> "Commanders, please... Understand our position. We have to be very
> cautious about our diplomatic privacy. If not for the safety of the
> information that is being carried, then for the safety of our couriers.
> Now, we will cooperate. However, keep in mind that we will have to
decline
> to answer certain questions. Now, I am sorry for our reluctance to freely
> answer your questions, but this is a very sensative matter. As of late
> Starfleet has not had the best luck in keeping certain things
> confidential...." he said very calmingly and disarming.
>
> "I am sorry, sir. I was not of the impression that any of investigative
> records had become public. From what I understand, everything that the
> press has obtained is either public record or occurred with in the public
> domain."
>
> "Now to answer your question. Mr. Allso takes a varied travel path,
> depending on many factors. Such as if he has to rendez vous with another
> ship or diplomatic courier, transport schedules. While this particular
> itinerary is a bit odd, it is not all that unusual for Mr. Allso or any
> other diplomatic courier." Rivik finally answered.
>
> "To say that the itnerary is "a bit odd" is an understatement,Mr. Rivik,"
> responded Dais. "Mr. Allso stopped at a known planetoid with heavy tied
to
> piracy and other more questionable activities, which would seem to tie in
> somewhat with the activities someone with a dismembered hand might visit."
>
"Making contact with certain individuals is sometimes best
accomplished at out of the way or seedy places. It is our understanding
that members of your security and intelligence divisions frequent those
places to obtain information on a variety of subjects. The art of diplomacy
often requires us to 'aquire' certain information, much like Starfleet's
intelligence operatives.
While we are not disputing the travel plan that you are now shoing
us, I am saying that Mr. Allso did not have any idea what was in the
container that he was transporting to SPD. It is not customary nor is it
required that a diplomatic officer know what he is carrying."
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