>LCDR Abrams led the group out of the docking area to the residential
>portion of the station. Their quarters were together in the same corridor,
>with the security detail occupying the outer most quarters. Standard SF
>quarters, nothing special.
>The conference room was located on the next hall, and had a view of the
>stars.
>Jared made his way over to the view. It was one that he missed. Before
>heading to Spacedock and San Francisco, he had been assigned to a space
>station. He was used to having views like this all the time. He turned
>back to the rest of his group and awaited for the briefing to begin.
David took a seat....he was seething but kept his calm. He was sure that
Jared would give him an opportunity to appropriately vent later.
>Once everyone was settled... "I don't wish to repeat myself and waste your
>time, sir. Where do you want me to begin?"
>"How about we start with what happened on ?? (forgot the name of the
>planet?)."
>"Recently sir? Since Captain Boulay departed the area, or did you have
something else in mind?"
David kept his eyes glued to Abrams.
"Why don't you start with a basic introduction as to why Starfleet is
involved in a police action in the area so we can make sure my whole team
understands what has lead up to recent events."
"Of course, sir. For the past several years there have been great political
shifts on Ganar. Shifts that caused equally great tensions in society. Things
came to a head about 2 years ago when the brewing powder keg blew. There is
great debate as to who is to blame for setting things off, but what is clear is
that whomever is to blame riots broke out in several major cities. Ganar,
since gaining membership in the Federation, has downsized it's planetary
defence forces. Many members do to devote more resources to social initiative
and public works projects since Starfleet is the primary protector of the
Federation. Well, local law enforcement was in need of help with the riots,
planetary defense forces (PDF) were called in. The PDF was arguably a bit
heavy handed in dealing with the rioters. When some deaths occurred, other
cities had riots. Starfleet was initially called in to help quell the riots
and to act as peacekeepers. In that capacity Starfleet was rather successful.
Things got really messy when provinces started to revolt. Starfleet didn't
start it's current mission until our peacekeepers on the ground were targeted.
You should know that Starfleet was under intense political pressure fromthe
government of Ganar to become more involved. Admiral Van Der Loo had little
choice but to directly engage what were called rebel forces once our own people
on the ground were being attacked and killed. That's the background.
Currently, Starfleet is responsible for 5 major cities planet wide and about
two dozen provinces. We are responsible for law and order, hunting down rebel
cells when credible intell is provided, plus humanitarian missions. Intell on
rebel groups is largely provided by the PDF, but some information comes from
Starfleet field intellignece units that are attached to major field commands-
battalions and such. The SF field intell units typically conduct field
interrogations of prisioners before they are handed over to the PDF, review
captured computers and documents, etc."
{response}
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Characters:
Adm. Samuel Lasiter,
RAdm. Markus Garibaldi,
Emissary Marconis,
LCDR Donovan Black, and a host of others.
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