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>"Yes, I know about that. Admiral Van Der Loo is a control freak. Micro->managing his >officers is what he does best." Stark replied calmly. >"Your officers shouldn't have to be watching over their shoulder >for...friendly fire with the rebel situation going on. As far as I'm concerned >I >have enough evidence for my needs but you said you had some order details >for me?" >Stark handed over a PADD with some of the directives handed down from Van Der >Loo. >After reading over them quickly David saw that most were conflicting >while others >were hard to decipher. Stark was authorized to use force to >defend his men or to >defend peaceful groups of the local population. However, >with Van Der Loo's >directives that authority was severely limited. To the >point where people had to die >before action could take place, and the actions >of the planetary defence force were >not reviewable. A pattern of leaving the >SF field commander to the wolves was set. >Backing from his CO... Stark never >got it. That left SF personnel in the custody of >the MAGs. Left wounded >unproperly cared for. David grimaced, "You are forced into a reactive position rather than proactive...in essence lengthening the conflict and the amount of funding Van der Loo gets." The pieces were finally fitting together. "Colonel-can I get a secured line to Spacedock? They've got to be worried sick about me by now."
