> > But to answer your questions, all theories that the evidence
> >supports is in the reports. That is true. However, my going theory is not
> >supported by the evidence, and it goes a little like this.... These aliens
> >are a master of ambush and pack tactics. That suggests that they are
> >intelligent. Any good starship CO can tell you that coordinated wolfpack
> >style tactics are hard to pull off, but not impossible. These beings are
> >able to do that flawlessly. The strongest evidence of that is that they are
> >able to do this with a collection of pirates, thugs, and raiders not their
> >own forces. If it were their own forces one could say that it was practice,
> >but that is not the case. They are able to take out convoys guraded by
> >Border Patrol cutters and by Starfleet starships. I am not comfortable with
> >the fact that a band of pirate rabbl!
e are capable of doing this. The joint
> >task force is happy to believe that the pirates are just highly organized
> >around the feline species. My instincts are saying that there is much more
> >to it than that. My instincts say that using the pirates is little more
> >than a cover. A cover to build an end point to their rift technology to
> >open a stable opening to our part of the universe and to begin the work of
> >destabilizing the defences in this area for a major invasion. The
> >destabilizing efforts will allow them to establish a better foot hold here.
> >They are intelligent, so to underestimate them would be dangerous, no fatal.
> >
> > To sum up, we have a big problem on our hands. Possibly the next
> >big war will be here, and we are definately not prepared."
>
> This man was a good field commander, and good field commanders were often
!
> right. That fact frightened her more than anything else she'd heard. She
> looked over at Aurelius to get his reaction.
>
He was clearly moved by what he was hearing. Moved in a bad way. From the shifting in his seat, to the smoke coming from his ears as his mind warmed up thinking about the situation and what to do about it.
>
> "You have a good eye forrr detail, Captain, and I will trrrust it. I wish
> that you werrren't so able a field commanderrr, forrr then I could say you
> werrre just blowing smoke. But unforrrtunately, you arrre a most able
> commanderrr, and I cannot ignorrre what you'rrre saying." The role of spec
> ops in this campain just became all the more critical, for if they could
> get in and do their jobs and do them well, they could head off, or at least
> knock the initial wind out of this assault. And they were not ready. She
> was already pushing it to get two competant teams in the field who could
> handle this assignment. How in Tillarrath's name would she get together
> the teams she needed to combat an invasion?
>
>
> "Captain Black, you've succeeded in worrying an old soldierrr, and that's
> not an easy thing to do," she said grimly. "How much time do you think we
!
> have?"
>
"Again, my feelings are not necessarily supported by solid evidence... But these beings are intelligent, very intelligent, and with this level of intelligence normally comes patience. The real question is how much patience do they have and how ready are they now? I would hazard to say that we have months at the least. Say 6 to 8 months. Perhaps a year, but not much more than that. That is why I proposed this mission. We have to know more about them. How ready are they? What are their exact goals? What is the state of the opposition on their side, if there is any? Plus many more questions. If possible I would like to engage them to test their technology, but I fear that if they know or suspect that we know the little bit that we do it may cause them to strike sooner before we can properly prepare." he said seriously.
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- Chris
Christopher Salmi
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