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ORIGINS: Bruce Paulson: Difference between revisions
→CAPT Bruce "Lucky" Paulson- Commanding Officer, USS Republic
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WORK IN PROGRESS (as of August | WORK IN PROGRESS (as of August 7, 2010 / SD 2261.218) | ||
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Reprimands: 0 | Reprimands: 0 | ||
Commendations: 3 | Commendations: 3 | ||
Athletics: | Athletics: Combatives | ||
Activities: Orbital Sky Diving | Activities: Orbital Sky Diving | ||
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B. Background Summary | B. Background Summary | ||
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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? | |||
unlucky | Paulson earned his nickname during his exploits in the Bull Riding ring as a | ||
him to the USS KELVIN on the ship's thirteenth sortie which saw her destruction | wreckless youth: specifically that he managed to escape serious injury after | ||
at the hand of the renegade Nero in Paulson's 13th month of duty aboard ship. | being spectacularly thrown virtually every ride. Ironically, he was the only | ||
His quick actions helped save his shuttle, number 13 oddly enough, which was | man in Texas to last 13 seconds on Stone Grinder, a feat to which songs are | ||
damaged while escaping the KELVIN. | still sung in the bars of Denton. The nickname Lucky, however, has stuck | ||
because of "Lucky" Paulson's macabe relationship with good fortune and that most | |||
unlucky of numbers: 13. | |||
He was born on July 13th, 2213. His first assignment took him to the USS KELVIN | |||
on the ship's thirteenth sortie which saw her destruction at the hand of the | |||
renegade Nero in Paulson's 13th month of duty aboard ship. His quick actions | |||
helped save his shuttle, number 13 oddly enough, which was damaged while | |||
escaping the KELVIN. | |||
While assigned to the USS ODYSSEY, he ended up being one of only 13 survivors | While assigned to the USS ODYSSEY, he ended up being one of only 13 survivors | ||
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stage natives who intended to kill her. | stage natives who intended to kill her. | ||