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=='''Lieutenant J.G. Jackford B. Kolk - "The Long Road Home"'''==

<center>''Jackford visits Earth but is too late to say good-bye to his dying mother.''</center>

((Kolk Residence, Seattle, Earth, Sector 001 - Stardate 238408.16))

'''Jackford Kolk''': I didn't kill her.

'''Jarod Kolk''': I know.

'''Jackford''': I didn't kill Dad and Sam, either.

<nowiki>::Jack couldn't remember how he'd managed it, but he'd gotten his brother quarters on Deep Space 17 and there might even be a chance that he'd have a job there. Apparently the station commander had been thinking of starting a very small school of sorts for the few children aboard the station--a one-class-for-all-ages kind of thing--and a widely respected teacher from Earth was "a welcome addition to his pool of sentient resources." Jack remembered cringing at the phrase, "sentient resources." He always hated it. It made him feel like a just another cow on an ancient cattle ranch, chewing the cud and waiting to be turned into someone's soon-forgotten hamburger.</nowiki>

<nowiki>::Regardless, arrangements had been made and the brothers were now making their way into space. It still astonished the Lieutenant that his brother had even been willing to beam off the surface onto Earth Spacedock to await the transport. Despite the awkwardness that still resided between them, Jackford had learned something about his brother. Something he never knew before this trip: Jarod loved him. Jack had always been disgusted with how many things Jarod swore off as evil and unconscionable all his life, like Starfleet and space travel, shuttles and transporters, even (for a short time when he was 13, until their mother made him cook his meals) replicators. But, inconceivably, Jarod had let go of all that--or at least begun to--because he wanted to get to know his brother. It was a gesture that could never be denied, and one Jack knew he would never forget.</nowiki>

<nowiki>::While the small transport was still many hours out from Deep Space 17, Jack finally sought the privacy necessary to record a message he'd meant to send the moment he'd left the Ronin.::</nowiki>

'''Jack Kolk''': Computer, set to record audio and video for delivery to Lieutenant Junior Grade Addison Parker aboard the USS Ronin. Begin.

<nowiki>::As the computer chirped its compliance and Jack turned to return to the main passenger area, he thought he sensed someone just outside the public communications alcove he'd been using; perhaps they'd just been walking past and brushed their sleeve on the wall. He shrugged it off and returned to where he'd been sitting next to his brother, who was reading an old math textbook--actually made of ink and paper! Jack chuckled inaudibly and picked up his own "book," a mystery novel set on Betazed which he'd downloaded to his PADD before leaving the Ronin.::</nowiki>

Lt. J.G. Jackford B. Kolk<br>

Assistant Chief Engineer<br>

''[[USS Ronin]]'' NCC-34523<br>

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