Briefing Thoughts

Oseno sat silently and listened to the various contributions to Fleet Captain Samji's briefing. All of his fellow officers made good points and asked pointed questions. Many of them were things that Jureth had been thinking himself. "The Romulans and the Klingons" he thought "I wonder how we managed to offend the Prophets so much..." Oseno knew from the Alsea's experience that the Klingons were not in a mood to negotiate and it sounded like the Romulan Sela wasn't going to be any better. From a tactical standpoint the Alsea's second officer could see that the Federation was in trouble, caught between two of their own worst enemies. Truthfully the suggestion by the young Lt. Adams was one that Jureth had been thinking himself, this anomaly was causing more trouble than it was worth. He finally decided to put a voice to his thoughts.

"Sir, with all due respect to the science involved I can't help but agree with Mister Adams. The Federation, and Lotus Fleet is in a bad way after the all out assault by the Borg. Tactically speaking Sir, the best thing we could for ourselves is to find a way to safely destroy this thing before we end up in a two front war that even we can't win. We know that Ja'rod isn't planning on doing any negotiating, and the Romulans...well Sir frankly working with them might be easier than trying to negotiate with them. Though I admit Captain Gould makes a very valid point regarding their trustworthiness or lack thereof. That said Sir, I can't come up with any scenario in my mind where we can contain the anomaly for study and not end up losing more ships and more good people. To me Sir, that doesn't seem like an acceptable trade off."

Oseno finished his thought and probably could have said more, but he realized that his point was on the verge of possibly being disrespectful. It was his passion that had gotten him in trouble in his career before and he reeled it in this time before he did too much damage. In truth he could see a couple of heads in the room nodding in agreement as he spoke, but he waited to hear the Fleet Captain's assesment of his contribution.