Private remote connection established. Accessing
Resilience Flight Recorder data directory. File
selected. Playing log. Come in. Captain, what
a nice surprise. How can I help you? Hi. Sorry
to drop by unannounced, counselor. I had my physical
the other day, and I'm sure Dr. Flint would love
to have a psychological profile with that. I
was wondering if you had a moment to talk. I
believe I can spare a few minutes for you. Come
in. Apologies for the mess. I was doing a little
unpacking and some decorating. That's okay. I
just got into my quarters today. I haven't even
started to put stuff away yet. Are those yours?
Kind of. This one is definitely mine. This is
beautiful. Is this a Qowat Milat sword? Yes. My
mother had it made for me. She had hoped I would
join the order like she did. That's right. Your
mother was a Qowat Milat nun. But your father
was Vulcan, right? Correct. My father, Jynok,
was a Kolinahr master. This was his lirpa. I've
never seen one of those so close. May I? Of course,
Captain. Let me just take that from you. Here
you go. Ugh. These things are lopsided and heavy.
I don't think I could ever fight with one of
these. My father wielded it like a professional.
He told me once he had to fight with it in the
Kal-if-fee. For your mom? No. It was for a woman
to whom he had been ceremony bonded as a boy.
When the time came for their Koon-ut-kal-if-fee, she
chose combat. My father had to battle for the
woman he was to marry. It took several minutes,
but he was victorious. Unfortunately for her.
Her champion and the man she loved was dead.
She never married. Well, that is sad. Yes. Yes,
it is. Couple years later, he met my mother and
the rest is history. Well, good thing for us.
Hey, what was that thing you told Captain Kohlan
about your parents? The - my mother always said
that The Qowat Milat only bind their
swords to the most hopelessly lost causes. And
she also never saw a cause more hopeless and
lost than my father. That was funny. Well, I
guess we should probably get started. Yes, we
should. Please take a seat, Captain. If it's
alright with you, Captain, I'm going to record
our session. So we can refer back to it later
for my report. Whatever you need to do, Lieutenant.
Computer. Begin recording this session. Save
it to my personal files. Voice print T'vel Tau Kappa
3584. All right. Let's begin, shall we? Please
state your full name, rank, and current assignment
for the record. Nicholas Jeffrey Moore. Captain.
Commanding Officer USS Resilience. Is this your
first command? Yes. Previously, I was the first
officer of the USS Intrepid under Captain Pardok.
And how are you feeling about this new challenge?
The center chair is a big step. Oh, I know. Captain
Pardok gave me a bunch of horror stories when
I accepted the promotion. So, yeah, I know it's
a big deal. But I think I'm ready. Good. Speaking
for the crew. I'm glad to hear it. Can I just
say something? Go ahead. It's strange to hear
a joke coming from someone who looks like you.
No offense intended, but Vulcans are not known
for their sense of humor. No offense taken, Captain.
My father said I talk after my mother, although
she would say my temper is more like his. But
I will say my sense of humor is one of the things
that attracted my husband to me. What race is
he? He is a full Vulcan. Really? A Vulcan does
not lie. That's interesting. I'm pulling us off
topic. I'm sorry. Go ahead. Thank you. I see
in your personnel file your parents are Charles
and Kay Moore. Tell me about them. What can I
say? They're good parents. They were high school
sweethearts who married young. They were 19 and
18 respectively. And they just celebrated their
53rd wedding anniversary on February 14th. And
they're still in love. It's a nice thing to see.
It is. It's wonderful. Have you ever considered
marriage? Oh, I've considered it. Um, there have
been a few women I'd considered it for, but once
I made department head, I just refocused my energies.
And why is that? Well, as a general rule, I don't
think it's a good idea for a department head
or hire to date subordinates. It complicates
things too much. In what way? Um, I don't want
to be in a situation... where I would have to
order someone I love to their death. When someone
hits department head level, that becomes a real
possibility. So once I became Chief Helmsman
on the Wellington, I just stopped dating. Completely?
Or just on the same ship? I guess in general.
I've tried long distance things and they never
work out. I've tried dating women at the same
rank. but they all seem too driven by their career
to have time for a family. I don't know, counselor.
I may find the right girl and settle down, but
if you're not married by that fourth pip, the
odds are against you. That is a very cynical
way of looking at it, don't you think? I don't
know. I just... I know I don't want to be in
the situation where... I have to ask the woman
I love to crawl into a service conduit and repair
an antimatter storage pod primary containment
field. I just know I'd have a hard time doing
that. That was rather specific. What about other
members of your crew? Could you order one of
them? Well, that's kind of the captain's job,
isn't it? Yes. But after a while, wouldn't you
form the same emotional attachment to a member
of the crew, just as you would your wife? I guess.
It just doesn't feel like it would be different.
How so? Well, I wouldn't be sleeping with some
random ensign from security who I had to order
to a planet where I know they may not be coming
back. Couldn't live with myself if I did. It's
better to just... Be alone. I think it was James
T. Kirk who said, I've already got a woman to
worry about. In my case, her name is Resilience.
She comes first. And you're quite sure of that?
Yes ma 'am. For me, the welfare of this ship
and her crew comes before my personal needs.
End of story. Understandable, sir. But remember,
the welfare of the crew is also my responsibility.
And that includes you. The irresistible force
and the immovable object. I look forward to squaring
off with you. Fascinating. Oh, I see your birthday
is coming up on... Uh, let's just keep that between
us, counselor. There's a reason personnel files
are private. You don't celebrate your birthday,
Captain? No, I do. I just think it's part of
that not getting too close to the crew sort of
thing. I'm not the kind of person who likes a
big fuss to be made. Especially one day a year
over all the rest of the days. You are fascinating,
Mr. Captain. I look forward to our time together
on this mission. I'm looking forward to it as
well. Captain, there was one thing I wanted to
ask you about from the transfer ceremony. Oh,
yeah, sure. Lieutenant Colt said you were bothered
by the fact that Captain Kohlan did not recognize
you. Is that true? Really? Mia said that. Indeed.
Was that a problem? No, no, it's not a problem.
When she said she was going to get me back for
introducing her to the captain and some of the
senior staff by her full name I didn't expect
it would have been so soon I digress I guess
it did bother me a little I Served with him and
some of the other senior staff on the maelstrom
under then captain Kilgallon it was right out
of the Academy for me and I will say, I know
I made an impression on Kohlan at the time. How
so? Um, let's just say I'm more careful walking
around corners now. I'll be sure to watch out
for you in the corners. Let me ask you, what
was it that drew you into Starfleet? Uh, well,
my mom worked in stellar cartography. and my
dad was a teacher for the civilian school on
the Enterprise I back in the day. Mom always
spoke highly of her time in Starfleet. My two
brothers have gone into satisfying careers back
on Earth and I wanted something different for
my life. So I signed up to become a helmsman.
The rest is history. Or at least I hope it will
be. So you would say you are a lifer? Yeah, I
guess you could say that. I could say it was
because of the captains of previous generations
and reading their missions in school. Reading
about those places was all fine and well, but
it got a little boring. But seeing it, experiencing
it for yourself, that's the real adventure. Ad
Astra Casus Expectat. To the stars, adventure
awaits. Has it been everything you had hoped
for? More or less. I saw a lot of shuttle runs
in my early days. Navigated a few asteroid fields.
Seen the sun rise and set on a dozen worlds.
Saw a few friends off to the great beyond. Had
some bad captains and some good ones. At this
point, I couldn't see my life any other way.
Never settling down may end up being my one regret.
But it's a regret I think I can live with. Captain
Moore, you may be the most well -adjusted captain
in the fleet. I hope this is the beginning of
a trend. I'd like to think so too, counselor.
I believe that is all the questions I have. I
will transmit my final report to Dr. Flint in
the morning. Great. Thank you, Lieutenant. Captain,
please. You can call me T'vel. Thank you, T'vel.
I'll let you get back to your unpacking. Computer.
Open a subspace channel to Captain Solvem on
the USS T'pol. Mark it personal. End of selected
file. Logging out. Deleting connection data.
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Starship Resilience. Our cast for this special
bonus episode, in order of appearance, Amy Welch
as the computer, Stephanie Knox as Lieutenant
T'vel, and Jeff Welch as Captain Nick Moore.
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