>> "I think," said Kitanya quietly, interrupting the Tellarite's tirade with a
>> demeanor that said she was to be listened to, "that the question is not
>> whetherrr one being can cause the kind of damage you'rrre talking about,
>> Admirrral, but whetherrr Admirrral Lasiterrr is the kind of perrrson who
>> will do so. And since I am the only one herrre who knows him and worrrks
>> with him, my opinion is that he will not. Just becuase he is an unknown
>> varrriable doesn't mean he is bad. Given the strrring of well-known
>> failurrres in that position, someone who isn't well-known and isn't playing
>> a political game seems to me like a welcome rrrelief." She kept her voice
>> calm, but put convinction behind them, to stress that this was not an
>> academic debate but her real feelings.
>>
> From the back of the room came a voice that sounded very over important...
>
> "Well folks if we are to weigh our voices by how well we know the
CinC, then mine trumps all."
>
> At this point attention turned from the Caitian to the back of the room.
Where from out of the shadows, walking down the stairs was an officers in
Admiral's garb. A Rear Admiral.
>
> Captain Simmons replies, "Well if it isn't the infamous Tyrus Lasiter.
I knew it was getting cramped in here. You ego made it before you did."
>
> "Simmons, your dry wit is as stale as ever." replied the man walking
down the stairs.
>
>"Good to see you, Ty." added the Tellerite.
>
> "Admiral Samuel Lasiter has a plan. I can assure you of that. While
I am not privy to it, I know he has one. He never does anything without a
plan. From the time he was a teenager he has always thought 10 steps
ahead. He has a plan, and he is just waiting for the right time to put it
in motion. That is if he has not already." replied the new Admiral.
Privately, Kitanya wondered just how many relatives in the fleet Lasiter
had. It would seem they just kept popping up like weeds. She also felt
just a tiny bit superior - she knew what the plan was. But she waited to
see what the fallout of the new Lasiter's (and she was starting to lose
count) comments, especially on the Tellarite.
(eh?)
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"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
- Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931)
