Stardate 1514

After much debate and many meetings, the captain has decided to go on, in hopes of finding the cube's creators...

Supplemental: Well, looks like we found the cube's owners -- and they're not happy about thier missing cube...

Oh Great, an announcement over the ships speakers -- we have 10 of our minutes left to live. Another fine mess he's gotten us into...
So what would you do if you were told you had 10 minutes to live?

9 Minutes: Sadie came in, she'd rather spend her last minutes with me than her computer terminal -- I can only agree with that...

8 Minutes: Ltjg Zanotti came in pacing back and forth, chattering incoherantly, and sobbing -- Sadie is trying to calm her down...

7 Minutes: I guess Lt. Bailey couldn't take the strain either. He lost his control on the bridge and was sent to his cabin.

6 Minutes: The alien ship just destroyed our records bouy -- so none of this stuff will go out -- don't know why I'm still writing it...

5 Minutes: Ltjg Zanotti is much calmer now, but clinging to Sadie like a shipwreck survivor clinging to a piece of driftwood...

4 minutes: I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round -- I really like to watch them roll...
A little John Lennon reference...

3 minutes: We must look quite a sight, Zanotti clinging to Sadie like she'll save her from the blast, me holding Sadie's hand ..

2 minutes: I say how much I'll miss Mars, Zanotti says how she'll miss her parents, Sadie says how much she'll miss plomeek soup...
Oh come on, you knew it had to come in sometime...

1 minute: still laughing...
Sometimes hysteria can be fun...