"Well, hopefully I'm not going to have to do any whip cracking," Samuel told Sahara.  "But, if it comes down to it, between you and me..."  He exhaled just a little.  "The Captain seems too nice to do that, and Osiel seems just a little too laid back for it."  The First Officer shrugged.  "I'll probably have to end up being the bad guy.  But hopefully everyone does their jobs and nothing ever comes of it."<br/><br/>"Alright.  Let's see if we can't find some spare overlap of time so I can take you for a couple of lessons on the shipboard weapons."  The compression rifle was the major one, but a good number of other Federation weapons had been developed by scientists, especially with the Voyager's return from the Delta Quadrant. "No, you're not required to be there, just the Captain and myself.  Maybe Osiel."  He waved dismissively. "You're fine.  You've got to set up in Sickbay, anyways."