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Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 17:00:58 -0500
Subject: [ASCEM-S] CORR: ENT - Not Lost In Vain 1/1 (R, drabble) [PG]
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When I first wrote this drabble (after "The Council") I made some assumptions 
concerning elapsed time before the next episode ("Countdown") ... my 
assumptions were wrong, making part of the original drabble wrong ... archivists, 
please use this version.


Title: Not Lost in Vain
Author: T'Lin ( LinkyS@aol.com )
Series: ENT, Reed Drabble Series
Rating: PG
Code: R, drabble
Parts: 1
Summary: Reed's thoughts concerning the number of casualties suffered by the 
Archiving: ASC*, EntSTComm, and my own web page -- 
http://www.geocities.com/tlin_s/ -- all others, please ask first.
Disclaimer: Paramount/Viacom own the TREK universe, I just play there. No 
copyright infringement intended, nor any money made ... this original work of 
fanfiction is the property of T'Lin, © 15 May, 2004

Feedback gladly accepted -- publicly or privately.

***

NOT LOST IN VAIN
by T'Lin -- 0405.15

Our mission to the sphere was a success, albeit not without another casualty. 
The numbers are mounting, and I wonder if I can take much more.

I know T'Pol's words -- "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the 
few"--  were said to comfort me. Intellectually, I see the merit of such a 
philosophy, but ... emotionally ... well, I find it difficult to derive justification 
for Hawkins' death, given the circumstances. 

So many have lost their lives in this cause, and our future is still so 
uncertain. But we must prevail ... else the lives already lost will be in vain.

>:-]
T'Lin

T'Lin's Fanfic Page - http://www.geocities.com/tlin_s/
Femme Fuh-Q Fest - http://www.geocities.com/femme_fuhq_fest/
Round XIII is here! 
Round XIV coming your way May 31, 2004!

"Tell me we won't be tiptoeing around ... none of that non-interference crap 
T'Pol's always shoving down our throats." 
~~ Trip Tucker, in "The Expanse"    



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