[USS Vanguard] RPG Expectations (There is a post this time!)
- From: jonathon.bremmer@xxxxxxxxxx
- To: ncv80221@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 13:26:09 GMT+01:00
OOC:=20Actually=20remebered=20to=20paste=20in=20my=20post=20this=20time!
Lt.=20=20Jaav=20E'thexx
USS=20Vanguard
Before:=20Troubles=20Ahead
Jaav=20E'thexx=20stared=20blankly=20around=20Commander=20Margaret=20Stern's=20(NPC)=20office=20while=20she=20tightly=20scrutinised=20the=20interim=20hand=20over=20report=20he=20had=20handed=20to=20her=20several=20minutes=20earlier.=20=20Stern=20made=20no=20sound=20or=20comment=20for=20some=20time.=20=20All=20that=20could=20be=20heard=20was=20the=20intermittent=20chirp=20of=20the=20PADD=20as=20she=20scrolled=20from=20one=20page=20of=20text=20to=20the=20next.=20=20
Stern:=20=20This=20report=20is=20incomplete=20and=20unsatisfactory=20Mr.=20=20E'thexx.=20=20I=20don't=20think=20I=20have=20ever=20read=20psychological=20profiles=20this=20inadequate=20since=20I=20taught=20at=20the=20academy.=20=20I=20expect=20your=20sloppy=20methodology=20is=20what=20prompted=20Captain=20St.=20Cloud=20to=20replace=20you=20as=20Ship's=20Senior=20Counselor.=20=20
Jaav=20bit=20his=20lip.=20=20He=20mustered=20all=20the=20will=20he=20could=20to=20prevent=20himself=20from=20saying=20anything=20at=20all.=20=20He=20suspected=20that=20any=20comment=20that=20might=20leave=20his=20mouth=20would=20quickly=20snowball=20into=20outrage=20at=20the=20insult=20this=20woman=20was=20lavishing=20upon=20him.=20=20He'd=20never=20faced=20such=20criticism=20over=20his=20work.=20=20In=20previous=20instances=20his=20commanding=20officers=20and=20mentors=20had=20nothing=20but=20praise=20for=20his=20profiling=20ability=20and=20the=20Trill=20Symbiosis=20commission=20had=20certainly=20never=20found=20fault=20with=20his=20research.=20=20As=20expected,=20it=20was=20only=20a=20matter=20of=20time=20before=20Margaret=20Stern=20resumed=20her=20cutting=20commentary.=20=20
Stern:=20=20You=20have=20certainly=20left=20me=20with=20a=20great=20deal=20of=20work=20E'thexx.=20=20This=20report=20completely=20lacks=20any=20recent=20information=20on=20the=20interrogation=20integrity=20of=20senior=20crew=20members,=20not=20to=20mention=20the=20fact=20that=20you=20seem=20to=20have=20completely=20bypassed=20any=20assessment=20on=20the=20telepathic=20susceptibility=20of=20the=20engineering=20staff.=20=20Instead=20the=20report=20is=20littered=20with=20personal=20information,=20details=20of=20relationship=20therapy,=20professional=20development=20plans!
Jaav=20could=20withhold=20the=20urge=20no=20longer.=20=20Calmly,=20but=20through=20near-gritted=20teeth,=20he=20began=20to=20address=20the=20Commander.=20=20
E'thexx:=20=20Commander=20Stern,=20with=20respect,=20might=20I=20take=20the=20opportunity=20to=20remind=20you=20that=20interrogation=20integrities,=20telepathic=20susceptibility=20quotients=20and=20other=20such=20'invasive'=20psychological=20assessments=20are=20not=20required=20under=20Starfleet=20protocol,=20unless=20we=20are=20enduring=20a=20time=20of=20war,=20or=20the=20ship=20is=20assigned=20a=20code=20black=20mission.=20=20
Stern's=20face=20was=20a=20montage=20of=20disgust=20and=20horror,=20she=20was=20speechless=20for=20a=20brief=20period=20before=20replying=20to=20E'thexx's=20statement=20in=20a=20near=20shrill.=20=20
Stern:=20=20And=20might=20I=20remind=20you=20Mr.=20E'thexx,=20that=20it=20is=20every=20Starfleet=20officer's=20responsibility=20to=20be=20prepared=20for=20ANY=20situation=20that=20might=20present=20itself.=20=20This=20ship=20possesses=20technologies=20which=20may=20be=20of=20vital=20importance=20to=20both=20the=20Fleet=20AND=20the=20Federation,=20it=20is=20irresponsible=20to=20assume=20that=20just=20because=20it=20is=20not=20a=20time=20of=20war=20that=20we=20can=20be=20any=20less=20prepared=20for=20infiltration=20from=20external=20vectors.=20=20
Stern=20stopped=20and=20dropped=20the=20PADD=20to=20her=20desk.=20=20
Stern:=20=20You=20are=20dismissed=20E'thexx.=20=20You=20have=20one=20hour=20to=20clear=20your=20old=20office=20and=20turn=20over=20any=20materials=20relevant=20to=20the=20status=20of=20the=20crew=20to=20my=20personal=20database.=20=20Good=20day.=20=20
Despite=20his=20better=20nature,=20Jaav=20could=20not=20resist=20the=20urge=20to=20supply=20Stern=20with=20a=20touch=20of=20his=20own=20sarcasm.=20=20
E'thexx:=20=20Good=20day.=20=20
Jaav=20turned=20and=20exited=20her=20office.=20=20He=20stood=20outside=20on=20the=20open=20corridor=20for=20a=20second=20or=20two,=20breathed=20in=20deeply=20and=20exhaled.=20=20He=20reminded=20himself=20that=20he=20was=20not=20the=20only=20member=20of=20the=20crew=20struggling=20to=20endure=20the=20stressful=20=20change=20in=20the=20USS=20Vanguard=92s=20commanding=20officer.=20=20
Remembering=20that=20he=20had=20made=20a=20prior=20engagement,=20Jaav=20made=20his=20way=20to=20the=20turbolift.=20=20A=20new=20crew=20member=20from=20the=20science=20division=20he=20was=20not=20familiar=20with=20was=20already=20riding=20the=20turbolift,=20so=20as=20not=20to=20seem=20impolite=20Jaav=20nodded=20as=20he=20entered,=20requesting=20docking=20hatch=203.=20=20
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