> > "As for the crew of the Hathor, they are
> all entitled to 30 days leave
> >for the loss of their ship. I suppose that we
> can scare up a ship in that
> >time. Admiral Kitanya, that may be best left
> to you. I have the feeling
> that
> >if left up to Snellings they will get another
> scow of a ship. I would do it,
> >but being one of Snellings staff members, he
> would get wind of it and muck
> >things up." Black continued once inside the
> briefing lounge.
>
> "I'll take carrre of it. I can talk to
> Lasiterrr dirrrectly, and we should
> be able to get them a decent ship worrrthy of
> warrriorrs."
>
> > "On other news fronts, your data made it
> to Cait without incident. While
> >I have no idea what you said in the letter
> discribing the materials, it
> caused
> >a stir. Just prior to your docking I got a
> joint communique from the Defense
> >and Antiquities Ministeries on Cait. They are
> sending a three member team of
> >lanugage specialists, and a battalion of
> warriors. They also said that they
> >forwarded a preliminary report of their
> findings to Commander M'Rrenn at SF
> >Command."
>
> "What?" she asked, her brows furrowing as she
> leaned forward. Something
> was seriously wrong.
>
> > Polath was intrigued by the communication.
> That was a big step to take for
> >the Caitians to send a battalion. The help
> would be appreciated, no matter
> >where it came from. Well, as long as it was
> not Romulan of Cardassian. The
> >Romulans fought without honor, and the Cardies
> fought like women.
> >
> > "Here are copies of the report." Black said
> handing PADDs to both Kitanya
> >and Polath.
> >
> >The report confirmed what Kitanya had
> suspected, that the language that the
> >Felinid had shared it's roots with that of the
> Caitian language. Possibly
> >sharing an ancestor at some distant point.
> Also included was a detailed DNA
> >profile. It appeared as if the Caitians and
> this new race shared more than
> >just a root language... However, there was
> also evidence of genetic
> >tampering. Perhaps genetic engineering or a
> really advanced and hard core
> >form of selective breeding program.
>
> Her Caitian response was outrage. Someone had
> taken her people and turned
> them into these monsters. She was obviously
> not alone in her feelings; the
> Caitian government most likely felt the same
> thing and was sending warriors
> to defeat these creatures. "Abominations!" she
> blurted, before her brain
> could censor it. "If I or any Caitian gets
> theirrr hands on whomeverrr did
> this, they will wish a thousand devils had
> found them firrrst."
>
Polath had not seen this before in his collegue from the Federation. He
knew she could get nasty, but nothing quite like that. While was did not show
any fear, he tensed slightly in preparation to move out of the way in case her
arm noved a little too quickly...
Black on the other hand was not prepared for her reaction. He did
understand it, but understanding was a far cry from knowing and seeing first
hand. While he hid most of his reaction, he did back up slightly.
> Her eyes were hard. "Now many things make
> sense to me." She closed her
> eyes, trying to calm down. Her tail, however,
> was slashing violently
> behind her and her claws were half out of their
> sheaths. "Parrrt of me
> wants to rrrescue them, to frrree them frrrom
> the thing that crrreated and
> contrrrols them. And yet, they arrre the
> fierrrcest warrriorrs I have
> everrr fought, and I have seen in them things
> we as Caitians rrrejected
> millenia ago. I don't know if they can orrr
> want to be rrrescued. They
> arrre intent on destrrruction and domination,
> and that is something we, as
> Caitians, cannot allow, no matterrr the costs."
> Her heart wept as her
> voice filled with hardness. As Mikan, she was
> sworn to defend her people;
> that was the code of the Mikan. But if these
> things were allowed to
> proliferate, if they invaded, every Caitian
> would become a warrior, and her
> clan would have failed its ancient duty.
>
Black offered, "Perhaps containment is a viable alternative until more
information can be obtained. If nothing else it will allow for a short term
solution until a better one can be found? Or there is plan B... Call in the
Marines"
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