<USS Avalon> The Admirals Talk

 
The Admirals  Talk
1000 hours = Captain's Ready  Room = USS Avalon 

 
The Avalon sped off towards it's mission.  Keith had read and re-read  the 
message from Taggert, rubbing his brow over and over again.
 
"Bridge, get me Admiral Taggert's office on Vega Prime Research  Facility.  
Secure channel."
 
"Understood."  
 
A few moments later, Keith saw Taggert's face appear on the console in his  
ready room.  "Jack, I got your message.  We are en route.  What  else can you 
tell me, that I need to know?"
 
 "What more do you  want to know, Keith? Correlli got careless, the things 
were stolen, we want'em  back. Renaissance failed. I don't expect you to." Jack 
smiled. "That sum it up  for you?"
 
"Well, what happened to the Renaissance?" 
 
"Breen interfered, took out her weapons and shields, but in the end I  
suspect it was one of ours - one of the missing weapons - that did her in." 
Jack  
sounded almost proud of that fact. "She melted down like ice cream on a hot  
day." 
 
"Were there any survivors?  I noticed that was not part of the  mission", 
Keith was concerned.
 
Jack shrugged. "It appeared that a few escape pods may have launched, but  
we're not convinced they cleared the explosion. You can look around for them  
after the weapons and research materials are secured, but that is secondary to  
the mission at hand." Jack stressed the last words carefully, as if to make  
certain there was no misunderstanding.
 
"Survivors are secondary?  What the hell?  What part if the fleet  are you 
in, Jack?"   
 
"The part that knows exactly how dangerous those weapons are in  the wrong 
hands, Keith. The part that knows that a hell of a lot more than a  handful of 
survivors are at stake. The part I suggest you join and join quickly  if you 
want to avoid losing more lives than we have to." Jack replied  angrily.  "They 
were soldiers, they knew the risks when they joined  up.  As long as those 
weapons are out there, they're the last of my  concerns. There are civilian 
colonies out there, and the federation at large to  be concerned about."  

Keith  sighed.  "Very well, I understand."  He paused a moment, "We will try  
not to fail, Jack.  We'll bring your weapons home." 
 
"If you can't bring them home, destroy them. Don't hesitate. Just make sure  
that the two incomplete prototypes are returned, and the cryotanks - those are 
 very important - and that the weapons aren't left out there. " Jack repeated 
the  orders, hoping Keith would take them seriously. "And don't let any of 
your  guys get cute or curious. Those tanks are not to be tampered with.  
Understand?"
 
"Yes, Jack, I understand.  Ketchum out."  He closed the  communication.
 
Jack frowned at the blank screen. Gods, but he hated to repeat himself. Why  
did these fools always think to question what he knew?
 
"Mr. Phillips to my ready room please."  Keith just shook his head  some 
more, after talking to Taggert, he did not feel any better that he did  before 
hand.
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