>"Have you considered bringing civilians into the research, Admiral. As I >am sure you know, many of the Federation worlds have major assembly and >research facilities that might be able to assist in some of these project. >My home planet of Tellar alone is just one example. We have more than a 150 >members in the Federation. I am sure that we are not the only one." It was >clear that he thought his was one that could best benefit ... er ... be of >greater assistance to such projects.
>"Very few of the projects are non-classified...would the Committeel approve >this? If so I'd absolutely be willing to look into it futher." >"Some of the most important breakthroughs in technology have come about >through civilian research. I believe that transporters were in fact >perfected by a human scientist who was not in the military. As long as >those included on the research have the necessary clearance, I do not >believe that anyone on this Committee would have a problem with that, >Admiral." The Vulcan representative spoke slowly and calmly as she >expressed her opinion. It was a logical one since it could address some of >the personnel concerns that had been discussed so far in the meeting. >"I will have my Assistant start gathering appropriate clearances so we can >decide on who to use. We'll use the Civilians on the Transporter project only." >The Rigelan added, "I think you can do better than that, Admiral. Civilians can handle more than that. >Afterall it was your Dr. Oppenheimer, a civilian, that worked on the atomic bomb in the 1940's." Lorin smiled-this was a nice offer, "Sounds good to me Ambassador....we will now have the manpower resources, but to pay them?" _______________________________________________ Spacedock mailing list [email protected] http://mail.starbase1.org/mailman/listinfo/spacedock_starbase1.org
