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Alt timeline: Captain's ready room River reporting for duty.

Posted Jan. 13, 2019, 3:27 p.m. by River Styxx (Marine) (Nathan Derricutt)

Posted by River Styxx (Marine) in Alt timeline: Captain’s ready room River reporting for duty.

Posted by River Styxx (Marine) in Alt timeline: Captain’s ready room River reporting for duty.

Posted by Captain Kelly Shultz (Commanding Officer) in Alt timeline: Captain’s ready room River reporting for duty.
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Kelly listened to her story. It was an enigma to be sure. “So anything else I should know about you? What are your weaknesses,” Kelly asked as she looked over the information on the PaDD. All services records held the same vanilla information. Kelly wanted to know the things that mattered. She was a laid back Captian but also one that was able to be laid back because her staff was on top of things. They all had shining records and glittering medals but each one of them was a sentient being with fears and weaknesses. Some were the obvious things like a wife or child but other fears could be harder to find out until it was too late.

Captain Kelly Shutlz

River thought “Knowing your weaknesses is always a difficult business. What you see as a weakness other see as a strength, and what you think is a strength many think it’s a weakness. To me my biggest weakness is my emotions, that’s why i have worked hard to lock them away. they only cause suffering to you and others and our only good for getting you or others killed. believe me I’ve seen just that happen far to many times.” she said simply and coldly.

“However many would say that i am to harsh with my men. That i follow orders to easily and i do not question them, even if they are in a moral grey area. I can see why other would see that as a weakness but i see it as a way of keeping those under my command in line, and how to keep things running smoothly. So i’d have to say those are my weaknesses.” she added after a short pause.

River Styxx (Marine)

“So you don’t follow your gut,” Kelly asked taking a sip of her coffee. Kelly knew she was twisting River’s words a bit but this was the first time she had met the marine. “You know being a stickler for rules in all situations is dangerous. I am not saying defy orders but have you never been in a situation where the real-time events differ from what intell stated they would be?”

Captain Kelly Shutlz

“If the order is vague like hold the ship. then I’ll follow that order and do it my way. Using my gut to judge the situation. However if you said don’t go into section 34A then i wouldn’t go there.” River said clarifying what she meant as she thought the captain had misunderstood her.

“As for wrong intel. that happen a lot on my last posting. One time we we’re told to evac a school in a cleared safe zone. It was a trap. the area wasn’t safe at all. I went in with twelve men i came out with three and one survivor from the school. Every since then i take all Intel with a pinch of salt and over prepare, i’d much rather have the force and not need it, then not have the force and need it.” she said finishing her coffee.

River Styxx (Marine)

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