>"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." [reaction, if any?] >"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?" [reply?] >"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." [reply?] Liridian out. The Truth is Out There. Trust No One. Deny Everything - The X-Files "If you call a politician a perfect, conniving, sneaking, plotting, two-faced, untrustworthy, lying low life, is that libelous or a compliment?" - "The Confused Philosopher"-Royal Canadian Air Farce-04 April 2003 Engineer-In-Training - BSEE 2003. Can Grad School be far behind? _______________________________________________ Spacedock mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scifi-rpgs.com/mailman/listinfo/spacedock_scifi-rpgs.com
