today and return to duty tomorrow.
Jesse took a quick shower, downed an energy drink and prepared to meet with the newly formed Polisian military council. The council was to be led by Jesse and consisted of seven members: Jesse, Admiral Collingsworth, Admiral Sonnadall, General Kelly, the newly promoted Colonel Manny Hernandez, Admiral Talus Armistead of the Polisian Defense Fleet and General Karen Solomon of Polisia's planetary peace keeping force. He looked around the room, grateful for such talented individuals. He felt a little awkward commanding Admirals and Generals, but the reality was they had technically given up their rank when they left the Coalition and they wanted him to be the leader. Still, the absurdity of it hit him as he readied himself to speak to this newly formed military council.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, I don't have much time today, so let's get right down to business. The addition of the legendary General Kelly and his forces to Polisia has given our morale a serious boost, not to mention adding twenty-seven vessels, which brings the size of our fleet to one hundred sixty-six."
"These aren't ordinary Coalition ships, either," The General added. "They are SSE in every aspect except shell. Aside from the Leviathans and War Hawks , these were the most powerful ships in the Coalition fleet."
"We will also be able to launch multiple covert missions with the amount of Special Forces Marines we now have with us," Admiral Collingsworth added.
"True, but this gives me an idea." Jesse had everyone's attention. "The General can't possibly be the only one not satisfied with the Coalition's treatment of us, Polisia and the fact that Rhodes is practically giving the store to the Enclave. Let's quietly reach out to people we know we can trust and try to get them to switch sides. It must be completely off book, or Rhodes will find a way to plant traitors in our fleet, and that is the one place we can't have them. Every ship we get to support Polisia is one more ship we won't have to fight when they come for us."
"Great idea, Jess," Manny added. "I know that all of the SSE ship crews are being replaced by Enclave crews and they are either being sent back to the planet or reassigned to new ships. A lot of those people resent the Enclave and they resent the Coalition for giving them our best ships. We should be able to get several captains to turn in our direction."
"Good, let's work on that. We also need to be working out a way to get some of our ships back from the Enclave, before they figure out how to reverse engineer them. I have to send Endeavor on a mission of utmost importance, and then I need to get back to Kimi. If you'll all excuse me." Jesse fired off a crisp salute and then exited the room, knowing that six brilliant minds would be working on solutions to their dilemmas.
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Jesse and Nina sat in a conference room with Josiah, Jason, Maria and Reece. There was one very important detail that had been overlooked when Nina hit the self-destruct on Sea Side Enterprises.
"When my sister was forced to destroy our company, there was one detail she overlooked." Jesse began. "She didn't know I had a lab beneath my sub-basement. Thankfully, she removed all of the gold and other assets from the sub-basement when she had the house rigged to blow, but she missed the lab beneath. Locked away in that lab are the designs for everything I've ever built, and everything I've ever attempted to build. It's all on one hard drive and seven notebooks. Those designs include SAMMI, our cloaking tech, all of our ships including Endeavor , Helga and so much more. It would be catastrophic if that information were to find its way into Coalition or Enclave
Jesse took a quick shower, downed an energy drink and prepared to meet with the newly formed Polisian military council. The council was to be led by Jesse and consisted of seven members: Jesse, Admiral Collingsworth, Admiral Sonnadall, General Kelly, the newly promoted Colonel Manny Hernandez, Admiral Talus Armistead of the Polisian Defense Fleet and General Karen Solomon of Polisia's planetary peace keeping force. He looked around the room, grateful for such talented individuals. He felt a little awkward commanding Admirals and Generals, but the reality was they had technically given up their rank when they left the Coalition and they wanted him to be the leader. Still, the absurdity of it hit him as he readied himself to speak to this newly formed military council.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, I don't have much time today, so let's get right down to business. The addition of the legendary General Kelly and his forces to Polisia has given our morale a serious boost, not to mention adding twenty-seven vessels, which brings the size of our fleet to one hundred sixty-six."
"These aren't ordinary Coalition ships, either," The General added. "They are SSE in every aspect except shell. Aside from the Leviathans and War Hawks , these were the most powerful ships in the Coalition fleet."
"We will also be able to launch multiple covert missions with the amount of Special Forces Marines we now have with us," Admiral Collingsworth added.
"True, but this gives me an idea." Jesse had everyone's attention. "The General can't possibly be the only one not satisfied with the Coalition's treatment of us, Polisia and the fact that Rhodes is practically giving the store to the Enclave. Let's quietly reach out to people we know we can trust and try to get them to switch sides. It must be completely off book, or Rhodes will find a way to plant traitors in our fleet, and that is the one place we can't have them. Every ship we get to support Polisia is one more ship we won't have to fight when they come for us."
"Great idea, Jess," Manny added. "I know that all of the SSE ship crews are being replaced by Enclave crews and they are either being sent back to the planet or reassigned to new ships. A lot of those people resent the Enclave and they resent the Coalition for giving them our best ships. We should be able to get several captains to turn in our direction."
"Good, let's work on that. We also need to be working out a way to get some of our ships back from the Enclave, before they figure out how to reverse engineer them. I have to send Endeavor on a mission of utmost importance, and then I need to get back to Kimi. If you'll all excuse me." Jesse fired off a crisp salute and then exited the room, knowing that six brilliant minds would be working on solutions to their dilemmas.
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Jesse and Nina sat in a conference room with Josiah, Jason, Maria and Reece. There was one very important detail that had been overlooked when Nina hit the self-destruct on Sea Side Enterprises.
"When my sister was forced to destroy our company, there was one detail she overlooked." Jesse began. "She didn't know I had a lab beneath my sub-basement. Thankfully, she removed all of the gold and other assets from the sub-basement when she had the house rigged to blow, but she missed the lab beneath. Locked away in that lab are the designs for everything I've ever built, and everything I've ever attempted to build. It's all on one hard drive and seven notebooks. Those designs include SAMMI, our cloaking tech, all of our ships including Endeavor , Helga and so much more. It would be catastrophic if that information were to find its way into Coalition or Enclave
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