>
> >Bedru took the lead, "Greetings from the
> United Federation of Planets
> >Starfleet. I am Admiral Bedru of Starfleet
> Command. We have been expecting
> >you."
>
> >"Admiral, you and your people are not
> permitted on the planet. We will be
> >scanning to verify that you have not been down
> there. If the results indicate
> >that you have been down there, you will be
> blown out of the stars. You are in
> >soverign territory of the Ramesar, and you
> *will* conduct yourselves
> >accordingly. This violation of our borders
> should be considered an act of
> >war. Know that you will be watched."
>
> >Bedru looked at both Watson and Nash before
> responding.
>
> Watson didn't reveal his thoughts on his face
> but merely nodded.
>
> >"I appreciate your concerns. However, we both
> lack a reason to act hostile
> >towards one another. To ease the situation,
> how about we just start off on
> >the right by re-introducing ourselves. I am
> Admiral Bedru, accompanied by Mr.
> >Watson and Mr. Nash." she said indicating to
> the two with her.
>
> >"I am Captain Treglia." came the intro a hard
> moment later. "A ship
> >carrying a diplomatic officer will be here
> within 2 hours. Until then, do not
> >provoke us, or we WILL open fire. Treglia
> out."
>
> >With that the channel closed.
>
> Watson leaned hard on his cane as he needed to
> sit and rest his leg. "Pardon me..." He said as
> he backed up to a chair and fell hard into it,
> grunting as he landed into the cushion. The
> pain relief was obvious but not verbally
> stated-almost like it was getting harder for
> him to stand.
>
> "That is typical Ramesarean posturing. Tough
> act...the ship, if I am correct and I believe I
> am, is one of their show fleet. Kind of like an
> advance team...the heavy hitters will show
> later."
>
Bedru was not comfortable with this notion of public and private fleets.
The particulars of these people just didn't add up. There had to be an answer
here. There had to be a piece of the puzzle that was missing, but what...
The Admiral finally broke her silence, a mere second later..., "I am not
sure that I like the sound of what I am hearing, Mr. Watson. Run over this
show fleet and hidden fleet theory of yours again. How did you come to this
line of thinking?"
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