Author's Note: Okay pheonixfireball, you finally get what you want, a chapter with more about the crew.

Chapter Six

"He's my great-great-great uncle," Robert replied. The same question had been asked to him at least ten times in the past twelve hours. He sat at a table with the other senior officers during his "dinnertime". "Now could we find another subject, I'm getting tired of hearing the same question day and night".

"Okay, tell us about yourself, Jpak," said Debbing.

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Jpak did not like to talk about her past, but these people genuinely seemed to approve her and they were the people she could most likely trust. "I don't know where to begin," she said. "My family lived in the provinces, so we weren't that respected. My birth father was disgraced when he died; I was very young, his death forced my mother into a ritual suicide because of the disgrace. They were both highly respected. I spent six years in the Romulan equivalent of an orphanage. A family in the provinces took me in when I was seven. I showed an interest in healing when I was young, so I was sent to a "medical school" after I had went through the normal education. When the Borg attacked and Romulus joined the Federation as a full member, I went to a Vulcan healing academy and finished my education. After that I joined Starfleet because I had heard their ships were much better than Romulan ones".

Everyone seemed to be taken aback with her life's story. They all just stared at her for a few seconds. She turned to Commander Watkins, "Can we hear about you know?" asked him.

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Jack Watkins wasn't much for telling about his past either. "I was born on the Alpha Centauri Prime colony," he said, "I was about seven when my mother was killed or assimilated, which ever by the Borg. We were on a ship and were attacked, this was before their take over, and luckily they didn't take the ship so I managed to survive. My father had died a couple of years earlier after a Romulan attack on his starship." He eyed Jpak, "Once I was old enough I joined Starfleet, I graduated from the academy about fifteen years ago."

Watkins turned to Debbing, "Thaddeus?"


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Debbing didn't mind telling of his past whatsoever. "Well, I was born in San Francisco. My father managed an old museum there and my mother owned a restaurant. I'm thirty-three. For as long as I could remember I wanted to go into Starfleet. So when I turned eighteen I went to the academy, graduated when I was twenty-two and just went from ship to ship. When the Borg attacked I finally got my captaincy and six months ago I got this ship."

He saw Jpak turn to Robert, "Robert, could we hear about you now?" she asked.

"You mean me and not my relatives?" he jokingly asked.

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Finally, Robert thought, someone who wants to hear about me. "Okay then," he said. "First of all call me Rob, I come from Des Moines, Iowa. I'm twenty-nine right now; I've been in Starfleet fully for seven years. But I got into the academy eleven years ago, well the one they built right after the Borg attacked. At wanted to get back at them, so I went in to Starfleet once I was old enough, which was right after their fist attack. Both my parents died in the attack, but I was off world so I lived. I've been at the Starbase 112 for all my career, until now at least."

The four crewmembers ate their dinners and chatted the night away until it was late. As they parted Robert caught up with Jpak, since their quarters were on the same deck any ways. Robert had been waiting for the opportunity to speak with her for a while. "Hey wait up," he said to her. She turned to see him and slowed down. As they got near the end of the ride on the turbolift they had taken he asked, "I was wondering, would you like to have dinner tomorrow? Just the two of us? I mean, so we can get to know each other better, I like to know my shipmates".

Jpak stared at him for a few seconds with a look of surprise. "I shall think about it," she replied, "I'll tell you tomorrow... Rob". She walked off to her quarters.

When Robert got to his quarters he thought t himself, oh great Robby, nice move, this will be the first time you'll ever be rejected by a different species.

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Jpak was puzzled, she had heard of this question before, was this what humans called, asking out on a date?