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Posted June 22, 2021, 1:46 a.m. by Commander Stark Nightstalker (Chief Intelligence Officer) (Ian Kerby)

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Janna Kingston (CNS) in Stark’s Quarters

Posted by Commander Stark Nightstalker (Chief Intelligence Officer) in Stark’s Quarters

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Janna Kingston (CNS) in Stark’s Quarters
Posted by… suppressed (1) by the Post Ghost! 👻

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Stark stopped cold at that statement. Sitting up and leaning forward his eyes were heavy. “I could use a friend,” he said preternaturally still, “but I fear that I need to inform you that friends of Stark Nightstalker court danger. I care about your future and I don’t want you to take a step like that without knowing the attention it may bring you from those who want me dead”.

Stark Nightstalker CIO

Kingston considered him intently. “Please, when the Exploratory Fleet was attached and we sustained all that damage, I was pinned to the floor of my office with a serious head would. S’raal had to cauterize that wound right there and then, while I was conscious. And yet I’m still here.” Here. It had many connotations within her remark and she meant all of them

“And if I may… it’s easy to give people reasons to walk away, Stark. Perhaps your next challenge is to give them reasons to stay,” Janna said softly, a tiny smile present on her lips.

~Janna Kingston, CNS

“Busted” he said unable to maintain eye contact. He cautiously found her eyes again covering his discomfiture. “S’Raal told me about that, he was impressed with your fortitude. It hurt him more than you know to have to do that to you, necessary or not.”

Stark Nightstalker CIO

“I know,” Janna said softly. “I accepted the risk staying in Starfleet, but I think it reminded me how thin the line could be between courage and stupidity. I have to make a conscious choice to stay here each day. If ever it starts to feel wrong, I’ve given myself the freedom to go. I had to for my own sanity, otherwise I’d be here for the wrong reasons.”

~Janna Kingston, CNS

Stark stayed silent for a moment as he drank in her words. “I can’t begin to understand what it must be like living with that hanging over you. So when you say the “wrong reasons”, what do you mean?”

Stark Nightstalker CIO


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