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<blockquote data-quote="reveal" data-source="post: 2499695" data-attributes="member: 1236">The Colonel smiles. &quot;It's the biggest reason, yes.&quot;&quot;I have to admit, Hinda, I'm a little uneasy about picking you. You have ample qualifications to be a scientist and to examine anything and everything we bring back from distant worlds. But you have no field training. Have you ever handled a gun except to learn how not to kill people with it?&quot;&quot;I need to know that, if push comes to shove, my team can handle themselves in a fight. It's not all cool toys and friendly aliens out there. There are some that want to kill us on site and some that welcome us into their homes simply so they can plot our doom while we stand there smiling. Can you do it, Hinda? Can you pick up a gun, point it at someone, and shoot them? If our back is up against the wall and we have no way out, can you kill a living being?&quot;The smile has faded away from Colonel Johnson's face, replaced by a very serious look.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="reveal, post: 2499695, member: 1236"] The Colonel smiles. "[COLOR=Silver]It's the biggest reason, yes.[/COLOR]" "[COLOR=Silver]I have to admit, Hinda, I'm a little uneasy about picking you. You have ample qualifications to be a scientist and to examine anything and everything we bring back from distant worlds. But you have no field training. Have you ever handled a gun except to learn how [b]not[/b] to kill people with it?[/COLOR]" "[COLOR=Silver]I need to know that, if push comes to shove, my team can handle themselves in a fight. It's not all cool toys and friendly aliens out there. There are some that want to kill us on site and some that welcome us into their homes simply so they can plot our doom while we stand there smiling. Can you do it, Hinda? Can you pick up a gun, point it at someone, and shoot them? If our back is up against the wall and we have no way out, can you kill a living being?[/COLOR]" The smile has faded away from Colonel Johnson's face, replaced by a very serious look. [/QUOTE]

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