Helfort's War Book 4: The Battle for Commitment Planet by Graham Sharp Paul

Author:Graham Sharp Paul [Paul, Graham Sharp]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction, General, Space Opera, Adventure, Fiction
ISBN: 9780345523044
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
Published: 2010-11-23T06:00:00+00:00

A long hour later and with heated argument still raging, Polk gave up the fight. So far as he was able to determine, all the debate had achieved was to solidify the PGDF’s position, and he knew the matter was lost. He cursed his own stupidity; deciding to take the matter head-on had been a spontaneous decision, one made to deny the PGDF’s supporters the chance to lobby the rest of the Council. It had been a mistake. All they had done was argue more loudly and passionately than everyone else until they had ground the resistance to dust.

So they were back to square one. The PGDF would always need the marines’ support. Thanks to the paranoia of the people who wrote the Constitution, only the marines were permitted to operate heavy armor and ground-assault landers. That meant the PGDF had to ask the Defense Council to approve their requests for help each and every time. It was no wonder the NRA was doing so well.

“Enough,” Polk said wearily, worn out by the endless squabbling. “I will defer this matter for further discussion. Councillor Jones.”

“Yes, Chief Councillor?”

“I want a draft report looking at the feasibility of a unified command structure before next week’s meeting. Now, moving on. Admiral Belasz. Your report on the week’s operations against the Feds.”

“Thank you, sir. If you would look this way, you will see that Fleet has had a busy week, and as usual the Feds have struggled to respond. Here, here, and here we mounted …”

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