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Posted By: Scythopolis Archaeologist <scythopolis_archaeologist@hotmail.com> | Date: 4/26/07 11:48 p.m. |
In Response To: ONI Secrets (Scythopolis Archaeologist) AMJ [05:45:50]: Zephyrr, what are the chances of the signal dissipating out system? ZEP [05:46:42]: Virtually nil. It was a very precicely focused transmission, but this may be a good thing. Any reciever would have to be directly within a very small cone angle in order to detect the signal at any considerable range. The chances are slim that any craft happened across that field for the duration of the signal. AMJ [05:47:54]: Well a tiny chance is still a chance. There's no question. We have to evacuate the planet. Zephyrr, outline an evacuation plan. ZEP [05:48:46]: Just a moment. ZEP [05:54:31]: I have sent the files to your base directory. AMJ [05:59:12]: Zephyrr, this plan is unacceptable. We cannot wait for the danger to show itself! We have to get these people out of here well before then! ZEP [06:01:03]: The craft in orbit have hopelessly insufficient capacity for the population here. At best, we must wait for the return of the Argo and the reinforcements which you so brazenly requested without consulting anyone. AMJ [06:02:23]: I'll admit that, but it's our responsibility to protect the civilian population. Our defenses are strong enough, but we just can't risk millions of lives. We have to get them out of here as soon as those craft arrive. ZEP [06:03:15]: That is outrageous and you know it. There is nowhere prepared to recieve that large a population, and your operations here would be impossible to conceal. It is possible and perhaps likely that listeners have recieved the signal, but there's no reason to assume they'd expect humans to be here. At most they'll send a cruiser with a scout team to go groundside and retrieve the object. They will not expect resistance, but they will meet the Argo along with a small battlefleet, which will reduce them to a heap of fresh industrial materials. AMJ [06:04:45]: Zephyrr, have you heard the reports from Harvest? Even a single scout ship can pose a serious threat. I've been working on their technology for two years now, and it's clear to me that they have far superior weapons. You know this! Don't be so arrogant. ZEP [06:05:37]: Doctor, I have reason to believe this communication may be intercepted. AMJ [06:06:30]: Now don't you change the subject, Zeph. We don't have time to go through another fifty-six hours of security rennovations; we've got to face this issue immediately. ZEP [06:07:22]: The bottom line is that our research may be more important than the entire civilian populations of the nearest dozen colonies, and it is that research that we must protect first and foremost. AMJ [06:08:20]: God damnit, Zephyrr, we've been over this! What good is our research if the people it is supposed to protect are already dead? ZEP [06:09:12]: This is no chicken and egg argument, Doctor. I have done the calculations and there are bigger concerns. This worry of "invaders" and "evacuation" is a waste of your time. I will handle the defense of this colony, as I have previously demonstrated considerable skill in this regard. In the meantime, you must continue our research so that humans will have a weapon for the truly important battles yet to come. AMJ [06:11:23]: I suppose you're right. Zephyrr, get to work tracking down that security leak, and if anyone tapped this conversation, I want them silenced immediately.
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