To: <USS Mariner/Command>
CC: LT Zital, Serris (@Serris)
From: LCDR H’ajah
Subj: LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION
LISTEN WELL, ANY CAPTAIN THAT SHALL ASSUME COMMAND OF THE U.S.S. MARINER, FOR I BRING YOU SURCEASE FROM THE STAFFING NIGHTMARE WHICH THREATENS TO STRANGLE THE JOY OF YOUR NEW POSTING. YOUR SEARCH FOR A CHIEF ENGINEER IS AT AN END.
I, H’AJAH, DAUGHTER OF SHAL, OF HOUSE CARGH IN EXILE, DO AFFIRM THAT SERRIS ZITAL, SONE OF ENTRADES, HAS SERVED ME WELL DURING HIS TIME ON DEEP SPACE 13, AND STAKE MY HONOR ON THE CERTAINTY THAT HE WILL SERVE YOU JUST AS WELL.
IF SERRIS’ NAME IS FAMILIAR TO YOU, IT IS NO DOUBT THANKS TO HIS TIRELESS WORK RESTORING THE MARINER TO OPERATIONAL STATUS. INDEED, AS YOU MAY BE AWARE, YOUR VESSEL WAS BOUND FOR THE SCRAP HEAP BEFORE IT WAS RESCUED AND TENDERLY NURSED BACK TO HEALTH BY SERRIS. THIS UNDERTAKING WAS ENTIRELY OF HIS DESIGN AND AT HIS URGING. YOU WILL FIND NO CARETAKER MORE COMMITTED, NOR ANY DEFENDER MORE FIERCE, THAN THE SON OF ENTRADES.
I WOULD SING THE PRAISES OF SERRIS MORE, BUT SADLY, MANY OF HIS GREATEST ACHIEVEMENTS UNDER ME ARE CLASSIFIED. YET I VOW TO YOU THAT THIS ENGINEER IS AMONG THE FINEST I HAVE EVER KNOWN, AND IF HE IS GRANTED THE ROLE OF CHIEF ENGINEER ON YOUR VESSEL, HIS TRIUMPHS WILL SOON BE KNOWN FAR AND WIDE.
//SIGNED//
tuq cargh qaStaHvIS ghIm h’ajah, shal puqbe’
Lt. Cmdr. H’ajah, daughter of Shal, of House Cargh in exile
Chief Engineer, Engineering Dept., Deep Space 13