Possibilities

David sat musing throughout the continued briefing, noting the varied points brought forth by the participants. When Summers voiced his opinion on the containment of the Azimuth Horizon and not its destruction, he thought it a moot point.

‘We’ll eventually have to destroy it,’ David thought.

The volunteering of the Lotus for a diplomatic mission to this children cult was also, in David’s mind, a lost cause. Religious cults variably did not conform to the usual diplomatic entreaties. And the Alsea’s executive officer pushing forward Lotus Fleet’s only Prometheus class vessel for a rescue mission was not a good idea, no matter the cause. The Alsea was needed for defense, not rescue. It was what she was designed for. That type of mission was better left to the McKenzie or Lotus, in Rogers’ opinion.

Mention of the horizon children’s capabilities did not worry the Spectre’s executive officer much. At most, if this Ty’reynyk even had a Keldon class, they could be easily handled by any ship in the fleet. And fighter’s, unless attacking in massive numbers and using suicide tactic’s, were also no match for any Lotus Fleet vessel. Only if this cult had gotten hold of some Breen Bleth Chaos class fighter’s, or Klingon S’kul class one’s, was David even remotely worried.

Glancing around the gathering once more, David waited for the meeting to wrap up. Star Fleet had decided to contain the anomaly first, and everything else seemed secondary. He also hoped that the Wisconsin, the Republic and the Pittsburgh arrived promptly to assist, because he had the feeling that a containment mission was just the tip of the iceberg in the up-coming days.