> >"Time, and a bit of crrreativity, will deal with them, Admirrral. Forrr
some we will simply wait until theirrr tourrr comes to and end, and simply
not offerrr them a new slot. Forced rrretirrrement so to speak.
Otherrrs,
will have to be dealt with in morrre crrreative means. Trrransferrrs to
administrrrative or supporrrt roles will be arranged. Still otherrrs can
be 'rrreforrrmed' with intensive trrraining. Those that can not or will
not be rrreforrrmed will fall into otherrr categorrries, which may include
earrrly rrretirrrement prrrogrrrams. Of courrrse they will have to be
apprrroved by the Federrration Council." M'Rrenn added.
They were the same ideas she'd had, of course, but the scope of it still made her
awestruck at how much hell this would play with the budget. The Council were not
going to be happy when they saw the numbers.
"How soon arrre we talking about enacting these things? Operrration Open Arrrms,
forrr instance. SpecOps has prrroblems, everrryone herrre knows it. Until we can get
enough qualified people trrrained to fulfill ourrr mission prrroperrly, we could
surrre use the help of local special law enforrrcement teams. Those SWAT teams could
rrreally make the differrrence
in some places, if I had authorrrity to ask them forrr theirrr assistance in potential
joint operrrations. Given the state of affairrrs and what we, meaning Starrrfleet
Command, arrre about to do, we might need them. If local fiefdoms of corrrupt
Starrrfleet officerrrs turrrn against us, those law enforrrcement guys might be ourrr
best bet to hold the line along with SpecOps teams until loyal Fleet forrrces
arrrived, if things got squirrrely." This would be a gods-send, if she could get into
it right away.
"Let us hope that the need never arrrrises forrr us to be worrrried about fighting
ourrr own. Howeverrr, in the meantime I underrrstand yourrr point. I would suggest
that you prrreparrre a few plans on how you would pitch this to the local
authorrrities, and such. I will, of courrrse, pass along your idea to Admirrral
Lasiterrr. A fairrr bet would be that he will ask you about it at the meeting, or
shorrrtly afterrr."
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