Delphi Exploration (Delphi in Space Book 7) by Bob Blanton

Author:Bob Blanton [Blanton, Bob]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Delphi Publishing
Published: 2020-07-09T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Board Meeting – May 3rd

“Okay, we’re all here,” Marc said. “I want to go back to calling these board meetings. We’ll discuss some issues related to Delphi Security, but we should focus on MacKenzie Discoveries more and only provide support to the prime minister when she asks for it.”

“Why isn’t the prime minister here?” Admiral Michaels asked.

“I’ll meet with her separately. Other than foreign affairs and national security, I want her to be in charge.”

“Are you really going to let go of that much?” Samantha asked.

“I’m going to try,” Marc said.

“Why is it that much?” Catie asked. “He’s still the president.”

“Haven’t you read the Delphi Constitution?” Marc asked.

“Yeah, but I didn’t really study it,” Catie said.

“Well, based on the constitution and the parliamentary form of government, the prime minister is really the head of government,” Marc said. “The president is the head of state, and mostly deals with foreign affairs.”

“Sounds perfect,” Catie said. “The rest of that stuff is boring.”

“How are you going to deal with the proprietary technology Delphi controls?” Admiral Michaels asked. “You’ve been keeping a tight rein on that.”

“Almost all of it is controlled through MacKenzie Discoveries,” Marc said. “The Paraxeans work for MacKenzies, the scientists we’ve brought here all work for MacKenzies and are under non-disclosure, and ADI, the best source of technology information, is part of MacKenzies.”

“What about that battleship and the two carriers we captured? They all have DIs, right?”

“Owned by MacKenzie Discoveries,” Samantha said. “It was a very deft piece of negotiations if I say so myself.”

“Oh, I didn’t realize that,” the Admiral said.

“Now to business. Delphi and Russia have both been invited to the G7 summit at Fort William, Scotland, next week,” Marc said.

“They invited Russia?”

“I think Prime Minister Woodward is trying to get us into the same room in hopes of calming down tensions,” Marc said.

“That’s the sense I got when their ambassador called me,” Samantha said. “I recommend we go.”

“Do you think the Russian President will show up?” Blake asked.

“I’m sure he’ll show up,” Marc said. “Whether he’ll be in the mood to talk is another question.”

“I’m pretty sure he’ll talk,” Samantha said. “He’ll at least want to know what you might give him.”

“We’ll see how things stack up once we get there. I’m hopeful,” Marc said. “Now, Blake, what’s the status of our new planet?”

“Haven’t you been reading the reports?” Blake said. “We’re on our way to the second one now. The first one looks good. We’ve left some experiments running, satellites in orbit, and some drones at each base camp to continue logging the indigenous species.”

“I’ve read the reports; I was hoping you might have more insight now that you’ve had time to reflect on your discoveries,” Marc said.

“Hey, what’s this I hear about you getting eaten by a tiger?” Kal asked.

“Obviously I was not eaten!” Blake snapped. “It was a minor incident that was not supposed to be reported!”

“It wasn’t reported, per se,” Kal said. “I just happened to stumble across the video of it when I was checking the security feeds.

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