Personnel Evaluation

[Pher 0]

Joe

 

OK. Got some opinions…

 

Shane is likely trouble. Pretty much told me he has his own agenda, and told me not to get in his way. Through our recent affair, he has been bit more ready to start trouble than I’d like. He’s got courage enough and skills enough, but you’d want to talk with him yourself and judge if you can make him into a team player. I’m not confident I can. I’m not sure I want to. I’d like to be able to face trouble worrying about the opposition rather than my own people.

 

Byblos has got himself in trouble. Ran with a street gang. Guardians and Klingons wanted his turf, he didn’t want to walk away from it, four guardians among the dead, and now the Guardians want him. Not a lot left of his people. With the city apparently about to burn, his response was to get abusively drunk. He talks like he learned some life lessons, hopefully about not biting off more than he can chew. He is saying the right things. Not sure he really learned those life lessons, or how he will apply them next time he walks into trouble. I doubt he is sure, either. He’s talking a good game, has some useful skills, needs a new chance, I’m inclined to give it to him, but if we didn’t really need new hands I’d have trouble recommending him. Will have to be watched.

 

Soora and I are going to disagree somewhat on treatments for Chris. She’s got an herbal treatment that takes the edge off sexual desires. I’m familiar with the sort of drug that does this, but haven’t encountered this particular drug. Usually, the docs will have some sort of warning on such things, talking about depression and thoughts of suicide as a possible side effect of a sex drive killing drug. But, hey, a Vulcan might advocate a drug that reduces emotional urges and a Vulcan might have the discipline to fight emotional urges. An Orion? Well, we’ve got somewhat different attitudes towards emotional urges. Still, she is sincere. The style of drug she is advocating will help but is unlikely to be a miracle cure given the dosage Redera went for. Other than that, if you’re not a Vulcanphobe she checks out good. She has good training, not a lot of experience, but with you and Chris available to consult she should do well.

 

Not a lot available on William Chocox. I didn’t get a chance to sit down and talk with him. He’s old Starfleet and doesn’t seem to like the new Starfleet. His training will be solid, though not on the style of stuff we have aboard. You’re former Starfleet. I figure you’d do better evaluating him than I. Far as I can tell though, he is what he claims to be.

 

Sal Rosetto was the only one I wasn’t worried about in the last short ride on the QoB. He too is Old Starfleet. Has the technical skill. If there is a problem, it’s that he’s still living in the reality the Old Starfleet was supposed to create. He might encounter some culture shock out here, though it didn’t show in the recent mess. He’ll follow you loyally, at least until he gets to know you better.

 

Me? I’m having my own doubts. It’s easy to say you and Savoy don’t make the ideal team. I don’t think she could have made the connections with Minos, and I don’t see how you could have done it other than as you did. Yet, by the time your plan was ready to take flight, you’d so alienated Savoy that I pretty much had to ride things her way to make anything happen. Your style had got enough of the crew arrested that I couldn’t get things going without distancing myself from you.

 

We come from different places. Me? Even when I’m on the bottom of any given arrangement, I’ve had to keep the customer happy. You seem to enjoy ticking people off. I’d as soon make friends, or at least have people willing to work with me again. If I’ve got to make enemies, I want to choose them carefully, and I won’t let folks know they have earned me as an enemy until it is too late. For you, having all the right enemies seems to be a point of pride. If I have to double cross someone, I want to do it thoroughly, so they’ll never have a chance to get even. The way you operate, you’d think you get paid by how many people are angry at you.

 

It’s fine to have an attitude, Joe, but you’re not alone in this. Your rep will splash onto your crew. Could you cool it some?

 

Pher