>Kitanya regarded him coolly. "So, in otherrr worrrds, you'd have no >prrroblem with mutiny to achieve yourrr ends." She paid careful attention to >him and the audience to see what reaction they were having to Kettering's >admission. > >"Not my ends, Admiral Kitanya, but for the benefit of Starfleet and the Federation as a whole." he answered in kind. > >Tyrus was brought out of his 'funk' by the exchange. It was either the word 'mutiny' that Kitanya had used, or it was possibly the answer that Kettering gave. However, either way he did not like it. Perhaps enough to break ranks...
"So, the ends justify the means?" she replied. "I don't think so. If the goal is to rrreturrn Starrrfleet to its forrrmerr glorrry, which consisted of honorrr, duty, and a commitment to excellence, how can that be achieved thrrrough mutiny? A crrriminal, indeed, a trrreasonous act will only prrrove beyond a shadow of a doubt that Starrrfleet has fallen into the abyss of dishonorrr and illegitimacy. In all of historrry, therrre has neverrr been a society that has prrrosperred underrr the rrregime of a militarrry dictatorrr who has taken contrrrol by forrrce of arrrms. Such rrregimes arrre thorrroughly despised by theirrr contemporrrarries and forrr all time. What arrre you going to do about the Federrration Council, Admirrral? They chose Admirrral Lasiterrr, and unless you plan on putting phaserrrs to theirrr heads and forrce them to rrrecognize you as CinC, they will have you up on trrreason charrrges, and all who follow you. Unless you plan on eliminating the Federrration Council as well..." She wanted to spell it out for the audience. What Kettering was proposing was a military coup, with the resulting fascist regime, on a scale never before heard of except in the Mirror Universe discovered by Jim Kirk so long ago. (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
