> "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."
>
> "That is something I would verrry much like to avoid," she said, sipping
> her water. "We arrren't off-guarrrd, merrrcifully, but we arrre woefully
> unprrreparred. And unforrrtunately, it doesn't take a lot of investigation
> to discoverrr that. And now with all these rrridiculous charrrges against
> Brrrennan as well as otherrr negative prrress that anyone with a vid
> monitorrr can pick up, it only highlights ourrr frrractiousness in the
> upperrr eschelons, which is indicative of the state of the fleet." She was
> not happy at all. That and Lasiter's condition, which while she did not
> question his judgement, did raise questions about his ability to handle
> this situation in the long-term. "It will be an interrresting meeting this
> afterrrnoon, and this evening with Lasiterrr. Orrr perr!
rhaps I should talk
> to him firrrst."
>
"That is a matter of protocol. You would know best..."
- Chris
Christopher Salmi
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