Captain Parker had become quite accustomed to the out of a different time XO he had acquired several years ago. However with the successful aCO performance of Harn he knew that time was not in his favor. Given his previous command experience, even if it had not been in this century, it was just a matter of time before SF came a calling for the XO to sit in a center chair. In fact Sid had told Harn that very thing in their last conversation while at the SB. Well that day had come sooner than later for sure. As Harn was on shore leave SF had offered him his own command of a starship. They did not have the exact ship ready yet but they wanted him and made the offer and promotion. To which a conflicted but grateful Harn accepted. It was a good day for the Olinski and Sid in particular. He had hoped Harn would get this chance/ However he had become a much loved XO and it was a hard thing to lose a person like that. Shirazi was the only other XO he could compare to the level of Harn and that was a painful loss of several reasons.

That left a big whole on the roster. However he had once again only one candidate he wanted in that chair. It was a man he had offered the role to before and had turned it down. This did not stop him from making the offer again. He called Lt Commander Balfor Kolar into his Ready Room before the any new orders came in for a mission. He waited for his trusted CSO and 2nd officer to arrive.

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