>> She got up and got a cup of Caitian coffee from the replicator, then sat
>> back down to see what else she could glean from the fragmented reports.
>
> As she was drinking her coffee and reading she was interrupted by a
>hrooible sound outside of her office.
>
> A nasty squeel, followed by, "Out of my way pig!!!! A captain
>does not wait for ensigns. Go eat soemthing or whatever else you do."
>
> The door opened and in walked an annoyed Aurelius. He looked deep
>in thought, and once he realized where he was his expression switched to a
>more pleasant one.
>
> "Admiral, I have an idea. A crazy idea, but I think that it
>will work. It will solve our problem of recruitment and our staffing
>issues. Let's take over the strike teams from Intel. Seriously, their
>strike teams only duplicate our work. We can work with Intell, it has been
>done before and it can be done now. All it would take is a great proposal,
>some buy in from intell and Lasiter to approve it. It can be done. You
>told me before that Lasiter wanted you to be able to increase the ranks of
>Spec Ops quickly after three months, well this would be a good plan for
>doing just that without going through all of the crap involved with training
>and getting people up to speed. Besides most of those folks over there are
>zealots with respect to their loyality and dedication to Starfleet and to
>the mission we serve. I think it is well worth the attempt." the captain
>said obviously happy that he found a solution to a few of their current
>issues.
"Sit," she said, sipping her coffee. She had to smile at the Magna Roman's
lack of tact with the Tellarite. "I like yourrr idea, but I doubt Intell
will. It could rrresult in a knock down drrrag-out. But I do like it, and
you'rrre rrright, it would solve a lot of prrroblems."
(resp?)
"Therrre arrre otherrr prrroblems, though," she said. "Getting the staff
will be a trrremendous step, but we still need to inventorrry all these
bases and get rrrid of the dead weight. Did you know that our borrrderr
outposts have up to 50% casualty rrrates on missions?" she asked.
(resp?)
"Most arrre the rrresult of rrrepeat missions, like the situation at
Grrranite. That is sheerrr CO incompetance rrright therrre. We need to
get rrrid of those people, but it has to be done on a station by station
basis, so that will take some time, considerrring I only trrrust you and me
to take carrre of it." She scowled and smacked the desk with her hand, the
claw tips leaving little scratches on the veneer. "Damn it! I wish
Lasiterrr would give me the powerrr to take carrre of this now! This is
drrriving me mad!"
(resp?)
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A little girl asked her father, "Daddy? Do all fairy tales begin with
'Once Upon A Time'?"
He replied, "No, there is a whole series of fairy tales that begin with
'If elected I promise'."
