Star Trek: New Frontier: Treason
Starship Excalibur
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"Burgoyne propositioned me."
The announcement took Mackenzie Calhoun, captain of the Starship Excalibur, by surprise. Seated in his ready room, he put aside the ancient Xenexian battle axe that he had recently acquired and looked up with a quizzical expression at Tania Tobias. The conn officer was standing just inside the door, shifting uncomfortably, fiddling with the trailing ends of her hair.
"S/he did?"
Tobias nodded.
"I apologize," he said, "if hir doing so made you feel uncomfortable, Lieutenant, and I assure you that -- "
"I wasn't offended, Captain."
"Oh." Calhoun took pride in his ability to react quickly and authoritatively to any situation. It was that resourcefulness that had enabled him and his crew to survive many hazardous situations. Yet he occasionally found himself disoriented when talking with his eclectic crew members, and this was one of those occasions. "So this is not something I should be concerned about?"
"I think you should be, yes."
He leaned back in his chair, resisting the temptation to throw his hands up in surrender.
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