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I think we've finally found the right job for Rachel Ainsworth. FINALLY. This is gonna be a war zone. This is NOT a counterinsurgency campaign like the conflict in Orion space. This is a conflict with people who have already decided they want to fight us, at least in this immediate area. It's pretty clear that we are going to be fighting a highly localized war in this sector.
We need officers with a strong combination of guts and aggression. That said, I'm voting Suarez for the field repair capability. Again, this is a war zone for all intents and purposes- being able to patch up ships without having to tow them clear back to Apinae (or farther) would really help.
I understand people's concern about "High Aggression" Thuir, but... Honestly, the man's famously not stupid. If he was going to get sucked into a trap he'd have done it at Ulith III, or that time he narrowly avoided getting bounced by Infested Miracht.
Indeed, this is why I keep arguing for the man to have high Nerve and medium Aggression, not the other way around. It would be totally out of character for Thuir to either charge recklessly into a dangerous situation, OR for him to have a breakdown of nerve. Whereas I can totally imagine Thuir persisting through sheer calm determination and "four o'clock in the morning courage" after almost anyone else would have been stampeded into making a mistake. Or, for that matter, Thuir missing an opportunity due to lack of aggressive willingness to take risks.
Insufficient 'aggression' could plausibly lead Thuir to make a mistake. Insufficient 'nerve' never would.
That said, he still has the massive liability that a large fraction of the entire Sydraxian species would like to personally mount his head on a pike. He's exactly the sort of person I'd want as the new CBZ commander, but not here. I'm going to vote for Lecras to handle Escort Command, because we can rely on her to follow orders and RoE a bit better than Revak. High "Rule-Abiding" isn't necessarily a drawback- ask one of our explorer captains about what happens when you forget the rules about keeping your shields up when approaching a strangely quiet Miranda, for instance.
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[X][FLEET] Rear Admiral Rachel Ainsworth
[X][TF1] Commodore Jessica Rivers
[X][TF2] Commodore Constance Lecras
[X][AUX] Commodore Alejandro Suarez - Expanded Field Repair capacity
There is no corresponding boost for the hospital ship that justifies burning RP, at a time when we may not actually have enough RP to operate all our own teams on existing ongoing research.
[By the way, thanks for the vote of confidence.
]
We need officers with a strong combination of guts and aggression. That said, I'm voting Suarez for the field repair capability. Again, this is a war zone for all intents and purposes- being able to patch up ships without having to tow them clear back to Apinae (or farther) would really help.
I understand people's concern about "High Aggression" Thuir, but... Honestly, the man's famously not stupid. If he was going to get sucked into a trap he'd have done it at Ulith III, or that time he narrowly avoided getting bounced by Infested Miracht.
Indeed, this is why I keep arguing for the man to have high Nerve and medium Aggression, not the other way around. It would be totally out of character for Thuir to either charge recklessly into a dangerous situation, OR for him to have a breakdown of nerve. Whereas I can totally imagine Thuir persisting through sheer calm determination and "four o'clock in the morning courage" after almost anyone else would have been stampeded into making a mistake. Or, for that matter, Thuir missing an opportunity due to lack of aggressive willingness to take risks.
Insufficient 'aggression' could plausibly lead Thuir to make a mistake. Insufficient 'nerve' never would.
That said, he still has the massive liability that a large fraction of the entire Sydraxian species would like to personally mount his head on a pike. He's exactly the sort of person I'd want as the new CBZ commander, but not here. I'm going to vote for Lecras to handle Escort Command, because we can rely on her to follow orders and RoE a bit better than Revak. High "Rule-Abiding" isn't necessarily a drawback- ask one of our explorer captains about what happens when you forget the rules about keeping your shields up when approaching a strangely quiet Miranda, for instance.
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[X][FLEET] Rear Admiral Rachel Ainsworth
[X][TF1] Commodore Jessica Rivers
[X][TF2] Commodore Constance Lecras
[X][AUX] Commodore Alejandro Suarez - Expanded Field Repair capacity
The Ambassador is a Starfleet ambition and we get an explicit mechanical boost for starting the project/prototype.
There is no corresponding boost for the hospital ship that justifies burning RP, at a time when we may not actually have enough RP to operate all our own teams on existing ongoing research.
[By the way, thanks for the vote of confidence.
]
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