NPC JAG Lt Phineas Aston-Martin

(Closing Ceremonies)

At the small table where the JAG had started off four hours before, he faced the head table and said, "Lady and Gentlemen sitting the panel for this inquiry, please record your observations for these proceedings and submit them to the Judge Advocate General's office, Headquarters: Star Fleet Command, San Francisco, California, USA Earth. Please include as much detail about your perceptions as possible. The General appreciates your participation and apologizes for any inconvenience you may have encountered, however this process was necessary."

Phineas then touched the PADD sitting on the small table along the far wall from the witness chair, and its power light flickered several times and went out as it turned off. Picking it up, he then turned to Captain Kurogami. "Thank you so much once more for your kind participation. Strictly off the record, it seems that this will be the only action taken. To be honest, it does not bode well for fleet morale to punish someone simply for error, eh?"

The small, thin man extended his hand. "With all due respect, I would like to take leave of you now. I plan to depart the ship within the hour, once my own report is transmitted and en route. I hope the next time we meet that it will be under less stressful circumstances, sir."

(Presuming the courtesy of a handshake.)

Phineas smiled and smartly left the room, his British head held high.

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