"Well maybe I provoked him a bit, but HE hit me!!"

Looks up at the Commander and the Doc

"Welcome, welcome to my engineering-cell...if I can be of service, I will always help..."

Burke mentioned this all at a sarcastic tone

"Well you know what it is with these new Cadets, they always have these answers to everything."

Burke moved towards Commander Miller

"Hey, you are also a commander...you know the attitude of new officers, cadets and Lieutenant JG primarily. So you should know I have no blame in this....you just make sure I get my old position back and make sure this Warren guy isn't there anymore!"

Looks up from his desk

"Depends on who wants to speak to him"

"Wow, pulling ranks aren't we"

Burke sits down again and looks at Captain Nickerson

"Well captain, you asked me something about my childhood? I have no idea, why my childhood has something to do with this case. But ok, I grew up in New York. When I was 5 years old, my mother died and I was left at my father's place. My father raised me until I was 10, at that age my father was involved in tragic acceident. After this accident, I choosed to live at my grandparents house and they raised me until I went to Starfleet Academy."

Burke stops and looks at the two officers standing in front of him

"Is this satisfacting enough?"

Looks suprised

"What has my childhood to do with this incident? That cadet told you stories, right! Well you have no right to ask me about my past, I am innocent! Go talk to that cadet and throw him out of Starfleet, he isn't worth it!"

(Edited by Burke at 8:22 pm on Oct. 20, 2003)

"Good for him, yes indeed good for him. These cadets are not to be trained as puppy's. They need to be taught, the Starfleet mentalilty. This is reached by a hard and a provocative way"

Burke stands up

"If you are finished, I would like to continue my work. There is a lot of IMPORTANT work to do, and that is not completed by just sitting here."

"I may have said some things about his preformance and maybe something about his childhood....but those things were all normal...as in the normal Commander - Lieutenant relationship. I can't always say nice things to him, he must learn to accept guidance...and I wanted him to learn this the hard way."

"Not at this moment..Lieutenant Warren and I had major disagreements, but that's not something where you would hit an officer for...he went completely crazy and hit me several times in the face. I am sure this guy needs psychiatric help!"

"Because he is a total nutcase!"

Turns to the docter

"You've seen him, it's so obvious. Let's hope he gets the punishment he deserves"

"Well as you can see, you can't order me around...we have the same rank! But it wasn't meant as a threat, just take it as an advise"

Looks at the Commander and stands up

"So you're his attorney. Hmm well, should I be talking to you? You don't seem that qualified to me?"

Burke takes a brief moment and then changes

"Sorry Commander, you were saying something about my relationship with Lt Warren. Well, that relationship wasn't that smooth. We were always fighting about some topic, he always wanted to be the best....I hate that kind of people."

"Well...well...well it seems this Lieutenant Warren did it all. I have been demoted http://expansionfleet.sparks.priorweb.be/ikonboard/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/angry5.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':angry5:'> "

The commander was placed in the storage facility, as long as the investigation would last.

"Well...at least I have some time off now and then. This job doesn't recquire my attention whole day"

"Doctor Nickerson, can I help you?"

"I am not going to answer these questions. Go and annoy someone else"

*Stands up and walks away from the Doctor and Commander Miller*