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The landing craft docked with the Interstellar Rescue Service Hospital Patrol Ship Valliant. Ironically it was the hospital ship that Joyce Wilson had had her first squadron command aboard. It was the ship she had met and married her husband on. It was also the ship that she had met her step son for the first time. The ship held memories for the Wilson family. But it was also one of the highest rated hospital ships in the IRS service. When the landing craft docked and the ramp opened the cargo bay was swarmed with medics and doctors. They quickly took the casualty liters off the floor of the landing craft transferring them to an antigrav gurney.
As the gurneys were brought out of the landing craft each was met by one of the Valliant’s assessment team. Each assessment team member assessed one patient in one of the liters. They checked the information that had been loaded onto the triage tag. They took another set of vitals. As the team finished up with Admiral Wilson the team leader spoke, “Let’s go people we have a chance to save the arm without having to replace it. Let’s show our admiral that we haven’t lost the touch!”
With that Joyce was taken from the landing craft landing bay into the hospital.
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