Sir –
Let me be blunt in stating that following these orders to slash an already meager budget and handing over the meat of our present forces to the reconstruction efforts of the former Romulan Star Empire is suicide
I know this opinion might be politically unsound, but we are already having difficulties due to the previous directive from Earth commissioned in the wake of the unexpected attack on Captain Picard. I do point out that even with the rotten apples in the former Star Empire, it was they who gave us the sound men that did and have done no harm. Even with their visages being as inhumane (and even troll-like), the Remans were openly receptive to our ways, going to the point of adopting Western European mannerisms and even shirking their own heritage to be like us. The shift of this can be easily explained in their constant surviving with horrendous casulties, lack of proper leadership, and development thereof to something that could be capitalized on. But it was with the attack on Captain Picard that made these loyal troops ‘disappear’ for security reasons and now we are paying the price.
It pains me to employ Vorta troops on the streets. Yes, we employ them, simply because we do not have the numbers to do so. A large number of them are being tied down with the “security review” of our former allies, battling supporters of the former Union … and none of them going to the reconstruction efforts. It was a shameful thing to plead for assistance from their reformed government. It is a shameful thing having them patrol the streets, almost copying the actions of the Dominion War to the letter, putting our legitimacy as a gentle friend of the Cardassian peoples to risk, overlooking Earth’s assurances that they are in sufficient numbers to be our friend. It pains me to fill out these asinine orders to promote them in our ranks to the rates that they cannot fill. Perhaps they can – in a couple of generations – but not at the speed Earth wants.
The point is this; the survival of our legitimacy as a transitional authority is being overtly weakened due to political pressures at home. If we are robbed of the only thing that we have left – that is of our own precious peoples from Earth and the surrounding planets – we will look like fools. I cannot achieve that precious transition date with these reductions. I am having enough trouble paying these Vorta mercenaries as is – the very same people who caused the mass murder in the first place I might add – and hiring further ‘contracted private security agents’ isn’t possible. We will lapse into control of only the main cities and the transportation routes between them, not that it has occurred anyway.
We cannot continue on that course that you would have us to do, if these orders are the truth, and to do so, will only make this former union into full blown chaos. To this end, the survival of this Transitional Authority must be assured and preserved even in the face of withering support from Earth. Perhaps a deal can be reached between us and Earth on the realities of the situation. As you noted, sir, we are simply soldiers, not policy makers, but there is a potential to be used.
It is my hope that we of the Transitional Authority will not go down that dangerous path of dissolution.
Sincerely,
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Let me be blunt in stating that following these orders to slash an already meager budget and handing over the meat of our present forces to the reconstruction efforts of the former Romulan Star Empire is suicide
I know this opinion might be politically unsound, but we are already having difficulties due to the previous directive from Earth commissioned in the wake of the unexpected attack on Captain Picard. I do point out that even with the rotten apples in the former Star Empire, it was they who gave us the sound men that did and have done no harm. Even with their visages being as inhumane (and even troll-like), the Remans were openly receptive to our ways, going to the point of adopting Western European mannerisms and even shirking their own heritage to be like us. The shift of this can be easily explained in their constant surviving with horrendous casulties, lack of proper leadership, and development thereof to something that could be capitalized on. But it was with the attack on Captain Picard that made these loyal troops ‘disappear’ for security reasons and now we are paying the price.
It pains me to employ Vorta troops on the streets. Yes, we employ them, simply because we do not have the numbers to do so. A large number of them are being tied down with the “security review” of our former allies, battling supporters of the former Union … and none of them going to the reconstruction efforts. It was a shameful thing to plead for assistance from their reformed government. It is a shameful thing having them patrol the streets, almost copying the actions of the Dominion War to the letter, putting our legitimacy as a gentle friend of the Cardassian peoples to risk, overlooking Earth’s assurances that they are in sufficient numbers to be our friend. It pains me to fill out these asinine orders to promote them in our ranks to the rates that they cannot fill. Perhaps they can – in a couple of generations – but not at the speed Earth wants.
The point is this; the survival of our legitimacy as a transitional authority is being overtly weakened due to political pressures at home. If we are robbed of the only thing that we have left – that is of our own precious peoples from Earth and the surrounding planets – we will look like fools. I cannot achieve that precious transition date with these reductions. I am having enough trouble paying these Vorta mercenaries as is – the very same people who caused the mass murder in the first place I might add – and hiring further ‘contracted private security agents’ isn’t possible. We will lapse into control of only the main cities and the transportation routes between them, not that it has occurred anyway.
We cannot continue on that course that you would have us to do, if these orders are the truth, and to do so, will only make this former union into full blown chaos. To this end, the survival of this Transitional Authority must be assured and preserved even in the face of withering support from Earth. Perhaps a deal can be reached between us and Earth on the realities of the situation. As you noted, sir, we are simply soldiers, not policy makers, but there is a potential to be used.
It is my hope that we of the Transitional Authority will not go down that dangerous path of dissolution.
Sincerely,
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