> "And you said that M'Rrenn was the crafty and sly one. You do not do so
>bad yourself, Admiral." Aurellius said with a smile. "But I do see your
>point, all of them. It may also help you out in other areas. By showing
>some action you will also look good to others in the fleet, regardless of
>how they see your moves. By not acting, or taking this long to act, Lasiter
>has started to take a little heat. Perhaps that was intentional, I can not
>say. His staff can not say, they are just as bewildered as other are. I
>give him great credit for that. Being able to keep your own staff in the
>dark like he can shows some kind of ability. But that is just my opinion."
"Orrr an excellent staff that knows how to play dumb until the time is
rrright," she countered. "At any rrrate, frrrom the messages I've been
getting, my actions seem to have drrrawn some of the attention away frrrom
him, which can't be to his disadvantage."
(resp?)
"Perhaps I should tell Black about the Klingons now, give him a heads up
and make him think I'm doing him a favorrr. That'll put him in my
courrrt." She really did hate this political scheming. Why did she take
this job? At that moment, she'd have given anything for a bat'telh and an
enemy in the woods. Better to fight than all this nonsense.
(resp?)
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"Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith,
let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it."
--Abraham Lincoln, February 27, 1860
