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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Mission: Prelude</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Day: 2</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Stardate: <span
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">(SS Arthur M. Anderson
- SO CPO Hercules Devers- 1045)<br>
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Hercules was deeply engaged in his book, reading another past time he
didn't exercise on the Illuminar when he heard a voice.<br>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">“Mr. Devers, I am
gratified to see you here. May I sit with you?” came the voice of Jopek,
T'Mur's father. <br>
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He stood up, "Of course, Sit, it would be my pleasure," he said as he
put his PADD away. motioning for the Vulcan to take a seat.<br>
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The two sat there in peaceful quite for a bit before Jopek broke the silence.<br>
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"Might I ask you a question, Mr. Devers?" <br>
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"Of course, Sir," he replied. <br>
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"What is my daughter like? I know you do not know her personally, but is
she not your supervising officer?" he asked.<br>
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Devers nodded, "Yes, Sir, she is the head of the security division of
our ship. Which means she is in charge of both the security forces,
like myself and our tactical command. On a ship like the Illuminar,
this pulls her off in several directions. And on a ship like the
Illuminar, we don't have many security issues when we are under warp.
Sure the occasional fight or hot tempers. Mostly we do a lot of
training and prepare for action. A bunch of us NCOs, well, we get
together on a regular basis to do training ourselves, using the
holodecks for running, since it is frowned upon to run in the halls," he
paused. <br>
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"Ms. T'Mur is disciplined. She likes order and predictability. From
that perspective, when we do drills, she expects the best of everyone,
and she gets it. She is not a yeller, Sir." He paused, "I had a
lieutenant who loved the sound of his voice and you could hear it from
one end of the ship to the other. Ms. T'Mur gets attention with quiet
words and actions." <br>
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"She is not afraid to give orders, either. We had a mission, taking
over a pirate base over and it was hectic, but she kept her cool and
resulted in a successful conclusion to that mission." <br>
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"Does that help you sir?" <br>
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(Reply Jopek)<br>
(Posted by Tim) <br>
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