<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=82478.msg3915140#msg3915140">Quote from: ReijiTabibito on 20-11-2010, 04:08:13</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"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."<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: comic sans ms;">"It sounds like you really know your stuff, which is good.  I'd definitely feel safe with people like you, the Captain and Commander Makari running the ship," she said with a smile.  The man definitely had an impressive resume and at the moment, Sahara felt exceedingly under qualified standing next to him.  She blinked for a moment, analyzing the trail of thoughts that came to her head.  Why was it so imperative to her to impress him of all people?<br/><br/>She swallowed another sip of her coffee, thoughtfully reasoning her way through the things that that she was thinking.  "I can't say that I'm a possessor of the kind of qualifications that you have, but that's to be expected for a CMO," she said.  "I can assure you that I can fire a phaser pretty well," she said with a smile, pleased with her abilities to do so.  "I can handle a scalpel pretty well, too," she laughed, always keeping an upbeat, happy nature about her.</span>