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The cosmic obsession with pairing Paulson up with the most unlucky of numbers | 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. | didn't stop there. Paulson graduated 13th in his class at Starfleet Academy. | ||
His first garrison command was Romulan Neutral Zone Outpost 13. His first | His first garrison command was Romulan Neutral Zone Outpost 13. His first | ||
starship command, the USS REPUBLIC, has the registry NCC-1371. | starship command, the USS REPUBLIC, has the registry NCC-1371. | ||
What does Captain Paulson think of this parade of coincidences? He freely | What does Captain Paulson think of this parade of coincidences? He freely | ||
admits to struggling with survivor's guilt where his embarrassingly | admits to struggling with survivor's guilt where his embarrassingly | ||
good luck has spared him when literally billions of others died. He says that he bears the emotional burden in tribute to those who did not survive the missions, tragedies, and wars he did. | good luck has spared him when literally billions of others died. He says that | ||
he bears the emotional burden in tribute to those who did not survive the | |||
missions, tragedies, and wars he did. | |||
At around five decades old, Bruce "Lucky" Paulson has led a distinguished career | At around five decades old, Bruce "Lucky" Paulson has led a distinguished career |