Editing Midwife

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| series       = RIS Bouteina
| name         = Midwife
| season       = Season 4
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| year         = 2387
| stardate     = 64773.42
| prev         = [[Tribble Resupply]]
| next         = [[Night of the Were-Hawks]]
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'''Midwife''' is the twelfth episode of the fourth {{Bouteina}} season.

==Tagline==

Away from [[Malachor V]] and Brianna's cheating courses, the ''Bouteina'' was tasked with securing a shipment of {{w|hydroxyquinoline}} and of {{w|oxalyl chloride}} from Hydran chemical industries. They also find something else near said industries.

==Summary==

===Act One===

Their mission starts when the [[Tal Prai'ex]] headquarters hail them because of an industrial emergency: due to a high number of construction sites throughout the Empire, and a worker [[strike]] on [[Mysidia]], they are unable to supply everyone with these chemicals and they ask them to secure a shipment of these chemicals in the Landfalk system. The discussions of the [[bridge]] quickly turns to the talks of the labor dispute and what each side demands from the other. Finally, Neleras tells everyone that there are [[pirate]]s in the Landfalk system to secure said shipment of chemicals.

===Act Two===

When the [[dreadnought]] arrives in the system, the crew engages the ship's [[cloaking device]] to take the pirates by surprise. They began to engage the two ships, a {{class|Strelets}} [[frigate]] and another [[carrier]], all deploying their fighters. To avoid taking too much damage from the [[fusion beam]]s, they maintain safe distance to engage the enemy craft, including fighters. The fighter [[pilot]]s started damaging enemy fighters, forcing them to turn back and destroying them in their flight. Also, [[Relm]] ordered her men to engage the enemy frigates afterwards.

===Act Three===

Having narrowly avoided a volley of [[hellbore cannon]]s, the mothership engages the heavier Hydran starship while the other four fighters still in fight all fired their [[plasma torpedo]]es to take the enemy frigate down, but fails to do so, merely disabling their power plants. And even when the mothership fired the [[quantum torpedo]]es, it didn't quite destroy the heavier ship. Rubble from the [[warp core]] prompted engineers to repair the ship while the fighters renew their assault on the lighter ship and their debris pierced the hull on Deck 11, damaging the dreadnought even more.

===Act Four===

When the battle is about to end, they were hailed by a Hydran prince, saying that the Romulans just saved his [[planet]] and that trade from and to that planet could resume along any second. And that they could trade a chemicals shipment to the Romulans. Also, they began investigating into the matter of [[hanyurii]] dancing around the system's star. They realize that the hanyurii were mating and that they reproduced around a star that was "out of phase". Also, [[Dhiemm]] obtained more information about the labor disputes even when the Hydran shipment wasn't ready.

===Act Five===

[[Pazzo]] muses about the Hydrans being involved in the dispute, if only because the [[union]]s involved are controlled by Hydran interests. Also, [[Catherine Giltia]] lists the consequences of the labor dispute for the Empire and the other reasons as to why Hydrans would involve themselves in their struggle. The [[Triple-E Senates]] have been watching the newsfeeds for musical inspiration and stumble upon the news that, under Hydran mediators, the labor dispute has been resolved in a 55% vs. 45%, resulting in a new collective bargaining agreement for the chemical workers on Mysidia.

==Background==

The events of the episode closely mirrors that of a mission in the [[Hydran Keepership]] campaign of {{mb|Starfleet Command (game)}}. It was also meant to introduce unionism in a Star Trek setting.

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 The events of the episode closely mirrors that of a mission in the [[Hydran Keepership]] campaign of {{mb|Starfleet Command (game)}}. It was also meant to introduce unionism in a Star Trek setting.
-==External link==
-*[http://z6.invisionfree.com/RIS_Bouteina/index.php?showtopic=105 Midwife on the RIS Bouteina boards]
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