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Integrity Inventory, 05.12.2298

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Pre-OCS Integrity Inventory

05.12.2298

74622783 2nd Lieutenant Allison Bishop VICKERS
31st Morita Regiment (Mechanized) - 112th Battalion

Administrator: Maj. J. Dyner (PhD. CogSci)
Invigilator: Lt. F. Zhou (PhD. MorPhi)


TRANSCRIPT TO FOLLOW


MAJ DYNER: For the sake of calibration, could you tell me your name?
2LT VICKERS: Alice Vickers.

[Response Delay: 0.58s
Skin Conductivity: 0.42 mS]

 

MAJ DYNER: Your full legal name, Lieutenant.
2LT VICKERS: Allison Bishop Vickers.

[Response Delay: 0.94s
Skin Conductivity: 0.54 mS]

 

MAJ DYNER: Good. Before we begin, is there anything you’d like to tell me now before we put you under hypnosis for psychic interrogation?
2LT VICKERS: No.

[Response Delay: 1.72s
Skin Conductivity: 0.61 mS]

 

MAJ DYNER: Good. There won’t be a hypnosis or psychic interrogation, Lieutenant. That was part of the calibration component. Zhou, green light?
LT ZHOU: Set.

 

[Calibration logged as complete. Physiological stress range set.]

 

MAJ DYNER: What would you consider a more concerning trait in a trooper? Laziness or incompetence?
2LT VICKERS: Laziness.

[Response Delay: 1.22s
Skin Conductivity: 0.56 mS]

 

MAJ DYNER: How often do you drink?
2LT VICKERS: I don’t drink.

[Response Delay: 1.12s
Skin Conductivity: 0.52 mS]

 

MAJ DYNER: Would you characterise yourself as a risk taker?
2LT VICKERS: No.

[Response Delay: 2.09s
Skin Conductivity: 0.53 mS]

 

MAJ DYNER: If a trooper borrowed a a roll of tape from your office without permission, would you punish them?
2LT VICKERS: I’d talk to them about it.

[Response Delay: 2.59s
Skin Conductivity: 0.56 mS]

 

MAJ DYNER: What are your feelings on rape?
2LT VICKERS: Disgust. Anger.

[Response Delay: 1.28s
Skin Conductivity: 0.61 mS]

 

MAJ DYNER: What are the differences between a non-commissioned and a commissioned officer?
2LT VICKERS: A commissioned officer has greater responsibilities, and authorities to assist in handling those responsibilities. A commissioned officer is held to higher standards. A commissioned officer may serve on the panel of a court-martial.

[Response Delay: 2.18s
Skin Conductivity: 0.57 mS]

 

MAJ DYNER: Do all your answers come from the textbook, Lieutenant?
2LT VICKERS: No.

[Response Delay: 0.72s
Skin Conductivity: 0.55mS]

 

MAJ DYNER: Relax. Can you define leadership?
2LT VICKERS: The ability to inspire, develop, and command.

[Response Delay: 1.78s
Skin Conductivity: 0.53 mS]

 

MAJ DYNER: You’re given the choice between recovering an oxygen nuke or the body of an infantryman. Which do you bring back, and why?
2LT VICKERS: The body. You can make TONs in a factory. The infantryman’s body is a product of service. 

[Response Delay: 1.36s
Skin Conductivity: 0.52 mS]

 

MAJ DYNER: A trooper in your platoon is captured. By attempting a rescue, you would miss your extraction window for the next hour. You have two other squads of men in your command, and it is likely some would die within that hour. Do you attempt rescue, and why?
2LT VICKERS: Yes. The trooper signed a pact to give everything if necessary. The other half of that agreement was that the troopers beside them would do the same. Also, if no rescue is attempted, the survivors will fear capture and be more likely to cave under immediate interrogation.

[Response Delay: 1.63s
Skin Conductivity: 0.51 mS]

 

MAJ DYNER: Would you follow any order without compunction?
2LT VICKERS: Any legal order.

[Response Delay: 1.28s
Skin Conductivity: 0.49 mS]

 

MAJ DYNER: Do a handstand.
[LT ZHOU’s note: The subject performed a handstand.]
MAJ DYNER: Jesus. Not on the table.

[Response Delay: 0.88s
Skin Conductivity: 0.53 mS]

 

MAJ DYNER: Alright, back to business. Would you follow a nonsensical-.. Yes, you would. Okay - why?
2LT VICKERS: Troopers won’t always know the reason for the order. Better to show them to respond quickly rather than ask why.

[Response Delay: 0.98s
Skin Conductivity: 0.59 mS]

 

MAJ DYNER: Last question. Whose life would you say is worth more - an officer’s, or a rifleman’s?
2LT VICKERS: Does the question involve a Fleet officer?
[LT ZHOU’s note: MAJ DYNER’s response struck from record.]

[Response Delay: 1.02s
Skin Conductivity: 0.56 mS]

 

[LT ZHOU’s note: 2LT VICKERS directed out of the testing room.]
[Integrity inventory logged as complete.]

 

MAJ DYNER: Knocked my water over. Mobile Infantry for you.
LT ZHOU: Apparently so, sir.
MAJ DYNER: Right. That’s lunch. Mark her down as a pass. 
LT ZHOU: Yes sir.

 

[Grade awarded: PASS]
[Transcript end.]

 

Court Martial, 10.04.2297

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PROCEEDINGS OF COURT MARTIAL

Held at

MILITARY COURT CENTRE TEXAS

On the

10th to the 20th days of April 2297

In the case of

74622783 Sergeant Allison Bishop VICKERS

31st Morita Regiment (Mechanized) - 112th Battalion

JUDGE ADVOCATE

Judge Xiang

Assistant Judge Advocate General

PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD

Lieutenant Colonel M Tigron

Military Intelligence

MEMBERS

Major I Waith

Federation Fleet

Captain R N Siezlig

Federal Logistics Corp

Warrant Officer J Snow

Mobile Infantry

TRANSCRIPT PROCEEDINGS TO FOLLOW

Page 31

Q: Was this the first act of pyrotechnic negligence you were involved in?

A: No.

Q: How many prior incidents were there?

A: One.

Q: Were any Federation personnel injured or killed in that incident?

A: Yes.

Q: Can you describe your recollection of the incident?

A: It was an urban environment. We were holding-..

Q: Who is ‘we’?

A: Alpha company, first platoon. I don’t recall the drop lead at the time. Then-Sergeant Maclagan was holding the front of the line in a… tunnel. Rubble had us hemmed in, and arachnids were pushing through our line.

Q: You weren’t on the front line?

A: No. I was on the fall-back line.

Q: Why?

A: There was a lack of space on the front line. It was crowded.

Q: What led to the incident?

A: Maclagan was being swarmed by warriors. I loaded a 40mm HEDP grenade into my underslung, and tried to shoot it behind the grouping to buy him some space. The grenade fell short, impacted on the arachnids directly ahead of Maclagan, and spread shrapnel and fragments across the front line, leading to a retreat to the fall-back line. Maclagan was dragged, wounded with… cuts to his face from the shrapnel.

Q: Who managed your training with the underslung grenade launcher?

A: Then-Corporal Simonovich.

Q: Now your commanding officer?

A: That’s correct.

 

Page 55

Q: What happened at the debrief?

A: The general lined us up and-..

Q: General █████████?

A: That’s correct. He lined us up and thanked us for our efforts in the operation. He said he was grateful for the extraction, then he asked the troopers who was responsible for the incident.

Q: Did you speak up?

A: No.

Q: What happened next?

A: The troopers pointed to Private █████████.

Q: No-one pointed you out?

A: No.

Q: Why?

A: I think it’s most likely that they didn’t see me from my firing position on the flank.

Q: Do you feel it likely that they heard the grenade detonation?

A: Yes.

Q: Did Private ██████████ have access to grenades?

A: No.

Q: Why then did no-one ask who fired the grenade?

A: I don’t know.

Q: What happened next?

A: The General said he would be organizing a court-martial for Private ████████, and recommended creative NJPs in the meantime.

Q: Define for us your unit’s general definition of a ‘creative NJP’?

A: Cleaning the showers, doing laps, tidying the barracks, holding stress positions under degradation.

Q: Did you ever receive an NJP for this incident?

A: No.

Q: Corporal, why didn’t you name yourself as responsible, when ordered by General ████████?

[SILENCE: 15 seconds]

Q: Corporal?

A: I don’t know.

Q: You don’t know?

[SILENCE: 10 seconds]

Q: Corporal?

A: I was scared.

Q: Scared of what?

A: Of screwing up. Of losing the respect of General ████████, and being shot.

Q: Do you feel you’ve avoided a ‘screw up’, Corporal?

A: No.

Q: Do you feel you should be shot?

A: I don’t know.

Q: Corporal?

A: I don’t know, sir.

Q: Why didn’t you speak out at the debriefing?

A: The Mobile is my life, sir.

Q: Mobile Infantry doctrine is to follow orders, is it not?

A: It is.

 

Page 35

Q: Can you describe your relationship with then-Corporal Simonovich?

A: At the time of the incident?

Q: At the time of the incident, yes. What was the nature of your relationship with him?

A: We were co-workers. We supported each other during operations, and gave each other advice during downtime.

Q: Was there any other aspect to your relationship?

A: Yes.

Q: What aspect was that?

A: Romantic. Then-Lieutenant Dresdner oversaw our paperwork. We were engaged in a romantic affiliation which we kept separate from our work.

Q: At the time of your training with the 40mm underslung grenade launcher, were you and Simonovich engaged in this relationship?

A: Yes.

Q: Do you feel this impacted your training?

A: No. I’m confident it didn’t.

Q: Do you have a reason for your confidence, Corporal?

A: The training was conducted in the hangar deck, sanctioned, and involved Simonovich teaching a group of… four, or so.

Q: Or so?

A: I don’t recall exactly.

Q: More than two?

A: Yes. More than just myself and Simonovich.

Q: Have there been any similar incidents with any others trained by Simonovich?

A: Not to my knowledge.

Q: Not to your knowledge?

A: No sir.

Q: Did your relationship with Simonovich ever impact your professional relationship?

A: No.

Q: Are you fully confident of that fact?

A: Yes sir.

Q: There will be no reports, documents, or unofficial statements suggesting otherwise, then?

A: Not to my knowledge.

Q: Not to your knowledge?

A: No sir.

Q: Does the 112th have a history of unprofessional romantic entanglements affecting professional standards?

A: It does.

Q: But your relationship with Simonovich was an exception?

A: Yes.

Q: The link between your romantic relationship, his training of you, and your multiple incidents of negligence with the underslung 40mm grenade launcher is coincidental then, Corporal?

[SILENCE: 5 seconds]

Q: Corporal?

A: Yes, sir.

Q: Yes, it is a coincidence?

A: Yes sir. It is a coincidence.

Q: Do you generally act on the presumption that linked facts are coincidental?

A: No sir.

 

Page 68

Q: What happened in the meeting with Lieutenant-Colonel Shaw?

A: I told him my concerns. That I had been responsible for the incident, and that I hadn’t spoken up during the debrief.

Q: What was his reaction?

A: He was concerned.

Q: What happened next?

A: I asked him to pass on to General ████████ that I was responsible for the incident. He agreed to do so. I asked him if I was likely to see a court-martial. He said yes. I asked if I was likely to be hanged.

[SILENCE: 10 seconds]

Q: What was Lieutenant-Colonel Shaw’s answer to that question?

A: I don’t recall.

Q: Could your recollection be affected by the impact it could have on the judgement of this court?

A: It’s just that I don’t recall, sir.

Q: Why did you take the matter to Lieutenant-Colonel Shaw, and not your CO?

A: I felt that it would be sent up-chain to the Lieutenant-Colonel regardless.

Q: Was that your decision to make?

A: No.

Q: Why did you report the matter after your silence at the debrief, when directly ordered to speak?

A: It didn’t sit well with me.

Q: Disobeying an order?

A: Staying silent.

Q: Disobeying an order didn’t bother you?

A: It bothered me.

Q: Were you aware that speaking out and naming yourself, an NCO, responsible, would tarnish the reputation of your company?

A: It wasn’t a priority to me.

Q: Why not?

A: It felt more important to tell the truth.

Q: But your reputation was a priority to you at the debrief?

[SILENCE: 10 SECONDS]

A: Yes.

Q: On reflection, did you consider it likely that Private ████████ would name you as the party responsible for the incident?

A: No.

Q: Why not?

A: I was on the flank during the incident. I don’t believe Private ████████ was aware of me.

Q: He was aware of the grenade detonation?

A: Yes.

Q: Do you think Private ████████ would have opened fire if not for the grenade detonation?

A: I don’t know.

Q: If you had to guess?

A: I really don’t know.

Q: Do you feel Private  ████████ is responsible for the incident, or yourself?

[SILENCE: 5 SECONDS]

A: Myself.

Q: You believe yourself responsible?

A: Yes.

 

Page 8

Q: Can you describe the situation that led to the incident?

A: We were-..

Q: ‘We’ being alpha company, first platoon?

A: That’s correct. We were searching for General ████████ as part of a rescue operation, in separatist held territory. We had intelligence that suggested he was down an underground highway. We were progressing down this highway when we came to a choke point. I decided to hop out of a blown window and move to the flank of the choke point, to cover-..

Q: You didn’t take anyone else to the flank?

A: No.

Q: Did you notify your platoon of your actions?

A: No.

Q: Did you notify your platoon of the chokepoint?

A: No. I felt it was an obvious choke point.

Q: Did you notify anyone of the flanking route you took through the window?

A: No.

Q: What happened next?

A: I saw my platoon progressing towards a closed doorway. On the other side of it, I saw what seemed to be emplacements, and figures.

Q: What kind of figures?

A: Prone, human figures. It looked like an ambush.

Q: Did you warn your platoon of a potential ambush?

A: No. There wasn’t time.

Q: What did you do?

A: I fired a 40mm HE grenade.

Q: What happened next?

A: My platoon rushed out to engage, and I moved up.

Q: Can you describe the effect of your fire on the enemy ambush?

A: It wasn’t an ambush, sir.

Q: Can you describe what it was?

A: It was a separatist triage station.

Q: Can you describe the effect of your fire on the triage station?

[SILENCE: 15 SECONDS]

Q: Corporal?

A: There were maybe one or two still alive, badly wounded. The doctor treating them was dead. He was a non-combatant.

Q: Did any of those wounded survive?

A: No.

Q: Why not?

A: Private ████████ fired his weapon into the triage station. He killed the rest.

Q: Do you believe Private ████████ was aware that he was firing at a triage station?

A: I don’t know.

Q: Were you aware?

A: No.

Q: How far from the triage station were you when you opened fire?

A: Ten meters, maybe fifteen.

Q: At ten meters, you could not distinguish between a prepared ambush and a triage station, Corporal?

A: It was dark.

Q: How dark was it?

A: We were in an underground highway, at night. I was observing light discipline.

Q: That is, you had your flashlight off?

A: Yes.

Q: Did you have infra-red capability?

[SILENCE: 5 SECONDS]

A: Yes. I had my rangefinders.

Q: Was there a reason you didn’t use your rangefinders to check your target?

A: There wasn’t time.

Q: Why weren’t you already using them?

A: I couldn’t operate my weapon and use the rangefinders at the same time, and I didn’t want the display to ruin my night vision.

Q: Your night vision?

A: Yes.

Q: By your count, how many non-combatants and incapacitated separatists did you kill?

A: One non-combatant, three incapacitated separatists.

Q: Facing the situation again, from the vantage point you have now, if you found yourself on that flank, what would you do differently?

[SILENCE: 5 SECONDS]

A: Aside from handling the choke point differently from the offset?

Q: Aside from that. Faced with the fire-or-don’t-fire call, what would you have done differently?

[SILENCE: 5 SECONDS]

Q: Corporal, this is an integral question to the court martial.

A: I understand sir.

Q: What would you have done differently?

A: Nothing, sir.

Q: You would fire on that triage again?

A: Under the same circumstances?

Q: Yes.

A: Not knowing for sure it was a triage station?

Q: Answer the question. Would you do it again?

A: Yes.

Q: Why?

A: I’d rather be here than at a funeral, sir.

END OF TRANSCRIPT EXCERPT

 

 

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