>Sharez looked down at his console and was impressed. If the data proved >true the results of this merger would prove to be quite beneficial. Where >the funding for the budget increases proposed in the plan would come from >would be the biggest challenge. "This information is quite impressive. >perhaps, you could bring us up to speed about the current status of these >two projects."
>Brak was not quite as thrilled by the statistics presented by Admiral >Renaud. It was not so much that they were not impressive. He just had >questions as to the accuracy of the presentation. He had a feeling that >they were a bit exaggerated. He said nothing about it at the time since the >answer to Sharez's question could provide him with some helpful >information. >T'Sar was pleased with the results. It was clear that Admrial Renaud had >come prepared for questions. She wanted to hear more details about these >plans of his and how they would improve the work, but she was open to the >possibilities. >"Honestly-if I can be frank-we are not anywhere near where I believe we >should be in these projects. Past mismanagement have left them in a terribly >inefficient state. According to my predecessors' documentation--especially >with Fish-there has been continuing diversion of funds to other projects by >the Council. I need to keep these funds stable in order to make progress. >O'Brien's Gift, on the other hand has been stable, but has had too much >duplication for the research to be truly effective." >"One of my other requests is to drop Medical Research altogether. My people >are not physicians. Medical Research should be done by medically-oriented >teams-thus I would like to transfer this project to Starfleet Medical." >The Ambassador from Rigel IV reacted for the first time. "Now just a damned minute, Admiral. Don't >lay the problems with your department on us. Operational management, success or failure, rests souly >on on the shoulders of you and the CinC, Admiral Lasiter.", he interjected a bit testily. Again Lorin kept his cool-he had to show them some resistance to show he was not a pushover, "I apologize Ambassador-I did not mean you any offense. I was merely answering a question. I believe there is fault enough to go around from all corners on the problems my department has had in the past whether it be my predecessor or anywhere else it may lay. I am rebuilding this department and focussing on that." _______________________________________________ Spacedock mailing list [email protected] http://mail.starbase1.org/mailman/listinfo/spacedock_starbase1.org
