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→CAPT Bruce "Lucky" Paulson- Commanding Officer, USS Republic
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The first question many people ask Bruce is why does everyone call him Lucky? | The first question many people ask Bruce is why does everyone call him Lucky? | ||
Bruce "Lucky" Paulson was born on July 13th, 2013. | Bruce "Lucky" Paulson has had a macabe relationship with fortune and certain | ||
USS KELVIN on the ship's thirteenth sortie which saw her destruction at the hand | unlucky number. He was born on July 13th, 2013. His first assignment took | ||
of the renegade Nero in his 13th month of duty aboard ship. His quick actions | him to the USS KELVIN on the ship's thirteenth sortie which saw her destruction | ||
helped save his shuttle | at the hand of the renegade Nero in his 13th month of duty aboard ship. His | ||
quick actions helped save his shuttle, number 13 oddly enough, which was | |||
damaged while escaping the KELVIN. | |||
The cosmic obsession with pairing Paulson up with the most unlucky of numbers | |||
didn't stop there. Paulson graduated 13th in his class at Starfleet Academy. His | |||
first garrison command was Romulan Neutral Zone Outpost 13. | |||
While assigned to the USS ODYSSEY, he ended up being one of only 13 survivors | |||
from the armada destroyed over Vulcan in Nero's attack | from the Federation armada destroyed over Vulcan in Nero's attack. The | ||
USS ODYSSEY, incidentally, was named for the ill fated Apollo 13 command | USS ODYSSEY, incidentally, was named for the ill fated Apollo 13 command module | ||
from Earth. | |||
At around five decades old, Bruce "Lucky" Paulson has | Captain Paulson's first starship command, the USS REPUBLIC, has the registry | ||
distinguished career in Starfleet. | NCC-1371 (note the 13). | ||
What does Captain Paulson think of this parade of coincidences? He has very | |||
mixed feelings on the matter. He believes the Providence has preserved him | |||
in the midst of some of the worst events in the Federation's history. He freely | |||
admits to dealing he had to come to terms with the fact that his embarrassingly | |||
good luck flies in the face of literally billions who didn't survive when he did. | |||
It is an emotional burden that he bears in tribute to those who did not survive | |||
missions, tragedies, and war. | |||
At around five decades old, Bruce "Lucky" Paulson has led a distinguished career | |||
in Starfleet. He considers his greatest achievement however to be his family. | |||
His wife, Carla Nell, has supported him and whenever possible accompanied him | |||
on tours. Together they raised twins: a son and daughter who are aspiring | |||
scientists in their own right. He met Carla aboard the USS ERASMUS but their | |||
romance did not blossom until after he rescued her from a rabble of medieval | |||
stage natives who intended to kill her. | |||
