching nearby. The Mayor was giving the citizens of New Inverness a pep talk and the crowds cheered.

"Thank you, my friends," the Mayor said. "Now before I start hogging the podium here, I would like to introduce the person who we shall all support to continue her term and keep us safe, our most honored guest to New Inverness, President KaRae Daelan!"

The people stood to their feet and exploded into thunderous cheers. Streamers and confetti went flying and chants echoed all around.

KaRae thanked the mayor and then stepped up to the podium.

The crowds cheered even more.

KaRae held out a hand to try and quiet them so she could give her speech. "Thank you, thank you.

"Six more year! Six more years!" The crowd chanted.

KaRae smiled and took it all in. "Thank you, thank you."

"Six more years! Six more years!"

KaRae waved and finally got the crowd to listen. "I want to thank you all for the wonderful welcome. I am glad to see how much New Inverness has grown. You all should be proud of the job you have done." KaRae looked back toward the mayor who was now seated. "I would like to than the mayor, without whose leadership New Inverness would still be wallowing in the carnage wrought by the Replicators."

The crowd cheered for the mayor.

"Now while we have come a long way since the Borg and Replicators, we still have a long way to go. The universe is not a safe place as much as we would like it to be. There are still forces out there who pose a grave threat to our security not only in the normal space-time continuum, but temporally as well." KaRae then dove into her speech. "Our people are strong and resourceful, not only here at New Inverness, but all over the federation. Without the skill of you our citizens our Timefleet, which is the main protector of the Temporal federation would not have been able to use the material left from the destruction of the Borg sphere to rebuild the fleet. Without you the citizens of the Federation we could never have entered this new time of great enlightenment and although there will be trying times, together we have shown that there is no foe to great that we cannot defeat when we work together."

The crowd clapped and cheered.

"I see a bright future for us here on Gibraltar and for the federation as a whole. There are many worlds out there yet to be explored, new friendships yet to be made and new discoveries yet to be found. With the new friendships will come new alliances and new trades which will help make our economy grow. My goal in the years ahead, is to expand our trade network into new frontiers. Even now talks continue with our friends in the very distant galaxy of the 5th Republic. The fruit that this alliance can bring is beyond comprehension. But as with all things, someone will try to stop it. Some evildoer out there will try to disrupt our lives because they are greedy and arrogant. But we must press on…and together we can and will."

The crowd clapped and cheered.

KaRae looked out over the admiring crowd and smiled. "In closing I would like to say that I have been very honored to have served as your President these past years. I could not have done a thing without your support. So I would like to say thanks to you once again for your support and I can only hope that as I have served I have earned your continued support so we can stay the course together."

"Six more year! Six more years!" The crowd clapped and cheered and chanted.

KaRae smiled and waved and then moments later her ring-com chirped.

=^= KaRae this is a priority one message I was seeing the new Intel Chief Cledib when Mr. Neo came on the holographic communicator and said to Cledib that there is a possible invasion of Dobson 3 and then disappeared. I was in the doorway getting ready to leave Mr. Neo asked Cledib to tell You, I am giving you the message as Cledib is contacting Neo on his priority channel like I am using mine this sounds big Drachir out. =^=

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Executive Governor H.Q. Gibraltar;

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< Ambassadorial Hall, Council Chambers >

Thrud tapped the holo-gavel. "Order, Order"

The roar of the chambers dulled.

Thrud stood. "We have three nominations. The Ambassador from Earth, the Wadi Ambassador and Ambassador Loopa from the 5th Republic."

Askimos felt compelled to say something. "Ambassador Loopa has been in our midst for some time now, but the Republic does not have a full alliance yet with the Federation."

The Andorian pointed his antennae at Mailee. "Yes this is true. I would not feel secure in supporting a delegate that does not have full diplomatic authority within the federation so I therefore support the Wadi to replace the Bajoran on the Council."

Thrud blinked. "I must also agree. Ambassador Loopa, I can assure you no one here holds any malice towards you however there is no formal alliance yet as that was delayed when the late princess Berea was assassinated.

Sur'tan stood. "I nominated Ambassador Latrem because he has been a hard worker even though he has not been here as long as the other two candidates. I feel this should weigh heavily in deciding this issue."

"On behalf of the Tholian Assembly, I through my support behind Ambassador Latrem," Askimos shrieked.

Thrud was pleased to have such a lively debate. "Are there any other nominations?"

The room fell silent and everyone looked to their neighbor to see if anyone was raising his or her hand.

"Very well then." Thrud continued. "Please, everyone I now declare the nominations closed. Let us now continue the debate. Who shall be next?"

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Thomas felt bad that Ambassador Loopa wasn't going to be able to be in the nominations for the position. Sitting there Thomas listened as more and more expressed their feelings about the Wadi ambassador and himself. All of the sudden a sharp bit of pain traveled up Thomas's leg into his back. The good doctor had told him not to sit down for to long and evidently he had been sitting there for longer than directed.

Standing Thomas got the attention of the other delagates in the room. All were waiting to see if he had something he wished to input. "Ambassador Thrud, fellow delegates I am sorry to interupt the proceedings, but after the incident in New Scotland my body has been left soar and bruised. I was instructed not to sit for long periods of time by the good doctor in the medical facility, so I must take leave for a few moments and walk around. Please continue without me," Thomas said moving from behind his chair.

All of the others watched him limp to the door that was the exit of the room. He had a cane in his hand, but did not use it like the doctor instructed. Opening the door Thomas stepped out as the whispers began. Not many knew about what had happened to Thomas while he was visiting New Scotland.

As the door closed the whispers became a slightly louder as one question seemed to be lingering. The question that was on all of their minds was what had happened to Thomas.

<Outside in the Halls Lobby>

Thomas walked around letting his muscles be used and relax a bit. The staff workers at the ambassadorial hall watched as Thomas walked around using his cane outside of the debate. He did not wish to let the other ambassadors think that he was incapable of his duties.

Thomas had thought that his muscles felt better but know he knew they were just the same as yesterday. Standing next to a pillar Thomas was approached by a worker. "Excuse me Ambassador, but are you okay?" the young worker asked. Thomas stood straight up, "Yes, I'm fine. Thank you for asking." The worker gave a slight bow and walked away leaving Thomas.

Turning around Thomas's face drew up from the pain. It was more intense than it had been earlier, but Thomas wouldn't allow others to see it. Leaning against the pillar Thomas waited for the pain to subside.

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Consul Thomas Latrem

Ambassador Of Earth

New Phoenix City, Gibraltar