<html><head></head><body><div class="yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><p class="ydpc004103yiv0846131813ydp1dd5b291msonormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Mission: Space was cool before
it mattered<br>
Day: 2<br>
Stardate: 2446.04.26<br>
<br>
(USS Tom Kazansky -Observation Lounge – MIO - 2<sup>nd</sup> LT – Naci
Tendees - 0530)</span></p>
<p class="ydpc004103yiv0846131813ydp1dd5b291msonormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Naci stood in front of the observation
window and looked at his reflection looking back at him. The reflection that
looked back was in a different uniform a marine uniform but a Star Fleet Marine
Corps uniform rather then a Romulan Republic Uniform. </span></p>
<p class="ydpc004103yiv0846131813ydp1dd5b291msonormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">~Go to new places, meet new people,
and shoot them~</span></p>
<p class="ydpc004103yiv0846131813ydp1dd5b291msonormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">He smiled mental to himself at
the old joke. He had been trained in Tal Kalot which was the closest Romulan equivalent
to the Star Fleet Marine Corps and even thought it was not a Romulan organization
the Marine Corps had some similarities that he noticed during his orientation. </span></p>
<p class="ydpc004103yiv0846131813ydp1dd5b291msonormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">~Better not tell the Old General
that~</span></p>
<p class="ydpc004103yiv0846131813ydp1dd5b291msonormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">He hid the smile that threatened
to appear on his face. He had enjoyed his orientation and had seen the
differences between the two services but there were still core truths that
bridged both such as Honor, Courage, Commitment and Loyalty </span></p>
<p class="ydpc004103yiv0846131813ydp1dd5b291msonormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">~The old Qezh told me that
this was a good opportunity and that I should ‘volunteer’ for a transfer~</span></p>
<p class="ydpc004103yiv0846131813ydp1dd5b291msonormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">He sighed softly and rolled
his eyes. This was a new chapter in his life, and he planned to learn as much
about his new position as possible. Knowledge is power and he knew that he had
a lot of learn. During his time as a Tal Kalot, he had distinguished himself by
being in all the fiercest combat deployments in the Romulan Republic`s resent
history.</span></p>
<p class="ydpc004103yiv0846131813ydp1dd5b291msonormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">~Any fool can kill someone
it`s knowing who and when to kill as well as how to do it in the most effective
way while killing more of them and keeping more of yours alive~</span></p>
<p class="ydpc004103yiv0846131813ydp1dd5b291msonormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">He nodded to himself</span></p>
<p class="ydpc004103yiv0846131813ydp1dd5b291msonormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">~The Old General was right
about that one~</span></p>
<p class="ydpc004103yiv0846131813ydp1dd5b291msonormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">He was from a military family
and there had been Tendees in the Tal Kalot since around its inception. They
had served the Romulan Star Empire, Romulan Free State and the Romulan Republic
with hard fought dedication and loyally. There had even been a Tendees as part
of Proconsul Neral personal security detachment it might not have been a
shining time in his family, but the family had never shied away from their
failures. They learn from their mistakes unlike others.</span></p>
<p class="ydpc004103yiv0846131813ydp1dd5b291msonormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">~The Old General would bring
you back from the dead just to give you a piece of his mind if you let the service
down ether one of them~</span></p>
<p class="ydpc004103yiv0846131813ydp1dd5b291msonormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">He was here now on the way to
join the USS Exeter as a 2<sup>nd</sup> Lieutenant in Starfleet marine
corps. He was going to begin a new part of his life and he was interested to
see where it would lead.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#1D2228"></span></p>
<p class="ydpc004103yiv0846131813ydp1dd5b291msonormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">~At least we are going to be an
active assignment~</span></p>
<p class="ydpc004103yiv0846131813ydp1dd5b291msonormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">The last thing he had wanted
was to be join a ceremonial unit. He hoped that his new commanding officer was
not some authoritarian dictator. He had not met Na’Rel but had heard rumors
about him, but he did not listen to rumors and preferred to make his own mind
up. A comment rose into his mind.</span></p>
<p class="ydpc004103yiv0846131813ydp1dd5b291msonormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">~We all know what we think of
Fleet....~</span></p>
<p class="ydpc004103yiv0846131813ydp1dd5b291msonormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">This time a smile did sneak
through. He had heard that comment at the Marine Corp Base and knew its Tal
Kalot equivalent. </span></p>
<p class="ydpc004103yiv0846131813ydp1dd5b291msonormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">~I guess some things never
change~</span></p>
<p class="ydpc004103yiv0846131813ydp1dd5b291msonormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">(Reply any)</span></p>
<p class="ydpc004103yiv0846131813ydp1dd5b291msonormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#1D2228;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">(Posted by Robbie)</span></p></div><br></div></div></body></html>