<div class="floatleft">(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/812547894355427348/813569959220740148/Lt_Anatole_Kir-je.png)</div><strong> Lieutenant Anatole Kir-Je (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=329997.msg15762414#msg15762414)</strong><br/><strong>&lt;Location&gt;</strong>Hallway<br/><strong>&lt;Summary of actions&gt;</strong>Teaching Aster how to baffle with bullshit (As if she needed it)<br/><strong>&lt;Tag to another character/NPC&gt;</strong>PO Aster<br/><hr/>“Injury stays in.  There is a medical record of it so we can't not include it.  The fact that the lieutenant overrode the safety protocols will also remain, because that will show up in the diagnostic that the engineering department will do.  Things that will show up in other reports will need to show up in ours, otherwise there will be questions.  If the two ensigns, who shall for the moment remain nameless, decide to come forward with confessions of an interest in, what was it? Vintage Terran Bestiality porn? If that happens, we may end up looking vaguely incompetent for not knowing that they were there but until that happens, you will conveniently forget to include them and I will remain blissfully ignorant of their involvement."  If nothing else, his time in the diplomatic corps had taught him about plausible deniability.<br/><br/>Anatole and Aster were more than an hour going over the report, changing wording, removing some things and adding others until Anatole was satisfied.  Somewhere along the line Anatole discovered the alcoholic nature of Aster's chosen beverage.  He gave her a baleful look.  "I meant coffee.  Do I need to remind you of the regulations regarding the consumption of certain substances during duty hours?" he asked.  "You're not likely to get a second shift in the pilot's chair if you try that on the bridge."<br/><br/><em>Second</em>shift.  The petty officer had yet to serve a first shift on the bridge.  Anatole was well aware  of her ambition.  As one of his staff, it was his responsibility to do what he could to help her achieve her goals.  He handed her a PADD.  "Bridge protocol.  You show me an effort in learning it and I will see what I can do about getting you your chance at the controls.  Your performance will reflect on both of us but it will affect you far more than me.  It will also affect anyone who comes after you.  So study that.  When you think you're ready, let me know. If you have questions, ask.   I'll put the word in Commander Mara's ear and we'll see where it goes.  Fair enough?"