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| "I’ll take a seat, shall I? Thankyou Sir.
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| Well, some people pronounce it as ‘Jen’ but, more
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| accurately, in the Terran tongue it’s ‘Yen Thelev’. I
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| know, the universal translator does have a bit of
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| difficulty with it. But I’m used to it by now.
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| Yes I grew up on Andor itself, that’s right.
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| I have four parents, actually - two mothers and two
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| fathers. Yes, it can get complicated! They’re all
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| responsible for getting me here today; my first
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| parents are both in politics, that’s how they met
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| actually. My first mother was a diplomatic aide for
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| the Federation ambassador to the Klingons at one
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| point. They could be a little strict in their regime
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| at times but they taught me discipline.
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| My second parents? Well, to hear my uncle tell it they
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| were pair of tearaways! They ran an insersteller
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| merchant business, trading shield technology I think,
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| all over the Federation and beyond. They tell me a lot
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| of stories about the adventures they got into, though
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| I’m not sure which ones to believe. The way my uncle
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| tells it they sound like a couple of Ferengi
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| smugglers!
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| Ha! no i don’t know how they all got together - I’ve
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| asked, but I never get a straight answer out of any of
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| them, they mostly just laugh.
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| Still, I grew up with stories of distant planets and
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| cultures, and tales of space adventures so when I was
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| a child I’d dream about the galaxy. I was quite a keen
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| astronomer when I was young and read up on all sorts
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| of obscure civilisations. My first mother saw this as
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| a fine opportunity to teach me the Klingon language.
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| Yes, I still practice it when I can.
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| My older sister is following my first parents - she’s
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| already making a name for herself in local politics on
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| Andor. I know she’s hoping for an ambassadorial
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| position eventually. My younger sister is still in
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| school, so I’m not sure which route she’ll be taking
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| yet - I’ll work on her, though, try to get her to join
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| Starfleet, too.
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| My school days were good. Very good actually. I did
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| well at all of my subjects and had the time to learn
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| to fly. Yes I had my own atmospheric racer, a bit of a
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| hobby of mine. Took part in some amateur events and
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| did alright for myself. No, not well enough for a
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| career, sadly!
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| Well, I wanted to send in my application to the
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| Academy as soon as I left school, but my fathers
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| persuaded me otherwise, thought some extra experience
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| would help. So I spent three years working for the
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| Andorian Couriers. It was mostly in-system work, but I
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| did get to visit Earth twice and Tellar once.
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| Well I did a variety of roles; sensors, helm,
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| navigation, communication and some engineering. It
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| gave me a pretty broad scope, let me pick up some
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| skills in all aspects of spacecraft, really. Yes the
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| extra experience did do me well - I submitted my
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| application to the Academy when I was 22 and was
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| accepted first time. With hindsight, I don’t think I
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| would have made it in when I was 18.
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| My time at the Academy? Well, as you can see from the
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| records I did well. Top five of the class for shuttle
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| piloting, navigation and communicator operations. I
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| think I’m somewhere in the top ten for most of the
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| other primary subjects, too, though I know my sciences
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| let me down a bit. My tutors said my greatest
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| strengths were my adaptability and perception - I know
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| I’m not the greatest engineer in the galaxy but I can
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| usually cope with unfamilier technology and I’m good
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| at spotting when things aren’t right.
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| I enjoyed sports, too. Yes it was mostly team sports
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| but I did get the chance to take up flying again and
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| take part in some of the solo races.
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| Well, I took the extra language module as I already
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| knew Klingon pretty well so thought it’d be a good
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| choice for some extra credits. I struggled on the
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| Romulan section though; I understand their alphabet so
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| I’m better at reading and writing it than at speaking,
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| something to do with the context and inflections.
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| I know I’ve got a good, solid selection of grades
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| there so hopefully I’ll be able to use them as a
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| foundation to build better achievements.
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| The social activities? Well, as I’m sure any of my
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| classmates will tell you I didn’t avoid the parties!
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| No, I wouldn’t consider myself a 'party animal' at
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| all, I just prefer company to being alone. I must
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| admit I don’t like the limelight too much myself.
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| Close friends? I only had a few really close friends -
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| the same is true of most Andorians, we’re very family
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| and clan orientated so only have a small number of
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| very close companions. Yes, I consider my friends from
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| the Academy as family and I can be a bit
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| overprotective of family.
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| Oh, that’s in there, is it? Well, the report did say
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| it was the Vulcan who started it, but I know it was
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| stupid of me. I do consider myself an open person and
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| like to take everyone on an individual basis, but he
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| was being typically Vulcan and arrogant and I don’t
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| like seeing one of my friends bullied.
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| Well that’s true, but Andorians aren’t as bad as
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| Klingons! We do our best to reign in our aggressive
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| tendancies. That’s right, the ritual duelling. I have
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| a holodeck program where I practice when I can, it’s a
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| very good way to relax and I’m very proficient with
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| the Chaka now, that’s the Andorian duelling dagger.
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| No, I’ve definitely matured since then and I always
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| try to keep my emotions under control. I know it can
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| make me a bit impulsive sometimes but I don’t think
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| that is a bad thing - sometimes it’s good to act when
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| others hesitate. It’s also part of being able to adapt
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| to new situations, I think.
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| That’s all? Well, thankyou for your time, Sir. I’m
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| really looking forward to it, should be a challenge.”
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