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trans_channel2011-05-30 08:20 pm
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I am Iniss 335 and am announcing my candidacy for the currently vacant seat upon the ship council.
My fellow crew mates, many of you know me. More of you know of me. I have been a rather unpopular figure since I arrived on this ship; I am a minority, as many of the non-humans on the ship are. At the moment, there are only three of my species on the ship.
What I stand for, crew-mates, is not the idea that any one person’s individual moral stance can decide the fate of the crew, but that logic, examining each event and the people involved in it, will help us move forward together, as a cohesive unit. I myself have heard often “Well if this happens again, we need a plan.” Which I find both unusual and overall harmful to the crew. Each situation is unique, and having such a policy for dealing with a certain type of alien will only end up with the innocent, as well as the guilty, ground to dust before they can even speak. Because of what I am, I have been attacked several times, even by members of this council I now seek to join. I have nearly been starved, a fate I would not wish on my deadliest foe, and though I, and many others on this ship, have made every effort to confirm to the high moral ideals of this ship, and have found themselves still marginalized. Have found many hesitant to act, even in the defense of another sentient because it simply did not conform to their ideals of how a creature should be created. This is not right, crew-members, as many of you know. Even if you are hesitant to admit it.
As for examples of leadership, I have lead an undercover unit, trained to gather and disseminate information for those above me and to make decisions to protect my team. While it was not a large team, one of our primary objectives to remain both effective and undiscovered. It also placed me in a position to interact with people both above me and under me and form, as the council should, and open dialogue between my people and the Command crew.
I have also, on this ship, acted at great risk to myself to protect the ship and crew from a creature whose species was not unlike my own and have proven myself capable of offering similar, fair judgment, should a similar situation occur, rather than offer a slanted view, incapable of accepting another viewpoint.
The charter states that we cannot be judged for actions undertaken before being brought on the ship. From such skewed views, with no opinions of our own to form but those based on those views expressed by the few who were there, it will inevitably dissolve the bonds we should rightly be forming with the men, women, and aliens who should be watching our backs in this war. If I am elected, my decisions will be formed based on the situation, and the impact on the ship. On logic and what is best for the crew, not what my own morals and ‘gut-reactions’ tell me I should. Our decisions should always be based on presenting a united front and deciding for the crew, for the best of the crew, not for the greatest moral comfort of a few.
My fellow crew mates, many of you know me. More of you know of me. I have been a rather unpopular figure since I arrived on this ship; I am a minority, as many of the non-humans on the ship are. At the moment, there are only three of my species on the ship.
What I stand for, crew-mates, is not the idea that any one person’s individual moral stance can decide the fate of the crew, but that logic, examining each event and the people involved in it, will help us move forward together, as a cohesive unit. I myself have heard often “Well if this happens again, we need a plan.” Which I find both unusual and overall harmful to the crew. Each situation is unique, and having such a policy for dealing with a certain type of alien will only end up with the innocent, as well as the guilty, ground to dust before they can even speak. Because of what I am, I have been attacked several times, even by members of this council I now seek to join. I have nearly been starved, a fate I would not wish on my deadliest foe, and though I, and many others on this ship, have made every effort to confirm to the high moral ideals of this ship, and have found themselves still marginalized. Have found many hesitant to act, even in the defense of another sentient because it simply did not conform to their ideals of how a creature should be created. This is not right, crew-members, as many of you know. Even if you are hesitant to admit it.
As for examples of leadership, I have lead an undercover unit, trained to gather and disseminate information for those above me and to make decisions to protect my team. While it was not a large team, one of our primary objectives to remain both effective and undiscovered. It also placed me in a position to interact with people both above me and under me and form, as the council should, and open dialogue between my people and the Command crew.
I have also, on this ship, acted at great risk to myself to protect the ship and crew from a creature whose species was not unlike my own and have proven myself capable of offering similar, fair judgment, should a similar situation occur, rather than offer a slanted view, incapable of accepting another viewpoint.
The charter states that we cannot be judged for actions undertaken before being brought on the ship. From such skewed views, with no opinions of our own to form but those based on those views expressed by the few who were there, it will inevitably dissolve the bonds we should rightly be forming with the men, women, and aliens who should be watching our backs in this war. If I am elected, my decisions will be formed based on the situation, and the impact on the ship. On logic and what is best for the crew, not what my own morals and ‘gut-reactions’ tell me I should. Our decisions should always be based on presenting a united front and deciding for the crew, for the best of the crew, not for the greatest moral comfort of a few.
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Thank you, Loren. I am glad to have your approval.
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If you want to serve on the Council you have to put others needs over your own and make sacrifices. You couldn't even do that for Tom.
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I am aware, Loren. There are a great many things I could make known that would make it easier for me and harder for others, but I have kept silent. I have taken no action to cause harm on this ship, and I stand by my platform. I can make an unbiased, external decision to best benefit the crew, rather than allow emotional, gut reactions to cloud my judgment.
Name one thing, one thing at all, Loren, that I have done upon this ship to earn your reproach, aside from Tom, as he made his choice, and that is not your business or anyone else's, and think of other things I have done to earn at the very least your tolerance. I have shown you courtesy and respect, I do not ask you to like me, but I would ask for the same.