> Please bear in mind, that the findings will be made public when action is > taken. Nothing will be kept back, except the identity of those that went > under cover in the course of the investigation. I do not want to add to > their risk. At least not until they are no longer operating under cover." > > There was a seriousness about the man. Something told them that he had been > thinking about this for a long time. These were not the actions of a man who > acted on a whim, but out of conviction.
t'Llhweiir's eyebrow climbed skyward. What could have been going on that would cause either Kitanya or herself to question whether Lasiter should remain CinC? Of equal concern to her was another issue. This she decided to raise. "Sir, I am getting the impression that this operation occurred without the full knowledge or involvement of either Special Operations or Intelligence," she said. "Was there a reason for this?" (response) > By the time the three had finished their chat, the food arrived and Lasiter > called in the two presenters. > > "Commander Roeder, is you will please go first.", Lasiter said taking a sip > from his coffee. > > "Aye, sir. Good morning, Admirals. The investigations that Special > Projects has been condicting are related to suspicious activities in or > around the police actions and the organized factions of Starfleet. We have > begun low level negoations with the 'warring factions', if you will, on a > number of planets where Starfleet is currently engaged in a police action. > These negoations are targeted to help bridge the gap between the parties > involved. To date the efforts have made some progress such as temporary > cease fires and prisioner exchanges. These minor successes have spawned > higher level talks, and have started to ease tensions. It will be sometime > before more substantial progress can be made, but that is the nature of > diplomacy. > > However, we have found that on at least two of the police actions Starfleet > is being used to eliminate political opposition. What enabled this situation > to happen is quite interesting. Forces on the ground are getting the bulk of > their intell from the local planetary governments. They supply intell > indicating that there are rebel strong holds in particular areas, and SF > forces conduct a mission based on vague rules of engagement and the provided > intell. After Starfleet softens up the area with it's forces, planetary > forces then rush in assuming control of the area. Starfleet is being > relieved before it can properly secure the area. This gives the governmental > forces a chance to do whatever they want to stomp out any opposition. > Operations like this are being allowed because regional commanders are > allowing it to happen. In one particularily bad case, the problem runs > through teh entire chain of command from ground forces commander right up to > the Area Commander, a full Admiral.", Roeder paused to allow for coment. > > "How do you know this?", Lasiter asked. More for the benefit of Kitanya > and Carrhae than for himself. > > "We have undercover personnel within the chain of command at several > levels. This includes in field units deployed in forward areas, to major > unit HQ, right up to theater command and Regional Command. For awhile, I was > sent in as an under cover operative, and I have seen this first hand. There > are plenty who oppose such action, but are not in a position to stop it." > > Lasiter looks at the ladies present. t'Llhweiir began to feel a cold dread about what she was hearing. Her face could have been carved from alabaster from the absolute absence of emotion, however, as she listened silently. Yet, she knew that Lasiter would read through it. t'Llhweiir ends ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ | Randye Jones |) aka Adm. Carrhae t'Llhweiir and Adm. Candance Bedru /| Spacedock Role-Playing Game ( | ) [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Boldly goin' where no musician has gone before! _______________________________________________ Spacedock mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scifi-rpgs.com/mailman/listinfo/spacedock_scifi-rpgs.com
