>"As CO of Spacedock you would be informed of anything that
>would directly impact the station. This issue does not directly impact the
>station at the present time." Lasiter answered. Still annoyed at the
>situation rather than the individual.
Lorin accepted the answer without question.
>"Since you are here, I am curious why you witnessed the
>departure of Ambassador Celana and did not believe it necessary to notify
>either Admiral Lasiter or me?"
>Lorin held up the return order of the Ambassador, "Her leaving
>is logged in Ops as per procedure. The Ambassador was recalled by her
>respective government. Ambassadors are recalled for discussions normally. I
>have a copy of her orders here which were graciouslly <sic> given to me by her
>aide Salaar. Again I can assure you if this is part of your 'potential
>incident', different actions would have been taken." He activated his PADD,
>"She was recalled due to some type of 'bonding' concern I believe. What is the
>concern here?"
>Lasiter snapped back, "That does not answer the damned question, Admiral.
>Why did you fail to inform the CinC of Starfleet or the senior most Admiral in
>SF Command that the diplomatic representative of a major power was leaving
>this station? A major power that is allied to an enemy of the Federation,
>that enemy being the Dominion. "
>What was apparent to Lorin at this point was that he had come at a bad time.
>However, he was there and leaving or dropping the issue was not an option
>either.
"With all due respect sir, I was not aware we were babysitting her. The Ambassador has been travelling without such notification even as of very recently and we were not following anything other than standard protocols so I did not take any extraordinary measures."
(go easy chris--he is right :))
