Sigh...

[kirk_tng]

I suppose this is the point where I complain about the journal name you've chosen for me.

I think it goes without saying.

Comments

[vintage_fine]

You know you're welcome to the name... should you ever want it.

[kirk_tng]

With all due respect, sir, this wasn't my idea.

[vintage_fine]

Do you think mine was?

[kirk_tng]

It would...go against your reputation a little bit.

[vintage_fine]

Which part?

[kirk_tng]

Just the parts mother told me about. She's repeatedly assured me you were no Boy Scout.

[faire_en_sorte_que]

Marcus...as in the Dr. Marcus behind the Genesis Project? I thought she was a woman.

[kirk_tng]

My mother, sir.

I didn't realize the project had been declassified.

[faire_en_sorte_que]

It hadn't. I am a federation captain that...has had to deal with similar situations. And in reference I found out about it. I don't know much beyond the fact it was deemed a failure.

[kirk_tng]

Things...went wrong.

Sir, I don't recognize your uniform. Are you from a particular division of Starfleet?

[faire_en_sorte_que]

It's very complicated. This is, as best as I can tell, is a temporal distortion.

I am approximately 80 years in your future. I'm the current captain of the USS Enterprise.

[kirk_tng]

The Enterprise.

Well, that's certainly...interesting.

[faire_en_sorte_que]

Indeed. The Enterprise-E to be specific.

[This may be hard to explain]

There have been six ships to hold the name, including Kirks.

[kirk_tng]

[Wry smile.]

How many of them did he destroy?

[faire_en_sorte_que]

Just the one. The original was destroyed. The Enterprise-A was decomissioned, as was the B. The C and D were destroyed, the former with all hands lost, the later with no hands lost. The D was my originally my ship. We are now on the E.

[kirk_tng]

Well, it seems you two have something in common. I hope not too much else, sir.

[faire_en_sorte_que]

[Oh, that will get a chuckle out of Picard]

Kirk was famous for his exploits. Or infamous, depending on ones point of view. While the ship destruction is simlar, he and I are very different.

He had more in common with my first officer than he does me.

[kirk_tng]

As I've been repeatedly told, he was no Boy Scout.

[faire_en_sorte_que]

I never would have expected to hear the words "Kirk" and "Boy Scout" within the same sentence, but with the qualifier of "was no" makes it far more appropriate.

[There is another chuckle]

I am far more by the books, but Kirk is obviously a man of great respect in my time.

[kirk_tng]

I'm getting that distinct impression, sir.

[faire_en_sorte_que]

I should clarify: He is greatly respected as a leader. It is well known that when he was not in the position of leadership he was not the best of men. Many try to emulate his skill in leadership, but nowhere else.

[kirk_tng]

Well, I've had the privilege of seeing him in action as a leader, Captain. And I'll give the devil his due.

[faire_en_sorte_que]

Odd you should mention the devil Is there a reason why there is...a slight amount of disdain in your voice in the mention of Kirk?

[kirk_tng]

We...haven't always seen eye to eye.

[faire_en_sorte_que]

Not everyone does. It's understandable that men who are of high regard still have people who dislike them, and Kirks mannerisms would make him very prone to this. And in several situations it would be warranted.

[kirk_tng]

I see the history books left out some of the significant details of the Genesis disaster.

[faire_en_sorte_que]

Much of the incident is still classified, even in my time. The project itself is known, as are some details on the matter, but much of it is still unter the shroud.

[kirk_tng]

I suspect that was out of respect to my mother's wishes.

To say nothing of the Klingon problems at the time.

[faire_en_sorte_que]

That could be it. It may be telling of how the times have changed, but my secuirty officer is a klingon. oOne raised within the Federation, at that.

[kirk_tng]

...

I...see...

[faire_en_sorte_que]

I realize just how relations were strained in your time, so it would be hard to expect it. Worf, that's his name, was the first Klingon to be raised within the Federation. Klingon officers are nigh unheard of, but the fact there is one is telling of the differences.

[kirk_tng]

Sir, I don't really care for politics. My feelings regarding the Klingons are personal.

[faire_en_sorte_que]

I was simply apprasing you of the situation, Dr. Marcus. I am sure that many of the situations involving Klingons in your time would be personal.