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Post by Lieutenant Victor Springfield on Jul 15, 2016 17:24:23 GMT -5
Vic smiled. "What, you think you can bottle up hundreds of people in a tin can and avoid this kind of stuff?"
"For what it's worth, I just happened to be passing by your quarters at the right -- or should I say, wrong time. I don't think people are gossiping behind your back. Well, if they are, they're not telling me about it."
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Post by Lt Cmdr Jonathan Cameron on Jul 15, 2016 17:27:19 GMT -5
Jon sighs, setting down his scotch and running a hand through his thick black hair.
"Decia and I are friends...close friends, but only friends. Alice is the woman I'm going to marry...that's pretty much the extent of our relationships."
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Post by Lieutenant Victor Springfield on Jul 15, 2016 18:06:24 GMT -5
"For what it's worth," he said, "I believe you." He sipped some of the scotch. "But these kinds of misunderstandings happen. Not much you can do about it other than ride it out, I guess."
Vic looked at Jon for a second before switching gears.
"I have to admit, I read up on all the leaked Salvation files before I came on board. It must have been remarkable to be part of the crew that took it all down. Do you feel any... different?" Vic looked at Jon intently as he sipped.
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Post by Lt Cmdr Jonathan Cameron on Jul 15, 2016 18:22:35 GMT -5
Jon can't help but laugh as he picks up the scotch.
"You read what Salvation had done...but you really don't have any idea what this crew has been through in the last year, do you?"
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Post by Lieutenant Victor Springfield on Jul 15, 2016 18:26:55 GMT -5
Vic leaned back in his chair, glass in hand. "I suppose I don't. At the very least, I know what was in the leaked files. And I read the mission reports... at least, the ones that I was permitted to access. I can't imagine what's it's been like."
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Post by Lt Cmdr Jonathan Cameron on Jul 15, 2016 18:42:27 GMT -5
Jon leans in, taking a sip of the scotch.
"Where would you like to start...with my brother, who I believed dead but was actually altered so radically that he now roams space as a mindless killer...or my fiancée, who it turns out is a cybernetic being, an echo of the consciousness of an officer from the 23rd century? Perhaps you'd like to hear of the Gemini incident, where two expert assassins pretended to be Lieutenant Walker and endlessly executed me as we were stuck in a time loop on a starbase?"
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Post by Lieutenant Victor Springfield on Jul 16, 2016 6:30:02 GMT -5
Victor swished the liquid in his glass around as he listened. After several long moments of just looking at Jon, he put his glass down and leaned forward with a serious expression on his face.
"I knew about your brother. At least, a little bit. You'd be surprised at what a diplomatic pass can get you. As for everything else... I had no idea." He sighed and looked down for a moment before looking at Jon.
"This may sound like a stupid question, but... are you sure? About Alice, I mean. I've met cybernetic beings before... they were nothing like she is. I wouldn't have even guessed unless you told me. How could such a thing be possible? And who could create such a being? I'm not doubting you... I'm just... confused."
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Post by Lt Cmdr Jonathan Cameron on Jul 16, 2016 11:20:05 GMT -5
Jon shakes his head.
"I've met with the creator...I think the reason she is so different is because her consciousness is based on a real person. She was created by the Director of what was Project Salvation. It was the reason for its existence...to save his daughter."
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Post by Lieutenant Victor Springfield on Jul 16, 2016 22:46:20 GMT -5
"The Director of..." Victor trailed off for a second before looking very intently at Jon. "You met the Director of Project Salvation?"
Victor blinked. "I guess I didn't know the half of what went on with this ship..."
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Post by Lt Cmdr Jonathan Cameron on Jul 16, 2016 22:50:01 GMT -5
Jon nods.
"I asked to meet with him...and I stepped out of my quarters, and ended up on a transporter pad. Wherever he happens to be."
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Post by Lieutenant Victor Springfield on Jul 26, 2016 9:51:15 GMT -5
Vic was completely flabbergasted.
"So that means the Director is going to be your father in law? Jeez, Jon." Vic took a breath. "That's some heavy stuff. Does everyone on the Sentinel have some kind of strange set of circumstances like this?" He asked, mostly rhetorically.
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Post by Lt Cmdr Jonathan Cameron on Jul 26, 2016 9:57:23 GMT -5
Jon shakes his head.
"Not everyone...but there certainly are a lot of Salvation connections."
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