> Taking a second or two to refocus himself, "Well, on the down side, we have 9 operrrational fleets, and 4 of those need serrrious worrrk beforrre they can be rrrrelied upon in any majorrr action. We have a questionable Starrrflet Command, complete with corrrruption and fifedoms thrrroughout the fleet. Our rrreserrrve forrrces are quickly aging, and the moth-ball fleet will take a minimum of 5 months to get the best ships back into serrrvice. On the upside, the 6th Fleet is well on it's way to rrrecoverrry under the command of Vice Admirrral Michael Sinclairrr, and if need be 9th Fleet can sparrre a few ships to bolsterrr some of the weakerrr fleets. There is LCMR Garrribaldi's anti-corrrruption task forrrce, which if given anotherrr month or two could knock out some of the dead wood arrround the fleet. Sirrr, yourrr calls to those key commands has incrrreased yourrr rrrespect amoung some commanderrrs, which will help in uniting the fleet, and quelling the fifedoms. Therrre is also the searrrch forrr a new home planet for the Venasians. As I underrrstand it we have two prrrospects, one that Admirrral Bedrrru is dealing with and one otherrr. If eitherrr of them worrrk out, we just may have the rrreason forrr the currrrently quiet and passive Venassian populous to change theirrr minds." > >Lasiter nodded, then turned to t'Llhweiir, "What about Intell?" > > "Other than the report that Admiral Kitanya mentioned we have nothing more to offer. While we have been watching the Venasians, we can only learn som much as they communicate, quite often, through their telepathic link. We are watching, and anything that comes in will be relayed at once. As for the Felinids, well as that was regarded as an internal matter- crime not an enemy force, Intell has largely stayed out of that matter. However, there are a few deep cover operatives that we do have in place." > >Lasiter again nodded, "What about Spec Ops?"
"We've begun rrreorrganization, and have called up the rrreserrve forrrces that we had anticipated needing. Orrrderrs have alrrready gone out to the most prrroblematic and corrrupt commands, rrremoving the dead wood and rrreplacing them with highly able field operrratives, but it'll take time forrr them to adjust to theirrr commands and get them in orrrderr. It'll take at least six months, prrreferrably fourrrteen to get back to a semblence of what we werrre beforrre we began ourrr downwarrrd spirrral. The 14 months would give us time to trrrain enough new rrrecrruits at the Spec Ops trrraining centerrr to brrring ourrr numberrrs back to what they need to be. But at prrresent, we can handle the felinid situation and I've orrrderred a team rrreadied in case therrre is a need forrr a coverrrt op among the Venasians. That's about all we can handle at the moment." She was embarrassed at her department, and she grew even angrier at her predecessors who had let it get to this point. She made up her mind to make an address to all Spc Ops commands that afternoon. (resp?) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- Why does Sea World have a seafood restaurant?? I'm halfway through my fish burger and I realize, Oh my God.... I could be eating a slow learner! --Lynda Montgomery
