>
> it when M'Rrenn mentioned it earlier, and I still do not like it now.
> You are asking that I allow one of Starfleet Command's top tier officers
> go on what is really a military mission. This is not something that I
> will decide in a moment....." He paused again, but this time it appeared
> as if he were staring right through her.
>
>
> "I will have a decision at our meeting later today. Do you have
> anything else that I should consider before I begin making my decision?
> he asked neutrally.
>
>
>
> "Yes, actually. I just got done speaking to Captain Black, and I'm
> awarrre that he's been keeping you prrrivately inforrrmed. But has he
> told you about his gut feeling, one that I am inclined to trrrust farrr
> morrre than a drrry starrrile intel rrreporrt?"
>
&n!
bsp; "I see..." he replied not quite sure what to make of that...
>
> "Sirrr, if this is what he suspects, a majorrr invasion in the worrrks
> and planned forrr sometime between six months and a yearrr frrrom now,
> the fleet will not be rrready. No matterrr how many rrreforrms you
> initiate, the physical fact is that the fleet is not and will not be
> prrreparred forrr a confrrrontation on the magnitude that this has the
> potential to be. Now, we both know that the help of the Klingons will be
> invaluable, but they have interrrnal prrroblems of theirrr own rrright
> now, and if these felines have been scouting us, they've been scouting
> the Klingons. In fact, I can guess as much frrrom the converrrsation I
> had today with a High Council memberrr."
>
"Admiral, our time is growing short. Your point would be what?" the obvious annoyed him when it looked bad and close to hopeless.
>
> "The point is, sirrr, that with highly trrrained special ops, we might be
> able to delay this invasion until you can get the fleet back to wherrre
> it needs to be to rrrespond to such a confrrrontation. That means two
> things. Firrrst, I need to get spec ops into high gearrr. I have the
> means now, but I need yourrr perrrmission to implement them. Secondly,
> it rrrequirrres trrraining, and frrrankly, sirrr, forrr a joint mission
> with Klingons, I'm the only one who can do it and trrrain them both in
> feline tactics and strrrategy. With the help of otherrr Mikan, we can
> develop melee tactics forrr the grrround trrroops and you'll have a
> seniorrr rrreliable officerrr in the field, something you'rrre shorrrt on
> rrright now." That was just a statement of fact - so much fractiousness
> was around, it was hard to know who was on what side, especially the
> field commande!
rs.
>
"You make very good points, Admiral Kitanya, and..."
>
> "And the Klingons and Captain Black have rrrequested it," she added
> quietly. She'd saved the trump card for last.
>
>
"...the other shoe drops." Lasiter finishes, changing trains of thought. "Well that is something that I do not hear everyday. A Vice Admiral useing a recommendation from a Captain to get an assignment in the field." He paused for a moment... "I will add that to my deliberations, and get you my answer this afternoon. Thank you for coming up to talk to me, if it was only unofficially."
{response}
--- Chris
Christopher Salmi
http://home.earthlink.net/~csalmi
ICQ: 28233696
