JSOC: Watson & clan/ramesar

[Pete Boulay]

>Bedru was not comfortable with this notion of public and private fleets.
>The particulars of these people just didn't add up. There had to be an answer
>here. There had to be a piece of the puzzle that was missing, but what...

>The Admiral finally broke her silence, a mere second later..., "I am not
>sure that I like the sound of what I am hearing, Mr. Watson. Run over this
>show fleet and hidden fleet theory of yours again. How did you come to this
>line of thinking?"

"In the previous experiences with the Ramesar, there was a show fleet...one that would show up for First Contact...but in my time living among them there were rumblings of a much more powerful fleet that would show up when the heavy guns were needed...kind of like good cop bad cop. Actually..." he thought for a moment, "When the diplomatic party comes, good cop-bad cop might not be a bad ploy to use in negotiations."