[Nerwen]

Someone had to die this way

Quartermaster Keeper of Dol Guldur, or Mira as she was known to her friends, sat at the helm console with her head in her hands.

Since the death of the false Lieutenant Sally, all the work of navigation as well as piloting the ship had devolved upon her, and she was starting to feel the pressure. Not only that, but she had been friends with the navigator, so that the Night's discovery had shaken her to the core.

"I just can't take it any more!" she moaned. "I'm getting slammed by work... there's no-one I can trust anymore... it's all too much!" Mira whimpered and beat her head on the instrument panel, at first softly, then harder and harder, chanting, "Too much, too much, too much, too much..." The console exploded in a shower of sparks and flames. Mira was thrown back with terrific force, but it was not until they had put out the fires that swept the bridge that her shipmates were able to come to her aid.

By then, if there had ever been a chance to save her, it was much too late.

All they could do for Quartermaster Mira-Keeper was seal her into a pod, speak a few well-chosen words in her honour, and commit her body to space via the same airlock through which Blind Guardian and Eomer had recently departed.

Back on the bridge, Commander Inziladun surveyed the extensive damage. "Hmm. About how long do you think it will take to get everything running again, Loslote?"

The Chief Engineer launched into a flood of technical gibberish.

"In Terran?"

"Uh– well– that is to say... I don't know, sir."

Inziladun sighed. "I guessed as much. Moving onwards– who else knows how to steer the ship?"

Dead
Doctor Morsul –Medical Officer and Captain McNerwen. –shot by Traitor on Night One.
Ensign Blind Guardian– Tactical Officer. –Died in convulsions (Telepath).
Eomer –Security Officer. –Thrown out the airlock (Bounty Hunter).
Lieutenant Sally –Navigator. –Torn to pieces (Metamorph).
Chief Petty Officer Keeper of Dol Guldur –Quartermaster. –Killed by exploding console (Ordinary).