> "I'm not surrre," said Kitanya, "that they would use memberrrs of theirrr
> own species as spies. Caitians arrre not numerrrous off-worrrld. That
> makes us stand out quite a bit. Even if this species rrresembles Caitians,
> they would still be noticed. We have to considerrr that they may be using
> Federrration memberrr rrraces or close allies as agents. Therrre arrre
> plenty of beings in the galaxy who will sell theirrr souls forrr a quick
> crrredit." She was thinking personally of the Ferengi. "Not that I don't
> want to get a look at these beings, forrr obvious perrrsonal rrreasons.
> I'm just not surrre how much good it will do us if they arrre using
> otherrrs as operrratives."
>"Thank you for bring that up, Sir. That is a very good point. To date
>we have found a number of races in their pirate ranks. These include
>Ferengi, Alpha Centauri, Elassi, Breen, Cardassian, Human plus several other
>less notable races. Again, these beings are using ciminals and mercenaries
>on this side of their rift to act as their main force. However, how long
>this will continue- i.e. how long until they start bringing in more of their
>own forces it unknown.
>About this plan...I would like to go into a bit more detail before you decide
>how to proceed. The plan consists of sending a force of 5 ships to
>the other side. It is hoped that these ships will be cloak capable. It
>is my hope that the Klingons will either send cloaking devices and crews to
>operate them or send ships that we may borrow and run with a joint
>Federation/Klingon crew. Three of these ships will proceed to explore the
>far side fo the rift. They will gather all forms of information using
>passive means and with landing parties if need be. The remaining ships will
>guard the rift and provide support for an emergency escape. It is my
>sincere hope that we can gather more information on this potientially new
>race before they move on their plans. The more we know the better our
>defense against them will be.
>Of course this is only a rough sketch of the plan. I wanted to seek
>approval from Starfleet before proceeding further on the design of the
>mission."
Lorin spoke up, "Captain Black. Your plan is a good one, but we will
require a discussion of the Senior Staff involved to come to a final
decision." He turned to Kitanya for agreement or disagreement?"
