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>"Welcome to Starbase 54. Your arrival is quite a
surprise....", Van Der
> Loo said to the group. David assumed an at-ease position, hands clasped behind his back. He still maintained a stoneface but inside he wanted to beat the hell out of Vanderloo Jared smiled. "Thank you for greeting us so quickly, Mr. Van Der Loo. After our talk yesterday, I thought it might be prudent to visit your station. You left me with a number of unanswered questions. I thought had not other alternative to look into things myself." Van Der Loo bristled as the use of "mister". It is the way to address junior officers in lieu of rank. Most definitely *not* the way to address an admiral of any flavor. The slight did not go unnoticed. "Greeting you, was the least I could do. I hope you find answers to the questions that you have. Whether you like them or not. Mr. Abrams will be your liaison while you are here on the station.", he said looking at a particular LCDR that was with him. "Good luck, *Admiral*." Jared was almost amused at the verbal warfare going on between Van Der Loo and himself. Somehow, it seemed like a good way to start things off. He glanced toward Abrams and nodded. "I was hoping that we might begin our investigating by sitting down with you and going over some details. As CO of this sector, you have a number of resources coordinated here for you that could help us, particularly since everything has to go across your desk for approval before being sent on to SFC." "If I only had the time. Meeting you and your party here is delaying an intelligence briefing. Mr. Abrams will get you on the schedule.", answered Van Der Loo. They were getting the impression that cooperation was his top priority. "I am not sure you understand. This investigation has been ordered by the CinC himself. I would think that he expects you to do what is necessary to help it come to a quick conclusion." Jared eyed his fellow-Admiral. He was not going to back down on this. "Perhaps sitting in on this intelligence report will provide my team with some insight on how things are going in this region." (folks?)
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