>"So, what can I do forrr you?" she asked Jora. > > "I wanted to pass along some news and events to you. As you know, I, and a few others, had a meeting with the CinC a while back. He outlined some of his initiatives, and the group discussed them. I was rather impressed with what he had to say. If I am not mistaken we discussed this before while you were on assignment..." she said pausing to confirm.
Kitanya nodded. > "Well, the news then is that he and I have been in contact several times since then. We further discussed some of his initiatives, and spoke of some of the things that I was doing in my command to make change in Starfleet. I have learned that he had done similar things with other in the original meeting, and that his personal involvement has largely been welcomed. > > The point that I am trying to make is that he is developing a small following, and I have come to believe that our group's current course, while still holding promise, could do more harm than good. At least short term. Admiral Lasiter is not the out of touch, outsider that Kettering thinks he is. I believe that Admiral Lasiter's approach, while admittedly slow and plodding, offers Starfleet something unique. Change and reform without fracturing the fleet. Admiral Kettering is planning on announcing his plans this evening, at least in part. Plans on taking down the CinC and much of Starfleet Command. Kettering intends to begin with character assassination and shoring up ties with other 'factions' within the fleet. Once that is well underway, he will start to openly defy the CinC, stripping him of credibility, and then making a move for the top center chair. For all the good that Kettering is trying to do, I fear that he will not hesitate to trample good officers in the process of his power grab. Frankly, the longer I listen the more I think that a power grab is all that this is about." Kitanya grew madder and madder at her words, her tail moving from a twitch to actively slashing the air behind her. Kettering was a fool, and what he planned was a coup, nothing less. This was not how Starfleet was run. "I would have expected this in the Klingon Imperrrial Fleet," she growled, "but not in Starrrfleet. What he's suggesting is mutiny, plain and simple. And if he goes ahead with it, even if he wins, the Federrration Council will have him arrrrested and courrrt-marrrtialled. Ketterrring forrrgets that we arrre not the goverrrnment; we serrrve the goverrrnment. The Council makes orrr brrreaks us and the Prrresident decides who is CinC. That is, unless he intends to overrrthrrow the Federrration as well and declarrre himself suprrreme dictatorrr." She was angry, not at Jora, certainly, but there would be hell to pay that night. If they were Klingons, she would just call him out and fight him to the death, but things just weren't that simple in the Federation. (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
