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<h3 style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','Arial'; color: royalblue; font-weight: bold;">USS FEYNMAN: Rules of Engagement</h3> | |||
<h4 style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','Arial'; color: royalblue; font-weight: bold;">by Joseph Baker 7-7-1996</h4> | |||
SD: 80707.1952<br> | |||
SLD: 1.2300<br> | |||
LTJG Jerran Terel walked into Ten Forward, and for the first time since | |||
he'd seen the kid onboard the FEYNMAN, Bat could tell that he actually | |||
looked tired. The pilot sat down at one of the barstools as the bartender | |||
came over, casually wiping off a glass with a towel flung over his | |||
shoulder. "What'll yah have, Lieutenant?" | |||
"Oh, uh, raktageno, please," he said, managing a slight smile as Bat | |||
walked behind the bar and got the dring for him. | |||
"So, how's you're shoreleave so far?" | |||
"Oh, fine, I suppose." | |||
"And when's the last time you got some sleep?" | |||
"A couple of days ago, but I'm a Vul..." | |||
"Yeah, yeah, I know. You're a Vulcan. You don't need much sleep. I've | |||
heard the same type of argument from Zane ever since I first met him." | |||
Jerran chuckled slightly as he sipped at his drink. "Upon setting foot on | |||
Epsilon, the training commander of the base came up and asked me to do a | |||
short talk on that maneuver I did at the Ring." | |||
"Ah, yes, the Jerran Maneuver," Bat said with a smile, exhuding the pride | |||
that he knew the Vulcan would not allow himself to have. "That was some | |||
piece of work. I think even Admiral Picard would have been proud of | |||
that." | |||
"Well, one small lecture turned into a huge seminar, with some holodeck | |||
demonstrations, and an additional lecture on small starship tactics. I | |||
guess it was all just a bit overwhelming." | |||
"Well, that's the price you pay for success, I suppose." | |||
"And then there were a bunch of reporters wandering around the station for | |||
some reason, asking all sorts of questions about our next mission, which | |||
they apparently know more about than I do. I'd say someone's trying to | |||
make it extremely public for some reason." | |||
"Hmmm, and how did you respond?" the bartender asked, casually cleaning | |||
the same glass for the umpteenth time. | |||
"Oh, CMDR Maril had anticipated they're questions, and had told us earlier | |||
this morning that if we were confronted by the media to respond with `No | |||
comment.' I never did understand this human concept of saying such a | |||
thing when you actually know nothing about it." | |||
Bat chuckled and set the glass down. "Sounds like politics to me. | |||
Politicians on Earth have been using that line for centuries, sometimes to | |||
make people think they know more and are more important than they actually | |||
are. But, other times it's an escape hatch so that you don't incriminate | |||
yourself. Either way, the press usually knows the answer or think | |||
they know it before they ask the question, so telling them `No comment' is | |||
the best course of action." | |||
Jerran downed the rest of the raktageno and said, "Now I can see why | |||
Vulcan does not have a political system like Earth's." He then got up and | |||
slowly walked out of the lounge, waving to the bartender as the door | |||
closed behind him. | |||
<NRPG> | |||
Just a quicky to show that I'm still here. I'm on shoreleave as well, | |||
back at home in Tampa for the weekend, so I haven't been able to get | |||
online too much. I'll be back at FSU tomorrow. Hopefully they'll have | |||
some data for me to analyse, but that's another story :P | |||
Heh, I couldn't top the shoreleave story I had back at Earth, so I didn't | |||
even bother trying this time ;) | |||
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* jobaker@chuma.cas.usf.edu * jbaker@deans2.cas.usf.edu * | |||
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* Raneov Stefanh e-Annhwi tr'Khnialmnae, CO, HgR Ja'telaih, TOS TREKMUSE * | |||
* LTJG Jerran Terel, FCO, USS FEYNMAN, alt.starfleet.rpg * | |||
* ENS Logan Knight, CEO, USS TSUNAMI, alt.starfleet.rpg * | |||
* Dr. Alexa Denora, Sci Admin, Kachaira III Colony, alt.starfleet.rpg * | |||
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* Daisemi'in rhhaensuriuu * Of the Chief parts of the * | |||
* meillunsiateve * Ruling Passion only this * | |||
* rh'e Mnhei'sahe yie ahr'en: * Can be truly said: * | |||
* Mnahe afw'ein qiuu, * Hate has a reason for everything * | |||
* rh'e hweithnaef * But love is unreasonable * | |||
* mrht Heis'he ehl'ein qiuu * --Rihannsu Proverb * | |||
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