[ It's just what he's been born into, is all. Or what he eventually grew into. He wasn't always this optimistic, to be fair. ]
Unofficially, whenever I felt it was right to get involved. [ Starfleet or no Starfleet, he has his own personal moral code which stands above anything else. If he knows he can help someone, then he will, damn the consequences. (But then he's also lucky that he's pretty much Starfleet's poster boy so he's forgiven nearly all the stunts he pulls.) ]
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Unofficially, whenever I felt it was right to get involved. [ Starfleet or no Starfleet, he has his own personal moral code which stands above anything else. If he knows he can help someone, then he will, damn the consequences. (But then he's also lucky that he's pretty much Starfleet's poster boy so he's forgiven nearly all the stunts he pulls.) ]