> "Do you have some evidence to suggest that Admiral was acting criminally or
> incompetently?" t'Llhweiir asked coolly.
>
> "My intention at bringing this up is not to mar the Admiral's image or
> reptuation or to challenge his right to make decisions. My understanding is
> that we have been asked to this Briefing to bring forth our perspectives of
> what happened out there and why. Things went very bad out there, and it
> does not necessarily reflect on the direct actions of anyone in this room.
> We have a leak, that is clear. I have more experience with the Brotherhood
> than anyone else in this room, and I am concerned at the fact that requests
> and reports of officers on the scene did not seem to be taken into account
> with what was happening. The cover of the mission was already blown and we
> were ready for the picking if the Brotherhood had planned adequately. The
> Centurian is a wonderful ship with a wonderful commanding officer and crew,
> but she is not the largest of ships, if you don't mind my saying, Captain,"
> said the Klingon as he looked toward Fitzgerald. "What was to say that a
> larger starship was not going to appear. I don't know about you, but the
> starship that appeared was much larger than I thought the Brotherhood had
> access to. To put it simply, we got lucky out there, sirs."
>
> Ariel had been quietly listening to the conversation. She was surprised to
> hear K'Tael bring these types of concerns up in front of the whole
> group. It was the type of conversation that normally took place one-on-one
> in the CO's
> office. She wondered if the Klingon would be keeping his position for long.
t'Llhweiir knew that K'Tael was a very competent officer; however, she
could let him provocative comments go unanswered, nor was she going to allow
them to
divert the purpose of the meeting.
"Calling for reinforcements could well have turned your 'luck' bad,
Commander," she replied. "If you wish to pursue your concerns about Admiral
Smallwood's
decision, I suggest that you address them with him privately after this
meeting or request a board of inquiry into the matter. This meeting, however,
is not
the appropriate forum."
Anyone paying attention could see that Smallwood was not about to let the
matter drop. Commander K'Tael had questioned the orders and decisions that
Smallwood made during the incident, and by extension, his abilities as an
officer in charge of combat forces. No, he most definately would not let it
drop.
"Oh, the Commander and I will continue this discussion after the debriefing.",
he said coldly in response to t'Llhweiir.
{response}
"In light of the leak, Commander, do you have any thoughts as to where the leak
may have occured.", Smallwood said moving the meeting along.
{response}
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