> >Upon arrival people were taking their seats as a lonely ensign was
passing
> >out materials for the briefing. The screen was still showing the
Starfleet
> >logo. A moment later the image blinked and the face of an attractive man
> >appeared. The man was the mad man of the hour, Captain Black.
>
> She had no idea who this human was, but he obviously had something to say.
> She waited patiently.
>
> >"Good morning everyone. I am so sorry to call you together at this crazy
> >hour. I have some very important news to relay to all of you, and a plan
to
> >introduce......" the man said calling the meetin to order...
>
> Why wasn't Lasiter here? Who was this captain to call a gathering of
> admirals to order? There were several questions she had about all of
this,
> but she had learned that listening got her farther in life than talking,
so
> she sat quietly, paying attention to the others in the room as well.
>
"Let me start by making introductions and summing up the situation
for those new to the breifing. I am Captain John Cook Black, the assistant
director of the multi-jurisdictional task force here on the frontier in
sectors 625 and 626. this taks force is made up of Starfleet, local law
enforcement, Federation Marshalls, Federation Border Patrol (aka coast
guard). I was hoping that our director would be here today, but as I was
told late yesterday that she is stepping down. I am sure that the new task
force commander will take on these briefings, but until one is named I am
supposed to take on the role of acting task force commander as ot 1800 hours
tomorrow.
Now the situation, in review is like this. Approximately 17 months
ago a series of pirate raids were executed out in these two sectors. These
raids were far more coordinated that what normaly would come from a pirate
organization. Starfleet became involved in a supportive role when a pair
Border Patrol frigates were attacked and destroyed. Due to our involvement
and cooperation with the other groups involved we have learned that the
pirates are led by a new race, a feline-oid race. From what we have
gathered from reckage from one of their ships and from a base camp they are
highly advanced, most likely equal to slightly more so than we are. They
use some form of dimensional propulsion system to open a rift and pass
through from their space to ours. We do know the extent of their
infultration, nor do we know exactly what they are after. However, we do
know that they are speading in their influence. Neighboring sectors are
starting to have the same problems as these two. Our operations have only
begun to include those additional sectors.
That is my brief sum up to this point. Are there any questions
before we continue...?" he said in a professional, yet charming tone.
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