> "You have all that I do, Admiral. Good luck with Admiral Lasiter,
> he may be hard to convince to let you go, but if it will help you can say
> that I requested your presense here for training and
> operational planning to say the least," Black said smiling slightly.
>
> This human would make admiral in the next few years, she was sure of it. He
> definately knew how to play the game. "I shall mention it, Captain," she
> said, returning his smile. "Thank you forrr yourrr time. I'll speak with
> you again this afterrrnoon. Good day."
>
"Until then. Good Day Admiral. Black out."
>
> She turned off the com and turned to Aurelius. "I wonderrr who was in the
> rrroom with him?" she mused. She hadn't bothered to ask - she doubted he
> would have said.
>
"Per!
haps someone from the task force command structure. It is rather political out there isn't it?.."
>
> "So, what was yourrr imprrression?" she asked, getting up and getting some
> water from the replicator. "Do you want anything?" she asked.
>
"Coffee with milk and sugar please." he replied.
>
> She got him his drink and sat down to listen to her unofficial XO's
> thoughts.
>
"Well, the man is definatly worth checking out. He seems to have good instincts and good judgement. I would feel professionally threatened if he were to be Spec. Ops... " Aurellius said with a smile. "I am concerned about the timing not so much the threat that this new species brings. We can handle any threat especially with the help fo our good friends, the Klingons. Any real threat will only unify the Federation, and Starfleet, until the threat is over. But the impending nature of the threat is what scares me. We can not prepare Special Operations for this task in 6 months. Especially with the restrictions that Lasiter has put on you. If we can't do it, then the rest of the fleet is in *really* bad shape for prepatations. What ever is going to hap!
pen we are going to play damage control in the early stages of it. It reminds me of the United States at the start of World War II. Caught off guard, left to play catch up in the early years of the war."
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--- Chris
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