> Kitanya sipped at her wine that the waiter had just brought. "Special
> Operrrations is an infiltrrration, deep rrrreconnaissance and pinpoint
> strrrike orrrganization. That is ourrr mission. But one cannot strrrike
> without strrrike teams."
t'Llhweiir merely listened without interrupting.
> "My prrredecesorrs have seen to it that SpecOps is cut off at the knees.
> It's my job to fix that. But therrre arrre things in the wind that may not
> give me a lot of time to leisurrrely recrrruit, trrrain and field all the
> people I need. That would take yearrrs to do prrroperrly, and we may only
> have months, if we'rrre lucky. So I need people now, people trrrained in
> Special Operrrations, people who know what they'rrre doing and can get it
> done prrroperrly and safey. And the people I need arrre yourrr strrrike
> teams, Admirrral."
>
> "Ourrr teams do overrrlapping missions, and many of the outposts you rrrun
> arrre SpecOps bases, paid forrr by us. Some of yourrr operrratives on
> these teams arrre forrrmerr or currrrent SpecOps people. Not only doesn't
> it make any sense that we arrre both doing the same jobs, but it doesn't
> make sense that SpecOps is paying forrr outposts we cannot contrrrol. So
> one of two things has to happen: I get those teams back, orrr Intell
> starrrts paying forrr them. And having looked at yourrr budget, the
> latterrr would not look good to the Council."
t'Llhweiir actually smiled. "My budget is not really an issue," she
replied. "Intel operational budgets are notoriously large--a condition
that persists in many governmental bureaucracies. Transferring expenses
from Special Ops would not be *that* significant in view of our total
budget.
"However, I agree with you about the duplication of tasks. Moreover,
while our teams have functioned efficiently, I have concerns about the
lack of clarity of chain-of-command."
With a calm that was no longer pretense, she picked up her glass of juice
and took a sip. Then, after setting it down again, she continued.
"Draw up a general proposal with guidelines for a transition. Once I
receive it, I will direct my staff to meet with yours and work out
specifics, including a timeline for implementation."
(response)
t'Llhweiir ends
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