EXETERRPG: (3, 0805) CO, Captain Trip Williams

[Will Banowsky]

Mission: Murder on the Exeter Express

Day:03

Stardate: 2445.12.03



(USS Exeter – Ready Room– CO, Captain Trip Williams  – 0805)





She shook her head. “No...No I’m not…” she sighed and grunted irritably.
“But that’s why we have debriefs and counselling and the like yeah?”



"Mental health is just as important as physical health." Trip replied with
a warm smile.



“Captain...if it’s not presumptuous...have you ever been this scared Sir?”
She paused. “I’m so sorry, very presumptuous of me.”



"Scared is relative I guess. But I've been frightened yeah. A few times."


(reply Lana) "I guess the first was leading my first combat mission, Battle
of the Kuiper belt. Fresh out of the academy, Remae puts me in charge of
the fighter wing. I mean, damn, ya know. But we pull it off. I didn't even
fly combat, I had to quarterback it all, and pray, and hope, my tactics put
my people into position to succeed. We won, and no one died. But on our way
home, right before landing, the Ship I was on, exploded. Everyone made it
out alive, but well, Alexandra Petrova, one of the fighter wing new
recruits, who I umm, slept with the night before, almost didn't make it.
She was only on the ship because her fighter had been destroyed and I
wanted to spend time with her. Commander Bracken performed the surgery,
saved her life. But I was frightened to the core. It was my mistake, my
desire to spend time with her, a kernel of lust, that put her in danger. If
she died, it was on me. It was like a gut punch. I questioned everything
about myself. I was 22, not even a month out of the academy. What the hell
was I doing leading a fighter wing into combat. Honestly without my Sister,
Ailynn, and Ash, I don't think I bounce back."


(reply Lana) "Then there was the second battle of Wolf 359. We lost good
men that day. It was, it was, it was like everything going at warpspeed.
Hitting you from every angle. But we won. That wasn't the scary part. It
was looking the family members of those we lost in the eyes, and telling
them, that..." Trip paused, "That there loved ones weren't coming home. It
took a lot of....well, I had to get myself pumped up to follow through. I
was almost to frightened to do it. Ailynn and Ash had to hold me hands just
to get me through it. I guess I have some more calls to make. It never gets
easier. It never does." (reply Lana) "But I guess the time more relatable
to your predicament was when after a cage match, I used to do mixed martial
arts, I got jumped in an alleyway and almost died. Multiple stab wounds.
Ailynn....she was the one who saved my life. Man, bleeding out at 20...Yeah
I was scared. But my people, my family, my twin, Ailynn, Ash. They got me
through it, everytime. I owe a lot to Ailynn Bracken."


(reply Lana)


(reply Lana) (posted by Will)
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