"Ready?  Yes, absolutely," the First Officer affirmed his own belief in what the Captain had said.  "But it's just about as likely that we're going to encounter a concentrated Romulan presence on this mission as it would be for the moon shuttles to encounter the Borg."  His hands were turned palms upward.  "In the end, we have to balance being ready with how likely an event is to happen.  You can't have the crew running around preparing for every possibility all at the same time during their shifts.  It'd cause burnout."<br/><br/>Moving on, he changed to the subject of his talents.  "I'm a soldier, of a sort," he told Sahara.  "My first ship was the<em>Rodger Young</em>, a Nebula battle-type during the Dominion War.  I learned a lot about tactics, starship combat, and repelling boarding actions in those three years.  And while I'm no Security officer...I can surprise people just as well as they can."