Re: EPI: S [D03|2100] A most furtive debrief
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[ Lt. JG Foval| Main Sickbay | Deck 11 | Vector 02 | USS Theurgy] @stardust @Ellen Fitz @Nesota Kynnovan
One of the more painful aspects of being a Vulcan that was more in touch with their emotional side was the pain and heartbreak of loss.
His chess game had been a bitter pill to swallow. Zy carefully let him down, telling him that as Martok’s liaison, she might not be on the ship as much, if not at all. Just as he was daring to be a living person again, the rug was pulled out from under his feet. Even synthahol wasn’t enough to dull the pain. Still that was life for you.
He was about to share his part of the mission, when the bickering started between the two officers of the team. He had been that fresh faced ensign once, “no Man behind” was the Human platitude that was used to express the importance of ensuring that the entire team survives. But there was also the no win scenario, that was the subject of a legendary test that Foval, like many cadets had taken. Both are sterile, and do little to prepare you for the real life of a space adventurer. One day he had gone to his quarters to meditate, the next time he was in control, he was alone on an alien jungle moon.
After Rutherford had encouraged them to get it together, he decided to weigh in his own thoughts.
“We are one ship, perhaps not fully alone, but we are isolated from the support network that we have been trained to use, and the aforementioned network is under the influence of a terrible power that is tricking those who aren’t complicit into believing that we are traitors. Many of the best Starfleet officers, the finest recruits the academy have ever produced, have had days where there are no good options. In situations like ours, that number is considerably higher. We cannot turn our back on the idealism and philosophies of the Starfleet Uniform, that is why the Captain rebelled in the first place. But we have to face our bad days too.”
He sat down, his relationship with Rutherford was still burgeoning, and he didn’t want to think that he had overstepped a line.