Away Team Missions

As I mentioned last time, we have been out and about making appearances at charity functions and schools. T'Pina, Tom Carr, Ambassador Ke'reth, General K'batlh, Mark Swan and myself went to Hardwick Middle School Summer Fete the day before the first meeting. The Klingons and the Borg are very popular at these sort of functions. The General went back to Bradford after the first meeting but was back again two weeks later, to stay with me for two weeks. Plenty of wine, talking and costume making into the early hours of the morning and doorstops at midnight can be a lot of fun! Thanks General.

However, we have worked hard on behalf of the club. We were at Redlodge Strawberry Fair on July 4th. All the above people except Mark, plus the Borg 3 of 30 - Bob Hedley and his family, Wendy, Jessica and Michael were there and all had a great time!

Q. Dear Doctor, I have a serious problem! I am a Romulan and I have been stationed on Terra for the last 4 years and I have found myself telling the truth and being honest!. My natural Romulan duplicity and egocentricity have almost gone. Is this because I have been spending lots of time away from other Romulans? Have I picked up a nasty case of Federation decency? If I return to Romulus, will I be accepted?

I have been asked to write a page for the Stations' internal News Service. So, please answer me a question.... what would you write? I'll admit that the question threw me at first.... then I sat down at my console and stared out at the myriad of stars framed by my office window.

We Klingons have a reverence for stars. Some might find this odd, after all they are only distant Suns. But I have always found them somehow comforting. When you realise just how small you truly are.

So I sat down and took a long hot swig from my mug of Raktajino. At one time in my life I thought tat I'd die in battle. A glorious death, is all that I wanted. But for some unknown reason I seemed to be hard to kill. Some say it's luck, but perhaps I am here to serve a higher purpose.

It's for this reason, that I chose to tell you of my rise to power. It all started back in 2371. I was still serving undercover as part of the Imperial Anti-piracy Task Force. Then... one day, near the Klingon planet of Ty'gokor, we picked up a distress signal. Somehow, a Jem'Hadar assault team had beamed in to the main hall from orbit. Captain Kambei and I moved in, taking weapons from the base armoury, we fell upon our enemy. Looking back, it still strikes me as strange how fate deals you a low blow, just when you least expect it. There, Captain Kambei and myself stood, we were covered in our enemies blood, catching our breath, looking like two warriors from the old sagas; when, who should walk in but Chancellor Gowron! For our timely intervention, he awards us the betleH'obe' (the Order od the Bat'telh). Suddenly we are heroes! We were both invited to join the yan Isleth (Brother hodd of the Sword). I served in this post for about six months before buying a house on the planet Klinzhai. Then late in 2374, I get a call from the head of imperial intelligence to expose a shape shifter that had infiltrated the very heart of the Empire. It was only after successfully completing this mission, that Gowron asked me what I wanted as my reward. I jokingly told him to make me a full Ambassador to the Federation......

In the early part of the year 2375, I got called to the Federation Starbase 410, located near the Klingon border, to serve the Empire (under Chancellor Martok) as Ambassador.

During my tenure I wish to aid the understanding, by outsiders, of the Klingon race. This I shall attempt to do by language and by printing extracts from a number of Klingon books. It is to this end that I ask you accept me as your teacher and perhaps in time, your friend.....

I take my first reading from the Book of Futures, by Khaless, chapter 16 - verse 112.

"There will come a time, when old enemies unite to defeat a greater foe.
A time when borders will be struck down, as wheat before the scythe.
A time, when understanding shall forge the links of a great chain that will bind together a new and glorious Empire."

Perhaps this time is now...... Remember, reH suvrup Suv

Ke'reth zantal Makura
Ambassador - Klingon Embassy
Starbase 410

1. They can apply to an Embassy attached to the Starbase for staff positions.

2. Become a member of the civilian support service (no ranks).

3. Create own embassy (by agreement with Committee and Captain).

These options each have their own rules for promotion or service awards within the club, and are covered in separate sections of this article.

First we will detail the Starfleet Promotion System

The Rank Points Table (over 16 yrs)

When a member reaches a promotion level, the member must complete a promotion request form and hand it in to the Duty Operations Officer. These forms will be available from the Ops Desk.

If, at the age of 16, the Cadet has not reached Yeoman level. Then the Cadet will become an Adult NCO and will have to earn an Officers Commission the same way as an adult New Member.

Revised: 15^th August 1999