<Personal Log> Ferdate 4803.2 We are on our way to the Kibbeloni System which, according to StarFerret Intelligence, has extremely rich deposits of dilithium crystals and Ferretone. Our mission is to secure as much of these substances as we can find and return with them to Starbase 114. The success of this mission is extremely important since the supplies of both these crucial substances throughout the Fer Federation has reached all time lows. The situation has become desparate. Although I have not commanded a finer, braver crew on any starship, the seriousness of our mission has had an effect on the crew's mood. I have not seen a dook or a wardance since leaving Starbase 114. Even the mood in 10 Forward is subdued. I suppose it is understandable. Were the Kibbeloni System in Fer Federation space it would hardly be a problem, but we must cross the FF Zone and enter Kalif Ornian space to get to the Kibbeloni System. Kalif Ornia. We have long warred with the Kalif Ornian Empire. We have suffered great losses, but we have managed to push back the FF Zone to their border and the borders of their two allies, the Ha W'aii and the Massachusians. The ruling bodies of these empires have been nothing but hostile to the Fer Federation. We wish only peaceful co-existance, but that does not seem possible. They have regularly employed kidnappers and assassins to use in their campaign against the peace loving Fer Federation citizens and the Fer sympathizers in their own Empires. Someday, the Fer Federation will prevail and this war will be but a dim memory. As it has already became in the Michigani sector. None the less, we must enter Kalif Ornian space and succeed. The entire Fer Federation is counting on us. Captain Jean Dook Fercard of the Fer Federation Starship Ferretprise <Personal Log> Kimberly Burkard | _ Xerox, Rochester, NY | _____C .._. fu-til'i-ty n. 1. an act having [log in to unmask] | ____/ \___/ no useful result 2. herding [log in to unmask] <____/\_---\_\ ferrets. [Posted in FML issue 1234]