"Dirty Bill?" #1 said chuckling. Joshua grinned. "He got that name when a senator tried to accuse one of his commando squads of war crimes during the Cardassian war. Like Melee and Zell, no computer system was safe from him. He went through everything she had. And what he found made him want to shoot her. You see, he grew up among the Andorians, so he has a great love for them. Well he found out she had a taste for young Andorian girls." Mulk growled deeply. The human nodded at him, a look of disgust on his face. "He also found she was recieving money into a secret bank account, and he traced it back to the Cardassian embassy. He knew if he handed what he had to the authorities on Earth, that she would be tried there. Then she would have just been sent to some summer camp for politicians. No. He gave it to the Andorians, who issued an arrest warrant. Well Dirty Bill arranged for an unknown group of Klingon bounty hunters to pick her up and take her to Andoria. She was convicted too. And was killed her first day in. Andorian women are very protective of children." "Another Senator resigned when it was found that he had a nasty drug habit, and a third left when his wife found out he had several lovers on the side. Both genders, and all different races. And a dozen others announced they would not seek reelection." "Sounds like someone cleaned house." Kinna said laughing. Joshua gave her a stern look. "You didn't mess with his commandos. Now don't get me wrong. If they'd actually done what they were accused of, he would have had no problem handing them over for trial." He gave them a half smile. "So imagine my surprise when my parents stormed in with Bill. My mother looked scared. But that changed when she saw I wasn't alone." Joshua glanced over at Melee. "I was, ah, talking to a pretty little Andorian nurse. My mother didn't know if she wanted to be happy or pissed off. So she was both. But they left while I finished, ah, talking to her. When she left, they came back in." "You are such a slut." Peenk said grinning. "That's what my mother said when she came back in!" "And that's when Bill stepped up and told me he wanted my ass in the commandos. Said he'd seen what had happened on the news, and that he was very impressed." "So you said yes." Mulk said. "I said no. I told him I was through dealing with some hidden enemy stabbing me in the back every month." Joshua grinned at Mulk. "That's when my mother sucker punched the hell out of me! Told me if I kept feeling sorry for myself, she'd kick my ass. And my father said he'd hold me down while she did it!" Once again he looked around the room. "That's when my mother told me the secret of the commandos. Commandos answered to Dirty Bill. Dirty Bill answered to her, the Chief Of Starfleet Combat Operations. And she was the one who answered to the politicians. My father got a good laugh out of that. My mother had most of the Senators cowed. And the few who were not, were her allies." "Well, I looked at Bill Marx and he said that's the way they operate. Well I just shook his hand and said I was his boy. And that's how I became a commando." Melee tapped Joshua on his arm. "I have a couple questions about the duel video. Did they usually draw a crowd like that?" He shook his head. "No. Usually it's just the students involved and two General Class instructors and the Commandant. But Joe was of straight line descent of General Gerald Wilmowski. And I was of straight line descent of Admirals Joshua Kirk and James Kirk. Then you add in the fact that my parents were the two highest ranking officers in Starfleet? And that I was the latest model in the Family? The only reason the crowd was that small was the fact that they couldn't get any more people into the room. Everybody wanted to see that fight. Half the boys wanted to see me get my ass kicked! The other half were supporting me."