Hey, at least it was a motive she could trust. Compassion? Goodness? What kind of motives were those? (Ones Zam might have, but she wasn't telling).
"No setting anyone on fire seems a big one. No hurting anyone physically. No revenge--you can save that for when the war's over. Chances are, the people you hate might get killed along the way anyway. You do your political dealings however you see fit, but don't try to kill anyone on the ship proper. You are well within your rights to work out alliances and all that for if your world is restored or we're all released from service, especially since it sounds to me like you got usurped or something, but in the meantime, you fight the same enemies as this crew, you follow orders, you fight to protect this crew, even the ones that seem useless. Think of it as just a price you pay for freedom, and along the way, you can do what you want to prepare for going back home."
She went on, "They're also likely going to want you to talk to the head shrinkers they got on board, but do whatever it is you need to with them as asked. Don't go in for that psychology stuff myself, but passing evals is passing evals. Technically, the most you gotta do is prove you're gonna follow orders and not get anyone killed, and you're more than capable of not killing anybody. You think you can do all that and I'll put a word in for you."
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"No setting anyone on fire seems a big one. No hurting anyone physically. No revenge--you can save that for when the war's over. Chances are, the people you hate might get killed along the way anyway. You do your political dealings however you see fit, but don't try to kill anyone on the ship proper. You are well within your rights to work out alliances and all that for if your world is restored or we're all released from service, especially since it sounds to me like you got usurped or something, but in the meantime, you fight the same enemies as this crew, you follow orders, you fight to protect this crew, even the ones that seem useless. Think of it as just a price you pay for freedom, and along the way, you can do what you want to prepare for going back home."
She went on, "They're also likely going to want you to talk to the head shrinkers they got on board, but do whatever it is you need to with them as asked. Don't go in for that psychology stuff myself, but passing evals is passing evals. Technically, the most you gotta do is prove you're gonna follow orders and not get anyone killed, and you're more than capable of not killing anybody. You think you can do all that and I'll put a word in for you."