> K'Tael looked over the other officers before beginning. "There can be no
> question that there is some sort of leak in relation to the Brotherhood,
> Admiral. Strict measures were made to make sure that information about the
> mission was handed out on a need-to-know basis. Even with these measures,
> my team was attacked almost immediately upon our runabout clearing the orbit
> of Mars. It was only with the help of the Centurian and their fellow ships
> that we were able to get clear."
>
> "The Brotherhood clearly knew that we were going to have a starship in the
> area. They sent their own small starship to try and take on the Centurian.
> We were fortunate that Captain Fitzgerald and his crew were on their toes.
> They were able to beam my entire team onto their ship before the prisoner
> was taken or any serious injury was done to anyone."
Wilson said nothing, but she agreed with his assessment about the leak and had
reported as much to t'Llhweiir.
> "I did have some concerns about our inability to get additional aid once we
> were under attack. At that point, our cover was blown so the need to take
> such precautions was past. I would like to know why my request was denied.
> Doing so endangered my team and the mission." The Klingon zeroed in on
> Admiral Smallwood as he completed his statement. It was clear that he did
> not trust the man after that decision.
Wilson' expression did not show much, but she suspected that it did show that
she disagreed with this. Then again, she had said as much to K'Tael at the
time, so this should not be news to him. However, she kept this to
herself for
now.
Colin frowned slightly, but held his tongue, at least until asked to do
otherwise by the Admiral. As the leader of the military end of the operation,
he had at no time felt overwhelmed. the Centurian *was* the back-up, and he had
felt that his crew had had the tactical situation well in hand. He did not
understand why K'Tael felt otherwise.
The tone and implication of the Security Chief's answer was not lost on
Smallwood. That much was evident when he leaned forward, focusing on K'Tael as
if he were the only one in the room.
"While I don't feel the need to justify my orders to you, Commander, ", he
started placing emphasis on the rank. "I will answer your question. I made
the decision not to send additional aide becuase I believed that the Centurian,
with a well trained and highly discliplined crew under the command of a highly
capable and experienced Captain and command staff, could handle what amounts to
civilian militia. I also had to weigh the fact that even though this mission
was need to know only, and only trusted personnel were assigned to it,
information got out somehow. Just who could be sent. Who could be sent to
assist you, and be trusted to not fire upon you, the Centurian, or the other
escort craft? The answer, Commander K'Tael, is that there was no one. If
Starfleet personnel would leak information that would allow an ambush to be set
up on their fellows in arms, then it is not unreasonable that somebeing in
Starfleet would think nothing about openning fire on one of their own. Does
that answer your question sufficiently?"
Smallwood's tone betrayed his feelings of annoyance that a subordinate would
think it proper to question his authority and loyalty in such a forum. K'Tael
was bold indeed.
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