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<h3 style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','Arial'; color: royalblue; font-weight: bold;">USS FEYNMAN: Going on the Record (Cont.)</h3> | |||
<h4 style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','Arial'; color: royalblue; font-weight: bold;">by | |||
Andrew Catterick 4-17-1996</h4> | |||
> SD: 80417.1059<br> | |||
> Scene: Observation Lounge<br> | |||
> MD: 5.2000<br> | |||
><br> | |||
> "Cmdr. Zane, LtCmdr. Maril," she addressed them formally in opening. "As<br> | |||
> you are no doubt aware, it is my primary duty as the Chief of Security to<br> | |||
> ensure the safety and wellbeing of this ship and its crew. As a Starfleet<br> | |||
> Officer, I also have certain other responsibilities, and it is those other<br> | |||
> responsibilities that I would like to address to you both now."<br> | |||
><br> | |||
> "I understand that you have together made an under-the-table deal with<br> | |||
> Manark V and have ommitted certain pieces of information from the official<br> | |||
> Mission Report that has been already submitted to CinC-Silver."<br> | |||
><br> | |||
> Jade paused for a moment and noted Maril was wriggling slightly in his chair.<br> | |||
><br> | |||
> "I have on record sir from the communications logs, conversations that<br> | |||
> suggest that in exchange for not mentioning the unprovoked attack on the<br> | |||
> Nogura and also the Manarkian blackmail attempt, that Manark V would not<br> | |||
> mention the incident that occured on the surface and in addition, allow<br> | |||
> Commissioner Thesa to make a true decision."<br> | |||
><br> | |||
> "It was a diplomatic decision that had to be made," Zane pointed out.<br> | |||
> "It means the Commissioner can step down from his task without dishonour and<br> | |||
> also clears us from the embaressing incident that occured on Manark V."<br> | |||
><br> | |||
> "Captain," Jade stood her ground firmly. "Starfleet is about justice<br> | |||
> with accountability. What yourself and Commander Maril have done is to have<br> | |||
> perverted the flow of justice and have let the innocent go unpunished."<br> | |||
><br> | |||
> "Commissioner Thesa has committed certain actions and must be held<br> | |||
> accountable for what he has done. Manark V have attacked a Starfleet vessel<br> | |||
> and must be held accountable for what they have done. Our junior officers<br> | |||
> that caused the incident on Manark V have acted in an insubordinate manner<br> | |||
> and have already been held accountable for their actions."<br> | |||
"I agree. And fortunately that will happen. Perhaps you have | |||
not read all of the mission summary reports. Especially the section | |||
dealing with the Commissioner's confession to the President of Furjen, his | |||
confinment to his quarters on the planet and then on this ship. | |||
While I have not discussed this in any '''official reports''' to the Admiral | |||
I have communicated them to him on a secure channel. Commissioner Thessa is | |||
to be transported to the Federation Council where he will formally confess | |||
his crimes of this mission and those of the past. Currently, this ship has | |||
been ordered into a 'stand-by' position until the Admiral reviews the | |||
current situation at hand. As we already have the Commissioner on board | |||
and are closer to Earth than most ships in the fleet, it is my guess that | |||
we will be ordered to transport him there. At that time I'm sure there | |||
will be a full reckoning." | |||
><br> | |||
> "As officers in Starfleet, we have all chosen to accept the<br> | |||
> responsibilities that go with rank. That much, we all have in common.<br> | |||
> However, it is my belief sir, that you have acted improperly in discharging<br> | |||
> your duties."<br> | |||
"Again I agree with you Ensign. However you must also except the | |||
fact that even as a department head you are not necessarily privy to all | |||
that is happening. What may appear clear on the surface is usually quite | |||
clouded underneath unless all the facts are known. I do not expect any | |||
of my officers to trust me blindly in all matters. However, as a Starfleet | |||
officer I would hope that the trust of one's senior officers is not | |||
completely absent. Without such trust the operation of this ship, indeed | |||
of Starfleet, would be severely hampered. | |||
><br> | |||
> "Captain," Jade paused. "I respect you as the fine officer that you are<br> | |||
> and although I have only been on this ship a short period of time, I value<br> | |||
> the way you have made me feel welcome and for the friendship that has been<br> | |||
> forthcoming. I have struggled over whether to bring this up for some time<br> | |||
> now, but in the end I have been forced to the conclusion that unless I did<br> | |||
> my duty by reporting this to Starfleet Command, that I would be as much<br> | |||
> responsible for what has happened, as you both are."<br> | |||
><br> | |||
"I am happy you felt you could bring this too us and I commend | |||
you for it. However I feel that in the future you may want to temper | |||
your zealousness for your duty with the fact that everything is not | |||
always as it seems and learn to trust us a bit more." | |||
><br> | |||
> "Please done't let this stand in the way our relationships with one<br> | |||
> another. I sincerely hope you can see that I have only done as much as my<br> | |||
> duty required. Sir."<br> | |||
"It takes alot of courage for an Ensign to come an question a CO | |||
and XO on matters such as this. There is no reason to believe that this | |||
would affect our professional relationship in any way." | |||
><br> | |||
> There was an uncomfortable silence in which neither of the three officers<br> | |||
> present spoke.<br> | |||
><br> | |||
> "Is there anything else you would like to add, Ensign?" Zane questioned.<br> | |||
><br> | |||
> "No sir."<br> | |||
><br> | |||
> Zane nodded. "Then dismissed."<br> | |||
><br> | |||
> <<NRPG>><br> | |||
><br> | |||
> Maril: Tit for tat for the BrOT?<br> | |||
><br> | |||
> Seriously though, this is how Jade feels about the above issue and I<br> | |||
> question whether we too today would be prepared to support web of secrecy<br> | |||
> (such as the Iran Arms deal) to protect the guilty and to let them go free.<br> | |||
> I'm not trying to put anyone down here in this post, but simply to point out<br> | |||
> that as RP-writers, we *are* responsible for the actions of our characters<br> | |||
> as the BrOT also pointed out. Anyway, I'm not part of SF-JAG, but a second<br> | |||
> edition of the BrOT and an insuing court-martial might be an interesting way<br> | |||
> to pass the time while we're on Epsilon :)<br> | |||
><br> | |||
I don't know if this is a web of secrecy on par with | |||
Iran-Contra! On Furjen the guilty parties were uncovered and are | |||
presumably to be dealt with by the domestic authorities...this is an | |||
internal matter. As for Manark V, well it was never really clear one | |||
way or another who was involved with what. Yes the leader accepted a | |||
deal over this but that could simply mean that an element of Manark V had | |||
acted improperly and the President was happy it would not be blown into a | |||
larger incident with the Federation. During most of this mission it | |||
seemed that the 'guilt' parties on both worls were 'business interests' | |||
with support from fringe political parties. As for the implication that | |||
Zane and Maril might have broken the law by not reporting this (sweeping it | |||
under the rug) well I'd like to think that both characters are a little | |||
more honest than that. And come to think of it much precedent has been | |||
set through out ST 'history' of such actions and inadmissions. For | |||
example... | |||
DS9--Sisko et al. letting Garreck 'know' the Klingons were | |||
invading Cardassia even after they were ordered not to. | |||
ST--It seemed every other episode had Kirk disobeying someones | |||
orders;) But I think perhaps the most related episode might be where he | |||
begins to go mad and strays into Rom space and eventually stole | |||
the cloaking device. Only Spock knew of this plan. If it was | |||
communicated to the entire crew the secret might have got out. Secrecy | |||
doesn't necessarily mean dishonesty. | |||
I'm sure we can all think of opposite examples however but this | |||
really isn't the point. | |||
Not really much more to add to this than Zane has already | |||
stated. Thessa did admit his crimes and was confined to quarters by the | |||
President (although Bat sprung him for a few hours) I '''had''' intended to | |||
write a post which would confine him to quarters and as Zane alluded to | |||
Mike and I have discussed future events for the FEYNMAN, one aspect of | |||
which did include transporting the Commissioner to Earth. I was hoping | |||
to wait to announce this after everything was in place but unfortuantely | |||
Andrew unintentionally jumped the gun. | |||
regards,<br> | |||
Andy<br> | |||
-CMDR Zane, Commanding, USS FEYNMAN<br> | |||
-LT.CMDR Nigel Brock, Instructor, Holodeck 18<br> | |||
-LT.CMDR Tarsa Rogers, Executive Officer, USS GAUSS<br> | |||