>Before Lasiter began, Lorin leaned over to his wife seated beside him,
>"Let's do lunch after this...ok?"
>
>(response)
>
>> "Good morning all. I would like to start this meeting by saying that I
>>had two very positive meetings this morning. One with Admiral Renaud and
>>his staff regarding the investigation into the attacks on Admiral
>>t'Llhweiir. Admiral Renaud's team cleared Admiral Brennan of any suspicion
>>in the case, and identified the attacker. A vulcanoid assassin, code named
>>Starr. Good work and kudos to you Admiral Ranaud and your team. My second
>>meeting was with the President. A very positive meeting I will say, and he
>>is very supportive of our efforts to reform Starfleet. I shared with him
>>that we are disussing a plan for reforms and reorganization, and that I
>>would bring the details to him once we develop them.
>
>Lorin smiled and nodded.
>
>> Now for the real reason that we are all here, the proposal that I sent
>to
>>all of you. As I mentioned in the memo, that my plan is a blueprint. We
>>will be discussing it at length to work out some bugs and develop an
>>implementation plan. While some elements are still up me to decide on as
>>CinC, the debate and discussion that we ae about to begin will decide much
>>of the plan. Now that you have all had an oppertunity to look it over...
>>Lets go round robin here. Everyone gets a few minutes to bring up concerns
>>to address. Keep in mind that this is not the only meeting that we will
>>have on this plan, so do not worry about havng limited floor time. Each of
>>you will get your fair time. Let's start at the end of the table and work
>>up. Admiral Garibaldi, would you like to open us up?" Lasiter was calm
>and
>>relaxed, surprising considering the tension just a few short moments ago.
>>He sounded like he was really sincere about he said- giving each officer
>>ample time to address their concerns with the plan.
>
>>'Great the hot seat...' Garibaldi thought... "Well, sir I do like the
>>spirit behind the plan, and I do like the renewed focus on exploration in
>>the chain of command. However, I do have two concerns. The first being
>the
>>emphasis placed on the Marines- specifically their placement in the top
>>levels of the Chain of Command, and second the inclusion of the 'At Large'
>>members."
>
>>"Well, the Marines have a long history in Starfleet. Part of that history
>>is that they get highly specialized missions that put them farther out in
>>harm's way than any other group. You may note that they make up a fair
>>number of the personnel in Spec. Ops and in Intell field operations. They
>>also have a history of being neglected and grossly under appreciated. I
>>wanted to change this. I wanted to give them a role in Starfleet Command
>>that matches their contribution. Since they often get the proverbial
>shaft,
>>I wanted to make sure that they were not neglected or ignored any longer.
>>As to your other issue, this is one that I am hoping that we can iron out.
>>We have a repution of being disconnected from the forces in the field.
>That
>>we do not care about the common being. That we have forgotten what it is
>>like out there. I was hoping to make a significant change so that we could
>>not forget, we would have to care, We would be very much connected to
>>those in harm's way. Simply put there would be someone amoung us that
>would
>>be able to remind us, and give us a different perspective.
>
><*clip* marine issue here>
>
>>Thoughts anyone?"
>
>> Now that I am on that particular topic. There will be changes in all
>>departments and all divisions. I will come to each of you with a list of
>>new iniatives and directives. You will each have some of your own that you
>>wish to implement. Together we will hammer out a way to put them into
>>place. We will then present those changes to this body for review. This
>>will allow the other members of SF Command to act as a sounding board, and
>>to make sure that we are making the right changes. Again, while many of
>the
>>changes will come down from me, there will be many of your own ideas that
>>will be in the mix, and your input will be invaluable in the final analysis
>>of my own directives.
>
>Lorin and David exchanged glances...concern was present.
>
>>"Very well then. Who is next to comment?"
>
>Lorin spoke up, "Admiral Lasiter sir...with all due respect General Harmin, if the
>Marines are going to be incorporated at that volume into Security,
>what will happen to our current Security staff?"
>
"They will be incorporated as part of normal crew rotations. As personnel leave
Starfleet, transfer out of security, replacements will made with Marine personnel. A
rapid change will accomplish nothing more than destroy morale and create a disjointed
security force. Integrating them over time, as part of the normal rotations will
provide for a smoother change. " Lasiter left Renaud the opertunity to comment
further.
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