>>"Good," she said, and felt sorry for having to uproot him so quickly.
>>"Unforrrtunately, I will have to ask you to leave quickly. Admirrral
>>Lasiterrr is starrrting to put some events into motion, and therrre is a
>>thrrreat that hsa not yet been neutrrralized. The bad news is we arrren't
>>rrreally surrre what that thrrreat is."
>
>Steven nodded. "Just tell me where to go and when."
Kit regarded him coolly. She was trying to decide if he was really as
capable as he was letting on, or just a fool.
>>"Arrre you awarrre that ships and people have gone missing lately, and that
>>an attempt was made to kidnap Admirrral Lasiterrr himself?" If he wasn't,
>>Kit would make sure his career made a smooth transition to another
>>department, as those events had made the news.
>
>"I believe I'd heard mention of it, but I was going through my own
personal difficulties at that time, and then I had the mission I've just
returned from to concern myself with, so I hadn't given it overly much
thought, to be honest. Are you of the opinion that those events, the
separatists, and possibly everything else might well be related?"
"I am, and so arrre otherrrs, those who carrre to look into the matterrr.
Although they may not be, and I don't like surrrprrises, so I'm not
prrreparred to say that forrr cerrrtain."
>>"I've had some of my people worrrking on it trrrying to passively collect
>>any inforrrmation they might hearrr, but we've gotten nowherrre. It's time
>>we actively sent someone out to discoverrr what's been going on. What
>>inforrmation is in the computerrr, and you'll have firrrst pick of ships
>>and perrrsonnel. Whateverrr is going on, I doubt you'll succeed by
>>fighting, so speed and a small grrroup would serrrve you best, I think. I
>>will give you a set of standing orrrderrs you may use to rrresupply and
>>rrrecrrruit at SpecOps outposts. I will also give yourrr name to Intell,
>>and you can get what help you can frrrom them, too." She looked him in the
>>eyes. "I know you'rrre the new guy, so if you don't think you'rrre rrready
>>forrr this assignment, tell me now. I don't want you getting hurrrt out
>>therrre. My people arrre too imporrrtant to me. I need someone and
>>you'rrre available, but if you don't think you can, be honest with me."
>>She hated writing letters, especially to the families of fools who tried
>>what they knew they could not do. She would not risk him unless he
>>honestly beleived he was capable.
>
>Steven gave it a moment of thought before replying. As it was, there
wasn't much keeping him on Earth. And after having been briefed about the
separatists, the felinids, and now the missing ships and attempt at
kidnapping Admiral Lassiter... he wanted to help get to the bottom of the
mystery of what was going on. Something was going on here, and he wanted
to be able to help find out what.
>
>"Tell me what I need to know and where I need to go. All I've heard so
far in the last hour or so sounds like a problem that needs solving and I
would like to help in solving it."
"Five yearrrs ago, the USS Sparrrta went missing. Sparrrta was an
Intrrrepid-class starrrship, so it should have been sturrrdy enough that at
least something should have surrrvived if she'd been destrrroyed. But
nothing was everrr discoverrred, not even a frrragment. Thrrree yearrrs
ago, anotherrr Intrrrepid-class ship vanished, the Athens. Again, not a
trrrace was rrrecoverred. Lately, a numberrr of officerrrs have gone
missing. An attempt was made to kidnap Admirrral Lasiterrr. We believe
these events arrre connected, and possibly rrrelated to the otherrr events
going on rrright now. You can download the file while yourrr ship is
getting prrreparred. Intell has found nothing of consequence, no
partterrrns, but I think therrre must be one. If someone, orrr someones,
arrre behind these disappearrrances, they can't be rrrandom. But whoeverrr
is rrreponsible, they obviously have the ability to capturrre orrr
eliminate entirrre top-of-the-line starrrships. That makes them a
thrrreat, one we need to contrrrol. Don't be a herrro, Commanderrr. Find
out what you can and rrreporrt back." A dead agent was of no help to
anyone.
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