>"So you would have kept all of those starships bottled up in port while the station went critical. If the >station would have exploded we would have lost how many starships? Eight? Ten? That is >unacceptable, totally unacceptable. To even give that as an answer demonstrates a clear lack of >appreciation for the full situation. To think that giving as poor an answer as that, then standing behind >regulation as if that were justification is even more beyoond comprehension.", Lasiter stopped to sigh. >He was quite unhappy, but had yet to raise his voice to a yell.
>"However, I will remind you both of a fundamental operational principle of starbase command. You >don't keep your ships in port when they would be safer elsewhere. If those starships had a fighting >chance of getting to safety, then they should have been cut loose. This is not a hard concept, Admiral, >Commander. It is a fundamental. A basic concept. Since you like the regulations so much, >Commander Shevab you can look this up. Section 90, paragraph 9 of the Starfleet Operations Manual >states just what I have told you. Admiral Renaud, so you don't feel left out, take a look at Section 1, >paragraph 10, which states, and I quote, 'It is the obligation of all officers in command positions to see >the successful and safe operation of their command. This responsibility covers both personnel and >material. All responsibilities of the Commanding Officer are considered secondary to this duty-the >safety of one's command and those that serve within it.'", Lasiter gave both of them an oppertunity to >comment. Hopefully they would use it wisely. "Understood-I accept full responsibility, Sir." Lasiter was correct-he had failed. There was not much else to say-he let it hang. (Shevab's response) _______________________________________________ Spacedock mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scifi-rpgs.com/mailman/listinfo/spacedock_scifi-rpgs.com
