I like the idea that he is not interested in impressing people in his office with pictures of his past accomplishments.  The pictures and mementos are there for _him_.  There are no captions on any of the pictures, and if someone casually asks about a memento, he just replies. "Oh, that's something I picked up somewhere.

If they happen to impress visitors, that's just an additional benefit.

On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 10:10 AM, Kurt Feltenberger <kurt@thepaw.org> wrote:
On 9/8/2014 10:49 AM, Richard Aiken wrote:


I remember my own shock when the all-powerful, ruthlessly practical and Machiavellian galactiv Emperor of The_Sten_Chronicles turned out to be a diminutive grandfatherly type whose main recreational passion was fly-fishing . . . to which purpose he had put half an Earth-like wilderness world off-limits to visitation by anyone else.

 The Emperor was pretty cool...until the unpleasantness there near the end.

The Sten series is one that is must reading for anyone into Traveller.  The technology is quite different, but the fit, feel, and chrome would be very familiar.

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Kurt Feltenberger
kurt@thepaw.org/kfeltenberger@yahoo.com
“Before today, I was scared to live, after today, I'm scared I'm not living enough." - Me 
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