"I think it's an excellent idea, sirrr. Although I'd make surrre it was a highly dirrrected roundtable discussion. They want a strrrong leaderrr. So if you make it seem too much like theirrr opinions will sway you easily, they'll prrrobably wrrrite you off, orrr worrrse. As long as you convince tem that you have a plan alrrready and just want theirrr input to make it a betterrr plan, without budging frrrom the overrrall frrrameworrk, it will worrrk well."
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--- Begin Message --- "Admiral Kettering and I go way back. We served together on the USS Rigel. Our careers and individual styles destroyed our friendship. Not to bore you with the details, but it happened on the USS Ajax during the war. We were both young Lietuenants without a senior staff. We technically both at the same level in the chain of command, and that dispute finished us off. Anyway, he will be hard to deal with. Particularily if he thinks that he should be the Commander in Chief of Starfleet. Let's just hope it does not go that far.
Now that Betazoid Admiral is interesting. If she is for real, then I want to meet her. I want to help her any way that I can. Change in the way that she favors is the best way. Slow, dileberate, and from within. Not form the top rolling down. Perhaps a meeting should be set up once the reform of Starfleet Command is announced and a few other iniatives are launched. Perhaps some action on my part will warm things up a bit and ease a conversation..... What are your thoughts?"
> "I think that will be wise, sirrr, but with the situation at the borrrderr,
> I may not be back in time. I can find out forrr you who she is tomorrrrow
> morrrning - I have a meeting with yourrr brrrotherr to discuss how this
> meeting went and whetherrr you werrre going to go along with what they
> wanted," she smiled. "I hope that I will rrreturrn in time forrr the next
> meeting. I also have some plans to look into the Caitian side of things.
> We arrren't a big rrreprresentation in the fleet, but given what I saw last
> night of the divisions among the Tellarrrites, it might be nice to have one
> loyal grrroup on yourrr side."
>
"Very good. Feel Ty out. See if he could be used to set up a meeting, a quiet meeting with the Betazoid. I would like to have him as an ally. Being that he is second in command of 9th fleet it could be ver! y helpful, particularily if we have to take strong action against Kettering, who is the CO of 9th fleet."
>
> "One was verrry vocal against you (can't remember his name). He wanted to
> stop talking and take action. Howeverrr, therrre werrre Tellarrrites that
> walked out with the Betazoid. The Vulcans prrreach patience, and the humans
> arrre all overrr the map. Otherrr grrroups werrre only rrreprresented by
> one orrr two people, so I would not want to give an opinion. Rrright now,
> they lack unity; they fight among themselves and cannot come to a consensus.
> But if you take a wrrrong step, sirrr, it may be enough to unite them, and
> togetherrr, I believe they would be a forrrmidable forrrce."
>
"You are quite right. Please feel free to use M'Rrenn if and where you feel it is necessary.On a side thought... what do you think the reactions would be if I helpd a 'round table' discussion with some of these officers that you mentioned. I would, of course, invite some others form the field to discuss some of the details of the various iniatives that will be announced in the coming weeks. It could provide a casual medim for me to reveal some of the plans to them and to get feed back. Now, this would not be for at least a week, perhaps more. I want to give enough time for SF Command to hear and to hammer out some of the details before I move on to announcing to fleet personnel. Thoughts, objections....."
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