"Captain?" Captain Wootenhoffer looked around at the faces of his crew. They were almost all young men, still kids. It didn't take a master strategist to know that the battle was going poorly. When the command came to press the attack, Wootenhoffer knew it was suicide. He stood, an internal debate raging, while his crew looked on. "Sir!" cried one of the bridge crew, a young man named Stein. "We've just picked up a transmission. Part of the fleet has broken away. They're moving out of the Iserlohn Circuit!" "What?!" Wootenhoffer was aghast. It was a huge risk they had just taken. And not only mutiny -- leaving the Iserlohn corridor meant leaving the only navigable route in this area between the Empire and the Rebel Alliance. Wootenhoffer had never been a man to take risks. But for the first time in his career, he felt that he had to make a choice between a chance for life and certain death. And in his opinion, today was not a good day to die. "Mr. Stein, prepare to follow that fleet. We're getting out of here." --------- Come and Discover A Legend of the Galactic Heroes/Teddy Ruxpin crossover by Jennifer Califf The rights to these series are held by their respective owners; I'm sure they'd be thrilled to read this story. ^_- If you can tell me about a character named Wootenhoffer from the DC Comics Justice League series, you win a no-prize! Jennifer jcaliff@nsai-petro.com http://www.topher.net/~jcaliff/iserlohn.htm Broken mirror, a million shades of light The old echo fades away But just you and I can find the answer and then We can run to the end of the world -"Small of Two Pieces" lyrics by Masato Kato, end theme of Xenogears