> >"He lacks honor." Polath said first.
> "However, honor or not they do pose a
> >deadly threat. He could have been just
> posturing. Hinting that he knew
> >more than he really does. Such is the way for
> those without honor."
> >
> >"Or he could be teasing us, giving us just
> enough information to start
> >chasing a wild goose. Which would indicate
> that they, or he at least, are
> >quite intelligent. While not advanced enough
> for the technology they use,
> >but intelligent enough to have learned the art
> of misdirection.
> >
> >Or... a third possibility. They know far more
> than they are letting on, and
> >are revealing only the smallest fraction of
> that they know. We may want to
> >place a call into our respective Intell
> organizations to see if they have
> >found out anything odd going on with the
> Dominion."
>
> "I would suggest we enterrrtain all thrrree of
> these possibilities, at
> least until we can analyze the inforrrmation
> frrrom theirrr ships and
> interrrogate morrre prrrisonerrs. We have also
> learrrned a grrreat deal
> about theirrr defenses and methods of combat.
> The casualties sufferrred
> today werrre unavoidable, unforrrtunately, but
> they will be grrreatly
> minimized in the futurrre." She regretted them
> already, and was not
> looking forward to writing the few letters she
> would have to write to
> families back home. Mercifully, there were
> very few deaths. "I'll send
> you everrrything we discoverrr. In the
> meantime, we will trrrain. What
> have you decided will be yourrr next
> objective?" she asked. This was still
> their operation. She would train the troops to
> perfection, using every
> detail they gleaned from the last encounter,
> but that was all she could do
> and be in blatent disobedience to direct orders
> from her superior officer,
> Lasiter.
>
Both captain's on the view screen acknowledged briefly, and Lasiter spoke
up.
"It will take us another 36 hours to escort this convoy at their maximum
speed of warp 6. I can have the Hathor back to your training base 5 hours
after that at warp 8.
Is there any intelligence that suggests we may have another attack on the
convoy or that would suggest that the felinids are suspicious of the defeat
that they just had?"
Black hesitated in his response. "We have not heard back from our
operatives in the field as of yet. It may take them up to a day to get to a
point where they can transmit without revealing their cover. As soon as
anything comes in, I will forward it along."
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