Retribution (The Federation Reborn Book 3) by Chris Hechtl

Author:Chris Hechtl [Hechtl, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Self
Published: 2016-05-13T22:00:00+00:00

Once Lieutenant Locke took over the Protodon ansible, Admiral Sienkov, Commander Lake, Fletcher, Captain Montgomery and the ONI staff went over the INTEL dump as it came in, sometimes downloading the raw extracts. Unfortunately, the information was the basic facts; the ansible was limited due to its bandwidth. In order to get the full story and all the details, they would have to wait for a ship to carry a copy of the report to them or agonize over the ships they were given. Each day they were given a little bit more information—either something the lieutenant thought they should know or something they had requested. The lieutenant kept it all brief however.

A courier had been dispatched with the full extracts within hours of it receiving the full download. But it would take weeks to get the information into the analyst's hands and then processed.

“So, what you’re telling me is, you have little to nothing new to add to the narrative,” Admiral Irons stated when Admiral Sienkov and Captain Montgomery met him for the weekly intelligence briefing.

“Pretty much. We're massaging what we've got with what we know, but it's frustrating.” He shook his head. “Admiral, Captain Montgomery and I have been discussing the situation.”

“The battle?”

“The bigger picture. As it stands I am the civilian head of intelligence without any people in the departments. I rely on ONI and public statements; essentially, I am a talking head.”

“And you're frustrated by that. You want more, Admiral?” Admiral Irons said. “I know you've taken on some duties at the academy and you've done an admirable job stepping up as my deputy with Home Fleet. Now what?”

“For the moment,” Captain Montgomery frowned, “I'd like Admiral Sienkov to take the reins. I'd like to learn from him.”

“Small window. You realize you need to oversee the civilian side as well, Yorgi,” Admiral Irons stated, looking at his fellow flag officer, “plus all the other talking head roles you play?”

“I get that. Essentially I want to take a bigger role in ONI. Tweak a few things while keeping Monty here on as my deputy to execute them. He can learn from the experience.”

Admiral Irons frowned. He glanced at Monty. Monty didn't seem too upset by the idea. “And when we receive intelligence officers and operatives from Senka? And what about Marine and Army INTEL? I know you haven't made much progress with the civilian department either,” he stated.

Admiral Sienkov grimaced. “That's the other thing I'd like to do. What I'd like is to borrow Monty here as well as Fletcher, Teague, and Lake to get those other departments framed out in outline form. My taking on a greater role in ONI will allow him to handle a few things there that I honestly have little to no experience doing.”

“So, in your eyes it is a win-win. You are each taking on parts that the other is weak on while trying to learn from the process at the same time,” Admiral Irons stated.

“Something like that I suppose you could say,” Yorgi drawled.

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